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===''Halo: Reach''=== | ===''Halo: Reach''=== | ||
The Spirit in ''Halo: Reach'' behaves similarly to its ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' incarnation. One significant change, however, is that of its firing operation, which now matches the behavior of the Phantom's plasma auto-cannon. Instead of simultaneously firing three bolts of plasma, it now sports a weapon similar to the [[Type-50 Concussion Rifle]], which is significantly more powerful but fires only one bolt at a time and at half the speed. It remains indestructible, but its turret can be shot off with enough firepower. In [[Firefight]] mode, destroying the turret grants the player who did so a two [[credit]] bonus and a kill with whatever weapon they are using (counting towards the specific commendation for that weapon and towards any weapon related sprees). | The Spirit in ''Halo: Reach'' behaves similarly to its ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' incarnation. One significant change, however, is that of its firing operation, which now matches the behavior of the Phantom's plasma auto-cannon. Instead of simultaneously firing three bolts of plasma, it now sports a weapon similar to the [[Type-50 Concussion Rifle]], which is significantly more powerful but fires only one bolt at a time and at half the speed. It remains indestructible, but its turret can be shot off with enough firepower. In [[Firefight]] mode, destroying the turret grants the player who did so a two [[credit]] bonus and a kill with whatever weapon they are using (counting towards the specific commendation for that weapon and towards any weapon related sprees). | ||
== Production notes == | |||
Accoring to [[Shi Kai Wang]], the Spirit born out of the necessity of a open space game that needed to introduce units from a dropship, instead of appearing out of nowhere behind blockades.{{Ref/Site|Id=twitter2|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153219858722816|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (2/7)Seems obvious now, but the dropship is born out of necessity of a open space game that needed to introduce units that didn't seem 'gamey', as in magically appearing behind blockades. How do you get more enemies into an open space encounter? Alien dropships of course!}} Originally, the Spirit was designed with the "tuning forks" as the vehicle's back, but a miscommunication with the animation and 3D teams made it the other way around, with the forks tuning forward; ultimately it was decided to keep the vehicle that way.{{Ref/Site|Id=twitter3|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153222559866883|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (3/7)So I'll state this upfront; the Spirit was always concepted with the tuning forks as the back. A miscommunication on direction for animation and 3D made it so the tuning fork faced forward. Ultimately we all agreed that felt more aggressive so we left it :)}} Unlike other Covenant vehicles, the Spirit was not based on an animal, but on what Doug Chiang did with the ''Star Wars'' vehicles: bringing clean organic shapes with hard edges.{{Ref/Site|Id=twitter4|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153224027836416|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (4/7)There was no animal this was based off of unfortunately. I was more inspired by a lot of what Doug Chiang did on Star Wars vehicle designs at that time, bringing in clean organic shapes with hard edges. Utility based design brought truck references with the exhaust pipes}} | |||
Designing a ship that could transport troops and vehicles was challenging physically for Wang, and the use of the tractor beams between the forks was used both to simplify that challenge and as an answer to the Covenant's unexplanable technology.{{Ref/Site|Id=twitter5|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153224933756931|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (5/7)Needing to design a ship that can hull vehicles and units proved challenging physically. The use of 'tractor beams' between the forks was to simplify that variable. That sci-fi element proved useful as a magic answer for a lot of covenant based unexplanable tech.}} The players's ability to pick off enemies when the Spirit's troop bays opened was an accident born from how the physics worked on ''Halo: Combat Evolved''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s engine.{{Ref/Site|Id=twitter6|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153227706277888|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (6/7)It's a happy accident that when the doors open for the Spirit you can pick off enemies. It wasn't planned that way, but the way our physics worked in our engine with units attached to vehicles allowed them to be separate, and thus hittable with projectiles once opened.}} At the end, the Spirit made its role, but Shi Kai Wang felt the vehicle was a little out of character in the Covenant's design language, being this the reason Wang redesigned the Spirit into the Phantom in ''Halo 2''. {{Ref/Site|Id=twitter7|D=17|M=2|Y=2021|URL=https://twitter.com/shiekthegeek/status/1362153229010620417|SiteName=Twitter|PageName=Shiek Wang 王峙凱 - (7/7)At the end, it worked, but I've always felt it was a little out of character in design language, hence the redesign for the Phantom. Which I'll get to next. Alright, hope this was a fun read!}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||