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  • Poll [9 votes]: What Gameplay would you like to see for Halo: Reach?
Subject: What Gameplay would you like to see for Halo: Reach?
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Poll: What Gameplay would you like to see for Halo: Reach?  [closed]
Only one perspective throughout the game:  0%
(0 Votes)
Many perspectives switching throughout the game:  22%
(2 Votes)
Option of choosing which perpective from the start:  11%
(1 Votes)
Squad base:  67%
(6 Votes)
Other (Write in Vote):  0%
(0 Votes)
Total Votes: 9

Now we know the game will be a FPS as Joe Staten said at the announcement of Halo: Reach at E3.

This is not a discussion of what Bungie will do but more of if it was up to you what gameplay would you like to see that would make the game better and fun for you.

Go ahead and vote and leave comments of why you think the gameplay you picked would add more value or fun to the game.

Again these options are not rumors or assumptions of what you think the game will be but what you would like the game to be.

For some that may not understand the choices the options are below with details or what kind of games have ahad that gameplay and benefits or each gameplay.

OPTIONS
Only one perspective throughout the game- This will be just like Halo: CE and Halo 3 in which your Master Chief and only Master Chief throughout the game. If you want just to play as one main character (Spartan) and not switch people and you can only control him and no one else then this is the option for you.

Many perspectives switching throughout the game- This will be just like Halo 2 and ODST in which you play as different characters and get to see more of the story and effects it has on the game's characters. If your the kind of person that wants to see the story from different eyes and play the game. This option however does not allow you to pick your characters but rather Bungie makes it where you have to play as these characters to continue the story line.

Option of choosing which perspective from the start- Based on the banner, there are 5 soldiers (presumably Spartans). This gameplay will allow you from the start of the game to pick one character with different characteristics and equipment that you will have to play. So say you pick Linda (or far right soldier with sniping weapon) based on information in the book she was quick, a loner and a great sniper. So in the game you will have a sniper as your primary weapon and a pistol as an secondary. So she will be a lot quieter and quicker then maybe some of the other characters which will allow you to beat levels quickly. But say you a destructive kind of guy and you pick Sam (some say Will) [far left soldier] and his primary weapon in the start of the mission is a turret/flame thrower/rockets or some other heavy weapon and then a weaker secondary weapon. His game style may be different b/c he's bigger and slower but has more firepower. If your a fan of play-back value this may be your option because you can choose and play different characters then when you first played it.

Squad Base- If your a fan of Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon you are familiar with this gameplay in whcih you control you squad of where to move, commands like defend, attack, regroup etc. Now it won't be like these games b/c they are 3rd person but it will be rather FPS in which you use your hud and look at places to move them and give them commands. So if you like to have more control of your men and give them orders this is your type of gameplay.

Other- Write your own gameplay you would like to see, like a combination of gameplays mention or have it where you can pick your character and each character has a different storyline then another character.


[Edited on 06.11.2009 11:20 AM PDT]

  • 06.11.2009 11:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

I would love to see a Halo squad based game like Rainbow Six Vegas. But also it would be cool(which im sure their doing) is the multi perspective option, where u play as different Spartans, most likely the Spartans on the picture of Reach.

  • 06.11.2009 11:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: HipiO7
But also it would be cool(which im sure their doing) is the multi perspective option, where u play as different Spartans, most likely the Spartans on the picture of Reach.


See I think it would be a great idea to have it where you could pick your character from the start of the game and be them throughout the mission. Just think of the play-back value. Say your a fan of the sniper and each mission you start of with the sniper and killing your enemy from afar.

Or say you just like to cause destruction and chaos so you pick the far left soldier with heavy weapons. Plus having different characteristics and traits (size, speed, able to take more pain etc) a person can replay the missions over and over again and picking a different Spartan.

I mean yeah it nice to play as different characters but your only that character for maybe a mission or two and you switch people (something like ODST) but I just don't think you could get emotionally attached to your character if you keep switching people. That's why some people didn't like Halo 2 b/c they kept switching from the Arbiter and MC



[Edited on 06.11.2009 11:27 AM PDT]

  • 06.11.2009 11:25 AM PDT

Challenge me to a Hawaiian Punch chugging contest. I dare you.


Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

Squad based, yet still FPS and still plays like the Original Trilogy. If they could pull that off, i would be flabbergasted.

  • 06.11.2009 11:26 AM PDT

life's a b**** and then you die

i know ill be lynched for this, but i personally would enjoy something like GRAW......i think it blends squad based fighting perfectly with a wide viewing angle.......the camera angle needs to be over the shoulder......it would change up the game just enough to feel like a fresh experience

  • 06.11.2009 11:27 AM PDT
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I like Squad Base b/c it adds a new dimension of having to actually work with your allies to get missions done. In Halo 1-3 your allies or soldiers that followed you really had no sense of strategy they would go out there and guns blazing killing some enemy sometimes. They were more like fodder in that they attracted the enemy fire while you do your thing. I think squad based would be a better option for Reach b/c Reach was a doomed planet, Spartans should be outnumbered at least 50 v 1 in most engagements, so you can go charging a stronghold of an enemy you need to use some strategy move troops to places (i.e. Sniper to high ground) and work as a unit not "Army of One" even though Spartans are an Army of One

  • 06.11.2009 11:32 AM PDT