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Subject: New characters for Halo: Reach

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Just a quick post, but I've had a thought about the Spartans in the banner.

Everyone seems to be going on about how its Linda and Kelly, debating whether its Sam or not ETC, but has anyone thought about another possibility?
The chance that it might not be any of these people and could possibly be completely new characters?

The call signs heard in the trailer are somewhat un-recognizable, yet people are still trying to brng in the characters they know. Is it so hard to believe that we may find ourselves playing as someone new?

Of course, I'm sure characters like Linda and Fred might star, but I think Bungie has decided it would be better if they created some new characters for the game so they send the plot (and therefore the characters involved) in which ever direction they want. That way, they can do whatever they want, without worrying about an event that occurs in-game clashing with an event in the book.

It makes sense...

[Edited on 06.15.2009 7:17 PM PDT]

  • 06.15.2009 7:05 PM PDT
Subject: The Spartans: New characters?

it could be? but there isnt enough information to support that right now

  • 06.15.2009 7:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: MichaelYEAHH
it could be? but there isnt enough information to support that right now


True. But there's hardly enough evidence that its the characters from the book. My idea is just as plausable.

  • 06.15.2009 7:11 PM PDT

Actually i completely agree with you, what fun would the game be if we knew what would happen. We will probably see the fan favorite S 2's like Fred and Kelly but we will not play as them. Well they wont be the main characters at least.

  • 06.15.2009 7:12 PM PDT

I'm torn on this one. While I think the fans would want to know more about their favourite spartans - (Sam, Kelly, Linda, etc), at the same time it's true that if we knew exactly what was gonna happen, it would ruin a little of the excitement.

My theory is that it's gonna be one of those "You know the beginning, and you know the end, but the details inbetween are the extremely exciting bits" scenarios.

  • 06.15.2009 7:27 PM PDT

I agree that the main characters will not be the Spartans that we know from the books, I don't see bungie using the central figures from another form of Halo fiction in the games, There will certainly be the occasional nod to the fans with names or quotes like the Dr. Halsey/ Cortana speeches in Halo 3. My guess is that the Chief will be the central figure of the game, but other characters will also appear as playable like the Arbiter in Halo 2 and the squad in ODST. The chief will get the majority of the game, with the other spartans getting their own seperate levels, I'm not sure how the story line will fit into the Fall of Reach continuity, or it may not use that story line at all.

  • 06.15.2009 7:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Snake Charmer22
I agree that the main characters will not be the Spartans that we know from the books, I don't see bungie using the central figures from another form of Halo fiction in the games, There will certainly be the occasional nod to the fans with names or quotes like the Dr. Halsey/ Cortana speeches in Halo 3. My guess is that the Chief will be the central figure of the game, but other characters will also appear as playable like the Arbiter in Halo 2 and the squad in ODST. The chief will get the majority of the game, with the other spartans getting their own seperate levels, I'm not sure how the story line will fit into the Fall of Reach continuity, or it may not use that story line at all.


I'm not too sure about the Chief part. I've heard that its very unlikley that we play as the Cheif.

Anyway, if we did, then characters such as Linda and James wll be playable, as the MC spends almost all of his missions with the characters mentioned in the book.

  • 06.15.2009 7:50 PM PDT
Subject: New characters for Halo: Reach
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Posted by: Xharpan
it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

Posted by: BurntBiscuits
True. But there's hardly enough evidence that its the characters from the book. My idea is just as plausable.

Your idea seems more plausible than the others since the Halo games hardly go into detail of what happens in the books.

Hell from the perspective of someone who hasn't touched or read the books, it would seem that Master Chief is the only Spartan alive when we all know its just not true. Having such a rich history and information as they do in the novels, why is it that Bungie hardly mentions anything that happens on them in the game?

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There are a bout 14 Spartans on Reach that we know nothing about (name or callsign) as far as we know (nothing) those 5 in the picture could be 5 Spartans from the 14. Just as they can be Marines, just as they could be the members of Red team everyone knows about.

[Edited on 06.15.2009 8:06 PM PDT]

  • 06.15.2009 8:05 PM PDT

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  • 06.15.2009 8:13 PM PDT

I want to be put in the boots of a marine not a spartan ODST or even just a gritty marine, different game play mechanics.

  • 06.15.2009 9:31 PM PDT

The spartans in the banner fit the profile of Kelly, Linda, etc because remember how they each had their specialty? There's the sniper, the heavy gunner and so on. In the picture each character is holding a different weapon.

  • 06.15.2009 9:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: Skiracer93
The spartans in the banner fit the profile of Kelly, Linda, etc because remember how they each had their specialty? There's the sniper, the heavy gunner and so on. In the picture each character is holding a different weapon.
Except Linda didnt fight on Reach, and Kelly never was with a Spartan-259 or -320 on Reach.

  • 06.15.2009 9:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: BTE
Posted by: Xharpan
it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

Posted by: Skiracer93
The spartans in the banner fit the profile of Kelly, Linda, etc because remember how they each had their specialty? There's the sniper, the heavy gunner and so on. In the picture each character is holding a different weapon.


We know about Kelly, Linda, Sam, Kurt, Vihn, Grace, Will, Fred and so on.... but you have to remember that there are a bunch of unnamed Spartans that we know nothing about and we cant just assume that they each didn't have a specialty. Just because Linda stands out as a sniper doesn't mean that out of the others that landed in Reach there isn't anyone else that is good at sniping.

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  • 06.15.2009 9:40 PM PDT

War isn't about who is right, but who is left.

It is most likely Kelly because, what if the Professor wanted to go back? But first went to one of the other Halo rings first? Then went back to Reach to study farther on.

  • 06.15.2009 10:12 PM PDT