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Subject: Multiplayer ONLY, Build your own SPARTAN

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I just finished my third reread of Fall of Reach, and I have to say i don't think there's enough action to warrant an entire campaign. Instead Reach would be a multiplayer only game. I'm obviously speculating here, and if bungie really needed to they could alter the fiction to accommodate their needs. Looking into the past though shows they're extremely careful with what they change.

If we assume for a moment here that what I'm saying is indeed what's been planned, the trailer released would make some sense. First off we know that the SPARTAN-II project had 150 original candidates. Half of which were cut due to funding purposes. Now in the trailer we hear them speaking of the SPARTANs in higher numbers than 150, for example 259 and 350. Now they did speak of a second class of SPARTAN-IIs, but if that were the case here that would have had to taken place AT LEAST a year or so after the SPARTAN-IIIs. By then reach would be long gone, and ultimately there would be absolutely no purpose in calling it Halo:Reach. Also Noble 1 ? Possibly a larger scale halo multiplayer ? Squads ?

So now that my theory / speculation thing is done, I'll one of my ideas out there. First the build your SPARTAN. Imagine a multiplayer experience where you really put your own character into the game. Create your own SPARTAN how you want him to be. Rank up through the Navy ranking system, and take part in large scale strategic matches. Spawn with whatever equipment you want (Only power weapon would be sniper for balance).

Bungie is making a campaign/co op only game, why would it be impossible to make a multiplayer only game ? I apologize if any of this is poorly written, I'm extremely tired and don't feel like looking beyond a spell checker. Let the flaming begin !

  • 06.09.2009 7:38 PM PDT

I'm-A-Chargin My LAZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

didn't read your post
too long
judging by the topic though, more in depth customization would make some variation throughout the matchmaking world, instead of everyone wearing hayabusa, or security helmet and shoulders with katana...

  • 06.09.2009 7:41 PM PDT

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Interesting idea, I would be completely ok with this. I do seem to remember hearing about a MMOFPS Halo game some time ago.. Maybe you are correct after all.

  • 06.09.2009 7:41 PM PDT

We can figure out clues to the Halo Reach multiplayer by looking at ODST's Firefight.

Why?

Bungie began making Halo 3 right before Halo 2 was released, so it isn't too much of a stretch to assume they did the same for Halo Reach. Halo 3: ODST was also made shortly after Halo 3 came out, and since they were both being developed at the same time, ideas might have been "piggy backed" back and forth across them. You can customize your own armor in ODST, right? Look at that to see what see what Halo Reach might look like, though obviously the models must more or less be the same for gameplay reasons. But the armor permutations have been well recieved, I'm sure we can make more customizations in Reach.

Oh, and they killed the MMO Idea last weekly update. You'll notice that Bungie doesn't ridicule the people who are actually right, look at the entire Heretic / Midship thing, they could have gotten a lot of mileage out of that, but they completely steered clear and didn't touch on it. Because they even mentioned a MMO, they killed that idea, from how I look at it.

[Edited on 06.09.2009 7:47 PM PDT]

  • 06.09.2009 7:46 PM PDT

If you have first strike read that, theres more info on the fall of reach in that book, its alos pretty good.

  • 06.09.2009 7:48 PM PDT

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Oh, and they killed the MMO Idea last weekly update. You'll notice that Bungie doesn't ridicule the people who are actually right, look at the entire Heretic / Midship thing, they could have gotten a lot of mileage out of that, but they completely steered clear and didn't touch on it. Because they even mentioned a MMO, they killed that idea, from how I look at it.
I'm not saying an MMO at all. I was simply saying larger scale. Just as a heads up to everyone , this isn't about armor permutations. If five paragraphs is too much to take in feel free to click on a slightly less intelligent thread. :D

  • 06.09.2009 7:50 PM PDT