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What I hear, "OMG GAMEPLAY IS T3H SUx0RZ! J00 suX @ M4KING GAMES BNGUE!"
The reason ODSTs can kill a Brute with a melee is simple: gameplay balancing. Let's think about this. Wouldn't it be cheap if you couldn't kill a brute with hand-to-hand combat? Seriously, if the only choice you have when you run out of ammo and grenades is to melee, then you should be able to actually kill someone with your fists.
Alright, look at this:
You have no grenades, your SMG ammo is out, and your pistol ammo is dwindling. You go up to a Brute, beat it down 6 times to break the power armor, then follow-through with 4 more punches to kill it. Obviously, by the time you even get 3 punches off on Legendary difficulty, you will die. Do you know how many complaint letters Bungie will get if this ever happens?
Gameplay balancing:
You have no grenades, ammo low, etc. You go up to a Brute, melee it once or twice to break the power armor, and beat it down a couple more times to kill it. It takes a while to kill a Brute with melee attacks only, but this way it is much easier and gives you a chance to actually kill a Brute with melee.
Minor details like this in a video game should not bother you this much. If you really lose sleep over this then step away from video games for at least a month.
I seriously can't believe you are complaining about firefight.
"The humans lost battles to the Covenant. WAAAAAAH!"
Are you really so simple-minded as to understand the true meaning of Firefight? I guess common sense isn't allowed on the forums...
Firefight by no means has to follow the Halo lore. OMG! You are SO stupid! Firefight is supposed to test your skill in the Halo games. I believe you are now trolling by even stating this.
I repeat, Firefight is only there to test your Halo skills by means of seeing how long you can last. A human is controlling a character in a video game. Video game AI can only be so advanced. Of course humans are going to be able to think better than AI. A Brute in Halo is not going to think, "Hmmm, I wonder if I should hide behind this barrier and send a couple of grunts behind that car and the other Grunts behind that wall. That way we can ambush this ODST."
No, only humans right now can think that.
As for Firefight, you and three other humans are fighting AI. You are smarter than them. You can think strategically; AI can only be programmed so far. Why should Bungie take this into consideration when the answer is so simple? Gameplay balancing: Learn it.
[Edited on 06.05.2009 12:44 PM PDT]