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On a lot of forums i've noticed that many people beleive there won't be a third halo or any other halo game after halo 2 and maybe your right, but i really wish there we're. one of the most compelling reasons i've heard is that, bungie are tired of doing halo and first person shooters they want a break from it and want to move on etc etc. As a counter for this i thought of a compromise, what about a halo game after halo that isn't a FPS. now i know this may sound crazy at first but it could really work. if we all think about it, thanks to the books and the games that have/are being done theres a lot to work with an idea that immediately springs to mind is a halo space combat game. you don't play as MC but some other guy in the UNSC navy. the game idea is loosely based off star wars rouge squadron but it is set in the halo universe and will inevitably have that bungie charm to it and an amazing story. it could be set before the covenant war at first fighting rebels and pirates at first to get a good feel of the pelican and longsword controls, then when the covenant war breaks out it gets a whole lot harder. you could partake in great battles like at Harvest, Reach and Earth fighting covenant sereph class fighters. you could see epic battles at the same time between UNSC and the many covenant ships we have only heard of in the books like the dreaded destroyer class, you might even be ordered to take one out!
the online live or just multiplayer potential is huge and such an idea allows other people who are not fans of FPS to emerge themselves in the halo universe. there could even be little tie ins to the other games such as taking out covenant assault pods before they attatch to the pillar of autumn in halo 1. later on you could fly the covenant fighters in stealth missions or just to use its firepower. you could drop off marines in a pelican and give them support in ground based missions "anyone order a warthog?" it doesn't have to be all space. it has great game potential and gives bungie a break from FPS letting them do something new.
i'm not against FPS halo is the best game series ever and if halo3 was to be one i have no complaints, it's just a possible idea. please let me know your thoughts on my idea and post ones of your own so long as its one of another genre.
moderators i'm aware this isn't really about halo 2 but its not exactly Halo 1 so i couldn't post it in the library and i'm more likely to get a lot more sensible responses here from dedicated halo fans.

  • 06.06.2004 8:55 AM PDT
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Yeah i really like your idea of the space combat bit. And i have every confidence that Bungie wouldn't just quickly put summit onto the shelves as a spin off to the Halo series. Done well, as Bungie do everything so far, it would be amazing.

  • 06.06.2004 8:59 AM PDT

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I really like you idea but In think if there is a new halo that isnt an FPS, it should be a real time strategy game (e.g. command and conquer) because thats what halo was going to be originally.

Personally I would love to see what it would of been like and if bungie ever decide to finish this initial goal, I'm sure it would be great.

E.g. set up your troops and defend areas against the covenant and use full air support, create bunkers and strongholds just think that would be amazing provided they keep to the theme of halo and make sure they use the same vehicles.

Also, just imagine it online!! I hope bungie considers this one day. I'm not a fan of RTS games at all, but this idea really makes me want to play such a game. what abourt you zamamee?

[edit: oh and about the controls I think bungie could keep it simple wiyth an excellent console control system]

[Edited on 6/6/2004 9:10:06 AM]

  • 06.06.2004 9:01 AM PDT
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it would be cool to make a halo game like star wars:knights of the old republic, and you start as master chief, just as he finnishes basic training, so he's not well known yet, then he build up fighting expierience and differant weapons and stuff, and he gets party members along the way, like sgt. johnson and suff, maybe even an elite (like the one hugging johnson in the secret movie) and he turned to help us scince we saved him or something, but it could be cool and has lots of potential, because you can travel between all of the human colonized planets, maybe a few rings, and maybe the covenant homeworld eventually or something, could be fun...

  • 06.06.2004 9:06 AM PDT
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ye, i was going to post a similar thing but you beat me to it. you could play as UNSC, Covenant and maybe, though unlikely Flood. if you sent a spy into the enemy base you could stealt the technology and to make it different from most RTS games you could carefully steal vechicles ala halo 2. as things go higher ranks they change eg: an elite starts blue but if it lives and kills long enough it would be a commander (gold) elite. building spartans should take ages and be costly but worth the pay off. i'd love to hear "pelican squad reporting" when sending them off to the enemy base lol. so ye a great idea ash55.

  • 06.06.2004 9:08 AM PDT

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yeah it would be funny online to send a bunch of spartans at an army and to see them jack the opponants ghosts and stuff LOL

  • 06.06.2004 9:11 AM PDT

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bungie....MUST....do this

  • 06.06.2004 9:11 AM PDT
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Theyre will be more Halos, the universe is too vaste to drop so soon....that and Sparky is still out there, and there is still probably 11 more "Halo"s still out there also which he's planning to use to whipe everything out....heck, someone say possibility of up to 11 sequals *grin*. Ok, guess not, but still...we have Halo 2 coming which brings us back to earth, introduces the Covi political system, might even end up on a Covi planet, reunites us with some of the missing Spartans, and saves Earth...so yeah, we still have to end the war against the Covi, and also hand there backsides back to them big style....will we do all that in just Halo 2? kinda doubtful.

As for an RTS spin off...dunno, maybe as long as its controlling units and no Spartans...leave the Spartans outta it. Always thought a MMOG would be good, could you just imagine running around various cap ships, playing as a ODST or a Marine or a Pilot, and running around doing our bit to kick the Covi, while the GMs popped up every so often as one of the remaining Spartans to lead us all on some huge masacre...urmm I mean mission :P

  • 06.06.2004 9:13 AM PDT
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I Like the Ideas! and I think it would be cool to have a ............... Homeworld type game based on The Halo Story. You could control The Ships and Planetary Defenses. It would be Sweet if you had control of sending troops to a planet via a pelican if the planet needed reinforcements! Or if your playing with the Cov. You Could Attach to a Human Ship! That would be Sweet!

  • 06.06.2004 9:19 AM PDT
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What about a stealth game. i'm not really a big fan of hitman, metal gear solid and splinter cell myself but a halo style one may be a great idea. you play as master cheif but before halo 2 and most likely before halo 1. if you read fall of reach the missions could be like how he infiltrated into the rebel asteroid base to kidnap the traitorous colonel. it could be some of his training missions and before the covenant against the pirates and rebels but there could be stealth missions involving the covenent too. dr. halsey could even have you infiltrate ONI facilities (with all their security it would be really hard but atmospheric) to get vital informantion on Ackerson's secret projects.

  • 06.06.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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I Like the Ideas! and I think it would be cool to have a ............... Homeworld type game based on The Halo Story. You could control The Ships and Planetary Defenses. It would be Sweet if you had control of sending troops to a planet via a pelican if the planet needed reinforcements! Or if your playing with the Cov. You Could Attach to a Human Ship! That would be Sweet!

great idea shady88, using the orbital MAC cannons and UNSC ships to repel covenant invasions sounds cool. abit like RTS but space combat rather than land. great scenario for this would be Reach

  • 06.06.2004 9:23 AM PDT
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i would like to see the battles and war from someone elses view like a ODST a smart one who knows what he is up against and you play as him through the story and fight using his hud and such i think that would be awsome

  • 06.06.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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its a nice idea but its still a FPS i'm thinking about other genres such as flying or real time strategy games. i mean in first person shooter terms i've always wanted a spin off game where you play as a covenant elite taking orders from prophets. you kill marines and flood. infiltrate UNSC bases etc until you find halo's co-ordinates or somehing so it fits in. there could be a battle and your the one who 'kills' Linda in first strike 9even though halsey recovers her) nice ending idea though

  • 06.06.2004 9:50 AM PDT

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Ermm...to bridge the gap between RTS and FPS, how about a halo game like Full SPectrum Warrior (is that whats its called?) anyway, you control a group of marines, spartans, covenant etc. without actually controlling them individually.

Frankly I'm sick of these modern-themed squad games, i'd love to see a futuristic type instead like halo

  • 06.06.2004 9:59 AM PDT
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There's a Halo mod in the works for Homeworld 2... It won't be done for a long time though.
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?p=418427#post41842 7 (that's the last page, there's 20 something i think.)

  • 06.06.2004 10:03 AM PDT
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neat, now all i need is homeworld 2......

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ummm... first, wasnt there 3 marathon games?? could be possible that Halo 2 is about saving earth and destroying another ring (hence the name Halo 2), and a 3rd Halo that has the human forces takin it to the covie (with cortana's info on how simple thier plasma drives and turrets are) as well as shield info. Of course, it would have the usual plots and twists where somethin goes horribly wrong/unexpected (forrunner??) and then the humans have to deal with 3 aliens, and in the final the MC sacrifices himsef or sometin to rid the universe of covie, forrunner, and flood?? just rampant speculation but it is interesting...

  • 06.06.2004 10:42 AM PDT
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i don't think theres anything mentioned about a third halo as of now but i'm more interested in different game types rather than halo 3 stories

  • 06.06.2004 11:25 AM PDT
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Has anyone got any other ideas, i don't mind people using other games as references like i did with rouge squadron........

  • 06.06.2004 2:29 PM PDT
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well said....all of it.... : )

  • 06.06.2004 2:33 PM PDT
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Halo started out as an RTS. I'll bet they could resurrect that idea and turn it into something good.

  • 06.06.2004 2:33 PM PDT
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I think they should make you play as an elite for a single player campaign. Like in half-life where you got to play as a grunt and go after the guy you played in the first game. Although it might be weird you would have to have some sort of translator to figure out what the other covenant are saying to you. I would really like to know what wort wort wort means, if it isnt them just laughing or somethinu

  • 06.06.2004 3:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: BeefySleet
it would be cool to make a halo game like star wars:knights of the old republic, and you start as master chief, just as he finnishes basic training, so he's not well known yet, then he build up fighting expierience and differant weapons and stuff, and he gets party members along the way, like sgt. johnson and suff, maybe even an elite (like the one hugging johnson in the secret movie) and he turned to help us scince we saved him or something, but it could be cool and has lots of potential, because you can travel between all of the human colonized planets, maybe a few rings, and maybe the covenant homeworld eventually or something, could be fun...


I like my idea... its snazzy and cool =D

  • 06.06.2004 4:00 PM PDT
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I want Bungie to move on, to use that talent and imagination to create bigger and better games that we will continue to love just as much as we loved Halo and Marathon and even Gnop!

  • 06.06.2004 4:07 PM PDT
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Maybe after a few new ideas, they could come back to the Halo universe a use the new talent they have gained and create the best Halo 3 possible.

  • 06.06.2004 4:11 PM PDT

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