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"Hey! I heard you fellas taste.... just like chicken!!"
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
CE Pros:
-great level design (maybe except The Library)
-realism. Enough said
-weapon diversity and reliability of every weapon (even AR could get the job done)
-grenades, shields, health were realistic
-felt like a god even on Legendary
-beatable, fair, and really good Elite AI
-multiple other reasons that are too long to list
CE Cons:
-friendly AI had some problems that could have easily been fixed. In this video, the plasma rifle and needler marines are the modified ones and the assault rifle is the classic marine. Notice how the classic marine gets killed by charging in too close while the modified marines stay with me
-vehicle collision was unrealistic, but it was nice regardless. The only thing I didn't like was getting splattered by my own vehicle and Hunters being killed too easily by barely being touched
-Hunters. They're just too easy to kill. In this video, I show how Hunters have better resistance (their armor takes damage. You can see this by seeing their head moving back when shot). They can also leap (not shown in the video but this is used when I go to higher ground). I also show marine efficiency. By simply changing the hunter fuel rod projectile's AI perception radius and danger radius, I made it so that they roll from the shots, lasting longer.
Several things that need to be fixed (or should be considered):
-there's a human combat form on The Maw that is allied with the Covenant. I'm not sure if this is only in PC
-plasma rifle wielding Zealots don't have provisions for berserk melee
-stealth Elite sword glow problem is fixed in the remaked version, but what about when you go back to the original via select button? The process is simple. Duplicate the sword, let the Zealots keep the original sword and modify the duplicated sword and give it to Stealth Elites.
-Hunters can be killed with one shot to the back
I'm not a CE hater. I'm just giving my take on improvements. I recognize it as a Halo game and I recognize that it is has many pros.
I agree to alot of your points there.
What Im kinda curious about is.. If they change the characters models/astetics/graphics with just a press on the back button. Would it be possible to change the physics, A.I etc in the same way, I guess its way to hard-coded and to advanced to be rapidly switched on?
Because if the possibilities to slay some of the Cons you mentioned, it would be great. Like, no more one shotting the Hunters, getting killed or kill by barely make contact with a vehicle etc. Also I hope the asthetic and graphical switch can change several minor effects like switching the covenants vehicles from burning orange to blue, like in the sequels. Different tech you know.
Also about giving Halo CE the respect, I agree. It was after all THE game of its time and which kick-started a whole more bunch of its franchise, and you alredy see ALOT of FPS games mimicing things from halo like regen health, well at least shields (though I do think there were games before Halo Ce which had those features).
Anyway!
The Campaign IMO, does not suck. They really made the most out of several map levels in at least two ways (like AonCR and Two Betrayals). Also I like the feel of being MC in his Mark 5 suit,, sure its heavier and you cant jump as high as other SPartan II with Mark 6 or Spartan III with either mark. But! The armor felt solid, and also alot more metallic than the ones in the sequels (Halo Reach Armor being close to that feeling of heavy metal).
[Edited on 07.16.2011 9:16 AM PDT]