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Subject: Brutal beatdowns. Just an idea
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I'm 20. I use to play Halo alot but never do really anymore. I'm a offline player since I have dial up. I do play online on rare events when I don't have to go to work, school, etc.

I find meleeing Halo 3 kinda boring. Meleeing in recent games lack alot of over the top stuff so I kinda had a idea for Halo: Reach

Lets say the multiplayer will be spartans vs spartans. You drop someone to their knees. You can run up and do a over the top kill. You punch them in the face 3 times resulting in the person's visior being busted open in a small area then you can shove a plasma grenade in their helment and push them away from you.

Just a small idea I had. Don't say I got this idea from Gears 2 because there has been many games with brutal finishers before Gears of War.(Mortal combat! duh!)

[Edited on 09.21.2009 2:48 PM PDT]

  • 09.21.2009 2:47 PM PDT

No, I HATE quick time events!

  • 09.21.2009 2:59 PM PDT

A few would be cool, just as long as they don't take 10 seconds and end with you getting killed as well.

  • 09.21.2009 3:07 PM PDT
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** USMC **

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I'm 20. I use to play Halo alot but never do really anymore. I'm a offline player since I have dial up. I do play online on rare events when I don't have to go to work, school, etc.

I don't want it to be a quick time event.

It won't take very long but that is the set back. If you wana doing something awesome you better do it at the right time or you'll be in the open with no way to fight back in those short seconds.

  • 09.21.2009 3:13 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Personally I don't think cinematic kills have much place in an FPS game. It works well in Gears because of the angle at which you veiw the player.

I wouldn't mind a little more "impact" from melee's, but it doesn't need useless gore added for hilarity.

  • 09.21.2009 3:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: White wolf1176
then you can shove a plasma grenade in their helment and push them away from you.
Oh god.

  • 09.21.2009 3:29 PM PDT

i like the feel that everything you do in halo is something your physically doing not just a cinematic move... perhaps still broken visors for headshots tho?

  • 09.21.2009 3:29 PM PDT

Big Team Battle Multiflag/Slayer on Standoff/Valhalla/Sandtrap/Avalanche = Win

A halo covenant hack and slash arcade game is what we all want.

  • 09.21.2009 3:31 PM PDT
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I'm 20. I use to play Halo alot but never do really anymore. I'm a offline player since I have dial up. I do play online on rare events when I don't have to go to work, school, etc.

I really don't want it to be gory. Mabey more along the lines of breaking armor but I would love to see someone's visior getting craked open from a melee/headshot.

If it was in camapign then it would add to the overall action. Stuff like snapping a grunt's neck or sticking a gun in a elite's mouth and pulling trigger would make it feel like the book in some ways which wouldn't be a bad thing.

  • 09.21.2009 3:31 PM PDT

Big Team Battle Multiflag/Slayer on Standoff/Valhalla/Sandtrap/Avalanche = Win

An elite wouldn't hesitate to plunge an energy sword into your gut or knee you in the stomach if you tried to get that close.

  • 09.21.2009 3:35 PM PDT
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I agree with you dude halo needs a twist!!!

  • 09.21.2009 3:35 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: White wolf1176
I really don't want it to be gory. Mabey more along the lines of breaking armor but I would love to see someone's visior getting craked open from a melee/headshot.

If it was in camapign then it would add to the overall action. Stuff like snapping a grunt's neck or sticking a gun in a elite's mouth and pulling trigger would make it feel like the book in some ways which wouldn't be a bad thing.


While some of those would not be a bad thing, a lot of the over the top stuff would require animation breaks, and that doesn't fit well in an FPS. I wouldn't mind the neck snap or a melee that crushes crap, but that armor is supposed to be pretty damn tough. A cracked visor would be solid, but a broken open one would be a little difficult to render.

  • 09.21.2009 3:40 PM PDT
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** USMC **

About me:
I'm 20. I use to play Halo alot but never do really anymore. I'm a offline player since I have dial up. I do play online on rare events when I don't have to go to work, school, etc.

Well a Spartan has one hell of a melee so cracking a visor or damaging armor wouldn't be much of a problem for a Spartan.

Since it going to be Pre-Halo 1 era and based around the time of Reach the armor may be different and such. I have to read "The fall of Reach" again anyway to brush up on the Halo history.

Again it was just a small idea and I wanted to share it you guys. I'm very pleased with the feedback I'm getting for the most part. Thank you for your opinion guys!

  • 09.21.2009 3:49 PM PDT

Alt+F4=secret weapon in Halo PC!

Quicktime events would basically ruin Halo... How would you possibly pull off quick plays when every time you go to melee someone you're trapped into a 2 second long event?

This would really turn Halo into Gears... Halo's gameplay has always been faster.

  • 09.21.2009 4:07 PM PDT
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I'm 20. I use to play Halo alot but never do really anymore. I'm a offline player since I have dial up. I do play online on rare events when I don't have to go to work, school, etc.

It wouldn't be quick time events. More of way to kill a enemy instead of just pulling headshots with BR or Etc.

  • 09.21.2009 4:30 PM PDT