Category:Vehicles: Difference between revisions

Due to their size, vehicles can't enter some tight areas like buildings, where infantry can enter. However, Warthogs, Mongooses or Ghosts can often be driven in corridors, and even up and down stairs. Vehicles can be clearly seen and destroyed by enemy artillery or explosive small-arms fire. Vehicles can also be hijacked, which either results in the hijacked vehicle being destroyed, or the driver being ejected and the hijacker taking control of the vehicle.

In gameplay, only a small number of very unique vehicles are drivable, and controllable, most operating in a similar fashion, allowing driving (navigation) and control of mounted weaponry (attack), though some allow one to do both simultaneously or only provide one of the two. Such weapons usually have unlimited ammunition available, whether they are human (ballistic-based) or Covenant (plasma-based).

When the player enters a vehicle by climbing into driving, weapons or passenger seats, the camera switches from a first-person to a third-person view. This improves peripheral vision and the bird's eye view makes it easier to drive around, with nearby terrain easily fitting into view. When the player has control of weaponry while being driven around in a vehicle, either hand-held weapons (usable while in passenger seats) or [[Turrets|mounted weapons]] (usable while in turret seats), a stylized aiming reticule is displayed much like when in first-person view, locked to the center of the screen and replacing the typical arrow cursor.

''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is the only game where vehicles cannot be destroyed unless its part of the game (campaign) or glitches/mods. However, Ghosts and Banshees ''can'' be destroyed in ''Halo: Combat Evolved's ''campaign, albeit only when the Ghost or the Banshee is occupied.

*UNSC vehicles are usually named after animals (such as the Warthog or [[Pelican]]). Some exceptions are the UNSC aircraft fighters and bombers (such as the Longsword, Shortsword, and Sabre) which are named after types sword. Covenant vehicles are mostly named after supernatural beings (such as the Ghost or Phantom); with the exception of large land units being named after insects (such as the Scarab or Locust), though this could stem from them first being encountered in a non-combat role.