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Subject: Will they let us play as a flood in the Campaign or Multiplayer.
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I thought it would be a neat idea to get a view of the campaign as a flood. We could have a dual story campaign like in Halo 2 or have 2 or 3 different options in the campaign. We should be able to play as the Humans, Covenant, and Flood to get a grip of what's happening to all 3 sides. Maybe a flood campaign wouldn't have to go with the story line. They could put a Flood campaign as an added bonus for beating the campaign or getting certain achievements. I know they can do something with the Flood for once. Make it were you are a flood commander or something that's close to a human only with stronger everything or make them as strong as Chief or Arby and give it shields and the ability to infect people. Or make a Flood mode, or as they call it in gears of war horde mode. Just do something with the Flood. I'd really like to play as one.

  • 06.03.2009 1:37 PM PDT
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shhhhhhh

The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game, campaign-wise.

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  • 06.03.2009 1:39 PM PDT
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*saying sarcasticly* Sure who wouldn't want to be able to play as 3 different races I sure would. I also would like the game to come out sometime next year. That would be like them doing 3 campaigns in one game. That would take at least 2 years at least if it were going to be perfect (Bungie stresses on perfect)

  • 06.03.2009 1:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Halo_tru7h
The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game.


Nope, in a Flood Planet where captain cutters fought against the flood.
The reason why Captain Cutters never told anybody about the flood.
Captain Cutters never came back, him and his crew, the Red Team mysteriously disappeared.
So obviously Captain Cutters wont be in reach, somewhere in the HaloWars ending, you hear
the AI, "Captain, something has happened."

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  • 06.03.2009 1:40 PM PDT
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Argumentum ad populum

There was never any flood on Reach.
Before, During, or After the battle.

  • 06.03.2009 1:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Halo_tru7h
The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game, campaign-wise.


I said it didn't have to go with the campaign. Just make something about the flood for once.

  • 06.03.2009 1:43 PM PDT
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shhhhhhh

Posted by: KingEpostle
Posted by: Halo_tru7h
The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game, campaign-wise.


I said it didn't have to go with the campaign. Just make something about the flood for once.


Then, sure, it is a possibility. Usually though a game's multiplayer-mode reflects it's campaign to some degree, so I can't say I'm very expecting of such a thing.

I do recall Bungie at one point saying that they messed around with having people play as flood in the infection-gametype, but it didn't quite work-out. (I don't have a source, sorry.) But with games like Left-for-Dead on the market, and the success they had in their system, it is possible the idea could be revisited.

  • 06.03.2009 1:46 PM PDT

Long live the Last Refuge!

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Posted by: Halo_tru7h
The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game, campaign-wise.


I said it didn't have to go with the campaign. Just make something about the flood for once.


But you must understand that there is a universe here that has been explored alot in terms of the events in it. The flood were only encountered on the shield world in Halo Wars, Installation-04 and 05, High Charity, Earth, and Installation-00.

  • 06.03.2009 1:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: Halo_tru7h
The flood were first encountered on Halo. Story-wise, the Battle of Reach took place many years prior to this first-encounter. There won't be any flood in this game, campaign-wise.

Many years? The fall of Reach happened right before PoA found Halo. In fact all the halo games happen with in just a few weeks.

  • 06.03.2009 1:55 PM PDT