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Looks like Microsoft have realised that just slapping the name "Halo" onto anything and everything is one sure-fire way to get money.

If Bungie stays true to the canon established by the book, then there are no Halos in the game, nor were there any in Contact Harvest, Cole Protocol, Ghosts of Onyx, etc. so the purpose of the name is just to make kids think, 'I liked Halo 3, I haven't got a clue what Reach is but I'll buy the game anyway 'cause it's Halo!'

Even Halo 3 should have been called 'The Ark' or 'Halo: Rebuilt' as the Halo that had a brief appearance at the end was the same one as from the first game.

I reckon calling this upcoming game 'The Fall of Reach' would sound much more epic and grand in scale, and be more in keeping with the truth.

  • 07.18.2009 1:30 AM PDT
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yes it is so people will buy the game but also it is because it will deal with things in the halo universe and they want to make sure everybody that has not read the books knows it. as ive learned on this forum alot of halo fans have not read them.and they are good read so if you haven't i do recommend them to you at least read the first 3 halo: fall of reach, halo: the flood, halo: the first strike



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  • 07.18.2009 1:32 AM PDT

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See that's the thing, it could just as easily be called 'Bungie's 4th Game Universe' or the 'Mjolnir armor universe' or the 'Sergeant Johnson and Miranda Keyes obviously have something going on universe'.

I've read every book twice (except for Cole Protocol, which I haven't touched and never will).

[Edited on 07.18.2009 1:39 AM PDT]

  • 07.18.2009 1:38 AM PDT

i would laugh my ass off if some punk kid bought halo reach just because it has halo on the disc case only to find out it was a hard as hell rpg with a high learning curve that only an adult would ever attempt to play

not that im saying halo reach will be a rpg

  • 07.18.2009 1:38 AM PDT

It has the name "Halo" because it's part of the Halo storyline...

it doesn't have to have a Halo in it in order to be called Halo...

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Posted by: Loaja343
Looks like Microsoft have realised that just slapping the name "Halo" onto anything and everything is one sure-fire way to get money.

If Bungie stays true to the canon established by the book, then there are no Halos in the game, nor were there any in Contact Harvest, Cole Protocol, Ghosts of Onyx, etc. so the purpose of the name is just to make kids think, 'I liked Halo 3, I haven't got a clue what Reach is but I'll buy the game anyway 'cause it's Halo!'

Even Halo 3 should have been called 'The Ark' or 'Halo: Rebuilt' as the Halo that had a brief appearance at the end was the same one as from the first game.

I reckon calling this upcoming game 'The Fall of Reach' would sound much more epic and grand in scale, and be more in keeping with the truth.
Halo 3 was called Halo 3 because it was the third Halo. Calling it anything else wouldn't have made any sense.

  • 07.18.2009 1:53 AM PDT

"Halo" is just the name of the series and the franchise. It's not that big of a deal. The name "Halo"
is already established and therefore the upcoming came will be more easily associated with the series and some confusion may be avoided by the uninformed. If they just hear "Reach", they may not even care or be uninterested, and it could easily slip out of one's mind. But if a fan of the series hears "Halo: Reach", it will catch their attention as a sequel to a favorite title.

  • 07.18.2009 4:40 AM PDT

Signatures are for squares.

Halo Wars is a halo game with no Halos in it.

  • 07.18.2009 4:40 AM PDT

I didn't actually think I would agree with you there, but, you're right.

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  • 07.18.2009 4:42 AM PDT

Your right, People will just buy this because it has HALO on it but also Halo is the franchise name so its stuck on all these games because they are part of the Franchise.

  • 07.18.2009 4:49 AM PDT

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Posted by: Loaja343
Looks like Microsoft have realised that just slapping the name "Halo" onto anything and everything is one sure-fire way to get money.

If Bungie stays true to the canon established by the book, then there are no Halos in the game, nor were there any in Contact Harvest, Cole Protocol, Ghosts of Onyx, etc. so the purpose of the name is just to make kids think, 'I liked Halo 3, I haven't got a clue what Reach is but I'll buy the game anyway 'cause it's Halo!'

Even Halo 3 should have been called 'The Ark' or 'Halo: Rebuilt' as the Halo that had a brief appearance at the end was the same one as from the first game.

I reckon calling this upcoming game 'The Fall of Reach' would sound much more epic and grand in scale, and be more in keeping with the truth.
Its still the Halo universe though.
Not many people have read the books so put 'HALO' in the title tells people what the game is about, Halo = Master Chief, Cortana, UNSC and the Covenant. So saying HALO people instantly recognize the game.

  • 07.18.2009 5:19 AM PDT

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Halo is the name of the universe just like Star Wars or Star Trek.

  • 07.18.2009 5:23 AM PDT

Yeah you take the title way too seriously.

It is a brand name now,just as much as it is the title of its universe.Its called Halo:Reach because people will recognize the name and be intrigued,which is perfectly legal and there is no real reason not to do that.If they can intrigue people with the story in this prequel then it might lead those people to get the books and find out more.

  • 07.18.2009 6:40 AM PDT
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Brand awareness. There's your answer, no one will buy a game called "REACH".

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Yeah! And they should have called Star Wars Ep. 1 "The movie that will take your found memories and -blam!- them", because there was no real war going on!

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  • 07.18.2009 6:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: Loaja343
See that's the thing, it could just as easily be called 'Bungie's 4th Game Universe' or the 'Mjolnir armor universe' or the 'Sergeant Johnson and Miranda Keyes obviously have something going on universe'.

I've read every book twice (except for Cole Protocol, which I haven't touched and never will).
why not? it a pretty good book.

  • 07.18.2009 6:57 AM PDT

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It's a piece of fiction about the HALO universe (you know, about the Halo Story Bible), so its called Halo. You do not change the title if its the same franchise.

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  • 07.18.2009 7:24 AM PDT

haha its kinda funny XD but halo doesnt need a halo to be a halo game ;)

  • 07.18.2009 7:27 AM PDT
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The guy who started this is stupid, its the name of the story, the series, calling it anything else would confuse people.

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  • 07.18.2009 7:29 AM PDT
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This may the dumbest thread I've ever seen. The series is called Halo, not because they have Halos in them.

  • 07.18.2009 8:27 AM PDT

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Posted by: Loaja343
Looks like Microsoft have realised that just slapping the name "Halo" onto anything and everything is one sure-fire way to get money.

If Bungie stays true to the canon established by the book, then there are no Halos in the game, nor were there any in Contact Harvest, Cole Protocol, Ghosts of Onyx, etc. so the purpose of the name is just to make kids think, 'I liked Halo 3, I haven't got a clue what Reach is but I'll buy the game anyway 'cause it's Halo!'

Even Halo 3 should have been called 'The Ark' or 'Halo: Rebuilt' as the Halo that had a brief appearance at the end was the same one as from the first game.

I reckon calling this upcoming game 'The Fall of Reach' would sound much more epic and grand in scale, and be more in keeping with the truth.


THANK YOU! I tried making people understand this in a previous thread of mine but it got shot down by millions of freakin' flaming arrows! Nobody even payed any attention to the actual point of what I was getting to!

They should be calling it something else. They said they were done with the trilogy... Well, this game is most likely gonna involve the chief, so that totally makes no sense ending a trilogy and then feeling like rebirthing it while making a game about a book when they SHOULD be working on a Halo 4 of sorts!

EDIT: On second thought, I actually get what you mean now and uh, sir... Going with the same plot that master chief was in and not calling it part of the trilogy is stupid, I thought you were talking about that, but why the hell would you wanna call a game involving any spartans something other than Halo?

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  • 07.18.2009 8:34 AM PDT

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lols everyone knows bulletproof glass cannot withstand teacups thrown by russian women.

I think the title would be cool if it was just "Reach." A lot of hidden meanings in that word...

  • 07.18.2009 8:55 AM PDT

You have to understand when they put the word ,Halo their not putting it there to get money because everybody likes the word hale.they put the word their because its the halo series. Just because theirs no actual halo ring, but it has the one key element that made the halo games and books all related. SPARTENS. Each book or game you see a sparten even if it's just master chief or john or sparten 117 whatever you want to call him, thats why i think theirs always the word halo in all the halo related titles. (except the fall of reach which doesn't have the word halo in it, but still gots Spartans)

  • 07.18.2009 9:12 AM PDT

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Halo Reach = the Halo universe. It's still part of the whole Halo thing so why not? Is it against the law to make money?

If it is, Microsoft is going to jail!

  • 07.18.2009 9:15 AM PDT

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I'd love to be a 10 year old and tell my mom I'm going on an adventure out into the world catching Pokemon, with her full support. Never mind the fact that there are rapists, criminals, and murders out there, or the fact that I may get killed by a Pokemon.

Luckily I have Pikachu.

There doesn't need to be a "Halo Ring" in every freaking game! That was part of the reason why Halo 2's and Halo 3's campaign modes were disapointing. As Cheehwawa stated, it's the same franchise so you don't rename it.

  • 07.18.2009 9:21 AM PDT

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