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Subject: Something that the Halo Series lacks
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For honor, for glory... for the Seventh Column.

There's obviously something that is missing in Halo, and I never thought I would figure out what it was until today!

Interactivity within the game.

There needs to be more interactivity in the Halo games. It's just dull going around and shooting ALL the time. There needs to be moments where you're interacting with the environment around you to either complete an objective or get from point a to point b. Here's some examples I've taken from MW2 and ODST.

In the last level of MW2, Soap is stabbed and you have to repeatedly press x to pull the knife out...

In ODST, before you can get out of your drop pod, you have to press on the emergency hatch releases for the hatch to open.

These might be small and unimportant things, but I think they're what makes a game so cool because it promotes realism, is interactive, and takes the game away from repetitive fighting. Things like these need to be put into Reach.

An example for Reach might be having to inject biofoam into one of your Spartans if they're wounded on the battlefield.

Now, I just finished talking to you about interactive actions in game, but there's something else the Halo series doesn't have either.

Interactive missions.

Again, here I am using COD examples... owell.

In Call of Duty Modern Warfare series you get a ton of interactive missions. In COD4, there is the mission where you have to snipe Imran Zakhaev. It's interactive for the first part where you actually have to snipe him, and then the rest of the mission is just running around and shooting. Another interactive mission is the AC-130 mission where you're providing Aerial support for the guys down below.

Here are some examples that I thought would be good for Reach.

In the beginning, you're a Spartan, (Fred, Kelly, etc...) and you're all in the Pelican about to be dropped off at the Mac Generators on Reach, but things go awry as banshees are shooting at you and the Pelican is falling apart. Your pilot dies. You have to assume the role as pilot for just about 60 seconds and manuever the Pelican safely to a landing zone. Wherever you crash land it determines where you start off in the game. (Assuming Reach is open world)

Another example is you're a Spartan stationed in a UNSC cruiser in orbit above Reach. You need to get communication to High Command about something but the communications array on the outside of the ship is damaged. You have to put on EVA gear and space walk outside of the ship to the antennae to fix it with another Spartan. There's no gravity and you only have one weapon. Your pistol. You cannot walk around with your pistol because you're carrying tools with you. BUT, the cruiser you're repairing is exchanging fire with a Covenant CCS battlecruiser and the Spartan that was with you just got blasted off into space by a Banshee fuel rod cannon and you have limited oxygen. Your mission is to repair the com array and get back aboard the ship.

Anyway, I hope my point has been well made. Halo needs more interactivity.

Discuss.


  • 11.15.2009 7:32 AM PDT
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If you want interactivity in your missions. Go play CoD:MW2.

[Edited on 11.15.2009 7:37 AM PST]

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Posted by: Methew
If you want interactivity in your missions. Go play CoD:MW2.
WHY DONT YOU SUCK YOUR OWN DICK.

  • 11.15.2009 7:38 AM PDT
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Well yeah, but the whole point is, I want to play Halo, but I just think there should be more interactivity, that's all. I don't want Halo to become Call of Halo, but I just think there's a lack of excitement in Halo because there's not enough interactivity. It's the same boring thing, run around and shoot aliens.

  • 11.15.2009 7:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: Methew
If you want interactivity in your missions. Go play CoD:MW2.
WHY DONT YOU SUCK YOUR OWN...

I'm taking Yoga classes to do just that.

Posted by: Buster1057
Well yeah, but the whole point is, I want to play Halo, but I just think there should be more interactivity, that's all. I don't want Halo to become Call of Halo, but I just think there's a lack of excitement in Halo because there's not enough interactivity. It's the same boring thing, run around and shoot aliens.

My understanding of canon is limited but the Spartans are soldiers of war. Having the technical know-how to repair a Comm-Array mid fight and in space seems beyond their capacities.

[Edited on 11.15.2009 7:46 AM PST]

  • 11.15.2009 7:38 AM PDT
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by interactivity you mean like the chainsaw duels in gears 2? yeah that would be pretty cool to have some moments like that

  • 11.15.2009 7:42 AM PDT

Thanks for ruining the MW2 ending you jerk. You could of said that there was going to be spoilers.

  • 11.15.2009 7:45 AM PDT
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What so one game is good that means Halo cant have a fun feature because it wouldn't be Halo any more? CoD now has duel wealding. I bet the fans didn't say "Dont make CoD better, if you dont like it go play Halo". Really, Halo fans are so stubbon.

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For honor, for glory... for the Seventh Column.

by interactivity you mean like the chainsaw duels in gears 2? yeah that would be pretty cool to have some moments like that


Yeah, I guess something like that would fit the idea well.

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  • 11.15.2009 7:46 AM PDT
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What so one game is good that means Halo cant have a fun feature because it wouldn't be Halo any more? CoD now has duel wealding. I bet the fans didn't say "Dont make CoD better, if you dont like it go play Halo". Really, Halo fans are so stubbon.

too right mate

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I liked the idea of your 2 missions you gave. If you want to expand upon them a little bit and add them to that thread, I'll add them and quote you for it.

  • 11.15.2009 7:48 AM PDT
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Posted by: JFKES
What so one game is good that means Halo cant have a fun feature because it wouldn't be Halo any more? CoD now has duel wealding. I bet the fans didn't say "Dont make CoD better, if you dont like it go play Halo". Really, Halo fans are so stubbon.

I don't think the MW2 forums had to deal with hordes of Halo kiddies coming in, declaring MW2 will die and that Halo is so super-better-supreme before reducing to a slow simmer that aims to incorporate as many aspects from Halo into CoD.

  • 11.15.2009 7:48 AM PDT

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Thanks for ruining the MW2 ending you jerk. You could of said that there was going to be spoilers.

shut up you obnoxious little prick

  • 11.15.2009 7:50 AM PDT
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What so one game is good that means Halo cant have a fun feature because it wouldn't be Halo any more? CoD now has duel wealding. I bet the fans didn't say "Dont make CoD better, if you dont like it go play Halo". Really, Halo fans are so stubbon.

I don't think the MW2 forums had to deal with hordes of Halo kiddies coming in, declaring MW2 will die and that Halo is so super-better-supreme before reducing to a slow simmer that aims to incorporate as many aspects from Halo into CoD.

never heard of the other way round either

  • 11.15.2009 7:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: LocknLoader2K8
never heard of the other way round either

Funny. Because that's what happened up to and after the release of MW2.

  • 11.15.2009 7:52 AM PDT

Sure.

Posted by: Buster1057
There's obviously something that is missing in Halo, and I never thought I would figure out what it was until today!

Interactivity within the game.

There needs to be more interactivity in the Halo games.

Posted by: Buster1057
In ODST, before you can get out of your drop pod, you have to press on the emergency hatch releases for the hatch to open.

You wanna run that by me one more time?

  • 11.15.2009 7:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ultra Pun
You wanna run that by me one more time?

There are four explosive bolts that seal the drop pod that you, the Rookie, are stuffed inside. On your first play though to orientate your controller and choose either your regular or inverted playstyle you look at each of the four explosive bolts and pound them for you to escape.

  • 11.15.2009 7:58 AM PDT

Sure.

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Posted by: Ultra Pun
You wanna run that by me one more time?

There are four explosive bolts that seal the drop pod that you, the Rookie, are stuffed inside. On your first play though to orientate your controller and choose either your regular or inverted playstyle you look at each of the four explosive bolts and pound them for you to escape.

I don't think you understood what I was trying to say...

  • 11.15.2009 8:07 AM PDT

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Wow, way to ruin the end of COD you prick, next time if you have -blam!- like that, put "spoilers" in your title. -blam!-!

  • 11.15.2009 8:11 AM PDT

Also, all Spartans were groundside besides the three of blue team. That makes it impossible for a Spartan to be on a cruiser as the only ship they were on was the PoA.

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While I don't care much for the MW2 storyline, I was a little ticked off that you SPOILED the crap outta the game. I can only imagine the people who actually DO care about it... How about you NOT put it in and use another example from the thousands of games out there or warn people with a spoiler alert?

  • 11.15.2009 8:26 AM PDT

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While I don't care much for the MW2 storyline, I was a little ticked off that you SPOILED the crap outta the game. I can only imagine the people who actually DO care about it... How about you NOT put it in and use another example from the thousands of games out there or warn people with a spoiler alert?


Yeah, I agree, way to spoil it without warning... quite a few people know the end by now, but for people like me who have been dying to find out for themselves and avoid spoilers, it's really piss annoying to find a random spoiler when I didn't know it would even be there.

  • 11.15.2009 8:48 AM PDT

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by interactivity you mean like the chainsaw duels in gears 2? yeah that would be pretty cool to have some moments like that


No.

  • 11.15.2009 8:50 AM PDT

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