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Subject: Could A Covenant Based Game Work or Even Be Fun?

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Poll: Could A Covenant Based Game Work or Even Be Fun?  [closed]
Yes, Both Possible and fun:  79%
(95 Votes)
No:  5%
(6 Votes)
Only Work, Not Be Fun:  7%
(8 Votes)
Be Fun, Not Work:  10%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 121

With Halo Reach coming out I've seen a lot of threads about the possibility of it being played as a Covenant character. However, I highly doubt this. If a game was made that focused on the Covenant storyline, I think it could be a huge success. Personally, I'd like to see what happens before the Brutes and Elites joined together. I realize this is leaving a crucial part out of the Halo equation, Master Chief, but if Bungie did make a Covenant based game what are some ideas you think would work or at least be fun? I would really like to lead an army of Elites against Brutes or something like that.

  • 09.25.2009 11:23 PM PDT
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MC isn't a "crucial" part of a halo game. see halo wars and ODST. he was just the hero of the trilogy.
it's like saying dark vador is mandatory in a star war movie. he's just the hero of a trilogy.

  • 09.26.2009 2:24 AM PDT

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point taken

  • 09.26.2009 12:25 PM PDT

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Expanding on the idea of a Covenant based game, why not have it more or less follow the origin story of The Arbiter? It could start when he first joins the Covenant military, and continue all the way through to the beginning of Halo 2. Since there isn't much canonical material in this area, Bungie could literally do whatever they wanted with the story.

  • 09.26.2009 1:11 PM PDT

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Expanding on the idea of a Covenant based game, why not have it more or less follow the origin story of The Arbiter? It could start when he first joins the Covenant military, and continue all the way through to the beginning of Halo 2. Since there isn't much canonical material in this area, Bungie could literally do whatever they wanted with the story.

I don't want to play as Thel when he's a Supreme Commander. It would have to b an RTS at that point.

No, I don't hate Halo Wars (I love it). One RTS is enough for the series.

[Edited on 09.26.2009 1:28 PM PDT]

  • 09.26.2009 1:27 PM PDT

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Bungie also leaves a lot of info out on the history of the Brutes, maybe you could start as a Brute joining the war and making your way to the top. That would take care of the RTS thing because Brutes are definitely not the strategical backbone of the Covenant.

  • 09.26.2009 4:04 PM PDT

or if your an elite and it leads all the way up to when the elites are exiled?
There would be heaps of backstory there, like what they did on the first Halo

  • 09.26.2009 5:06 PM PDT

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I want to see a Halo 2 version(switch off between Covie and UNSC) of the START of the war. I.E. Contact Harvest. Where you look into the eyes of 1. Johnson(UNSC):2.Maccabeus{[Current Brute Chieftain before Tartarus(Chieftains are like the Arbiters of the Jiralhanae)](Covie}.

  • 09.26.2009 5:08 PM PDT

I'm not sure if they could reach a trilogy with a covenant based game.

Playing as an Elite officer or the Arbiter would be idealistic but if Bungie really knew what they were doing they would have you play as a Grunt =D

  • 09.26.2009 5:18 PM PDT
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Yes because the jump from Master Chief to the ODSTs worked and was fun. So maybe one more game of ODST and a jump to the Covenant would be awesome.

  • 09.26.2009 5:22 PM PDT

I would explode with happiness if it was like Call of Duty,where you periodically changed what soldier(and what kind of) you played as.For instance,you'd start as an elite,2 levels,brute,1,grunt(Which would be like a stealth mission,playing as a spec ops grunt,as the others would be way too weak) for 1-2,then maybe a jack or hunter(O_O),and change back to the others until the squads eventually meet up on one of the halos,or earth,or wherever it is for the timeline.

  • 09.26.2009 6:32 PM PDT

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I would explode with happiness if it was like Call of Duty,where you periodically changed what soldier(and what kind of) you played as.For instance,you'd start as an elite,2 levels,brute,1,grunt(Which would be like a stealth mission,playing as a spec ops grunt,as the others would be way too weak) for 1-2,then maybe a jack or hunter(O_O),and change back to the others until the squads eventually meet up on one of the halos,or earth,or wherever it is for the timeline.


ya that would be really cool switching back and forth. The gameplay would change back and forth enough to add a bit of diversity

  • 09.26.2009 6:35 PM PDT

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yeah that would be cool. in call of duty they always seem to have a tank mission, using a hunter would rock. or even going to assassinate someone using a jackal, and stealth missions with elites using invisibility

  • 09.26.2009 10:02 PM PDT

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  • 09.26.2009 10:30 PM PDT
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I would love to see a Halo game from a Covenant perspective. I would to play as an Elite or Brute.

  • 09.26.2009 10:50 PM PDT

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We could play as various Arbiters during times like the Unggoy Rebelion, the Taming of the Lekgolo, and the Heresy of a Kig-Yar Prince.

Another option would be to follow Thel 'Vadam* and Rtas 'Vadum** to Sangheilios***. Where they will defend their planet against the remaining Covenant Forces. Grunt, Jackal, Drone, Hunter, Brute, and Prophet alike.

*The Current Arbiter, who assisted Master Chief in Halo 3.
**The SpecOps Commander/Shipmaster of the Carrier Shadow of Intent
***The Elite homeworld

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  • 09.26.2009 10:59 PM PDT

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  • 09.27.2009 2:02 AM PDT

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Going off all this what Covenant group do you think would be the most fun to be??

Personally I want to be an Honor Guard Elite

  • 09.27.2009 1:39 PM PDT
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an open world game with high charity as the hub

  • 09.27.2009 1:52 PM PDT

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Yeah the open world thing would be cool. With the Covenant you could almost make an RPG (not that I think an RPG in the Halo world would work, just an idea) and you could choose different classes like Elite, Brute, etc.

  • 09.27.2009 2:11 PM PDT

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Sorry accidental double post.

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  • 09.27.2009 2:12 PM PDT

Hear me out. You could play the game as a heretic elite before the Elites join the UNSC and you could do all kinds of stealth and sabotage missions on Covenant controlled worlds.

  • 09.27.2009 2:17 PM PDT

I would love to play as the Covenant, preferably as an elite. A spec ops elite team could work, potentially following Rtas' Vadum, possibly culminating in the battle over the Ark. Commanding a Covenant Flagship would be awesome (That could work as an FPS - see Angels Fall First: Planetstorm).

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yes and you could be like one of the first arbiters

[Edited on 09.27.2009 2:49 PM PDT]

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