- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Terran Grunt
Okay, I think we all agree that the Master Chief is one bad mutha, but what's up with that sissy flashlight? Seriously, it's 2552 and humanity's last hope and pinnacle of technology is using a flashlight in combat?
So, my proposition is this;
Replace the flashlight with a hyperspectral imaging vision mode. Basically, what hyperspectral imaging is is a compilation of infra-red, thermal, optical, X-ray, and electro-magnetic imagery collected and analyzed by a computer and labelled and colored in a useful manner. Currently, only cutting-edge US surveillence satellites use it (they can see you in your home - better put those AKs under a slab of lead), but hey, the Chief has 5 centuries on us. This vision mode would provide light amplification (night vision), and show Covies as very dark, humans as burning brightlly, Flood with white outlines superimposed onto them, and robots and vehicles as warm yellows with a "TV snow" overlay representing their EM emissions. This vision mode would allow you to see for 15 meters through walls, provide at least 2x zoom even for unscoped weapons, and would show discrepencies in the environment (perhaps weak areas of wall that could be used as impromptu booby traps). Of course, it would drain the battery much faster (does 4x sound right?) than the old flashlight. Getting shot in the head with plasma could cause it to overload and instantly drain all power - people with plasma weapons in multiplayer could be useful against snipers using this vision mode.
So what do you think?
Sad as it may be the X-Box is already being pushed to the limits of what it can do by Bungie's development team, I dont think that hyperspectral imaging would go over well with the processor or video card, especially on X-Box Live.