343 is in a very difficult situation with Halo 4. On one hand it wants to keep it sacred and not add anything that changes what it is. On the other hand it needs to add and change things to keep it fresh and innovative. The purpose of this thread is for the community to come up with ideas that will be fun, innovative, but will not change the core Halo experience.
Just take a look at Cod. Cod 4 has had a succesful formula. it was so innovative and fun at the time, that it has just been redone 5 times in a row now and has become stale. Halo can not do this. Halo must somehow move forward and stay fresh without becomming something different. Halo can’t just add a few new guns and some maps and maybe one new gametype. It needs something that hasn’t been done in the series before. Something that pumps the community up and excites us. Here are some of my ideas.
Multiplayer space combat: The space combat in Reach was awesome. It controlled well, and was just overall a blast to play. The only thing missing is the ability to kill your friends. The gameplay already exists and the formula is already set. 2 sabre teams dukeing it out in space. Could be very fun. It could be its own gamemode like Firefight. So there would be Campaign, Customs, Matchmaking, Theater, Firefight, Forge, and now Dogfight.
Forge 3.0: Halo’s Forge has become a huge part of the experience. The upgrade from Forge to Forge 2.0 was huge and gave us tons of awesome new capabilities. In Halo 4 Forge will be crucial. Give us multiple scenery types, more options, and if its possible…A terrain editor.
Custom game Search: Could you imagine being able to play anything you want at anytime? You wanna play infection? Then go find a game. You wanna play Team Snipers at 300% speed? Go find a game. Basically you should be able to enter a search criteria for what you are looking to play, and a list will populate itself and you can join another players game. This is a great way to show off and try other peoples forge maps and gamemodes. as well as play what you wanna play, when you wanna play it.
These 3 ideas along with the slew of new equipment, weapons, and vehicles should allow for an experience worth buying. Please share some of your own innovations and ideas. 3 is a good start, but more is better.