Please hear me out…
I LOVED the 1v1 playlist (head to head) in Halo 3. I thought it was really fun to show off my skills without any teammates to back me up or multiple enemies to team shoot me. Don’t get me wrong, team-based play is what I consider to be the core of Halo multiplayer, but a 1v1 playlist can be great every once in a while for hardcore play.
Although I thoroughly enjoyed the playlist in Halo 3, I understand why it failed. The reason for the bad feedback of the gametype was because it promoted camping and power weapons became even MORE powerful without the ability to use teamwork to combat them.
This is why I propose Halo 4 has an Octagon playlist. In case you’re not familiar with Octagon, it is a popular custom game/map in which players spawn in a relatively small octagonal room and fight with frag grenades, DMRs, and sniper rifles. There is nowhere to camp, no power weapons to abuse, much less randomness etc.
So let me know if you guys like this idea. Also, I’d love to hear other ideas for a 1v1 matchmaking playlist.
-NUT