Narvi
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I don't mean stuff you fight. I mean stuff like boats and fighters and so on. We really haven't seen much of their army, after all, and it would be nice if they were more fleshed out in later games.
I would like to see their air force, myself, besides the Combine gunships. They've got to have some sort of bombers and fighters and so on... gunships aren't exactly known for going supersonic. They could show them to us by bombers doing bombing runs overhead and fighters strafing rebel columns.
I would also like to see Combine artillery, as implied by the Mortar synths. It would lend an interesting dynamic to how you fight in Episode 2 if there's a chance that the house you're in might be bombarded at any time. Though it seems unlikely given what we know, it would be interesting if an example of the 'open-ended' gameplay are optional objectives like taking out a Mortar synth post, so you don't get bombarded irregularly. Such objectives would serve both storyline and gameplay functions, but again, it seems unlikely.
I also want to see the Combine spaceforce. Organizations like the Covenant or the Galactic Empire are armed with gigantic planet-killing warships, making the Combine look rather weak in retrospect. This annoys me, since I can't really take a horrible universe-spanning foe which can't blow up planets seriously. I would like to know whether they maintain a satellite network and a reasonable spacefleet. Presumably they don't have teleportation-based FTL, though they might have a "Go-really-fast"-based FTL. Their materials science is also advanced enough to make kilometre-tall blocks stay up, so at the very least they should have figured out how to make a space elevator.
That's all I can think of for now. Give us some of your ideas!
I would like to see their air force, myself, besides the Combine gunships. They've got to have some sort of bombers and fighters and so on... gunships aren't exactly known for going supersonic. They could show them to us by bombers doing bombing runs overhead and fighters strafing rebel columns.
I would also like to see Combine artillery, as implied by the Mortar synths. It would lend an interesting dynamic to how you fight in Episode 2 if there's a chance that the house you're in might be bombarded at any time. Though it seems unlikely given what we know, it would be interesting if an example of the 'open-ended' gameplay are optional objectives like taking out a Mortar synth post, so you don't get bombarded irregularly. Such objectives would serve both storyline and gameplay functions, but again, it seems unlikely.
I also want to see the Combine spaceforce. Organizations like the Covenant or the Galactic Empire are armed with gigantic planet-killing warships, making the Combine look rather weak in retrospect. This annoys me, since I can't really take a horrible universe-spanning foe which can't blow up planets seriously. I would like to know whether they maintain a satellite network and a reasonable spacefleet. Presumably they don't have teleportation-based FTL, though they might have a "Go-really-fast"-based FTL. Their materials science is also advanced enough to make kilometre-tall blocks stay up, so at the very least they should have figured out how to make a space elevator.
That's all I can think of for now. Give us some of your ideas!