I was wondering what possible assassinations could be be in Halo Infinite, if any at all. Assassinations are such a cool part of the game because rather than just go for a simple back punch you actually chose to punish the person you snuck behind, and you’re shouting it out and showing it off for all to see! I assume that assassinations will make a return for two reasons:
- If Infinite’s theme to begin with at launch (as we’ve seen with reach style armor) is to Halo: Reach’s likeness, then I don’t think it’s too far out to assume that assassinations - a mechanic that reach introduced and which has been present in every halo game since - could easily make a return.
- As I mentioned, not only have assassinations been present ever since Reach, but Halo 5 introduced many different assassination styles which further allowed players to be as brutal or discrete with their assassinations as they wanted.
I personally am assuming that assassinations will return, but if 343 really wanted to elevate assassinations to the next step they could introduce some kind of customizable assassinations, not like Halo 5 where you choose the pre-made ones, but customization as in, for example, choosing a 1-step, 2-step or 3-step assassination with 1-step being the quickest and most discrete and 3-step being the longest but with a more complex and destructive animation. Lets say you chose a 3-step animation, you’d then choose your assassination combination like, for example; Knee-Punch-Stab, Stab-Stab-Stab, Punch-Stab-Punch ect. I feel like these assassinations would make Emile proud…
Tell me what you think and what you would like to see 343 do with assassinations in Infinite. I know this is probably a very niche community but even something as simple as assassinations really adds lots of life to your spartan as an actual character with their own personality, in a sense. I just couldn’t get this off my mind so I thought I’d make a post about it, so please chip in with your ideas too!
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I actually like the idea of this, but I think what can help it is if you unlock extra steps by unlocking pre-made ones. That way, you can create even more custom assassinations.
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> I was wondering what possible assassinations could be be in Halo Infinite, if any at all. Assassinations are such a cool part of the game because rather than just go for a simple back punch you actually chose to punish the person you snuck behind, and you’re shouting it out and showing it off for all to see! I assume that assassinations will make a return for two reasons:
> 1. If Infinite’s theme to begin with at launch (as we’ve seen with reach style armor) is to Halo: Reach’s likeness, then I don’t think it’s too far out to assume that assassinations - a mechanic that reach introduced and which has been present in every halo game since - could easily make a return.
> 2. As I mentioned, not only have assassinations been present ever since Reach, but Halo 5 introduced many different assassination styles which further allowed players to be as brutal or discrete with their assassinations as they wanted.
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> I personally am assuming that assassinations will return, but if 343 really wanted to elevate assassinations to the next step they could introduce some kind of customizable assassinations, not like Halo 5 where you choose the pre-made ones, but customization as in, for example, choosing a 1-step, 2-step or 3-step assassination with 1-step being the quickest and most discrete and 3-step being the longest but with a more complex and destructive animation. Lets say you chose a 3-step animation, you’d then choose your assassination combination like, for example; Knee-Punch-Stab, Stab-Stab-Stab, Punch-Stab-Punch ect. I feel like these assassinations would make Emile proud…
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> Tell me what you think and what you would like to see 343 do with assassinations in Infinite. I know this is probably a very niche community but even something as simple as assassinations really adds lots of life to your spartan as an actual character with their own personality, in a sense. I just couldn’t get this off my mind so I thought I’d make a post about it, so please chip in with your ideas too!
Lmao this is like the millionth post about assassinations. I’d prefer it if they weren’t in the game. Slows down gameplay and makes you vulnerable. I get it, there’s been an option to turn them off in Halo 5, but it removes the balance for everyone else. Some people think they’re incredibly cheesy and some people think they’re cool. Nothing wrong with either.
I really want assassinations and YOINKS back!
I’m ok with it being opt in on the control scheme only, or maybe just remove it from ranked… or they could do as they’ve always done (since reach) and just allow both backsmacks and assassinations.
Assassinations will just be a part of the microtransactions system, expect tons of rants and complaints when they do decide to bring them back in 2023.