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Subject: Let's rename the Halo games!

The Halo books all get pretty catchy titles: Fall of Reach, Ghosts of Onyx, Contact Harvest, etc.

The games on the other hand are boring ol' 1, 2, and 3. Even the named ODST, Wars, and Reach aren't too interesting. (And I guess Combat Evolved counts, although I heard that it was only used for marketing and Bungie hated the title).

Reach could become "Fall of Reach" like the book, or "Seige of Reach", or "Really Slow Alien Invasion".

Halo would just stay as "Halo", since that's what the game is about.

Halo 2 -> "Betrayals" or "The Covenant" or "The Last Spartan" or "Space Monkey Revolt"

Halo 3 -> "The Ark" or "Last Stand" or "117" or "The Great Journey" or "Cortana Goes Bonkers"

...obviously not the best names, but I like when sequels aren't just number. When I say "The Empire Strikes Back", I don't even need to say Star Wars.

"Dude, have you played Space Monkey Revolt?"
"Yeah, I love the part where you punch a religious leader to death."

  • 01.05.2011 8:00 PM PDT
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Halo CE is just Halo, because that's what it is.

Halo 2 = Halo: Schism

or something referencing the collapse of the covenant, which ultimately is the real story of the game.

Halo 3 = Great Journey

or something similar. I like that one though, and it kind of fits, in a ironic, penultimate way.

Halo Reach should just be called Reach. No other name really works, and one word subtitles are best.

  • 01.05.2011 8:08 PM PDT

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I agree with just "Halo" for the first game, nice mysterious ring to it.

"Schism" fits the plot, but not the vocabulary of 90% of players. The covenant had a very large role in halo 2 so they perhaps deserves some consideration, but how about something relating to earth and it being the home of humanity?

The third game... Great Journey would turn people who weren't familiar off to it in MO,maybe some synonym? Transcendence? No, to non-intense. The ark plays a key role in its plot though.

So, is this still the halo series? Is the first game simply Halo, or Halo CE? Should we be re-naming the entire series?

  • 01.05.2011 8:51 PM PDT

Posted by: Makko Mace
So, is this still the halo series? Is the first game simply Halo, or Halo CE? Should we be re-naming the entire series?


Sure, it'd still be the Halo series, since 3/5 games deal with a Halo ring in some form.

Posted by: Makko Mace
I agree with just "Halo" for the first game, nice mysterious ring to it.


I see what you did there.

  • 01.05.2011 8:58 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

Halo
The Arbiter
The Ark
New Mombasa
Reach

[Edited on 01.05.2011 10:35 PM PST]

  • 01.05.2011 10:35 PM PDT

The Forerunner, the Great Journey, and Heaven Theory

[Announcement Trailer] Halo: Forerunner

Posted by: Agustus
I lol'd at the absurd miscommunication that occurs whenever dibbs post something. Perhaps his brain is so highly evolved that he can no longer clearly communicate with lesser life forms, even among his own species.

Halo
More Halo
Most Halo
Not Quite Halo
Before Halo

  • 01.05.2011 10:36 PM PDT