In Response To: 25 Things needed in Halo 3 (b)
: 1 combat knife
Why the hell would you want one of those? It'd be like any other weapon's melee attack, without lunge. Plus, blades aren't well known for cutting through armor... that's why they invented the mace and flail!
: 2 human fighter to match banshee
Why? Part of what makes Halo so great is that both sides ARE different. They aren't just variations on each others.
: 3 chainsaw to match energy sword
See above. Also, if that was a joke, like it looks like: Hah
: 4 anti personnel mines
Naw. Unnecessary.
: 5 anti tank mines
Naw. Unnecessary.
: 6 emp mines
... What'd that be good for?
: 7 new human rifle called Combat Rifle with bayonet and grenade launcher
That's just silly on so many levels. First of all, it'd be insanely overpowered. Why grenade launcher, and how would you use it? Black button (trigger?) suddenly scrolls through THREE grenade types? Besides... um... did I mention it'd be overpowered and not fun to use?
: 8 multiplayer fuel rod gun
I can't disagree with that, though.
: 9 fists
Oh, gee, I thought we had those already... Aren't those the things you use to hold the guns with? Besides, why the heck would you want FOUR melee-only attacks??
: 10 attack helicopter
Maybe a tiny one, but I'm leaning towards no. In campaign perhaps.
: 11 air strikes
Why...?
: 12 a "Sidewinder meets Blood Gulch multiplayer map"
Kinda like Containment, or what? Or do you mean two Blood Gulches lined up like the two sides of Sidewinder with a path between, or.. a Sidewinder with the Blood Gulch bases?
: 13 parachute missions
... whaat?? I see no point for that at all. Also, drop pods are THE coolest thing EVER.
: 14 Machine gun with bipod
Like a turret you could carry around, but not use while moving? I don't see why not. Then again.. I don't see why, either.
: 15 Jet Pack
Uh.. why?
: 16 grenade kick move
What?? Like, kicking grenades off the ground toward whoever threw them? First of all, if the grenades in H3 are anything like the ones in Halo 2, you'd never even be able to react unless you were facing the person who threw it, at a distance. Second, if it WAS effective after all, it'd render grenades ineffective. Balance ruined. Besides, it'd only work on frags, which would suddenly make plasmas SUPER-overpowered in comparison.
: 17 stealth missions
Yes please. Just, no forced crap, like in Metroid Zero Mission. I liked those things about Covies using search parties with flashlights and stuff that we heard about during the early stages of Halo 2, though... Damn, I miss that. Not any of what I saw in the E3 trailer, but... The destructable environments, tactical object manipulation (specifically mentioned by Bungie was the ability to flip tables over to use as cover), and the whole thing with stalking in darkness and Covies using flashlights to find you.
: 18 FLAMETHROWER
Eh. Cliché. Doesn't fit into the Halo universe, really. Also, really ineffective. It might be fun to use, but I don't see realistically why the UNSC would decide on using it.
: 19 four wheeler
Hey, are you Scandinavian? English-speakers usually call them ATVs. And... yeah, I actually do think I'd like the concept. Maybe it'd be worthless, but so what? Warthog jousting is worthless, too, but fun as hell. Maybe it could even be drivable by a flag-carrier in multiplayer... fast, tiny, but with no weapons to balance it out. Could work. Or something.
: 20 a diffrent kind of warthog for diffrent purposes (jungle, snow, etc.)
Hell yes! Those preview hogs looked awesome. Even if they all worked differently, it'd make sense for human forces to have various versions of the same vehicle depending on the terrain. If Halo 3 takes place mostly on earth, like I want it to, we SHOULD see various types of vehicle types in the different types of terrain. If not for function; at least for camoflage.
: 21 fully interactable and destructable enviroments
Fully destructable is a bit harsh, especially in multiplayer, but... More or less, I'd have to agree. We were promised something like that for Halo 2. What did we get? Knock-downable boxes. The AWESOMEST boxes in the history of videogames, but... still boxes.
: 22 class based multiplayer with every type of covenant and marine including
: the chief
That, I would not like. This is Halo, not Conker, or Battlefield or whatever. While class types and forced teamwork is great, it's not what Halo is about. Halo is true to the roots of FPS multiplayer, on a more individual plane than JUST teamwork and finding the right balance.
: 23 4 player Co-op
Mm.. meh.. it'd get messy. Some places get messy even with only two players, like passages that won't fit more than one person in a row, and inconvenient loading zones and such. Besides, the level designers would have to keep all possibilities in mind. Imagine the start of Metropolis with two tanks and four warthogs, even when you're alone...
: 24 the ability to give orders
Maybe. But I still think Halo is more about individual combat than forced teamwork. Some things would definitely be nice, though, like being able to cycle marines in a warthog or something. Honk once for a marine to get in, honk twice for him to get out, honk again to make another marine get in or something... Though that specific system, with honking, would just be plain silly.
: 25 MOST IMPORTANTLY other spartans. in the third book he finds his team and
: all of thim except for 4 die
If they find a way to tie the games in with the books in such a way that players won't have to even know about the books to understand, yes. But I'm not sure how physically possible that is.
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