It’s sort of a hardcore mode, but it predates that. Much like Firefight predates “Horde”. But Gears still got all the credit.
SWAT is very Halo. But it’s a different kind of Halo.
seriously what is Halo then? SWAT has been a Halo playlist since Halo 2 I believe, that’s almost 12 years, so I think it can fit into the Halo definition
Its not really my thing but its been in Halo for a long time.
SWAT’s been around… since Halo 2 I think it was? It’s a fun gamemode that is heavily based on skill and patience in my opinion. It’s good to mix it up with one-shot kills once in a while.
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> SWAT’s been around… since Halo 2 I think it was? It’s a fun gamemode that is heavily based on skill and patience in my opinion. It’s good to mix it up with one-shot kills once in a while.
Yes, SWAT has been around since Halo 2. I hardly ever played it, until Halo 5, I enjoy SWAT, it’s a straight up kill or be killed, if you go running off without taking care you’ll die a lot. I prefer the quicker TTK these days, which is strange, because I’m older, but I have a craving for faster paced games with low TTKs, or, is it the games I enjoyed when I was younger are back ? As for this thread Halo and Swat go together imo.
Yes…
There is no such thing as a “Real Halo Player” every mode in Halo has a place and all of them try to cater to different playstyles, its literally just a case that some people like the gamemode and some people don’t.
Swat is Halo. end of discussion
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> Niche modes can exist in Halo so long as they don’t influence or take too much attention away from the main game (cough Warzone cough). Seriously pisses me off when I see a balance, game design or suggestion thread and it’s 90% of the time about Warzone, but I digress.
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> Which is why SWAT and Infection are fine. They don’t require any special re-design or balancing, and they’re contained.
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> Anyways, SWAT obviously isn’t the definitive Halo experience.
This.
I mean i don’t care what people say, Swat is fun as crap in halo and who cares about what people say if it is fun and you enjoy it? lol.
I think swat is codv2
SWAT is good, just it is a COD like experience, like most of you have said. It isn’t bad but it just isn’t what I think Halo really is, or is meant to be. I love SWAT, it’s just not what i would show someone who has never heard of/played Halo
I remember playing swat in halo 2. Yes its halo. Its just a different aspect of the game. If every playlist is the same, whats the point of having multiple lists?
SWAT has been in halo for years now, so it’s not new by any means. I think it has a special niche within the community.
The only thing that is HALO is the campaign. It has been since HALO CE. Multiplayer and all it variants are side games stemming from the HALO campaign. Griffball? Infection? Somehow I don’t think that the Spartans would be training this way.
I don’t consider SWAT Halo.
Breakout is more real to me, but SWAT is a nice variety.
Is Swat the core halo experience? Obviously not. Halo is balanced arena competition + large scale vehicle and infantry combat (BTB, warzone). But we’ve had swat for a long time now and there’s tons of people who love it. Two other things that came to mind - 1) alot of the time I play swat for warm-up, it’s great for accuracy training. 2) Swat is more similar to alot of the other popular shooters right now. If it pulls in a few players from other games and gets them to try halo, I’m all for it.
I say it is halo because it still can have long TTK if you are not accurate enough. If it was one shot or two shots anywhere on the person then I would say it is a cod thing. But this game type rewards you for your accuracy. It’s the reason I have such a precious shot when it comes to the head with any precision weapon. I have been playing that game mode since halo 3 and have been hooked to it sense. It is a halo game type. But just because it is more twitch-base then the other halo gametypes does not mean it is not a halo gametype
It’s just an option. It doesn’t affect the game at all, so it’s a fun different thing to play.