Hey guys,
I love the idea that 343i are trying to emphasise, in Halo 4, the fact that you’re in a super suit. It’s one of the things about the books I loved so much (all the cool stuff the Spartan II’s could do), which unfortunately isn’t given justice in the games (for logical reasons, I know.)
Whilst there’s lots they could add to emphasise your ability as a Spartan II; I think they should add a ‘Spartan Punch’ feature, similar to what Tex does in this clip (6:08)
How it would work
Whilst sprinting towards an enemy, if you HOLD down the melee button, Master Chief will proceed to: sling his weapon on his back; punch his fists together (similar to what Tex does, just to look cool) and then deliver a devastating blow to an enemy in front of him. He will then continue to slide past for a few metres, before stopping and unslinging his weapon.
This charged punch should probably deliver a one hit KO (to enemies of/similar to the ELITE’s stength or lower), but should be balanced by suffering a LAG of a few seconds whilst the chief comes to a stop and re-equips his weapon. During this lag, you are easily susceptible to enemy fire and so it discourages running around INSTA-KILLING everything.
[Spartan Punch can be used in Campaign only. Not MatchMaking.]
What do you guys think? This is only a bit of fun really, I know that there are probably tonnes of balancing issues and this wont be included anyway.