Imagine a firefight game mode with an actual firefight. The allies in Installation 04 were and awesome addition. I think it would be cool if there was an option of have a decent amount of allies, as seriously like 20 marines, so that you could have a decent battle. This could be a versus mode as well, so the elites (Or in Halo 4’s case the new enemies) have a whole bunch of marines to kill.
I mean imagine a whole bunch of elites and grunts fighting a whole bunch of marines, and you and some friends in the middle of that massive battle fighting it out with them. That would be so amazing.
So instead of “Firefight” which is more of a defense mode, it would be amazing to see a big battle mode. Anyone have thoughts on this idea?
I would like a more challenging Firefight mode. In Reach, it’s all too easy most of the time. It doesn’t seem to have that fight for survival feel, more first one to get to the spawn points and kill gets points!
It was cool to have AI help in Installation 04 but they were little more than window dressing. Nice of 343 to mix it up and give some Halo CE in Reach Firefight but don’t think it really worked.
I want more last gasp, fear of the next wave rather than rushing to kill them before your teammate does. Be thankful for a breather while you reload and get in position with your squad mates.
The battle idea sounds good, could make for some fun AI moments and also some nice scale to the battles. Rewards for keeping more alive, naughty medals for friendly fire. They could man gun positions. Pelicans could drop off a new squad before a new wave of enemies so the battlefield stays packed. Send in the tank squad if you manage to keep a certain amount of marines alive, get a warthog AI squad as another option and watch them try to help unless you want to drive. Would be quite sweet. Always mixing it up instead of wave after wave points fest.
I like the way Gears and CoD do their survival modes. Every kill earns you cash, which can be used to unlock weapons and equipment. I’d like to see a firefight mode like this. Cash/credits can be spent to buy weapons/grenades/vehicles/ and even marine reinforcements.
A points-based system would be sweet if done right. The entire point of Firefight is to give great gameplay, unconstrained by plot limitations - that so far, any given map hasn’t featured most vehicles, if any, is woeful.