You guys remember Sacred Icon in Halo 2, and how you could build up a squad of Jackals and Grunts, and then Sangheili teammates towards the end of that mission? Just collect weapons from around the map and arm them up based on the strengths and restrictions of that specific species? Wasn’t that a cool twist to the allied AI instead of just always having Marines? My point is, would you guys like to see more species who are allied with the UNSC make an appearance in Infinite or other titles? This could be SoS Grunts and Sangheili, maybe hired Jackal pirates, or even species that we never got the chance to be allied with yet! Imagine having just one mission where you could have Jiralhanae or Buggers as teammates, you could set the Brutes up with Rocket Launchers or something to make them practically unstoppable, and the Drones could fly around with rifles or something, I don’t know. I just think it’d make for a very cool hypothetical scene in Infinite, what are your guys’ thoughts?
In general, I really am hoping to see some interesting alliances form in the wake of the Created Uprising. The Kig Yar are a very decentralized race that prides themselves on independence and piracy. I just don’t see their culture aligning well with the notion of a totalitarian dictatorship led by a bunch of Human AIs (no word as of yet on other AIs like the one seen in the CEA terminal). So there’s definitely a possibility that we could have more alien allies in game, like the Kig Yar who see themselves at least temporarily allied with humanity. Or at least we could see some Kig Yar pirates taking advantage of the war and playing both sides in a mercenary role.
I do hope the Swords of Sangelios make a comeback.
I can get on board with this idea. I think teaming up with unique AI and is a good thing for Halo. I remember doing the first Arbiter mission in H2 and the first time I killed all the elites and grunts because I didn’t want to partner with them but the more times I played through the campaign and saw those AI “frenemies” I became to appreciate them the way I did the Marines. It would be fun to have that feeling all over again in HI.
If anything, I can see the Banished teaming up with the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios out of necessity to fight against the Created (and possibly the Flood).
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> If anything, I can see the Banished teaming up with the UNSC-Swords of Sanghelios out of necessity to fight against the Created (and possibly the Flood).
If the Banished do make it into Infinite, I could definitely see this. Without an existential threat like the Created, the Banished would never team up with humanity. But with that threat, humanity and the Banished could definitely have a common goal, at least for a while. Then once the Created are defeated, then the Halo Universe will finally have a worthy successor to the Covenant in terms of being a threat to humanity.
I would be happy to see more advanced AI options like that in Infinite for sure.
I think friendly aliens would be good to see again, it was refreshing in Halo 2 to not be the one getting blasted by a hunter pair for a change.
Brutes, not too sure of unless it’s convenient for the plot or we see something from different perspective.