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Subject: An interesting and original idea for an ODST silver skull

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We all know that silver skulls are just put in to change the gameplay in different ways such as HUD removal and alternate speech. But how about one that set you into 3rd person?

If any of you have ever been in theater mode on halo, (who hasnt?) then if you click in the right thumbstick, it puts you into an over the shoulder veiw. All that would be needed for gameplay would be to simply add a crosshair to that and have that as the veiw in game and there you have it. 3rd person.

If it was set as a skull then it could be activated and deactivated as you pleased. And with the random skull selection in Firefight, it would make it very interesting i think.

But then again, im sure its too late for any more add ins, and im sure this wouldnt make the cut anyway. But still, i think it would be interesting to see.

What do you think of the idea, and have you got any of your own that would be interesting? (try not to have stupid ones)

[Edited on 06.19.2009 2:59 PM PDT]

  • 06.18.2009 2:51 AM PDT
Subject: An interesting idea for an ODST silver skull

Posted by: Anon
i woke a bit ago and my son was playing halo 3 he was on forge i saw at the bottom of the screen was a charge for 35 dollars is that real or not did he charge 35 bucks or is that justfor the in game

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I quite like this. It would add an interesting dynamic to the game without altering difficulty, as Gold skulls do. I've always wondered what it would be like to play Halo in third person, and like you said, Theatre can play over the shoulder, it's only one more step to include it in gameplay.

I'm thinking a bonus Silver Skull that, similar to IWHBYD, changes the voices, so that instead of professional voice actors, we get random Bungie employees lending their voice talents (or lack thereof).

  • 06.18.2009 4:05 AM PDT
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im going to put it at a very basic thing. halo was meant to be played as an fps so a third person camera would pretty much ruin the point

  • 06.18.2009 4:07 AM PDT

Posted by: Anon
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Posted by: xXMisterChiefXx
im going to put it at a very basic thing. halo was meant to be played as an fps so a third person camera would pretty much ruin the point
It was also meant to be played with a HUD, and without grunt heads exploding into confetti.

Skulls are there to change the way the game is played, without materially altering it. Zooming out from 1st to 3rd person is not a material change. We're not talking GoW2 style, where you can use 3rd person to interact with the environment, roll, etc. It's a simple matter of putting the character model in the middle of the screen and altering the viewpoint slightly.

  • 06.18.2009 4:14 AM PDT
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ok. the blind skull makes your hud go invisible not away. so its only altering your knowledge of whats going on, on your HUD also it ruins the immersion of the series

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What if there was a skull that made brutes rampage more or wutever you call it when their armor bursts off.

  • 06.18.2009 4:22 AM PDT

i agree that halo is fps territory first and foremost, but third person would be pretty cool. besides, if someone didn 't agree, they could simply turn the skull off. simply put, this idea would improve the game for some, without affecting those who prefer first person perspectives. i can't say i think that's a bad idea.

my own suggestion for a skull, though out of left field, could be interesting. how about, if you assassinated an enemy by meleeing their back, instead of dying, they could switch sides and attack your foes. this could sow chaos, provide interesting new tactical options, and inspire a few machinimas, if you nailed a hammer wielding chieftain.

any more ideas? this could become quite a thread

  • 06.18.2009 4:26 AM PDT

I think it'd be painful.
It'd feel so different to me I'd play horribly and then a brutes would eat me :(

  • 06.18.2009 4:32 AM PDT

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I'd like a HUDless view, but still having the gun visible. Good old WW2 fight.

It could replace Fog. It fogs your HUD.

  • 06.18.2009 5:48 AM PDT
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3rd Person skull that actulley sounds very good, I would like that to be in the game would make the halo expierence completely different.

  • 06.18.2009 5:52 AM PDT
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3rd person skull would be cool.
do you think a silver skull which turns all stickys into golf balls sound good?
maybe it will throw in some grunts screaming FOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUR

  • 06.18.2009 6:01 AM PDT

"The land may melt, the seas may swell, the sky will fall... but They will come." - Malzahar

I like your idea, I have always wondered how Halo would play in 3rd person.

  • 06.18.2009 6:32 AM PDT

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Posted by: Zekkalkan
I think it'd be painful.
It'd feel so different to me I'd play horribly and then a brutes would eat me :(
It could be painful to begin with, but then after a while you would get used to it. Theres also the fact that you wouldnt have to ever do it if you didnt want to.

I really like some of the ideas, especially the modified blind skull. I always thought it would be better if you could see your weapon. As for the assassination chaos one, well, =P. It would be crazy as hell. XD

But that one about the Brutes when their armour is gone, well they already get pretty pissed when you do that. =P
I dont see how they could be any more so.

But the plasma golf balls. Not that much of a change.

  • 06.19.2009 1:39 PM PDT

I'm thinking a bonus Silver Skull that, similar to IWHBYD, changes the voices, so that instead of professional voice actors, we get random Bungie employees lending their voice talents (or lack thereof).

my first thought when reading this was all voice actors are replaced by microsoft sam.

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an original idea. nice work OP.

  • 06.19.2009 1:50 PM PDT

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This is an extremely good idea OP!
I always thought it would be cool to have a third person version of Halo.
I just like to admire the awesomeness of the characters

  • 06.19.2009 2:19 PM PDT

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Posted by: Frostyman
I'm thinking a bonus Silver Skull that, similar to IWHBYD, changes the voices, so that instead of professional voice actors, we get random Bungie employees lending their voice talents (or lack thereof).
my first thought when reading this was all voice actors are replaced by microsoft sam.
Oh my god. XD
That would be the most hilarious thing ever!

But thanks for the compliments. And my original idea for this was to be able to see the full player model. 3rd person is something that ive always wanted for that purpose, and to bring a whole new experience to Halo.

  • 06.19.2009 3:05 PM PDT

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Posted by: xXMisterChiefXx
ok. the blind skull makes your hud go invisible not away. so its only altering your knowledge of whats going on, on your HUD also it ruins the immersion of the series

If you can't see it, it's gone. It's invisible, yes, but it's gone.

  • 06.19.2009 3:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: Frostyman
I'm thinking a bonus Silver Skull that, similar to IWHBYD, changes the voices, so that instead of professional voice actors, we get random Bungie employees lending their voice talents (or lack thereof).
my first thought when reading this was all voice actors are replaced by microsoft sam.
Oh my god. XD
That would be the most hilarious thing ever!

But thanks for the compliments. And my original idea for this was to be able to see the full player model. 3rd person is something that ive always wanted for that purpose, and to bring a whole new experience to Halo.

I very much like the third person idea, as well as the voice acting one, and the smack-em and then they're allies one. My own idea would be maybe a 1.5 speed skull, where when you turned it on enemies were 1.5, or 1.25, times faster. 2 times would be too fast, but 1.5 may be too fast as well.

  • 06.19.2009 3:13 PM PDT

"Nothing is True, Everything is Permited."

I want the cowbell skull to actually do something, like sputnik did in halo 2. I want to be able to launch myself across the map in a mongoose.
My idea for an original silver skull would be a skull that makes you jump higher.

  • 06.19.2009 3:38 PM PDT

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I want the cowbell skull to actually do something, like sputnik did in halo 2. I want to be able to launch myself across the map in a mongoose.
My idea for an original silver skull would be a skull that makes you jump higher.
I never got to use Sputnik in Halo 2. Was there much of a difference in explosions?

But as for that skull, the silver skulls are put there to change the gameplay, without actually affecting what the player can do, in a sense. You could argue that the blind skull makes it so you can't snipe, but thats a matter of opinion.

Maybe if there were some skulls like on Halo Wars that actually helped you but lowered your score...

  • 06.20.2009 1:14 AM PDT
Subject: An interesting and original idea for an ODST silver skull

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I never got to use Sputnik in Halo 2. Was there much of a difference in explosions?
The difference was in the resulting force of the explosion or beatdown. Sputnik amped up all the physics in the game to the point were it was absolutely crazy. And extremely fun.
Here is a good example
And here

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  • 06.21.2009 1:47 PM PDT
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Good idea

  • 06.21.2009 1:50 PM PDT

Would you dance for it?

Very cool idea...

Or one that makes vehicles 1st person.

Driving a hog from behund the wheel would be sweet.

  • 06.21.2009 1:51 PM PDT

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Third person would be really cool, actually.

  • 06.21.2009 1:52 PM PDT

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