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I just beat Halo for the first time, and the health system was my favourite part by Jerry Whorebach 02/12/2013, 12:37pm PST
Mischief Maker wrote:

Fucking Halo and regenerating health bars.

You get two bars in Halo: health and energy shields. Shields regenerate, health doesn't; energy weapons are good at dropping shields, projectile weapons are good at dropping bodies. These rules apply just as much to the enemies as they do to you. And the enemies are as smart as they are individually hardy: the minute you bring down a guy's shields, he's going to run for cover while all his buddies converge on your location. This leads to situations where you pick a target who's strayed too far from the pack, blitz him with your assault rifle on full auto only for his shield bubble to pop at the same time your weapon runs dry, then beat him to death with the butt of your rifle - by which time, your shields are down and the other baddies are almost on top of you, so now YOU'RE the one running for his life, trying to lose your pursuers in the mess of cover the designers scatter around the rim of every (suspiciously arena-like?) battlefield long enough for your own shields to recharge. The best way I can describe it is as a predatory stealth game where all the stealth is replaced with running and gunning. It's essentially a predatory shooter.

I have no idea if any of this applies on normal difficulty.
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        =( by fabio 02/12/2013, 10:48am PST NEW
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                            Re: Not for an Aliens game by fabio 02/12/2013, 9:45pm PST NEW
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                                I do! by Mischief Maker 02/13/2013, 7:13pm PST NEW
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                I just beat Halo for the first time, and the health system was my favourite part by Jerry Whorebach 02/12/2013, 12:37pm PST NEW
                    The official Bungie standard for difficulty is "Heroic". NT by Gutsby 02/13/2013, 10:32am PST NEW
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