- The Ruckus 2010
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Name's John. I'm a 21-year-old firefighter/EMT from lolhio who doubles as a die-hard Halo fan. I've been enjoying the franchise since 2001. My favorite iteration of Halo would have to be Halo 2 simply because I never got to experience the joy of a full-on Halo: CE LAN.
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Posted by: Darkside Eric
Posted by: The Ruckus 2010
And again, who said that jetpacks need to be used on every map? Who said jetpacks need to be in the game at all? It's not classic Halo gameplay. Vehicles and weapons will always be a part of the classic gameplay.
Who said Dual Wielding should be in the game at all?
Who said melee Power Weapons should be in a FPS game at all?
Who said teleporters should be in Halo CE at all?
Who said X should be in the game at all?
The designers.
You're not using the angle of "it doesn't work because it actually doesn't work," you're just using the "it's not Halo!" approach.
Because I can almost guarantee that even if the game's maps were well balanced and the AAs were well balanced and the game was pretty playable, someone, somewhere would still be like "it's not Halo!" even if the game works well.
I never said jetpacks wouldn't work well if not for unsuitable map design, so of course I'm not going to say it doesn't work because it actually doesn't work. Very clearly it works. It's the maps that don't work with it.
I'm simply saying that in the context of Reach's map design choices, it would have been better if jetpacks had never been introduced at all, rather than trying to change a more classic map design style in lieu of one that supports jetpacks. I have a feeling that, given the maps' designs even without jetpacks, any jetpack-catered designs would have been horribly forced and broken as well.
My point is, this game would have been fine without jetpacks. They designed everything else in the game as if jetpacks weren't a factor, which leads me to my stance. Again, jetpacks just simply should not have been introduced.