Hey everyone! I wanted to show you this. It’s Halo 5’s early concepts to as early as 2013. Click on the categories to see more details. There are 7 categories. It shows smart scope, REQ packs, Artemis Tracking System, menus, and more. I thought it was pretty cool to see these and compare them to what they are today. The thing that interested me the most was the fact that REQ packs were more specific, not just 3 different tiers. Early Assault Rifle Concept
Tell me what you guys think! What do you wish was in the final game that you see in here?
Thank you for your time.
EDIT: Does anyone know who the Spartan in Recon armor is? The Spartan is in one of the finalized voice notifications. Maybe a cut character? I want to say maybe Dare, but who knows. (Go to HUD, look at voice notifications, 3rd Row between Halsey and Palmer)
The dynamic smartlink was cool, but maybe they felt it was distracting?
I thought it was interesting that they were going to use Spartan Thorne and that Fireteam Majestic was going to be in the campaign. That would have been cool since it would have continued what Halo 4 started. Oh well…
I am glad that they changed Tanaka’s armor though.
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> A lot of early menu concepts and beta elements actually seemed better than the final release.
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> Oh that assault rifle aim looked nice, like you actually aimed down the sights on it like most other scoped weapons.
I have to be honest, when I heard about Smart-Scoping, I thought we’d look into the AR’s Ammo Counter and the screen would change.
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> Holy cow. This is incredible.
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> Gosh the game looked so much better…
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> That UI… And that Halo 4 UI that few moments we can see, so amazing…
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> I don’t get it, why does 343 scrap such amazing things?
That’s pretty much how most concept ideas play out. Realistically most devs have bad -Yoink- ideas but ultimately aren’t able to implement them due to time restraints and not enough resources to make it happen so they either chop it down to where it’s “meh” or they completely change it to something else. 343 have good ideas in the grand scheme of things, they just aren’t able to act on it.
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> > Holy cow. This is incredible.
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> > Gosh the game looked so much better…
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> > That UI… And that Halo 4 UI that few moments we can see, so amazing…
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> > I don’t get it, why does 343 scrap such amazing things?
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> That’s pretty much how most concept ideas play out. Realistically most devs have bad -Yoink- ideas but ultimately aren’t able to implement them due to time restraints and not enough resources to make it happen so they either chop it down to where it’s “meh” or they completely change it to something else. 343 have good ideas in the grand scheme of things, they just aren’t able to act on it.
Yeah. I’m pretty sure Microsoft actually has a lot to do with it, always pushing for dates, and wanting their products out to get revenue. Hopefully the next Halo FPS game gets the love and time it deserves. I’m willing to wait another 3-5 years if necessary. I know that sounds a bit drastic, but I really want a Halo title with everything that is Halo, and is also visually pleasing and everything else.