First off In Halo CE I was awed by the massive maps and the over all experience of the game. In Halo 2 I was awed by the Multi-player, the maps, the duel weapons and the feeling that anything could happen to change the out come of the match. In Halo 3 I was awed by the graphics, the competitiveness, the forge, and the balance that was brought to matchmaking. In Halo Reach the graphics got better and the campaign was improved a little but there was nothing that awed me about it.
In Halo 4 there looks to be a lot of improvements, weapons, maps, campaign and the over all look to the game. Will Halo 4 leave me in awe like the roots of the halo franchise has done in the past? I don’t know.
Here it is, if the console can handle it. Create a map so large its three or four times the size of Hemorrhage. A map that is symmetrical and has a competitive edge. Unlike Hemorrhage fill it in with buildings and interactive objects, like the gates on Longshore. Instead of just gates make other interactive objects perhaps a elevator for a tank or two tanks. No inter active objects that can be used as a weapon though, just things like draw bridges, gates, perhaps a hovering object that a player can release to give them a advantage. I obviously have a big team battle map in mind so there would have to be a open area or two for vehicles to control. There would also have to be ways for players to travel around the map quicker portals, man cannons, grav-lifts and a good amount of vehicles, air and land that transport players. You could bring back some movable objects like the creates on Halo 2’s Water works. Something a tank could push to create a temporary short cut for the any ground troops in the area.
I don’t like the feeling that I’m being punished for a small mistake so please fall damage off, as i’m sure any new player to the game would appreciate the little things that give them a second chance. Keep a team’s or a individual players options open. If a team gets over run give them a choice to take a different route to flank or sneak around a team with their guard down in that area. The object I have in mind is to keep everyone entertained. Whether if your a Halo veteran or someone who picked up the game for the first time. I would like a map that I could play for weeks and suddenly I find something new to explore.