- BattleRifle BR55
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Posted by: Your MOM is MC
Well if it's done, it'd be a pretty crappy finished trilogy without an ending now wouldn't it? Think about it, a trilogy that's completely done with? Look, I'm not talking about the array's story line! I'm talking about Chief's why would a story be centered around machines? Why would a story be centered around weapons? If this particular story line was about the Array then wouldn't ODST be called... I dunno, just ODST? Not to sound like one of the halo 3 forum regulars but really, ODST has nothing to do with the Array? So why are they calling it Halo? And why are they calling Halo Reach Halo: Reach? Why don't they just call it Reach if it's not about the array. See now you've got me confused and not to mention I'm dizzied from all the work I've been doing today so yeah, Halo 4 is probably in development and it just might not be called Halo 4.
Happy?Why would a story be centered around weapons, you ask? The name of the game takes after them, why wouldn't it be centered around them? Hell, Halo wasn't even a planned trilogy to begin with. The Chief's final line in Halo suggested a possible sequel, but their attitude towards Halo 2 made it seem like the product of Halo 1's success, which was only split into two games essentially after a horrible development schedule, among other factors. The story is not about the Chief, it just stars him, and despite the personality they give him, they still want you to put yourself in his boots.
Calling the ending 'crappy' is your opinion - the story came to the ending it needed. The Covenant is finished, Earth is saved, and the major Flood threat has been diminished - what more do you want? That's all the story ever was about, if you think it's about more, then the only thing I can think of is that you're including the books in your thought process about the story.
Halo 3: ODST is called as so because it's an expansion to the story utilizing the Halo 3 engine, not a full blown game; it's just feature-loaded. Halo Reach is called as so because it is still a part of the Halo franchise, taking place in a time earlier than the trilogy. The place in the story's time line should not affect the name of the games in the way you are suggesting. They're Halo games, they bear the Halo name.
Also, as I said previously, Bungie is not a gigantic company with hundreds upon hundreds of employees. I highly doubt they're working on Halo 4 right now. What's the point? Reach is their next major game, why would they split the team into smaller groups? That would just shorten the manpower they can put into the games, and you'd end up with two games that could have used more time and care. They're not a company with several internal studios, they're just Bungie, home of Halo.