Halo 4 Multiplayer Won't Have Spectator Mode

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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.

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Source: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/7504/article/halo-4-multiplayer-won-t-have-spectator-mode/

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BritishColumbiaPosted:

It doesn't really make a difference to me, still going to be a great game

NRG-900Posted:

OmgYourAdopted Unplayable game now.


How will this change the gameplay at all...?

IIREDNECKSIIPosted:

So if you die you cant watch your own team? Fail.

BashPosted:

dont see why all the kids are mad it is still going to be good regardless

Messi-XIIPosted:

so what will happen when you die cant you even spectate your team?

OmgYourAdoptedPosted:

Unplayable game now.

CraigPosted:

Not really bothered.

G7G7S7Posted:

i don't think that it makes much of a difference

-SpiritPosted:

--JT-- Spectator Mode is not that big of a deal (halo has never had really had true spectator mode) and no roosterteeth uses theater mode a big difference. To clarify in past halos when you would die you could scroll through your teammates (While dead), that is all that's getting removed (its for more competitive play). Many of you are getting it mistaken with theater mode, which is nothing close to spectator mode.
you can still scroll through your teammates when you die

CycloPosted:

Spectator Mode is not that big of a deal (halo has never had really had true spectator mode) and no roosterteeth uses theater mode a big difference. To clarify in past halos when you would die you could scroll through your teammates (While dead), that is all that's getting removed (its for more competitive play). Many of you are getting it mistaken with theater mode, which is nothing close to spectator mode.


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