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Subject: Halo 4 story speculation.

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Adding onto the whole Onyx thory, the portal (mentioned in-book)is MUCH smaller that what they're showing in the trailer. The portal's huge by the way, but it's certainly not big enough to be a planet. Judging by the size of the "beam" the portal gives off ( pause at last few moments, then you'll see) it isn't MUCH bigger than the ship, and almost certainly smaller than even a Halo. It's probably a portal for sure but it's definately no shield world.

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  • 06.06.2011 5:32 PM PDT

@zee4040 "First of all, in halo 2 at the very beginning of the story covenant approach earth and someone says "This fleet is 12 times the size of the fleet that attacked Reach." no books were out before halo 2. And second of all they hinted in 1 of the first 3 halos about ODSTs. Third of all Reach does not have any SPARTAN-IIIs and in fact chronologically reach is just before halo 1"

Firstly you are wrong about no books being out before halo 2, as Halo: the fall of reach, Halo: The Flood, and Halo: First strike were all out before halo 2

Secondly Halo reach does have Spartan III's in it as the whole team besides Jorge are spartan III's

My opinion of what the story will be is akin to that stated that the planet is a forerunner shield world(possibly and imo hopefully Onyx)

I am sadly guessing its not onyx but a planet akin to it like in Halo: Wars because as shown by reach the dev's have the opportunity for awesome book tie ins but choose to step all over it and make new "cannon" which is why i think it will not be onyx :(



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  • 06.06.2011 5:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: TwiggyShip
My theories as to Halo 4 are that Master Chief has been taken to Onyx, or what remains of it. The portal-like object we saw the FoD drifting towards could be a way in for John.

I doubt its Onyx just from a storytelling standpoint. Most of the people who play Halo haven't read the books so dropping them in the middle of an ongoing books plot filled with dozens of unfamiliar characters and places would be a terrible idea.


ODSTs originated from the books, Reach originated from the books and a lot more. They have been basing Halo games on the books alots.

Oh and spartan IIIs are from the books too and Halo Reach is all about them.

I wasn't talking about using groups or places from the books but dropping people unfamiliar with the books in the middle of a ongoing plotline from one. Its like if Halo Reach started with you in Castle base with Halesy and the surviving II's after Reach got glassed.

343 would have to explain what exactly Onyx is, what happened there, why are Halesy, the II's and III's there, and why should we care, how did they get stuck there and a bunch of other questions. Basically you'd have to explain a good deal of Ghost of Onyxs plot to get people up to speed. Thats why I think its a bad idea for it to be Onyx.

  • 06.06.2011 6:04 PM PDT

Posted by: I VijaY I
I just think its stupid that he wakes up, having gone nowhere after destroying the last ring, and has a jet pack attached to his back. It can't get better from there storywise tbh....s'all im sayin'


Chief got the newest edition of spartan armor in Halo 2. It probably had a jet pack installed in it

  • 06.06.2011 6:07 PM PDT
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i just had a brain fart, maybe this isnt the first time chief came out of cryo sleep, maybe the FoD crashed on that planet and he went out and found upgraded armor on the surface. if you look at the ending of Halo 3, the FoD isnt almost as close to the structure as its seen in the Halo 4 trailer, how would the ship have become burning and breaking apart in that short distance?

  • 06.06.2011 6:16 PM PDT
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I think the different looking armor is simply a graphical update. The zero-g thrusters are in previously established canon, the pistol-sized 40mm launcher isn't, though.

I am of the opinion that the Legendary cutscene takes place after Chief goes into cryosleep (some people think that the Halo 4 trailer takes place immediately after Forward Unto Dawn has been cut in half, I think he's been asleep for awhile, and the Legendary cutscene/Halo 4 trailer are back to back in continuity.

I don't think that the Legendary planet is Onyx, because as far as we understand it, Chief is nowhere near UNSC-charted space. I do, however, think that it's a planet of Forerunner origin, and I think that they, the Flood, the Precursors, or something they left behind will be the primary antagonists, and I find it unlikely that Chief and Cortana will have any contact or interaction with the UNSC. I think the new trilogy will find the Chief vulnerable without the support of his species, and will open with him alone (aside from Cortana) and will close with his death.

  • 06.06.2011 6:29 PM PDT

but all through games they called us reclaimers until we did some crap that would mess up stuff

  • 06.06.2011 6:44 PM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

First of all, in halo 2 at the very beginning of the story covenant approach earth and someone says "This fleet is 12 times the size of the fleet that attacked Reach." no books were out before halo 2. And second of all they hinted in 1 of the first 3 halos about ODSTs. Third of all Reach does not have any SPARTAN-IIIs and in fact chronologically reach is just before halo 1

First of all, you are an idiot, read the books. Read the game info on Bungie. I hate you. The Fall of Reach came out in 2001. You are freaking retarded. Also, ODSTs were in 2 of the 3, actually all of them just not rendered as an ODST in Halo 1. So you fail. The only point that you are right with is that Reach was chronologically before Halo 1, way to go.

  • 06.06.2011 7:12 PM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

I hope that 343i has a good plot for H4 and it lasts for more than 8-10 missions. I'm thinking H2 length or maybe ~12 hours. A long campaign would be nice.

  • 06.06.2011 7:25 PM PDT

Story is gonna continue where the books left off finally letting us see what the mirco dyson sphere and the rest of the surviving spartan II and Spartan III's and the primary objective of the game is to make a way back home only to find the war finally over.

  • 06.06.2011 7:49 PM PDT

I'll remain a soldier until the war is won.

Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe.

...Ok wasnt this what the first Trilogy was about??



And lets think about this.
When we last left cheif,
-Humanity was decimated, all its colonies destoryed, earth in ruins, mankind left with just over 300,000 people, and little to no military forces left to speak of.
-The Seperatists where in a state of dissaray, many trying to find meaning with the loss of their gods.
-The Covenant is destroyed, High Charity in ruins, the Prophets all dead, whats left of their fleets destoryed or in full retreat.

What in the -blam!- hell are we going to fight this "new threat" with?



This was a huge mistake 343. Cheifs story had come to an end, you should've let it stay that way.
Tell other stories, the war laster for 30 years, theres billions of them.
Just, really? No. The story just got -blam!- stupid.

  • 06.06.2011 7:57 PM PDT

I'll remain a soldier until the war is won.


Posted by: John I276
First of all, in halo 2 at the very beginning of the story covenant approach earth and someone says "This fleet is 12 times the size of the fleet that attacked Reach." no books were out before halo 2. And second of all they hinted in 1 of the first 3 halos about ODSTs. Third of all Reach does not have any SPARTAN-IIIs and in fact chronologically reach is just before halo 1

First of all, you are an idiot, read the books. Read the game info on Bungie. I hate you. The Fall of Reach came out in 2001. You are freaking retarded. Also, ODSTs were in 2 of the 3, actually all of them just not rendered as an ODST in Halo 1. So you fail. The only point that you are right with is that Reach was chronologically before Halo 1, way to go.


Go stand in the -blam!- corner and hang urself. You just got ur ass chewed.
I was laughing so hard.

  • 06.06.2011 7:59 PM PDT

All who rise up before me shall fall, and those who do not,
will wish they had.

John I276

"Raised in blood, trained in fire, and hardened by battle; we are Spartans. And in defending humanity, we find our purpose." -Spartan Mantra (My Spartan Mantra)

Go stand in the -blam!- corner and hang urself. You just got ur ass chewed.
I was laughing so hard.


People are so dumb, it's like he woke up and thought, "I'm going to spew BS out of my ass today and assume nobody's smart enough to prove me wrong."

  • 06.07.2011 3:35 AM PDT

Posted by: privet caboose
Dual Campaign.

Missions alternate between the chief and Arbiter.

Chief missions take place on the Forerunner planet. He has to deal with rampant Forerunner monitors and tons of Forerunner contraptions. (Forerunner tank, multiple kinds of sentinels, enforcers, guardians, and those weird things from Halo: Bloodlines.)

Arbiter missions take place on Sanghelios with the Elites hunting down and killing all the brutes on the planet, and wiping out the brutes from the galaxy.

/Crosses fingers


The two stories would have to intersect, like any story with two viewpoints in.

  • 06.07.2011 3:40 AM PDT

Don't take life too seriously, no one gets out alive anyway.

Australia

Posted by: Spartan Mikey
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Posted by: TwiggyShip
I've given the story direction a lot of thought since pissing my pants (literally, I'm not ashamed to say it) at the reveal today at E3 and I've come to the conclusions as most of you - and it's this un-related thinking of drawing the same conclusions that makes me think it's the most logical step forward in terms of plot.

As we know, and have known for four frustrating years, at the end of Halo 3 Chief was floating starbound towards a mysterious Forerunner planetoid. The trailer unveiled today showed us that we were right about that and seemed to show the Foward Unto Dawn approaching what - to me - looks like a door, most likely a portal within the Forerunner planet.

Now, at the end of Ghosts of Onyx it was revealed that the planet Onyx was actually completely Forerunner made and underneath the crust of the planet was the shield world - a bomb shelter from the Halo Array, accessed via a portal. To sum it up quickly, Fred, Kelly, Linda, Mendez, Halsey and S-III Team Saber are stuck there in the Micro-Dyson sphere with no way out.

My theories as to Halo 4 are that Master Chief has been taken to Onyx, or what remains of it. The portal-like object we saw the FoD drifting towards could be a way in for John.

One thing I'd like to raise at this point is the FoD's state of disrepair - it's exploding, and is on fire. It's breaking up, heavily. At the end of Halo 3, it wasn't like that at all. My theory on this is that the Onyx Sentinels - the same ones that comprise the planet Onyx and attacked and decimated UNSC and Covenant fleets - have been harrassing the FoD and that's why Cortana needs John to wake up.

As such, then, I conclude that in Halo 4, John-117 and Cortana are heading towards Onyx, where they will enter the shield world and most likely encounter the others trapped there, and uncover some hidden, sinister truth about the Forerunners, and John's "destiny" will be confronted.

TL;DR - read it, you uneducated slob.

i completely agree with this theory, but if the FoD was floating towards the remnants of Onyx,and the UNSC had known about some sort of event happening on Onyx, then the would have sent other ships into the system to investigate during the time Chief was in cryo-sleep


Excellent theory and I agree with much of it. At the end of H3 FoD is drifting towards a planet and the ship is not damaged, hence all the burning on the ship that we see in the trailer must have happened upon arrival. So unless the Covie or the flood or another enemy caused that (unlikely) the sentinals which are mention in GoA are most likely responsible.
Just backing up your point.

Awesome theory, just sayin...

  • 06.07.2011 4:41 AM PDT


Posted by: REVOLUTION 25
Set in the aftermath of Halo 3, Master Chief returns to confront his own destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe.

...Ok wasnt this what the first Trilogy was about??



And lets think about this.
When we last left cheif,
-Humanity was decimated, all its colonies destoryed, earth in ruins, mankind left with just over 300,000 people, and little to no military forces left to speak of.
-The Seperatists where in a state of dissaray, many trying to find meaning with the loss of their gods.
-The Covenant is destroyed, High Charity in ruins, the Prophets all dead, whats left of their fleets destoryed or in full retreat.

What in the -blam!- hell are we going to fight this "new threat" with?



This was a huge mistake 343. Cheifs story had come to an end, you should've let it stay that way.
Tell other stories, the war laster for 30 years, theres billions of them.
Just, really? No. The story just got -blam!- stupid.


The Flood is likely the new threat; the PROPER Flood. We've only ever seen a minor infestation. Just as well, maybe something about the Precursor Prisoner.

  • 06.07.2011 4:58 AM PDT

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