- Shane A175
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Touchdown! Hit it Marines!!
Posted by: llamalizard
If a Drinol/Sharquoi was it there, it would have to be VERY well implemented and thought out. As to why they'd use a living, vulnerable creature as a vehicle/building killer rather than something tough like a locust, I have no idea...
more pronounced differences between species would be good though. Brutes that actually looked BRUTAL, in terms of armour and weaponry. Hunters where the worms actually moved. Elites that actually look dangerous and not like constantly smiling hunchback, split-lip lizards like in Halo 3.
Grunts with armour that actually looks plated on more, that sound more like how they were described in the books. They'd shuffle around and make a few less funny comments, with a slightly deeper pitch. They would be seen in situations OUTSIDE of standing behind an elite for no reason - maybe pre-defined animations for certain areas, like a grunt carrying a motion scanner or a couple scouting through some trees on their own.
Jackals that are actually scary, and somehow reflect their mercenary heritage - maybe they could have a belt or bandolier with grenades or an energy garrotte on it. I'm reasonably sure that as mercenaries, they must have weapons OTHER than the covenant plasma pistols and needlers as well...
Prophets that looked more sinister then they currently do, but still regal - for example, Truth didn't look evil as such in Halo 3. He just looked like another alien. they could have gaunter faces or something, I don't really know.
Drones that act like a proper hive mind rather then independent creatures, and have armour of sorts that looks more like natural plating - the shield generator thingies would have cracks and stuff around them, to look like they were placed into the armour by force.
Just ideas, probably not the best ones.
THIS!!
The enemies do need more fleshing out and given more natural behaviours. The little custom animations in Halo 3 - like the Brutes picking up humans and torturing them were absolutely ridiculous. They weren't believeable for a second. Instead of creating new species, Bungie should give the existing species more abilites. The Suicide Grunt with the 2 plasma's was a great surprise. Instead of Jackals running scared when you get too close and their shields are down, have their Shield Gaunlet turn into a plasma dagger of sorts, and lunge at you screaching bloody murder! Maybe they knock you down and you have to defend yourself like the dogs in COD5 (I apologise for the COD reference) The worms of the Hunters should squeal and pour out of formation when you hit them in the back, staining the ground and squirming around.