Hello! I’ve been posting this idea here and there and I thought it was time I brought it up on the official website:
“A lot of what we love about Halo comes from the sotry and the universe - that sense of place. That’s something that has really been lacking on the multiplayer side. You have all your story and meaning in the campaign, and then you jump into mulitplayer and just kill dudes. None of it really matters.” -Josh Holmes on Halo’s Multiplayer.
I’m excited that story is going to be introduced into multiplayer, and that 343 is looking to make the multiplayer more immersive for players. We’ve all seen the in-game footage of 4’s MP, but what I’m looking forward to is what’s going to happen between those matches.
Going off of this interview in gameinformer’s #229 issue (old I know), having the multiplayer levels actually be holodecks filled my mind with possibilities of what could become the whole MP experience…
• 1) Since the MP is taking place on Infinity, make it so that you, as your spartan avatar, starts off waking up in your bunk and after a brisk breifing of how the MP works you can then freely walk around the ship. This way, it doesn’t feel like you’re just sitting in a disconnected lobby and that it’s more than just a game mode.
• 2) Instead of different gametypes that you simply select in a menu, have the gametypes be represented as different holodecks (slayer holodeck, skirmish holodeck, etc.) that your spartan can walk to.
• 3) Imagine now meeting up with your friends “in person” opposed to joining each other’s lobbies. Now you can show off that new armor upgrade from more than just one angle, and once you’re done showing off you and your crew can bounce to one of the holodecks to do work.
• 4) That being said, the armory can now become something you can walk up to after reaching a new rank in one of the holodecks. Complete with a jargon heavy marine who throws back-handed complements on your newest purchases.
• 5) We all love showing off that awesome moment in our matches. The theater can become a closed off section of the ship where you and 3 of your buds can watch those great moments together, instead of uploading the file to your fileshare, forcing your friends to go to said fileshare, download your file, and then watch by themselves without your commentary. Obviously, the controls would revert to the camera once the video has started.
• 6) The challenges would then become a challenge board that you can see in the main lobby of Infinity, with groups being able to post messages either privately to their group members or publicly if they’re looking to recruit or challenge other clans.
• 7) Importantly, I’m not suggesting that you literally have to walk kilometers each way to get from here to there, but a not to big, not to small area that you can traverse would be a great replacement to the menu system.
• 8) For all of the people saying, “I just want to jump in and get straight to the action,” you can have a computer on your desk close to where you start on Infinity that provides the regular menu that can provide quick access to the online play.
– I think these ideas would help with immersing the player into the multiplayer and not just being an option that allows you to just kill some dudes.
– What do you guys think? I want to hear your opinions from all angles.
