Well instead of making two threads I’m putting this one into one thread. Even if the ideas are not anywhere near the same. Ones more campaign based while the other is multiplayer based.
4 players, one screen, fun for all_
Split Screen gaming is being killed slowly, some games don’t even have an option, and some games only allow 2 players. Reach itself suffers from this. Yes M.P can still handle 4 players on a single screen yet FireFight and Campaign are left to only two players.
Not sure how anyone could argue against this so I’ll make it short. Make it so we can have 4 players do COOP on a single xbox, same with firefight. There is no reason why we can’t bring back the fun of Split Screen to it’s FULL POTENTIAL.
Think of Halo:CE if it didn’t have COOP? Well that’s pretty much how Halo 3 and Halo Reach feel when you realize you need two xboxes when it should only take one.
And if doing so has to lower the graphics then fine I will live with that knowing I could have friends over and enjoy everything Halo 4 has to offer NOT JUST M.P. Just as long as frame rate doesn’t get owned.
Some nice Load Outs
Second idea is something I thought of while thinking of another idea. Since Halo 2 people have been talking of having some mode with “grunts, elites etc” as playable things in M.P. I don’t agree however It would be nice to have “pre-set modes” based on these. These could be used as load outs or as general (for everyone) pre-sets.
Think of it this way you would have a preset for “Grunt” you still play as a Spartan/Elite/Whatever however you don’t have shields, your HP is that of a grunt (say 25-50%) your speed is reduced, as well as your jump height, and you are limited to whatever guns a grunt could use. This also counts for the Jackal, Elite and whatever pre-set you have.
These could add some nice additions to Invasion 2.0 (sure it’ll come back) in that tier 1-2 could be really weak while moving on each one gets stronger. For exampe Elites could have “Grunt, Jackal, Brute, Elite, Elite” while Spartans could have “Militia, Marine, ODST, Spartan, Spartan”.
These could also be used in custom games to create cool custom game modes, such as one player has Spartan or Elite pre sets while everyone else is a grunt or jackal (kinda like juggernaut) or have a Brute vs Elite or other things.
Ontop of that there would be customable pre sets as well to be added as load outs. And each Team can have different pre sets.