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Subject: My biggest question about the campaign. 4 Player Co-Op?

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This has been in my mind ever since E3.

Now the campaign is an open world, free roaming. At night you play as the ROOK.
Now how would that work in A 4 player co-op campaign? Is everyone going to be the rookie?

Now the next part.

Let's say we are in a 4 player co-op.

I am the rook with another friend.
You are in the south part of the map fighting a squad of covies.
Our last buddy is sniping someone on a building.

I find a flashback thing (for example the bomb detonator). I pick it up.

Is everyone transported to the flashback? Is it me and my buddy alone?

Also let's take another look at this situation.

Here is the Dutch flashback.
Now in it I see Dutch and Mickey. The question here is, in a 4 player co-op how would that work? One has to be Dutch, the other has to be Mickey. But what about the other 2?

Now Bungie hasn't said anything about this yet, but there is room for speculation.

  • 06.21.2009 10:55 PM PDT

Posted by: mast3rlinkx
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing?Then whence cometh evil?Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?"

Most likely you will all be the rookie and most likely you will all be Dutch.

Most likely you all will be in the flashback once triggered so you can all experience the flashback.

[Edited on 06.21.2009 11:00 PM PDT]

  • 06.21.2009 10:59 PM PDT

Four shots, four kills, reload, repeat. This is the work of a sniper.

There really isn't much room for speculation. In Halo 3, you could say "OMG in the cutscenes it shows just chief and arbiter but now there are two more elites helping omG bungiee made mistakes!
Really, it is kind of obvious. It will just add two ODST's into the scene, even if they are not there in the single player. As for your other question, you can have four people all in different places throughout the city but when a person activates a clue you will all be sent to the flashback.

  • 06.21.2009 11:00 PM PDT

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  • 06.21.2009 11:04 PM PDT

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There really isn't much room for speculation. In Halo 3, you could say "OMG in the cutscenes it shows just chief and arbiter but now there are two more elites helping omG bungiee made mistakes!
Really, it is kind of obvious. It will just add two ODST's into the scene, even if they are not there in the single player. As for your other question, you can have four people all in different places throughout the city but when a person activates a clue you will all be sent to the flashback.


Now since Bungie hasn't officially given word on it, all of this is speculation. Your response at best is an educated guess.

Anyway good call I see, your point.

  • 06.21.2009 11:05 PM PDT

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.
You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
And the Science gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the people who are still alive.

For dutch's flashback there were also city police. Which are marines. And im pretty sure everyone will be the rookie and maybe there will be a certain area you cant leave without being near first player. Anyway just wait till the game comes out?

  • 06.21.2009 11:06 PM PDT

Four shots, four kills, reload, repeat. This is the work of a sniper.

Posted by: Arsalan Rehman
Posted by: sniper got game
There really isn't much room for speculation. In Halo 3, you could say "OMG in the cutscenes it shows just chief and arbiter but now there are two more elites helping omG bungiee made mistakes!
Really, it is kind of obvious. It will just add two ODST's into the scene, even if they are not there in the single player. As for your other question, you can have four people all in different places throughout the city but when a person activates a clue you will all be sent to the flashback.


Now since Bungie hasn't officially given word on it, all of this is speculation. Your response at best is an educated guess.

Anyway good call I see, your point.

I guess you're right, its just most likely and most logical.

  • 06.21.2009 11:08 PM PDT

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True^

It would feel sooo Halo 1-2ish though.

At night I would rather everyone be their custom ODST....but that would make it so there would also be Johnson in the campaign......

  • 06.22.2009 4:13 AM PDT
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Good point dude. I hope they make it work well so it doesn't -blam!- up the gameplay too much.

  • 06.22.2009 4:15 AM PDT

It's like a retard riding a bicycle while eating hot wings.
Sometimes you have to take the bike seat off to really enjoy it.

They should recreate the scene of Halo 1 and just have multiple John's running around.

  • 06.22.2009 4:17 AM PDT

Get in the flask!

just like the elites in halo 3, or the other spartan in halo 2 but yeah it doesnt matter since you will have some one to work with

  • 06.22.2009 4:21 AM PDT

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So random canon people that really will not effect the story.... Disappointing but hey what can you do right?

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Posted by: Arsalan Rehman
So random canon people that really will not effect the story.... Disappointing but hey what can you do right?


Co-op isn't canon.

More then likely you will just play as the Rookie, like how we were all the Chief in past Halos. The Arby and Elites in 3 were probly added so you can tell the difference between your friends and more easily know who is who.

  • 06.22.2009 5:35 AM PDT

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Posted by: Arsalan Rehman
So random canon people that really will not effect the story.... Disappointing but hey what can you do right?


Co-op isn't canon.

More then likely you will just play as the Rookie, like how we were all the Chief in past Halos. The Arby and Elites in 3 were probly added so you can tell the difference between your friends and more easily know who is who.


Yes so what would it be like in ODST, one can only speculate. But I said it would be disappointing if we all had to be the Rookie, or some people aren't part of the story and they follow you about.

  • 06.22.2009 5:37 AM PDT