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Subject: Halo 4 Would you have preferred a proper Didact fight?

Yes, I've never once found QTE's fun... ever.

  • 12.28.2012 5:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: PROBLEM23323
What if Jul 'Mdama or some other character was fought instead of the Didact? What would people think of that? I'm not sure if there should be a boss fight just for the sake of having a boss fight
Elite Generals with fuel rod guns in Spartan Ops with a makeshift character background.

*shudders*
*convulses*

When you put it that way, I might just prefer the QTEs. Though I doubt the Didact would help himself to an Incineration Cannon...

[Edited on 12.28.2012 5:21 PM PST]

  • 12.28.2012 5:20 PM PDT


Posted by: finalknight92
How about a proper Didact instead?


Yes and this.

  • 12.28.2012 5:21 PM PDT

I can only please one person per day.

Today isn't your day.

Tomorrow isn't looking too good either.

This is a bit like asking if you wanted water in the pool when you jumped off the diving board.

  • 12.28.2012 5:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: Paragon Fury
This is a bit like asking if you wanted water in the pool when you jumped off the diving board.


Well, if you wanted to end it all..

  • 12.28.2012 5:33 PM PDT

A cutscene or a actual boss fight would've been preferable to QTEs. I hate QTEs with a passion. Halo 2's boss fights weren't that bad. It should've been similar to those fights. Instead of Johnson overloading his shields, Cortana would use the bridge to knock out parts of his armor. Without his armor, he wouldn't be able to use the force. It would be just you and him.

They could've tweaked the environment at that point as a remake of a small multiplayer map, say Guardian. And it would've been the Didact (without Force powers) vs. the Chief. I think it would've been a very even fight.

Since, some of us think this was just a defeat not the destruction of the Didact, in this version, it would have the same outcome. Some how the Didact gets away (or he dies if that really is the case).

  • 12.28.2012 5:42 PM PDT

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
It's a game. Who the -blam!- actually plays the campaign a million times over for the story?
... People that care about the story. Like me. And... everybody else that cares about the story.

Besides, the Didact wasn't even that powerful (without his armor, he got neutralized by a Binary Rifle. And he was stunned by a pulse grenade). Chief just has slower reflexes (he's clearly not the badass he used to be)....wat?
Chief was still a complete badass the entire game. And the Didact was clearly immensely powerful. Hence why it would be idiotic to have a 'boss fight.'

Gameplay > story
I don't think you realize that you are a cancer to the video game industry and you embody everything that is wrong with gaming today by making that statement.


The Didact fight is just like the QTEs on Dawn. It disregards players who play Halo for it's gameplay and assumes players only care about the story (which leads into another problem,
None of that is true, not even the assumptions. lack of story background, because the game assumes the player has read the novels).Completely untrue. You said yourself the terminals provide a great deal of information. You can't have it both ways whenever it's convenient for your argument.
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
I'd have preferred some control over my movement. Even the 343 Guilty Spark fight had some interesting things about it:
Wait, you're saying the 343 fight was GOOD?

-it's possible to bring the infinite ammo laser to the fight (but it cannot damage him until after Johnson hits him)
-it's possible to give Johnson the hammer, the sword, and the Sentinel beam IIRC
-it's possible to lunge at Guilty Spark with the sword
-it's possible to bypass Guilty Spark (but that sadly doesn't change how it plays)
-when playing on Co-op, if Chief is killed, Spark will just stay in place, not minding the Arbiter
-but if Chief dies before the cutscene, Spark will fire on Arby instead
-pre-TU, it used to be possible to damage Spark with a combination of rockets and fuel rods
... Seriously. I don't mean to be that insulting, but you legitimately embody everything that is wrong with the gaming community and the industry by making these two posts. I am honestly at a loss for words.

  • 12.28.2012 5:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: M4L1K jr
No because FPS boss fights are usually poorly implemented.
This x1000.
Tatarus, Regret, and Guilty Spark were bad boss fights. Didact would be no different.

  • 12.28.2012 5:51 PM PDT

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Boss fights in shooters are rarely done well. And quick time events are beyond stupid. Cutscene wins.

  • 12.28.2012 5:56 PM PDT

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  • 12.28.2012 5:56 PM PDT

We will get a proper didactic fight in the end I am sure

  • 12.28.2012 6:21 PM PDT

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Im the flood's underground member.

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Ah, who am i kidding, we are all basement dwellers...

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Posted by: Sliding Ghost

Posted by: PROBLEM23323
What if Jul 'Mdama or some other character was fought instead of the Didact? What would people think of that? I'm not sure if there should be a boss fight just for the sake of having a boss fight
Elite Generals with fuel rod guns in Spartan Ops with a makeshift character background.

*shudders*
*convulses*

When you put it that way, I might just prefer the QTEs. Though I doubt the Didact would help himself to an Incineration Cannon...


Almost like that Field Marshal in Reach

  • 12.28.2012 6:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: burritosenior
I've seen this kind of argument in the film community.

No offense, but you embody the mainstream view, the kind of people that don't care for good action or laughs, just for the plot. There are tons of great films out there with lackluster stories that get -blam!- on by reviewers who are looking for the serious kind of thing.

Please take the time to lighten up and realize I just wanted a little more replayability than a fight where I can do nothing but sit and stare, maybe push some buttons if I'm feeling like I care about saving a section of the planet..

And no, I'm not saying the 343 Guilty Spark fight was good. I was severely disappointed with how limited it was. Took me many tries with a grenade jump and an Auto-Turret equipment jump just to get to a platform... only to get pushed into a wall and splattered. I'm merely pointing out that it had some degree of replayability, reasons to revisit it.

[Edited on 12.28.2012 6:25 PM PST]

  • 12.28.2012 6:23 PM PDT

I would not have enjoyed a "boss fight" because they're terrible. A regular cutscene would have been fine.

  • 12.28.2012 6:37 PM PDT

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
No offense, but you embody the mainstream view, the kind of people that don't care for good action or laughs, just for the plot. There are tons of great films out there with lackluster stories that get -blam!- on by reviewers who are looking for the serious kind of thing.
Wait, are we mainstream like you said in this post, or are we a very small number of people like you said in your first post? You've gotta be consistent mate.

I just wanted a little more replayability than a fight where I can do nothing but sit and stare, maybe push some buttons if I'm feeling like I care about saving a section of the planet..Protip: That's what the actual mission is for. The 'boss' is for the story. The level is for the game.
I'm merely pointing out that it had some degree of replayability, reasons to revisit it.The level itself had replayability. Just as the final level of Halo 4 does. The actual 'boss fight' is horrible though. So... I don't see what you're getting at whatsoever I'm afraid.

  • 12.28.2012 6:40 PM PDT

I am the Troll King.

You would lose so badly if so. So cut scene. Also by the way guys I don't think the Didact is dead...

  • 12.28.2012 6:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: Achronos
It isn't our shiznit anymore.

- Praises 343 for changing up Halo 4 formula
- Doesn't trust them enough to create a proper boss battle for their first game

Huh.

  • 12.28.2012 6:55 PM PDT
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i thought the entire idea of the didact, including his name, was ridiculous.

  • 12.28.2012 7:09 PM PDT

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Nah. Considering that The Didact could easily rip the Chief into shreds with his mind, I'm not sure how a fight against him could possibly play out. I'm satisfied with things the way they are.

  • 12.28.2012 7:17 PM PDT

Honestly there's not a lot you can do with boss fights in first person shooters, especially with a shooter like Halo, there's just not enough mobillity or ways to interact with your opponent beyond shooting him to death with Halo's Sandbox.

If they were to have a sweet idea for a boss fight, saving it for a future game is honestly better than blowing it on the first of the trilogy.

And honestly, I thought the quick time event thing was fine, though that might have been because it was 5 in the morning when I got to that part.

  • 12.28.2012 7:17 PM PDT

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i don't really get why there has to be these pathetic boss battles, the chiefs a soldier not a super hero. #2cents

  • 12.28.2012 7:29 PM PDT

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Let's start some speculation on what would make a good boss fight for the future. I think discussion on something that can't be changed is useless.

Many of you are right that Master Chief could never take the Didact on at full strength. So make a way that he could. The battle could start as a quick time event having to fight a couple Knights and the Didact off of him. Then have the Didact prepare to smash him the Infinity could cause some kind of beam to hit Didact or blow up whatever room they're in.

Like others have said use the Halo sandbox to a more extreme rate. Use custom games techniques in campaign as parts of these fights. How to damage the Didact? Use Jenga by throwing Pelicans or Phantoms at him using man cannons or portals. Let Infinity throw in some ordinance drops with weapons or power ups to all extended damage or speed.

There's plenty of ways for this to go down.

  • 12.28.2012 7:42 PM PDT

心の中に弱い風が吹いています。

Gawd, yes. That would have been fun.

  • 12.28.2012 7:44 PM PDT

I am surprised that everyone didn't choose option one exclusively.

  • 12.28.2012 7:46 PM PDT

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Yeah, but it would be really bad.

  • 12.28.2012 7:50 PM PDT