VAL0R
Banned
Halo's unique visual style, iconic characters, weapons, vehicles and locales would be perfect for a large Battle Royale arena game.
The map: Obviously it would take place on a section of a Halo ring, brimming with exotic flora and fauna and should be jam-packed with Halo fan service. Perhaps a high-risk/reward section of the map with great loot overflows with parasitic Flood NPC's, being barely contained by Sentinels blasting them from above with fiery lasers. Another section of the map might be patrolled by the full gamut of Covenant races, including hulking twin Hunters who guard access to a downed Covenant cruiser's weapon cache. A massive Scarab stands out in a smoldering graveyard of wrecked vehicle carcasses; remains of an epic battle. A UNSC fire base shows off human architecture and design. Forerunner tech is seen in towering structures and mysterious caverns into the deep. A monitor of the Halo installation (e.g. 343 Guilty Spark) flies around the map with dry and witty dialogue. And so on...
The characters: You chose from a roster of chacters ala Apex, but instead of uninspired newcomers ala Apex, you select from beloved classic Halo figures: Master Chief, Sgt. Johnson, Sgt. Forge, ODSTs (The Rookie), Spartans (Buck, Jorge, Carter, etc.), Elites (Arbiter, Half-Jaw, etc.), Brutes (Tartarus, Atriox) a Promethian knight, Flood form, etc. Depending on how deep into class-based combat 343 went they could possibly even have Hunters, jackals, etc. Cortana and other characters who might not make sense as fighters, could appear in various roles to bolster the Halo-ey goodness.
The vehicles/traversal: Enter the map by jumping out of a Pelican dropship with jet packs Apex style. Man-canons or something like them replace of Apex's rope lines with red balloons. If vehicles are OP with mounted weapons, there could be non-weaponized versions for team traversal. Or perhaps an optional all-out war mode where everything goes: Scorpions, Banshees, Warthogs, etc. Steal from Apex whatever makes sense for movement fluidity such as sliding faster downhill in and ziplines.
The weapons: Halo has some of the most iconic weapons in gaming from the instantly recognizable Plasma Sword, to the SPNKR rocket launcher, to the Assault Rifle with the digital ammo counterstolen borrowed from Aliens. Sure, there may be a need for some tweaks to make sense in a Battle Royale setting, but the starting loadout options would instantly be fun.
And if it absolutely had to be fictionally canonical, 343 could go cheap by describing it as a digital battle simulator being tested aboard a UNSC vessel or something silly like that. I think there's no need for this type of explanation, but considering 343 felt the need to fictionally justify the Spartan in Dead or Alive 4 (slipstream space/time anomaly), I'd expect them to.
The map: Obviously it would take place on a section of a Halo ring, brimming with exotic flora and fauna and should be jam-packed with Halo fan service. Perhaps a high-risk/reward section of the map with great loot overflows with parasitic Flood NPC's, being barely contained by Sentinels blasting them from above with fiery lasers. Another section of the map might be patrolled by the full gamut of Covenant races, including hulking twin Hunters who guard access to a downed Covenant cruiser's weapon cache. A massive Scarab stands out in a smoldering graveyard of wrecked vehicle carcasses; remains of an epic battle. A UNSC fire base shows off human architecture and design. Forerunner tech is seen in towering structures and mysterious caverns into the deep. A monitor of the Halo installation (e.g. 343 Guilty Spark) flies around the map with dry and witty dialogue. And so on...
The characters: You chose from a roster of chacters ala Apex, but instead of uninspired newcomers ala Apex, you select from beloved classic Halo figures: Master Chief, Sgt. Johnson, Sgt. Forge, ODSTs (The Rookie), Spartans (Buck, Jorge, Carter, etc.), Elites (Arbiter, Half-Jaw, etc.), Brutes (Tartarus, Atriox) a Promethian knight, Flood form, etc. Depending on how deep into class-based combat 343 went they could possibly even have Hunters, jackals, etc. Cortana and other characters who might not make sense as fighters, could appear in various roles to bolster the Halo-ey goodness.
The vehicles/traversal: Enter the map by jumping out of a Pelican dropship with jet packs Apex style. Man-canons or something like them replace of Apex's rope lines with red balloons. If vehicles are OP with mounted weapons, there could be non-weaponized versions for team traversal. Or perhaps an optional all-out war mode where everything goes: Scorpions, Banshees, Warthogs, etc. Steal from Apex whatever makes sense for movement fluidity such as sliding faster downhill in and ziplines.
The weapons: Halo has some of the most iconic weapons in gaming from the instantly recognizable Plasma Sword, to the SPNKR rocket launcher, to the Assault Rifle with the digital ammo counter
And if it absolutely had to be fictionally canonical, 343 could go cheap by describing it as a digital battle simulator being tested aboard a UNSC vessel or something silly like that. I think there's no need for this type of explanation, but considering 343 felt the need to fictionally justify the Spartan in Dead or Alive 4 (slipstream space/time anomaly), I'd expect them to.
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