S***! You serious? They're gonna use the geo-mod (or I would imagine something like it) for Halo 2!? Where did you find out about that!? That's sweet-ass news! This game just sounds cooler and cooler all the time
I thought the marines on Halo were great though. Not the sharpest tools in the shed, but they were obviously meant to be that way. Their AI and aniamtions were spot on and always seemed life like. Their taunts were great too! In Easy, Normal and even Heroic, the marines could come in really handy. Whereas in legendary, I think they're deliberately not nearly as handy as you'd hope for them to be which is what makes Legendary so harder. And keeping your men alive was so satisfying! I completed the second mission "Halo" without one marine dying! Of course, one marine kinda gets left behind when you go off in the Pelican, but you can't help that... poor fellow
Of course, out in the open against Elites, the marines were perfect distractions and even extremely handy, but not to depend your life apon
And I agree, ferill, a laser sight would be very cool. I think you should be able to turn it on and off whenever you like (like on Half Life: Opposing Force's Desert Eagle) and the covenant should be able to see your beam against a wall especially in dark areas and even see the whoel beam if there is gas about to determine where you are.
Also, I think explosions that don't kill or strong melee attacks (like end of combo) should result in the person, covenant, thing dropping its weapon! So if an explosion send you flying through the air, you hsould drop your weapons and land flat on your face! This would make the situation even more scary! As for the Covenant, they'd fumble about looking for their weapon or would even try to knock yours from your hands and even pick them up or any other human weapons lying about! You just knew how scary it was when a Flood had a Rocket Launcher... now imagine how scary it would be to have an intelligent Elite pointing one at you! Or even an Elite with a shotgun! It would so kick arse!
And maybe even back attacks hsould only knock an enemy unconcious for a short while? Although instant death was fun enough, you'd be more careful to shoot them on the ground if they're only knocked out
