Hostile Wildlife

I doubt they would give up the opportunity to have wildlife in a semi open world halo game. Especially since they have already put in work on animals in a demo .

It would be cool to see one of the rhino looking things take down a brute at some point

The Guta's in Halo reach were a fun little thing to have in the game would love for something akin to that in the game.

FloppyFish05583 wrote:

Frickin Heavy wrote:

I doubt they would give up the opportunity to have wildlife in a semi open world halo game. Especially since they have already put in work on animals in a demo .

True about the wildlife, but what are your thoughts on some of them being very hostile and challenging to take down?

I mean, ya maybe. Itd be cool but since we don't have proof either direction from 343 then its really a toss up on what they do

I like the idea of wildlife being an obstacle in the world.

I want a Paraceratherium. A Glyptodon. A Basilosaurus. Give me some huge wildlife.
And now, let's say that the Flood is not so picky anymore and they start to infect all large animals, even those without advanced cognitivity...

Blind wolves need to be in infinite.

Usually it just turns into more of an annoyance than anything, But, especially with passive wildlife, it does make the world feel more alive, which I appreciate.

It would make zeta halo ring much more interseting, fun to explore. It was really nice to play halo reach, because of gutas(hostile), ostrichs(passive)...

There is a part in Halo Oblivion (or maybe Silent Storm) where some kind of flying lizard perches itself on John 117's sniper rifle while he is planning an attack on the covenant. The beast is memorized by its own reflection in chief's visor, and chief doesn't want to startle it because it may give his position away. Eventually he decides to grab it and crush its skull after it spits an obstructing green liquid on his visor, not out of anger but necessity. I think this is a perfect encapsulation of what wildlife interaction should be in Halo games.
The player should be able to use the wildlife to his advantage, or able to be set back by it too. I think Reach did a good job of this. Would love to see some random wildlife interaction. Maybe you accidentally stick a flying bird with a plasma grenade, or perhaps some species of carnivorous animal sees grunts as easy prey and interferes with the enemies. There could be powerful rhino-like animals that, if provoked, could go berserk and charge any threat it perceives, wasting lots of ammunition or equipment.