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Subject: Playing as a third character would ruin Halo 3. My opinion.
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First of all, I know a lot of people will disagree with me, or flame me, so to make yourself look like you passed english class, try to do it in a civilized way. Or just put, "ur idea suxxorz, n00b !" Either way:

I think playing as a third character would absolutly suck. Why? Think randomly: You're playing as a grunt. You are happy running around with your plasma rifle {the best weapen weildable} and you see a spartan 10 yards away with a BR. In about 1 second if he's looking at you, dead.

Grunts shouldn't have energy sheilds, shouldn't be able to hold any big guns {non-duelweildable or human at all. With exception of fuel rod cannon} and simply shouldn't be put into multiplayer. Think how unbalenced it would be: Grunts would literally have to look to the top of your screen to get a head shot, and regular Spartans/Elites would have to look down. Unbalenced.

You shouldn't be able to play as a grunt in campaign for two reasons:

1. Wouldn't be very fun. Barely any weapens you can hold, no sheilds, and no squad commands. Which brings me to my next point.

2. This is Halo, not Battlefront or Battlefield or any game where there is tactics and squad commands. Halo's a run and gun game, but obviously it can be much more.

The grunt thing was just an example, but any new character would probably be unbalenced. If there was another Spartan or Elite {along those lines} mabye it'd be okay to play as them. {Even though I wouldn't like it}

It should just be Master Cheif and the Arbiter. Playable, obviously. [I just contradicted myself]

Remember, it's mostly opinion, so post comments or flame.

  • 05.16.2006 2:10 PM PDT
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Playing as another Spartan wouldn't be so bad, I mean each SPARTAN had a different strength, so imagine Multiplayer strategies.
As for another Elite, I honestly don't know if the others work the same way as the Arbiter.

  • 05.16.2006 2:13 PM PDT
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I don't think you should be a thrid character because it would stretch out the story. I was ok only having to follow one story...two was push on my attention span and three would cause an overload of video game information in my brain.

But if it were we wouldnt have to play as a grunt nessacerally.

Maybe have new multiplayer skins like different shaped spartans like females or something and have like the arbiter instead of regular elites.

[Edited on 5/16/2006]

  • 05.16.2006 2:15 PM PDT
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Honestly i didnt like playin as 2 characters in the halo 2 campaign so playin as 3 would be worse

  • 05.16.2006 2:15 PM PDT
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i agree with you completely. There should be one playable character and one playable character only, and thats... Master Chief.

  • 05.16.2006 2:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: bass46slinger
I don't think you should be a thrid character because it would stretch out the story. I was ok only having to follow one story...two was push on my attention span and three would cause an overload of video game information in my brain.

But if it were we wouldnt have to play as a grunt nessacerally.


The grunt was just an example, but like I said, pretty much anyone else would be unbalenced.

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  • 05.16.2006 2:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: bass46slinger
I don't think you should be a thrid character because it would stretch out the story. I was ok only having to follow one story...two was push on my attention span and three would cause an overload of video game information in my brain.

But if it were we wouldnt have to play as a grunt nessacerally.

Maybe have new multiplayer skins like different shaped spartans like females or something and have like the arbiter instead of regular elites.

It wasn't really two different story lines.
Also, Bungie is trying to tell a story. I don't know if they would kill off a character just because some players didn't like his missions.

  • 05.16.2006 2:19 PM PDT
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I think the only player model for campaign should be the Chief, but for multiplayer, there should be:
* Spartan
* Elite
* Arbiter Elite
* Maybe a flood elite with shields.

  • 05.16.2006 2:21 PM PDT
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especially if there is a co-op with the two spartans, not two chiefs

  • 05.16.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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Campaign:

Master Chief John-117
The Arbiter
Chief Linda-058 (I want her sniper rifle. Now.)

Multiplayer:
EVERYTHING!

They could simply make it the skin and use the energy shield in the same way or change its' icon to reflect health. Not only would this be great for machinima but would also be a lot of fun. Of course each would have their own strengths and weaknesses to fit the style of play.

  • 05.16.2006 2:35 PM PDT

for those who want a female spartan- you cant tell if they have armor on-i.e.locklear's comment in first strike and DOA4's spartan

also i think having the other spartans there in campaign as backup ( like the marines in 1&2) would be cool but not as a playable character.

for multiplayer, have grunts, jackals, drones,infection forms, combat forms, and marines as bots and have SPARTANs, elites, brutes and hunters as available multiplayer skins spartans, elites and brutes would essentially be equal, but hunters would be slow, take alot of hits, only have the FRC(charges slowly), but be leathal close up(B as a melee charge) for holding a defense position
just an idea, but as you said Halo is a Run and Gun game so it is unlikely that any other characters would be available

[Edited on 5/16/2006]

  • 05.16.2006 2:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Apocalypse3210
for those who want a female spartan- you cant tell if they have armor on-i.e.locklear's comment in first strike and DOA4's spartan

also i think having the other spartans there in campaign as backup ( like the marines in 1&2) would be cool but not as a playable character.

for multiplayer, have grunts, jackals, drones,infection forms, combat forms, and marines as bots and have SPARTANs, elites, brutes and hunters as available multiplayer skins spartans, elites and brutes would essentially be equal, but hunters would be slow, take alot of hits, only have the FRC(charges slowly), but be leathal close up(B as a melee charge) for holding a defense position
just an idea, but as you said Halo is a Run and Gun game so it is unlikely that any other characters would be available


Good thing those were only ideas...They were horrible. Do you know what "balance" means?

  • 05.16.2006 3:26 PM PDT
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Being a grunt in multi player would be cool but having a new story line would be to hard to rember

  • 05.16.2006 3:30 PM PDT
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it might not be that bad but it would cause the noob word too be used a lot in multiplayer because everybody would just use the ones with the best skills. thats just what happened in conker.

  • 05.16.2006 3:33 PM PDT