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Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!
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OP, you mentioned that Satan has 3 heads that chew on the 3 greatest betrayers? And that the brutes were coming to "chew" on Vergil?

How appropriate that there were 3 of them knocking on his door.


Kickass! How sure are you? I've only played the campaign through once.


I'm pretty much 100% sure. There's two at the doorway trying taunting Vergil, and a Chieftain behind them.


Yet another connection, possibly. If anyone can confirm this for sure, that would be amazing. The pieces seem to be falling into place =)

I'm 100% Positive there are three waiting for it.

  • 10.18.2009 12:18 AM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

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you know... bungie probably didnt even intend it to be this way its probably a random happening that you just found to match up with the game... for some reason each halo game has to have some religious crap evolving around it... then again... i did hear mickey (in kizingo blvd.) when i got a head shot on a grunt "praise jah! jah is short for jehovah, jehovah = jehovahs witnesses... oh god this game is fricken religious... D=

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"[idk what he says], you heathen!"

  • 10.18.2009 12:19 AM PDT

Its not about having a favorite book to reference. All of Halo is in reference to biblical events/books. Go to halopedia and look up biblical references, theres a damn ton!

  • 10.18.2009 12:34 AM PDT
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  • 10.18.2009 1:06 AM PDT

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  • 10.18.2009 1:14 AM PDT
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I didn't read all 17 pages of this topic so sorry if someone mentioned it. Bungie throwing in the (SPOILERS) cop betraying you event on the 9th level was a nice touch. Playing through a third time now! Props to the OP!

  • 10.19.2009 1:17 PM PDT

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Holy crap dude I am in awe of your skills. I never would have gotten this on my own but it all fits.


I had actually speculated that Vergil would be your quide, a-la Dante's Inferno, right after the "Prepare to Drop" video was released. Never thought it'd be this extensive though, made me happy. =)

also don't forget hte ODST's (AKA Helljumpers) motto "Feet First into Hell"

  • 10.19.2009 1:28 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

Too often, people post on forums and just regurgitate what they've seen already and don't really explain their own views. - achronos

I was thinking about the poem while I was playing (mainly because of vergil) but damn, the entire campaign is a poem. Very clever bungie. it's still taking EA longer to make the actual story. and you did it in seven-eight months. clever.

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  • 10.20.2009 7:24 PM PDT

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*nods reverently* very good deduction my friend. I'll award you more so then anyother person I've done to date.

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  • 10.20.2009 7:32 PM PDT

I have no idea what your talking about, but nicely done! Two thumbs up man!

  • 10.20.2009 7:38 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

" Big green radiation gun up and running right next to my face! " - Buck ( Halo: Reach )

This is awesome.

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Well found!

Also, aren't there 5 members of the squad that drop down at the time of apocalypse? Remind you of another 5 people who ride horses that drop down at the time of Apocalypse? And could the stone circles have anything to do with it?

  • 10.21.2009 3:47 AM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

Usually the good lord works in mysterious ways, BUT NOT TODAY. This here is 66 tons of straight-up, DEVINE Intervention--If god is love.... then you can call me Cupid.
-Sarge's speech before Metropolis on Legendary.

That's really cool. I remember reading The Inferno in 10th grade and it's pretty funny how much ODST lines up with it.

  • 10.21.2009 3:56 AM PDT

also each circle of the audio logs details another deadly sin, theres one about gluttony, with the 800 pound guy, Greed, with kinsler, lust, (i forget, does kinsler make a move on sadie?)...and so forth

  • 10.21.2009 4:37 PM PDT

The Engineers sacrificed themselves to make sure Vergil gets away He never betrayed anyone since Engineers were forced to be part of the Covies

  • 10.21.2009 5:29 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!
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Ok... cool... but wasn't the whole premise of Dante's Inferno about dante travelling through hell to get to his true love, Beatrice? Last I checked, Buck and Dare were the ones with that were romantically involved... nice try, but I think they are simple references done out of respect to a great poet and nothing else.

  • 10.21.2009 8:01 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

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I played a book?

GET IT OFF ME!!!

Lol

And I believe the engineer is called Virgil still.

  • 10.21.2009 8:07 PM PDT

You, like many many others, are a casual a gamer. I know this because people who understand competitive gaming know that having a "god weapon" is vital to competitive play. Reach's sandbox makes you choose a weapon and stick to it's niche. But when you have a dominant all-purpose weapon, you are free to move around the map. When you can navigate the entire map, you are suddenly given many more options strategically, and being able to find the best option is indeed a skill.

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I played a book?

GET IT OFF ME!!!

  • 10.21.2009 8:10 PM PDT

RIP Halo 2 Multiplayer

Whoa there. That's unexpected...

  • 10.21.2009 9:32 PM PDT

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  • 10.21.2009 9:53 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!
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Ok... cool... but wasn't the whole premise of Dante's Inferno about dante travelling through hell to get to his true love, Beatrice? Last I checked, Buck and Dare were the ones with that were romantically involved... nice try, but I think they are simple references done out of respect to a great poet and nothing else.


Nah, that's the premise of the new game that's coming out, based loosely (and I mean very loosely) on the poem. Dante's Divine Comedy is about Dante traveling through Hell, Purgatory, and eventually Heaven, to meet God/find himself/all that good stuff. All along the way, making examples of the current problems in society, though that happens mostly in the Inferno.

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The Engineers sacrificed themselves to make sure Vergil gets away He never betrayed anyone since Engineers were forced to be part of the Covies


He betrayed the Covenant as a whole, turning against them, and eventually siding with the humans. Turning against your side of the war (whether or not you actually WANTED to be a part of it) and going to the other side is pretty much one of the biggest acts of betrayal possible.

I don't think that any of the characters in the game allude to one specific character in the Inferno, save for the Rookie (and Sadie) being Dante, going through hell. The Superintendent/Vergil plays the part of Virgil, but then when he is downloaded/absorbed/whatever by the engineer, he now plays the part of the greatest betrayer.

  • 10.22.2009 8:35 AM PDT

What's up? I'm Anthony, from Maryland. I play a lot of video games, too many. Enjoying the Halo Reach Beat right now. Also Halo was kind of my life from the age of 11-14.

Wow, that's really clever.

  • 10.22.2009 9:03 AM PDT

It's cherry, tastes like strawberry, looks like watermelon, and you think it's raspberry just because.

Though Circle 1 does include the giant sound of entering into Hell (in Inferno there is an explosion and an earthquake which knocks out Dante, but that's probably directed more towards the Rookie, although there is a very loud noise when the Covenant ship comes into New Mombasa in the audio logs), there is no seven walled castle with seven gates, filled with virtuous pagans. Circle 2 has the lustful Kinsler, Circle 3 has the gluttonous Kebab Guy, Circle 4, I haven't gotten that far in the Divine Comedy. Circle 5 or 6 (I think 6) I know is where the city part of Hell starts, so that could connect with New Mombasa. Sublevel 8 is where Mike normally gets shot by Drones after Virgil says "Crime doesn't pay," and in part of Circle 8 criminals are shot with arrows. And then the mystery structure (I'm pretty sure it's not connected to the Portal) is behind the Superintendent's main structure, which could represent the beginning of Mount Purgatory which Dante and Virgil accessed by sliding down Satan's back and coming out the other end of the Earth. That's all I can remember.

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  • 10.22.2009 1:11 PM PDT

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We just finished the Divine Comedy in my English class. I must say, this is quite a find! And rather unexpected..

  • 10.22.2009 6:26 PM PDT