I guess these are questions I have about the game to come. I am an avid reader of the books. I was wondering if the engine supports larger groups of enemies? Also another question why do the grunts not in engage in hand to hand combat? The books make the grunts seem far more aggressive. While the games have made them more of just nuisance. Not that I am complaining because they been a relaxing running joke for how ever many games we are at now. I stopped counting.
We do know that the engine does support larger groups of NPCs, turns out that was the point of the scene with a huge amount of Space Rhinos.
We know this from a BTS live stream 343 did back in November.
And honestly I would love to see a grunt try and go hand to hand with the Master Chief. That would be incredible and I would have to watch it multiple times.
Game balancing and mechanics are generally the reason behind the disparity between what species do in the games vs the books.
Though, considering Halo 5 added the ability to melee to Jackals, it’s not impossible for Grunts to also get some sort of melee attack.
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> Also another question why do the grunts not in engage in hand to hand combat?
In Halo 5, I’m pretty sure grunts can try to hit you if you get close to them. I’ve even heard them say things like “I am the punching fist of the Covenant!” when they do it