Undead Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 343 Industries' community manager Jessica Shea has been answering questions on Twitter about the studio's upcoming game, Halo 4. Among the queries she's answered was a question about Halo 4's spectator mode—or the lack thereof. Shea confirmed that there will be no spectator mode in Halo 4. To some players, the omission of a spectator mode flies in the face of the studio's goal to develop Halo 4 as a competitive title, but most expressed their lack of surprise. Other players were less affected by the news. @GrimBrotherOne dismissed spectator mode as a "waste of bandwidth". The official response on the Halo bulletin called full spectator mode a "bandwidth hog" that they did not want to introduce into the game's competitive arenas, but promised that there would be changes to the post-death camera. SOURCE: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/7504/article/halo-4-multiplayer-won-t-have-spectator-mode/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violin Spider Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 bs angel confirmed there will be a spectator mode on Halo Waypoint... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB77 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Source spider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Biggles Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I swear we were promised a spectator mode...I want to hear this from frankie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitsua Asuka Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Spectactor mode would be an interesting thing to see how the more competitive players play but I guess it will hog the much needed bandwidth to a certain degree. But I'm not really fussed by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FresherJosh Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 whats spectator mode ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Spectactor mode would be an interesting thing to see how the more competitive players play but I guess it will hog the much needed bandwidth to a certain degree. But I'm not really fussed by it. You still have theater mode. This move suprises me. I always felt that that was a good feature of previous Halo games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedStarRocket91 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Very disappointed with this. A good Spectator Mode is part of why other games like Starcraft and Call of Duty are so popular among e-sports brands like MLG, and viewing the field purely from the players' perspectives is very limiting. Bandwidth shouldn't be an issue anyway: remember, these are the same people who've told us their netcode is so good that they don't need dedicated servers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayerofall442 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I honestly could really careless. I never really cared about spectator. And it seems like I saw some video of Halo 4 in which there is a killcam? Can anyone confirm or deny this please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyoKusagani1999 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Watching other people play is how I got better to begin with. How am I supposed to tell what's going on If There's dead air in the server? It's just as bad as Marvel VS Capcom 3. We used to be able to watch the opponents play, so we can cheer for somebody and watch the intense action going on. I don't want to sit in some lobby watching two cards touch eachother for twenty five minutes. I really hope this gets changed, and yes, if it was promised, DELIVER ON THAT PROMISE. You'll have no excuse otherwise! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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