Ok come on
4 halo games so far where we have a suit that can let us survive in space but yet we cant even dip a single toe into the water.
Im tired of it.
In halo 4 please let us walk around in the water with out a fear of dieing.
I mean really.
A map with some under water tunnels to go threw would be fun to fight in seeing as water slows us down and makes it extremely hard to see.
You guys cant say you dont want this. Just walking threw the water with tons of small tunnels where a enemy can pop out of no where.
Adding the ability to walk/swim in water would add a whoooooole different game mechanic to the Halo series. Currently, you can walk and survive in any body of water until it reaches your chest, then its an insta-kill. At this point, adding the ability to swim/survive in water would just seem un-Halo.
> Adding the ability to walk/swim in water would add a whoooooole different game mechanic to the Halo series. Currently, you can walk and survive in any body of water until it reaches your chest, then its an insta-kill. At this point, adding the ability to swim/survive in water would just seem un-Halo.
Not really this mechanic has been added to many halo reach forged maps and I can say if this mechanic was added with out the need to forge cheat it in it would become one of the favorite ways to play.
Designing the ability to swim (or the affects of water on your actions) requires focus of time. Halo games aren’t dominated by in-water movement. It wouldn’t be priority to work it in.
It offers a good gamist brick wall. Players know by now that water means the edge of movement. Cole McGrath will shock himself to death, Batman will grapple out, the Left 4 Dead crews get incapacitated instantly, ect. There are games that work with water (Mario and Zelda, for example), but that means that other limitations need to be conjured. It’s just another option the designers want to keep for prettifying map walls.
> The reasons water kills are likely as follows:
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> 1. Designing the ability to swim (or the affects of water on your actions) requires focus of time. Halo games aren’t dominated by in-water movement. It wouldn’t be priority to work it in.
> 2. It offers a good gamist brick wall. Players know by now that water means the edge of movement. Cole McGrath will shock himself to death, Batman will grapple out, the Left 4 Dead crews get incapacitated instantly, ect. There are games that work with water (Mario and Zelda, for example), but that means that other limitations need to be conjured. It’s just another option the designers want to keep for prettifying map walls.
1.All im asking for is to walk in it, Mainly because 343 wqould have a -Yoink!- hard time trying to tell fans how MC swims with a 200 ton suit.
Ya but thats because theirs not a lot of it.
In reach we literally saw a huge planet of water. we had to forge right next to a ocean that limited us to the max. Literally so far it halo water has been to much of a limiter. It needs to be fixed
Would definitely be a nice addition to finally get around to.
…dunno why people are all concerned about the swimming mechanic because you’re wearing a giant heavy metal suit, it would just be regular walking anyway.
And it’s designed for going in space so why would you need a “special suit” or AA to go underwater?
It actually makes some sense that the chief can’t swim. As you said, the suit is designed to work in space. As best stated once in Futurama, "It’s designed to withstand anywhere from 0 to 1 atmospheres of pressure. Water increases pressure, thus the suit could easily fail.