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Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!
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Bravo to the Op, just Bravo.

  • 10.22.2009 6:38 PM PDT

Day dreamin' phases - Time goes bye - That's what happens when you get high!!

And yet some people think games are pointless and stupid and that you can't learn anything from them. I learned more in this forum than some high school courses.

  • 10.22.2009 6:59 PM PDT

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS POSTED ALREADY, BUT I FOUND SOMETHING COOL ABOUT THIS!

Dante's guide's name was, you guessed it...

VIRGIL!

wierd eh?

no joke!

  • 10.23.2009 8:31 PM PDT

Well, we know the name's cross over, what with Vergil being the guide.

I do remember a thread taken during the pre-game information leaks that the Rookie's initials were J.D. http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=33802744

Might the "D" stand for Dante?

  • 10.23.2009 8:42 PM PDT
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I don't believe in magic, but I DO believe in bones.

Posted by: DarthLurtz1
Well, we know the name's cross over, what with Vergil being the guide.

I do remember a thread taken during the pre-game information leaks that the Rookie's initials were J.D. http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=33802744

Might the "D" stand for Dante?


I read somehwere (Halopedia I think), and don't hold me to this, that Buck calls the Rookie "James" once in a while on Coastal Highway. I've never heard it myself, but if it's true, then that leaves the "D" of J.D. open.

  • 10.23.2009 9:07 PM PDT

haha

  • 10.24.2009 10:23 AM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

Posted by: Vengeful Donkey
I played a book?

GET IT OFF ME!!!

OMG that is great hahaha

  • 10.24.2009 11:34 AM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

WhiteCastles,Beer, and Halo3; HELLLLL YEAH BIATCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh, but it is the the Devil in that pick, the ones in Halo 3 are pics of the Prophets!!!
You see the similarities?
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/423794977/182251t.jpg

http://images.gfxartist.com/images/ArtworkItem/image/177127.j pg

http://damagegod.tripod.com/pics/devil.jpg

http://www.tarotreadingsecrets.com/content_images/the-devil.j pg

http://www.die-besten-horrorfilme.de/images/TheDevilRidesOut-S 8.jpg

Now look at the in game photo I took!!

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=97972588

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=97972696

You notice his body structure? His pointed face with a beard, his curled horns, the massive wing spand, and his musclular body structure with hands of claws? It's him alright, the devil himself!!

[Edited on 10.24.2009 12:11 PM PDT]

  • 10.24.2009 12:06 PM PDT
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I don't believe in magic, but I DO believe in bones.

Where exactly did you find this texture, and does it appear anywhere else in ODST?

  • 10.24.2009 12:49 PM PDT

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

Posted by: soccerjedi2007
Ahh, but it is the the Devil in that pick, the ones in Halo 3 are pics of the Prophets!!!
You see the similarities?
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/423794977/182251t.jpg

http://images.gfxartist.com/images/ArtworkItem/image/177127.j pg

http://damagegod.tripod.com/pics/devil.jpg

http://www.tarotreadingsecrets.com/content_images/the-devil.j pg

http://www.die-besten-horrorfilme.de/images/TheDevilRidesOut-S 8.jpg

Now look at the in game photo I took!!

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=97972588

http://www.bungie.net/Online/Halo3UserContentDetails.aspx?h3f ileid=97972696

You notice his body structure? His pointed face with a beard, his curled horns, the massive wing spand, and his musclular body structure with hands of claws? It's him alright, the devil himself!!

Nice find, but if you will remember, in The Divine Comedy Satan has three faces and is chewing on three people (probably what the three Brutes represent). I think this is just a coincidence in the texture, since it is just a mirrored image, although I've been known to be wrong.

  • 10.24.2009 8:18 PM PDT

Failure is too an option.

Thats bad-ass. It sort of reminds me of Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen, what with making classic literature awesome again. Also, anybody notice a Ghostbusters refrence first time to play as Dutch? I pulled my splazer and he shouted "Don't cross my stream!" Just sayin'.

  • 10.24.2009 9:24 PM PDT

WhiteCastles,Beer, and Halo3; HELLLLL YEAH BIATCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah its all over the place, its on the barrier when you first drop into the streets!

  • 10.24.2009 10:51 PM PDT
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To play or not to play....

Did you also notice the frozen section when you are going through the computer network tunnels to get Virgil? As you go through those levels/tunnels you go through an area that is literally frozen. It looks like some coolant tank burst and basically froze the immediate area. But it also makes sense in regards to your idea...

Nice thinking :)

[Edited on 10.24.2009 11:18 PM PDT]

  • 10.24.2009 11:11 PM PDT

(') (')
(0_o) ROAR!!!
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lol nice find.

  • 10.25.2009 2:16 PM PDT

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

Posted by: V101
Did you also notice the frozen section when you are going through the computer network tunnels to get Virgil? As you go through those levels/tunnels you go through an area that is literally frozen. It looks like some coolant tank burst and basically froze the immediate area. But it also makes sense in regards to your idea...

Nice thinking :)

You find out what happened in there in Sadie's Story. What happened was *SPOILER* *SPOILER* *SPOILER* *SPOILER*, not coolant tanks bursting.

  • 10.25.2009 6:08 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!
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if they cinfirm this ill pay you. will smiles of course bt still. nice findings, i knew there had to be more than just a game

  • 10.25.2009 6:18 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

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

I just thought of something else here:

In The Divine Comedy, Virgil and Dante exit Hell by sliding down Satan's back and going down through a hole which deposits them on Mount Purgatory. I have two theories here now:

1. You go back down the Superintendent's data center, go down a hole, walk through a few rooms with Drones and go up an elevator. This journey upwards could represent the journey up Mount Purgatory, and then going through the Coastal Highway could be like going up more of Mount Purgatory, or going through Paradise.

2. The hole with the Legendary Ending mystery structure can be seen from the Superintendent's data center, you just can't see what is in it without going into theatre mode. That could also represent Purgatory, and maybe Paradise at the end??? This Paradise being something other than the Ark, and the structure in the Legendary Ending not being connected to the Portal to the Ark. Maybe having something to do with Dyson Spheres, since Paradise in the Divine Comedy is made up of concentric spheres.

3. Near the end of The Divine Comedy, Dante sees God as a ball of light surrounded by angels in the 9th concentric sphere (level) of Paradise. Could this be relating to the very bright Slipspace crater surrounded by Covenant cruisers, or the moon in the center of the Ark? (the one that is mined by Sentinels to create the Halo rings and recreate ones that are destroyed, like how there were Sentinels that built the Portal generator on Earth)

[Edited on 10.31.2009 1:22 PM PDT]

  • 10.26.2009 1:05 PM PDT

Just tell your friends that you couldn't save the world and stop the human race from extinction because you were too busy getting stoned...

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clever find

  • 10.26.2009 1:19 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

This is an excellent find. I've never read the divine comedy, but I'm going to, now, just to see the references. I'm sure the connections go deeper than we think.

Having, also, not read the whole of the 18 pages, I've not seen if you've made any more connections, but I look forward to reading them all.

Posted by: Cadetak
It begins by Dante being shown lost in a dark wood at night contemplating suicide. He is attacked by three beasts that he cannot escape and is unable to find his way. He is rescued by Virgil and the begin their journey into Hell....in ODST we have Dante lost in a dark city at night evading Brutes and being led by Superintendent/Virgil.


...this, for example, could go deeper if you break it down.

1. Dante's lost in a dark wood
2. He's attacked by 3 beasts
3. ...that he can't escaped from nor can he find his way.
4. He's rescued by Virgil

1. The Rookie is lost in the night-time streets of New Mombasa
2. He's attacked by three squads before reaching Virgil (first around the first closed route, second in the first open area and third just before meeting Virgil
3. Simply running away from them won't work as there is no way out of the area without meeting Virgil first (the route is closed until later, and the door leading to the first set of sleeping Grunts is locked)
4. The Rookie is essentially rescued by Virgil when he is given access to the map.

  • 10.27.2009 9:59 AM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

I PLAYED A PEOM OMFG WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WORLD TURING TO!!!!!!!

  • 10.27.2009 9:27 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through a classic novel, hah!

Nice find mate but it could of been a bit shorter hey and also virgil and the rookie have some connection in the game since when would you choose to stand next to an alien than your own kind

  • 10.27.2009 9:35 PM PDT
Subject: Little did you know, you all just played through an epic poem, hah!

Yes, I'm a furry. And yes, I like men. So what?

Gluttony is in there. Remember the gigantic butcher who was trying to get Sadie to eat some kabobs? I think lust is in there as well, when the NMPD Chief might have wanted to...um...violate Sadie.

Second one could be reaching, but you never know.

  • 10.29.2009 8:06 AM PDT

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The Halo REACH Script (post thoughts in thread)

Writing Lead of Whisper Studios. Check out Heron!

Look... I'm on bungiepedia!

Called it last year.

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  • 10.29.2009 9:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: SPARTAN 307
Satans three heads gnawing on each other reminds me of trying to bite your own ear. Just, awkward. But good reference, especially the 9 circles of hell. Explains the labeling of the Audio Logs.


You try to bite your ears? <0.0>

[Edited on 10.29.2009 9:54 AM PDT]

  • 10.29.2009 9:54 AM PDT

Posted by: Skibur
People are too serious about being serious to appreciate the joke.

AMAZING FIND. Really.

  • 10.29.2009 9:59 AM PDT