"O’Connor told Eurogamer that their decision to include this form of customization in the Halo Universe was not in reaction to Call of Duty or Battlefield.
“What we do take very seriously is changing player habits,” he said. "So rather than chasing Call of Duty or Battlefield and trying to do their thing and doing it poorly and doing injustice to it, we’re trying to do our own thing, and do something fairly original but still something that’s completely compatible with the Halo universe.
“Halo’s not Call of Duty. Halo’s a sandbox game about really emergent things. A lot of things that worked great about Call of Duty – and don’t get me wrong, I was addicted to Black Ops all of last year – they do player rewards really well. We’re not trying to do the same thing, it’s as simple as that. We’re trying to do something else, and to push our game forwards and not theirs.”
I was freaking out about perks until I read this. It has calmed my nerves until we see what the customization options are and I can make my own judgment. Just wanted to help calm everyone.
> "O’Connor told Eurogamer that their decision to include this form of customization in the Halo Universe was not in reaction to Call of Duty or Battlefield.
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> “What we do take very seriously is changing player habits,” he said. "So rather than chasing Call of Duty or Battlefield and trying to do their thing and doing it poorly and doing injustice to it, we’re trying to do our own thing, and do something fairly original but still something that’s completely compatible with the Halo universe.
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> “Halo’s not Call of Duty. Halo’s a sandbox game about really emergent things. A lot of things that worked great about Call of Duty – and don’t get me wrong, I was addicted to Black Ops all of last year – they do player rewards really well. We’re not trying to do the same thing, it’s as simple as that. We’re trying to do something else, and to push our game forwards and not theirs.”
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> I was freaking out about perks until I read this. It has calmed my nerves until we see what the customization options are and I can make my own judgment. Just wanted to help calm everyone.
Well if they HAVE to be there, i hope its just some extra gernades or maybe a 10% movement boost at the most…
> Check this topic out
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> i dont mean to be spamming*
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> i think this guy is actually onto something. Maybe perks are like minor stuff but extra stuff like:
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> extra grenades?
> extre Ammo?
> longer sprints? etc
I like this guys idea. I hope it is stuff like that and is small. I dont want it to be game changing or anything. An extra grenade or 3 second longer sprint sounds cool.
“I’ve responded to it a couple of times. There aren’t “perks” in the game as being described here. And classic Halo is still there. But there are things we will be rolling out soon to put all of this discussion in a much better perspective and I suspect calm frayed nerves.”
> Check this topic out
>
> i dont mean to be spamming*
>
> i think this guy is actually onto something. Maybe perks are like minor stuff but extra stuff like:
>
> extra grenades?
> extre Ammo?
> longer sprints? etc