- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Naqser
Posted by: Turin Turambar
Posted by: Naqser
1 you knew about the flood because it was in halo CE and Halo 2 was a sequel, in sequels things like the flood are to return somehow, what did you want, a jack in the box to pop out of a room where the flood were supposed to be, now that would be unexpected
2 So what's the idea about adding only a MP weapon?
3 Halo 3 will probably be longer than both of them, maybe even longer than them togheter
4 the boss battles is a part of the story, would you have prefered cut-scenes and remove more gameplay? Regret said he would activate the rings, so he had to be stopped, Tartarus was interupting the un-activation of the rings so he had to be killed.
5 Even though I didn't like the Cliffhanger that much, it was good, you can expect a new game. I doubt that Halo 3 will have a Cliffhanger ending
6 Power-ups are for MP, now if they added some survival mode that would be fun with active camo.
7 What do you mean?
8 They had to make them speak english when you are the arbiter, maybe a "language" option would be good? Do you fear the enemy?
9 They were boring
10 It's legendary, it's supposed to be hard, not, "grind your enemy down one by one while dying 2 times doing so" easy. If you want to respawn at you mate play heroic.
Most of your replies are personal opinion (as are many of mine) so I will get in to those that I believe aren't.
About my first point: I wanted somethng to surprise me, is that so hard to comprehend. And yes it is a sequel but how about something new and unexpected?
About the second, I didn't understand.
The third... I hope you are right.
The fourth... Halo is not Super Mario Bros. or so other game that has Bosses. I plain didn't like the Bosses.
Seven... I mean that playing as the Arbiter caused me to feel compassion for the Elites especially because they had been deceived.
If you didn't fear any of your enemies the game woldn't be fun.
so nothing in Halo 2 suprised you? It was full of suprises, big flood thing, arbiter, and lots of other things. Or did you want some new enemy that would have appeared like the flood? Maybe Forerunner return? Sentinels allied with humans?
What is the point of adding a new weapon (beam rifle) and not have the covenant use it? Or did you mean that someone else should use it than the Jackals? The other ones would be as good as the Jackals, So adding a new weapon and only use it in Multiplayer would be ridiculus.
It's the conlusion to the story arc, it's bound to not be a cliffhanger
In Halo CE there were no bosses because the hole thing was to get of the ring and back to human controlled space, there were no brute leaders there, the better elites there were gold, and not much of bosses, but kind of "mini bosses" if you like. There was a prophet on truth and reconcilliation but I guess he didn't have a chair like the Hierachs (or however you spell it) and was in a completly different area than the one that MC and the marines enterd.
As for Halo 2, it was a different thing, a prophet made it to earth and MC and company followed, they were to capture him, when it was clear that he was to activate the ring he had to be taken down. Now, taking down him was kinda fun because you had to get up close and punch him, a small puzzle there, anyway, a cut-scene wasn't enough, what would have happened in that? MC would have come in, pointed a gun at the prophet and said "you're mine, follow me and you won't get hurt"?, Regret was guarded like hell and could take some serious punichment. As for Tartarus, he was in the way when Halo had to be prevented from activation, would you have prefered a regular brute?
Probably, but do you feel compasion for them when they shoot marines? And they aren't your enemy when you play as the arbiter
It is hard to make an enemy to fear, it's a strong word to use fear, after a while of playing you will notice that they are not bad and then not fear them anymore and i fail to see why you have to fear an enemy to have fun while playing a game
Concerning the Beam Rifle: What I meant was, and I think I posted it already, that it is too powerful (you die on legendary when you get shot on the leg or lower torso) that is annoying, I mean jackals get shot and they don't die immediately and MC with is MJOLNIR armour just dies... I mean come on. And when you have to memorize the positions of every Jackal in each checkpoint and take them out one by one, it just takes out all the fun.
I hope you get my point this time.
You see, I don't know what I want, that's the whole point... I want to be surprised. As soon as the arbiter came into the picture I could guess what was going to happen.
About the Arbiter and feeling compassion for the deceived elites, I don't know how to express myself any better. Sorry.