- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I was also against it at first, but after thinking about it, i think its quite good really
Pros (In my opinion)
1) If any of you have ever been fighting someone, when all of a sudden a team comes into the fight kills your opponent leaving you with no score and low health then leaving you alone again. You'll realise that usually the next fight you get into you'll lose as you have a serious handicap in health. But with the new shield/health system, your health will regenerate back to full after each fight.
2)No more squabbles for the pathetic ammount of medi packs on a level, now everyone has full health as long as they hide for a few seconds.
3)More realistic, in the halo books and in real life getting shot in the head kills you. In halo CE getting shot in the head by say an assault rifle wouldnt kill you even if you had no shield. But in halo 2 your shield is you health, as your shield gets shot more it gets weaker, and bullets start getting through to you, untill the enemy drops you shield, you get shot no shield to protect you, bam your dead. More realistic.
4)Faster games, i believe this will make the game faster. From watching the videos, there always seems to be a battle going on and its only 4 vs 4. I noticed on the old halo, if you had a 4 vs 4 and you liked attacking, you were usually alone for quite a while, with the odd fight here and there. But halo 2 looks like its going to have some really big battles even with 8 players. I think the new health system, creates a faste paced game.
5) The same pro everyone has made about all the other changes - Trust in bungie. All the ign reporters and gamespy, and the people from fanfest, all say it was great. But none of you have played,, of course i havent either, but you could put some faith in the opinions of people who liked the old halo and had a chance to play halo 2 and liked that more.
Cons (In my opinion, which is hard as i like the idea)
1) What will happen to the plasma pistol, the only reason i used it was to drop shields, but now? If bungie makes it so that you can drop shields then one hit kills with any gun, it will be too powerfull? But what else could it possibly do, its pimary fire waas overshadowed by the plasma rifle. I hope bungie thinks of a way to put plasma pistol in.