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None of the Halo games so far have given any background on them. For fans of the series that have never read the books, they are simply 'cyborgs' who serve as one man armies, and who are notoriously known to speak six words per game.

Reach needs to change that. We need to see, if not in gameplay then in cutscenes, the origins of the Spartan Program, how they train, and the full story behind them. It would be awesome to finally delve into a world that the games have not come CLOSE to covering.

Discuss.

  • 11.10.2009 4:45 PM PDT

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  • 11.10.2009 4:47 PM PDT

best question of all
WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM?
no seriously does anybody in the halo world ever take a bathroom brake?

And what do spartans eat?

  • 11.10.2009 4:50 PM PDT
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the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit

  • 11.10.2009 4:52 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
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I hope Reach is episodic, and goes into detail about the growth of the Spartans. They were soldiers as teenagers, so there is much that can be done.

  • 11.10.2009 4:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: ChrisVN
best question of all
WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM?
no seriously does anybody in the halo world ever take a bathroom brake?

And what do spartans eat?


I forget the exact answer to this, but...erm, they go in their suit, which then breaks down their...nevermind. You understand.

  • 11.10.2009 4:53 PM PDT

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Posted by: ChrisVN
best question of all
WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM?
no seriously does anybody in the halo world ever take a bathroom brake?

And what do spartans eat?


I forget the exact answer to this, but...erm, they go in their suit, which then breaks down their...nevermind. You understand.

not entirely.further explanation needed :P

  • 11.10.2009 4:56 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

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Posted by: ChrisVN
best question of all
WHAT DO THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM?
no seriously does anybody in the halo world ever take a bathroom brake?

And what do spartans eat?


I forget the exact answer to this, but...erm, they go in their suit, which then breaks down their...nevermind. You understand.


I don't think they have ever gone into detail as to the "how", but their bio functions are regulated, monitored and maintained (to a degree) by the suits.

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im one second from taking this to the next level.

Posted by: iEfren
the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit
AI with benefits.

  • 11.10.2009 5:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: iEfren
the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit
AI with benefits.


So that's why it seemed so awkward between MC and cortana in H3

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Posted by: JETST0RM
Posted by: iEfren
the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit
AI with benefits.


So that's why it seemed so awkward between MC and cortana in H3

you dont even want to know what the gravemind did to her

  • 11.10.2009 5:14 PM PDT

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the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit
AI with benefits.


So that's why it seemed so awkward between MC and cortana in H3

you dont even want to know what the gravemind did to her

What the gravemind did to cortana is nothing compaired to what he did to the MC

  • 11.10.2009 5:16 PM PDT

Yes, I'm fed up of explaining to class mates what a Spartan is. They all think it's a cyborg or an alien helping the humans.

  • 11.10.2009 5:32 PM PDT
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Yes, I'm fed up of explaining to class mates what a Spartan is. They all think it's a cyborg or an alien helping the humans.


As long as there are great video games, there will always be retarded "fans" of the game

  • 11.10.2009 5:41 PM PDT
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it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

Posted by: Sergeant Murph
None of the Halo games so far have given any background on them. For fans of the series that have never read the books, they are simply 'cyborgs' who serve as one man armies, and who are notoriously known to speak six words per game.

Reach needs to change that. We need to see, if not in gameplay then in cutscenes, the origins of the Spartan Program, how they train, and the full story behind them. It would be awesome to finally delve into a world that the games have not come CLOSE to covering.

Discuss.
What are Spartans? Freaks, super soldiers, call them whatever, i think people know this. This game will probably provide some background into the Spartans but for the full story that's why you have the books.

  • 11.10.2009 5:49 PM PDT

It's simply too big of a plot point to stick in the game. It may be touched upon, but don't expect there to be a detailed account of the SPARTAN program. That's what the books are for. If someone isn't interested enough in the story to read the books, then I don't think they care about the origins of the Spartans.

  • 11.10.2009 6:00 PM PDT
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I want the game to start from someone telling how they became SPARTANS in a flashback. that way we get a history of them and we see them grow. It sort of humanizes them a bit

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  • 11.10.2009 6:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: BTE
Posted by: Xharpan
it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

Posted by: PrisonLove12
If someone isn't interested enough in the story to read the books, then I don't think they care about the origins of the Spartans.
Couldn't have said it better myself.

  • 11.10.2009 6:16 PM PDT

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I wish the covenant (and their weapons) were as devastating to regular humans in the game as they are in the book.
The books also say that brutes were as strong or stronger than Spartans. It would be cool if we could see the covenant in all their powerful glory.
Also, I would like to see the Spartans in squad combat.

  • 11.10.2009 6:26 PM PDT

Damn you 353 guilty spark! You killed the greatest stereotypical african american gun toting sergeant ever to tread upon a fictional futuristic setting!

Spartan's don't need bathroom breaks. They just go in their suit, which then converts the matter into ammunition.

  • 11.10.2009 7:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: iEfren
Posted by: MetallicaFan1983
Posted by: JETST0RM
Posted by: iEfren
the little AI people (like cortana) jerk em off in thr suit
AI with benefits.


So that's why it seemed so awkward between MC and cortana in H3

you dont even want to know what the gravemind did to her

What the gravemind did to cortana is nothing compaired to what he did to the MC


whats with you and all the flood juggernaut links?

  • 11.10.2009 8:22 PM PDT
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Halo: Reach is definitely going to give us some more insight to the story of the Spartans. I'm not sure if it's going to be a game built like the beginning of Fallout (where you rapidly progress through your infant life), or if it will be cutscenes and exploration, but needless to say, Reach will be much different in the way Bungie gives us the story.

  • 11.10.2009 8:25 PM PDT