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Ok i finally got around to playing Halo: reach and combat evolved, and i must say the covenant gives me the most mixed vibes i can remember of any video game enemy. In Reach they make it more of a fun romp and i can kind of see them as an existential threat but its mostly the higher tech and numerical forces that makes them more intimidating than the actual on the ground troops when they should be more intimidating. I think explaining via the types of covenant troops might help.
Starting with the Unggoy or the grunts, these small guys are… well flat out hilarious, the way they move and run away in a panic as well as the noises they make makes me laugh but at the same time these little shits can be very effective suicide bombers as ive had a surprise boom take me out on several occasions. I almost feel guilty pushing these guys around.
The Kig-Yar or the shield holding skirmishers are just fun to bulldoze and knock around but they provide a bit of difficulty in getting around the shield but i can still run and gun my way through them with relative ease and i feel like i shouldn't be able to.
The Yanme or flying enemies were the ones that actually presented a challenge to shoot down especially when a Huragok or shield aid enemies are around.
The Jiralhanae or brutes are just more fun to knock around and stomp and give me more of an empowered feeling when i beat them than really feel intimidating when they show up.
The only enemies i really felt a sense of intimidation around were the Sangheli or elites and the Lekgolo or hunters
All in all in Halo: Reach the enemies seem more intimidating because of their technological and advantage of scale than the troops themselves. All in all despite that i can see how they presented a genuine threat to humanity.
In comes Halo: Combat Evolved………..
How…. How… are these guys supposed to be a threat to humanity? How am i supposed to take the covenant seriously?! These guys are positively goofy! I mean its still a hella fun romp but how?! I feel like im fighting a parody of the covenant
The grunts went from being a little silly yet still part of a competent fighting force to just downright comical and i just find them so lovable. Their voices are much higher pitched and goofy When they panic they are so much more cartoonish than in reach. I swear i heard one of them shout “heelp i cant stahppit!” and i busted out laughing.
These guys…. Should be intimidating i mean they look like they should be scary but in Halo: combat evolved… they are just the most adorkable himbos ever. I busted out laughing again when i heard them go wort wort wort wort.
I had to put this into text because its been on my mind for a while.
Starting with the Unggoy or the grunts, these small guys are… well flat out hilarious, the way they move and run away in a panic as well as the noises they make makes me laugh but at the same time these little shits can be very effective suicide bombers as ive had a surprise boom take me out on several occasions. I almost feel guilty pushing these guys around.
The Kig-Yar or the shield holding skirmishers are just fun to bulldoze and knock around but they provide a bit of difficulty in getting around the shield but i can still run and gun my way through them with relative ease and i feel like i shouldn't be able to.
The Yanme or flying enemies were the ones that actually presented a challenge to shoot down especially when a Huragok or shield aid enemies are around.
The Jiralhanae or brutes are just more fun to knock around and stomp and give me more of an empowered feeling when i beat them than really feel intimidating when they show up.
The only enemies i really felt a sense of intimidation around were the Sangheli or elites and the Lekgolo or hunters
All in all in Halo: Reach the enemies seem more intimidating because of their technological and advantage of scale than the troops themselves. All in all despite that i can see how they presented a genuine threat to humanity.
In comes Halo: Combat Evolved………..
How…. How… are these guys supposed to be a threat to humanity? How am i supposed to take the covenant seriously?! These guys are positively goofy! I mean its still a hella fun romp but how?! I feel like im fighting a parody of the covenant
The grunts went from being a little silly yet still part of a competent fighting force to just downright comical and i just find them so lovable. Their voices are much higher pitched and goofy When they panic they are so much more cartoonish than in reach. I swear i heard one of them shout “heelp i cant stahppit!” and i busted out laughing.
These guys…. Should be intimidating i mean they look like they should be scary but in Halo: combat evolved… they are just the most adorkable himbos ever. I busted out laughing again when i heard them go wort wort wort wort.
I had to put this into text because its been on my mind for a while.