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Posted by: flamedude
I must admit I did think it was a shame we didn't fight alongside Hunters or Grunts in Halo 3. I thought it would have been great to see a Pelican loaded up with Marines and Grunts, or an Albatross drop down and unload a bunch of Hunters.
I think it could have been pulled off. In Halo 2 we fought against Heretic Elites and Grunts whilst accompanied by normal Elites and Grunts and I never had a problem distinguishing between the two groups.
I agree. It would have made much more sense from a story continuity perspective, seeing as how the Grunts and Hunters were friendly in H2. I would have liked to have even seen a few elite enemies in H3, to have them fighting each other as much as fighting Truth. It makes sense that not all of them would accept that the Prophets betrayed them.
And as for fighting rebels in Reach like the OP mentioned, we fight human enemies alongside human allies all the time in other games. I don't think I've ever gotten confused there.
Honestly, I think Bungie's "it would confuse players" excuse is just another way of saying "it would too much work to create that much extra enemy AI, combat dialogue, etc." After all, didn't Bungie also try to explain Halo's recurring problem of abysmal friendly AI by saying they wanted the player to do all the work?