> You are right, there is always a “creative process”. Drawing a picture, making a song etc.
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> But a creative process can lead to a non-creative result.
A good example of a non-creative result is the “Brute Plasma Rifle.” It is the exact same as the Plasma Rifle, only red and with different gameplay properties applied.
Have we ever seen something like the Revenant? You can compare it to other vehicles, but it isn’t the same thing as those examples. Faster than a Wraith and stronger than a Ghost. Hell, it works great for flipping vehicles and then killing their driver when you’d rather take that vehicle for your team rather than destroy it.
> All Halo games introduced tons of vehicles, so the look and feel for a covenant anti-grav vehicle was already given.
It still has to match that while looking unique. It does this rather well.
> The Chopper in Halo 3, that was a creative vehicle cauz it was totally different in design, color, driving physics but perfectly fit the whole game (and the Brutes rudes nature).
The Revenant is far more unique, I feel, design-wise more than identity-wise. How many Covenant vehicles have 2 seats with a “customizable turret”? You have the mortar, yes, but then you can have any weapon you want. Rockets, snipers, DMRs, whatever is needed. The design? How many Covenant vehicles are able to fire irregardless of where the vehicle is facing? That, and in a game that focuses on teamwork, having a vehicle that provides support rather than pure offense is something relatively unseen in Halo. The closest we get is the Winter Hornet with it’s hilariously weak chaingun and no rockets. As for fear of the Chopper? Fear is subjective, and they don’t concern me in the least.
> But the Revenant…“hi guys, here is some new fast speeder with some mini-motar from the Wraith. Have fun”.
Do you always hideously oversimplify innovation? Hardly productive. They introduced a new element to vehicular gameplay. I mean, the article from the Essential Guide even says: “The Revenant holds a niche between the Type-32 Ghost and the Type-26 Wraith, a “functional gap” that has been filled many times during the Covenant’s history, usually by infantry support vehicles such as the Type-46 Spectre and the Type-52 Prowler. It has traditionally been considered the most successful vehicle in this regard. Unlike the former vehicles, however, the Revenant is designed to provide fire support rather than direct force deployment.”
> People are doing it because everything else doesn’t work the way Bungie actually wanted.
So teamwork is devoid in matchmaking? Not Bungie’s fault, or design of the vehicle.
> Because the vehicle simply cant fulfill it’s role in this game even though the idea behind “new vehicle XXXX” was clear.
No, the vehicle can fulfill it’s role well. People can’t.
> I can stand right in front of the Wraith with any vehicle (or without a vehicle) and you can stay there for hours. Nothing will happen.
Only if you kill the turret. Then you also have infantry to deal with. This is because the Wraith mortar would end up damaging - possibly destroying - the Wraith if fired directly in front of the vehicle. It’s not a smart move.
Even still, what did that have to do with the Revenant, exactly? Relating to them, do you remember ONI Sword Base when returning to the base? Three Revenants there. If you’re not absolutely careful, they will jack. You. Up. And it’s not a quick death like it would be with a Wraith. No, it’s a “We’re going to toss you around like a volleyball before we allow you to explode in a twisted ball of fire.” THAT is terrifying.
> A vehicle has to “work” throughout the whole game, not just in a single component.
On the point of “standing infront of the Wraith” Try that with a Revenant. Either you’ll be tossed away like so much garbage, or you’ll be splattered if on foot.
> You can have the last word(s) to offend me again.
How exactly has this been offensive? You’re unwarrantably trashing my favorite Universe - if this makes me a fanboy so be it - with almost no supporting arguments, seeming to be very irrational and ill-founded in your accusations. This is a lesson in being able to back up what you claim, both positively and negatively. Can you back up your claims that the Revenant is a useless and uncreative vehicle? Thus far, it doesn’t seem you can.
