What if: Kill Cams

[Constantly]

With the addition of insta-spawns, what if it's like CoD in that you can either spawn or watch a Kill Cam and see how you died. I think this would be awesome. The way you sometimes get kills and deaths in Halo are the coolest/funniest/mindboggling ones in gaming history. And a Final Kill Cam? Could you image the crazy **** people would be trying to pull off when their team is sitting on 49 kills? Make this happen 343.

[fzdw11]

I could be down with this idea. Sometimes I really want to see how I died, and it's a pain trying to circle around the respawn screen trying to find a shot of who killed me or try to figure out where I was killed from. A kill cam would help with that.

[Zamio]

Would actually be quite good. It would expose campers and finally show me how I magically died.

[Lᴜᴋᴇ]

This would be awesome! Killcams are always something I've missed from Halo, especially Final Killcams, which can be amazing. Could work, although I have a feeling a large proportion of the community would resent it because it's in CoD

[gone]

No, definitely not. Killcams reveal your location, I don't like that at all.

[Zamio]

No, definitely not. Killcams reveal your location, I don't like that at all.

 

Then thats something to encourage you not to camp.

[Carts]

Halo already shows the direction you died by paning the camera to the direction of the player. It should be enough help to ravel out where he is without giving it to you on a silver platter.

[Constantly]

Halo already shows the direction you died by paning the camera to the direction of the player. It should be enough help to ravel out where he is without giving it to you on a silver platter.

 

Exactly. You always know where your shooter was.

[gone]

Exactly. You always know where your shooter was.

 

You know which direction the shooter was, but not the exact location.

[Archangel Tyrael]

Well, i don't mind kill cams or final kill cam at all really.

[Constantly]

You know which direction the shooter was, but not the exact location.

 

That's your argument? CoD, the camping game of the century, has kill cams and you're worried about it exploiting your exact location in Halo?

[Kurt S-501]

I don't know about kill-cams every death, but a final killcam would be cool!

[BigMartin58]

i am so down for this!!! I would (uckingfay) love this!!!! BOTH! Killcam AND Final Killcam

[FIREN4]

What if: No

But still, a final killcam could be cool though.

[Ccup-mann]

As much as i would like this idea, i say no. Kill cam shows where you are, camping or not.

[Baby Boo]

No killcam for every death. Final killcam, though, go for it

[RedStarRocket91]

I think that the current system, what I like to call 'Corpse Vision', works better than killcams. If you're paying attention to the game then you'll already know how you died. More importantly, a good player can use 'Corpse Vision' to work out not only where they were being attacked from, but where their attacker is going next if they're moving, or gain more information about enemy forces in their body's area which actually increase their chances of survival when they respawn. Killcams don't really do that.

 

Final killcam might be a cool idea, though. The game's not continuing, so there's no need to worry about using your body to look around.

[skummgummigubbe]

and because this is a training than you actually can have killcams like replays (for viewers from the infinity's staff and yourself)

[Unease Peanut]

It would be fun... But it also delays your respawn (and just like with cod you just keep bashing the X button to skip it)

[Lahm]

I hate the idea, i love in halo how you can snipe people and they never know where you are, but i'm fine with the final kill cam idea.

[DoctorB77]

 

 

Then thats something to encourage you not to camp.

 

Camping should not be encouraged or discouraged.

 

You should play as you need to and camp as you do that. Kill cams would suck

[Constantly]

How often do you guys get sniped and not know where it's coming from? You swivel around, find the guy, and then watch where he goes. Explain to me how a kill cam would give you up more than a vapor trail leading right back to you, plus, being able to sit there and watch where you go waiting to respawn.

[a live dinosaur]

I hate the idea, i love in halo how you can snipe people and they never know where you are, but i'm fine with the final kill cam idea.

 

I never thought about this. If you are not camping, it would be pretty annoying for people to automatically know where you are. This would be a tough decision. I guess in Halo: Reach, when you get killed, your spawn camera slowly rotates into the direction your killer is, even though it doesn't clearly show the exact location. All you have to do is search around as your spawning, and see if you can find him. If it is as simple as that, why not add killcams? It will just be more simple. Getting 1-2 kills and having someone be clear of your location is better than 4-5 deaths before you find your killer.

[gone]

That's your argument? CoD, the camping game of the century, has kill cams and you're worried about it exploiting your exact location in Halo?

 

Yes, that's my argument. It's not all about camping, it's about strategically locating other enemies without using killcam. With all these changes making H4 more noob friendly, I think it's important that we keep the essence of Halo. Why are you comparing this to COD? COD is irrelevant.

[Constantly]

Yes, that's my argument. It's not all about camping, it's about strategically locating other enemies without using killcam. With all these changes making H4 more noob friendly, I think it's important that we keep the essence of Halo. Why are you comparing this to COD? COD is irrelevant.

 

Because Kill Cams are in CoD? Strategically locating enemies is pretty much as simple as looking forward. People aren't in ghillie suits in Halo. They're pretty much right there in your face, shooting at you. And if they do kill you, chances are they have moved on and are not going to be in the exact same spot. So I could argue that a kill cam would keep people from finding out where they go after killing you, making it tougher to find them. As opposed to sitting there and watching them for 3 seconds after you die.