so I have yet to see a thread that discusses the possibilities of animals in Halo Infinite. Clearly they are going to be in the game since they were in the focus of the camera for more than once scene of the trailer, yet everyone goes wild over a couple injured marines and cave paintings.
To me, seeing the beautiful deer creatures and the rhinos was a breath of fresh air. The only animals in Halo I can really think of is the weird gray creatures on Reach and a few emus that just ran away from you. SURE, there are the weird sting rays that fly around in Halo 5 and the birds that can be shot if you have host on Halo 3’s Guardian, but this trailer showed animals as being a focus point, since they were so well made and animated.
I don’t expect there to be full on RDR2 interaction of animals and hunting and what not, but a level of animal interaction and involvement that surpasses any other Halo game would be awesome. Could the animals become infected by the flood? Imagine an adult buck flood mutation fighting you. Honestly, I think it could totally fit into the game if they do it properly.
What are you thoughts and speculations on the animals in Halo Infinite?
The animals have been mentioned in various posts, but nothing really dedicated to them. I think Chief will end up equipping them with weapons and then riding on them.
Great points to bring up OP! I would love to see some interactions with the wildlife, hostile or otherwise. Could add a layer of difficulty to certain levels. Adding them as a possibly Flood enemy? Yes please.
I do need to point out though that the trailer was a game engine demo. So the animals could have been simply added to showcase the graphics that will be possible within the game engine. But I have to believe they were included for a reason, such as them being a part of the game play, or at least in the background of the game play.
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> Great points to bring up OP! I would love to see some interactions with the wildlife, hostile or otherwise. Could add a layer of difficulty to certain levels. Adding them as a possibly Flood enemy? Yes please.
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> I do need to point out though that the trailer was a game engine demo. So the animals could have been simply added to showcase the graphics that will be possible within the game engine. But I have to believe they were included for a reason, such as them being a part of the game play, or at least in the background of the game play.
yes definitely. I really don’t think they would just put wildlife in the center of attention for no reason at all other than to show off graphics. If that is the case then that’s a huge disappointment, but I definitely think they will include them in gameplay in some way. I really think their inclusion in campaign and multiplayer will make the game feel more alive.
Warthog run with a stampede of rhinos or gazelle? YES.
a sniper mission where scaring a deer or rabbit can blow your cover? YES
a flood infected lion pack? YES
SO many possibilities that could enhance the game. It will really be a missed opportunity if they use them only for decoration.
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> The animals have been mentioned in various posts, but nothing really dedicated to them. I think Chief will end up equipping them with weapons and then riding on them.
Imagine fighting brutes with grunts on their shoulders from HW2 while riding on a horse. lol
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> The animals have been mentioned in various posts, but nothing really dedicated to them. I think Chief will end up equipping them with weapons and then riding on them.
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> > The animals have been mentioned in various posts, but nothing really dedicated to them. I think Chief will end up equipping them with weapons and then riding on them.
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> Chief riding a Unicorn!
In Halo 5 they give away a Unicorn 343 skin if you play with an employee. In Halo Infinite they’ll give you an entire Unicorn.
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> The animals have been mentioned in various posts, but nothing really dedicated to them. I think Chief will end up equipping them with weapons and then riding on them.
I agree that the animals would seem like a big discussion topic but I believe they are put into the world to give the game a sense or realism and life. I don’t think they would play any major role, a small one if any, but I’m sure they wouldn’t be much different than the animals and creatures we see in the environment of Halo Reach.
“Could the animals become infected by the flood? Imagine an adult buck flood mutation fighting you. Honestly, I think it could totally fit into the game if they do it properly. What are you thoughts and speculations on the animals in Halo Infinite?”
As Zeta Halo has links to both ancient humanity and the Flood, presumably this could link to (and round out) the story that the Librarian told to Chief in Halo 4’s Reclaimer mission.
So, I’ve been wondering if there’ll be Terminals showing more ancient Halo Lore about the origin of the Flood, including how the Forerunner-Precursor War left the Precursors in the form of dust, then humans later found the dust and that it was high in protein and fed it to their animals as a cheap Feed - without realising the dust was also full of Precursor DNA which mutated their herds into the first ever Flood forms…
Perhaps as we then leave the Terminal, the alarms start sounding to show that the Flood have broken out and got into those Rhino Herds - this way, we’ll get a taste of what it was like to be an ancient human battling stampeding Flood Herds, and so why the Librarian said in Halo 4 “humanity wasn’t expanding (as if in conquest), you were running - weakened from our conflict, we were no match for the parasite that pursued you…”
Anyone else up for “battling stampeding herds of Rhino-Flood”?
I think there should be a hidden flock of Moa (the birb from reach) with a melon (reference to the first ice age film) and you can pick up the melon like an oddball but the moa attack you with insane damage. Be an achievement to make it out alive with the melon and unlock a moa style helmet but if you kill a moa before picking up the melon it disappears xD
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> > Flood animals is a cool idea.
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> > I just hope we don’t have prometheans anymore because they’re boring AF
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> Can’t just get rid of them without causing problem to the story.
Sure you can it’s a story just make up a reason. How about gravemind has slowly infected Cortana since she came into contact with it in Halo 2 which is the reason for her altered behaviour, not rampancy, which Gravemind ‘saved’ her from to become his puppet. Grave-Cortana wipes out the prometheans for revenge, using the new digital form of the flood virus. This digital flood virus also infects the suits of all the lame Spartans like Sarah Palmer - effectively making them puppets in their own suits who you hunt down and kill. Grave-Cortana forces John to kill his only friends. leans back in my chair smuggly better than what 343i’s come up with so far.
