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Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

Posted by: Halodeth
No, a Halo prequel. I takes place right before Halo 1. If it was Halo 4, its storyline would take place after Halo 3.

  • 06.04.2009 3:37 AM PDT

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Who even knows they'll keep the title....

Hell, they changed Halo 3: Recon to ODST pretty damn quick.

All in all, I only ask one thing: Don't push to release date and give us a bug infested p.o.s. that was Halo 2

Yeah, it is old news....just thinking of the last time they went and made such significant changes in Halo

  • 06.04.2009 3:39 AM PDT

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They already had the novels....who knows

As a prequel to Halo:CE, I just want it to feel like I'm playing that game again....

  • 06.04.2009 3:47 AM PDT

Posted by: Tanks60808
no spartan designation was as high as 252
also WHO IS NOVA 1 or whoever they were trying t find
correct me from wrong but ppl r saying that it's spartan #52 but he is a spartan // so its 252 but i looked on the list of all spartans on halopedia and there was no number 52

plus in first strike there is a bomb called the NOVA bomb so maybe theyve lost a bomb or smthn lol

  • 06.04.2009 3:54 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

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Posted by: n0t_s0_tuesday
So Bungie, Is this in fact Halo 4?


Halo Chronicles will be Halo 4 (hopefully, im dieing to know what happens to chief when he lands on Onyx)

  • 06.04.2009 5:39 AM PDT

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  • 06.04.2009 5:54 AM PDT

C&H

Posted by: n0t_s0_tuesday
From what I've heard so far about Halo: Reach (next to nothing), it seems as though this is going to be Halo 4, with less 4 in the title.

First of all there is no 3 in the title, like Halo 3: ODST. Which means that it is probably not just another expansion pack to Halo 3.

Plus the fact that they are going to have a Multiplayer Beta means that there is going to be a whole new multiplayer. Unless of course Bungie is just testing new maps, but I doubt that.

So Bungie, Is this in fact Halo 4?

*Update*

I would just like to clear up the confusion for some of you.

Halo: Reach (supposedly and probably) takes place during the Battle of Reach. This IS NOT the first encounter with the Covenant. The first encounter with the Covenant is during the Battle of Harvest. The battle of harvest took place 20 years before Halo 1.

The Battle of Reach takes place about 10 minutes before Halo 1. So quit arguing about it, and read the books already.


knowing the story i questioned why you would call it halo 4 when if anything it would be a prequel.
halo4 would eb a continuation of master chiefs story.

  • 06.04.2009 6:30 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

C&H

FAIL

Bungie wouldnt do that.

  • 06.04.2009 7:07 AM PDT
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Halo TRILOGY with the Master Chief. Bungie never denied not making other halo games about other characters or timelines. No its not halo 4.

  • 06.04.2009 7:17 AM PDT

Look at your game, now back at Reach. Now look at your game, now PLAY REACH!

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Posted by: Tanks60808
no spartan designation was as high as 252
also WHO IS NOVA 1 or whoever they were trying t find
correct me from wrong but ppl r saying that it's spartan #52 but he is a spartan // so its 252 but i looked on the list of all spartans on halopedia and there was no number 52

plus in first strike there is a bomb called the NOVA bomb so maybe theyve lost a bomb or smthn lol


SPARTAN-II numbers go up to only 150, stated directly in the Fall of Reach, but since this piece of the series is newer, it could, and probably will, be stated as the true Canon source. For one reason, the novels always mess some piece of slated in canon up, such as Sam and Fhajad both being SPARTAN-034. Oh, and Halopedia goes by what Bungie has released, so don''t get mad if you can't find something there. As an avid user there, EliteMaster117 is my account name, anyways, the trailer does say SPARTAN-259, not 252, and SPARTAN-320. One of these SPARTANs is referred to as Noble One, the other is only referred to as SPARTAN-320.

  • 06.04.2009 7:31 AM PDT
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Just from the phrasing in the trailer, as well as the picture - It's gonna be a squad based game. You're probably runnin around with a whole gang of Spartans, completely wreckin' stuff. Then you all get killed at the end of the game b/c the entire planet gets glassed...

although who knows about the end - there's forerunner stuff there so they could write that however they wanted.

it looks sick.

  • 06.04.2009 7:49 AM PDT
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where can you watch it?

  • 06.04.2009 7:50 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

"We are green and very, very mean!" Buck, Halo 3: ODST

Here on bungie.net to answer your question. Also, for all those you are not sure of the timing of the series or believe that the fall of reach is before contact harvest here is a awesome time line for the whole series plus more.
http://halostory.bungie.org/halostory.timeline.html

[Edited on 06.04.2009 8:31 AM PDT]

  • 06.04.2009 8:30 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

Halo 3 is good.

Posted by: Halodeth
No, a Halo prequel. I takes place right before Halo 1. If it was Halo 4, its storyline would take place after Halo 3.


EXACTLY

Seriously, the noobs with their "Halo 4".

Its a -blam!- prequel. some people lack the logical side to their brain.

  • 06.04.2009 8:33 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

The battle of harvest took place 20 years before Halo 1. Quoted from not so tuesday (or whatever his/her name is)


i dont know if anyone has posted this yet but the battle of harvest took place 21 years before halo:ce


battle of Harvest=2531
Halo:CE=2552


[Edited on 06.04.2009 8:42 AM PDT]

  • 06.04.2009 8:40 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

Going from what we know
1) Master Chief is aborad the Pilliar of Autum so he won't be in this game IMO.
2) We should witness what happens when a Spartan is killed.... I'm not sure if they should make this dramatic or casual.
3) No known Spartans survive this battle aside from MC who was in cryo stasis the whole time.
4) Can this game possible have a good ending? Everyone dies, covies win....

  • 06.04.2009 8:41 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

Dianna Agron is the epitome of perfection.

Quinntology.

You should read the books if you think the whole Reach conflict happened ten minutes before Halo: Combat Evolved. If my assumption is right, then we will be playing as other SPARTANS (Fred, Will, Kelly...) and that is not right before Halo: Combat Evolved. At the very end of the battle, John came back aboard the Pillar and then shey went into Slipspace and were tallied by the Covenant. That's what you're thinking about.

Oh, and if it was 10 minutes, why would the put John in Cryo?

  • 06.04.2009 8:42 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

Posted by: Fxt_Redwolf
Going from what we know
1) Master Chief is aborad the Pilliar of Autum so he won't be in this game IMO.
2) We should witness what happens when a Spartan is killed.... I'm not sure if they should make this dramatic or casual.
3) No known Spartans survive this battle aside from MC who was in cryo stasis the whole time.
4) Can this game possible have a good ending? Everyone dies, covies win....


Master Chief is not the only spartan left. I belieev there is 5-6 spartan 2's left, that survived the battle of rreach.(Read the Ghosts of Onxy.)

  • 06.04.2009 8:44 AM PDT

Dianna Agron is the epitome of perfection.

Quinntology.

Posted by: Fxt_Redwolf
Going from what we know
3) No known Spartans survive this battle aside from MC who was in cryo stasis the whole time.
4) Can this game possible have a good ending? Everyone dies, covies win....


Wrong. Fred, Will, Kelly, Isaac, Grace, Li (I think that's it) all survive the attack and are in hiding. The are more books than just Fall of Reach and they detail what happened after Reach.

  • 06.04.2009 8:48 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

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Why don't you just change the whole title of the thread? So we can get this over with.

It's a prequel.

  • 06.04.2009 8:50 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

Posted by: BloodThorn17
Posted by: Tito The Builder
Posted by: Tanks60808
no spartan designation was as high as 252
also WHO IS NOVA 1 or whoever they were trying t find
correct me from wrong but ppl r saying that it's spartan #52 but he is a spartan // so its 252 but i looked on the list of all spartans on halopedia and there was no number 52

plus in first strike there is a bomb called the NOVA bomb so maybe theyve lost a bomb or smthn lol


SPARTAN-II numbers go up to only 150, stated directly in the Fall of Reach, but since this piece of the series is newer, it could, and probably will, be stated as the true Canon source. For one reason, the novels always mess some piece of slated in canon up, such as Sam and Fhajad both being SPARTAN-034. Oh, and Halopedia goes by what Bungie has released, so don''t get mad if you can't find something there. As an avid user there, EliteMaster117 is my account name, anyways, the trailer does say SPARTAN-259, not 252, and SPARTAN-320. One of these SPARTANs is referred to as Noble One, the other is only referred to as SPARTAN-320.


This may suggest we'll be playing as Spartan IIIs, who had a much larger number of candidates than Spartan IIs.

  • 06.04.2009 8:53 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4? *Update*

Posted by: Longbow7
[quote]Posted by: BloodThorn17
[quote]Posted by: Tito The Builder
[quote]Posted by: Tanks60808
impossible all spartan III's are dead by the battle of Rech excluding Gamma company which is on the planet Onyx. (read Ghosts of Onyx)


This may suggest we'll be playing as Spartan IIIs, who had a much larger number of candidates than Spartan IIs.


[Edited on 06.04.2009 9:01 AM PDT]

  • 06.04.2009 9:00 AM PDT

I love the entire Halo series, Halo 2 being my favorite of the games. I think that the universe is compelling and the story is deep, sweeping, and powerful. The hidden layers in the Halo trilogy and rich details of the backstory in the novels are something I love to be lost in, and im greatly looking forward to the story that Halo: Reach will weave. Bungie has carefully and lovingly crafted a mythic tale that will stay etched in my mind until the end.

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Posted by: Halodeth
No, a Halo prequel. I takes place right before Halo 1. If it was Halo 4, its storyline would take place after Halo 3.

What he said. Although if it really is the battle of Reach, we lose this battle.


of course we lose the battle but games like this always find a way to make the player feel like a he won, even if story-wise they actually lose.

For example, the player might be engaged with an epic boss battle while the world around him is being destroyed. You kill the boss, feel good about yourself, and escape before your killed along with millions of others. Not saying that this is what will happen, im just showing you that chances are you wont feel like like lost even though technically you did.

[Edited on 06.04.2009 9:02 AM PDT]

  • 06.04.2009 9:02 AM PDT
Subject: So this is basicly Halo 4?

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Posted by: Fxt_Redwolf
Going from what we know
3) No known Spartans survive this battle aside from MC who was in cryo stasis the whole time.
4) Can this game possible have a good ending? Everyone dies, covies win....


Wrong. Fred, Will, Kelly, Isaac, Grace, Li (I think that's it) all survive the attack and are in hiding. The are more books than just Fall of Reach and they detail what happened after Reach.

You're right, I didn't get a chance to read that book. Can you tell me why they didn't show up at Earth later on to help John?

  • 06.04.2009 9:05 AM PDT