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Subject: The Scoop on Halo 4 - New Information
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Time to get a drink and watch the world burn. Or deal with it.

Damn. A warthog with two AG drives? Someone please find me a picture. Some dumbass in my class wanted to make a Halo 4 and made a drawing(which sucked)of an idea like that. If it is, I will go get a clawhammer and hit him with it.

[Edited on 06.07.2011 12:04 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2011 12:04 PM PDT

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Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Bigger battlefields than ever before?

Yeah... we´ve heard that one before...

  • 06.07.2011 12:16 PM PDT
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I want Halo 3 back how it was.


Posted by: Shadow 13th
I've traveled far and wide to bring you some insights on Halo 4. Here's the deal, do not ask where the info came from I cannot reveal it, do not ask for proof cause I cannot give it. If you don't believe me I completely understand, as long as you realize that any requests for a source are wasting your time. If you don't want to take my word on this that's cool, it doesn't bother me if you don't believe me.

This is a bunch of info taken from a pretty secret media blast that's been doing the rounds and is under embargo until the Halo celebration event. This document is for media outlets and they'll no doubt be publishing these details later in August during the event. This is not an exact copy of the document but a paraphrased version from a journalist.

"Halo 4 returns players to the story of the Master Chief and Cortana in the events that follow the conclusion of Halo 3. Players will experience an all new story and introduce a new roster of enemies and weapons to the Halo experience. Set against the top secret Forerunner planetoid known to ONI as Sigma 7, players will encounter a dark new foe and unravel more of the mysteries behind the forerunners and the Office of Naval Intelligence.

At the heart of Halo 4 is a stronger focus than ever before behind story telling and player choice. Players will be offered an unprecedented level of customization and a narrative experience never before seen in a first person shooter. On a technical level Halo 4 pushes the boundaries of the action genre by incorporating larger battlefields than ever before and players will experience conflicts that seamlessly span land, sea and space.

Halo 4 will expand the series trademark arsenal of weapons and vehicles beyond any other title so far. Players can expect fan favorites to return along with new additions. Halo 4 will also feature the revolutionary new Arsenal Improvisation Mechanics that allow for menu-free, creative customization of weapons and vehicles in the heat of combat. Players will take their fight to a new level by dynamically tailoring their weapons and vehicles to suit any situations or enemies."

At the moment it seems 343 are focusing on the new and improved story and weapons system (of which the new AIM mechanic is only mysteriously alluded to) but there was some video shown that fills in some of the gaps. Halo 4 is set on a Forerunner planet that has an inner and outer surface that provides two distinct styles. The outside is very industrial and features a wide range of hostile Forerunner tech and AI. The video showed space combat here. The inside of the planetoid is hollow and is sectioned off in to many tiers/bands (almost resembling Halo rings) that feature a myriad of natural environments not only resembling earth's but many other alien terrains. The video featured combat across a multitude of environments from space to mountains, plains and oceans. Presumably, ONI had been top secretly researching the planet for some. There are UNSC forces on the planet but they look really degraded and disorganized and it was implied that they may be divided into factions and warring with each other. At one point we see a heavily modified warthog that has had the wheels replaced two kind of anti gravity devices. At another point the Chief is clearly sprinting which possibly implies a return of armor abilities. There was no sign of the Flood or the Covenant but at the very end of the trailer the 'dark new threat' was hinted at. The video ends with the Chief standing at a dark cave entrance and from within can be heard some menacing gurgling and grunting. Cortana says "They're coming back ... and there's a LOT more of them this time", the Master chief then readies a new weapon that looks like a cross between a rocket launcher and a Needler and it focuses on his helmet and visor and a number of strange digital effects ripple across his visor then the videos ends.

Anyway, say what you want, fake or real, it doesn't bother me, I know it's very reliable. Feel free to comment or speculate but please keep it clean.

Cheers - Shadow

If this is true, on retail realease or something else confirming it i'll send you 500 bucks. No joke.

  • 06.07.2011 7:21 PM PDT
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"This bandicoot will be my general, he will lead my Cortex Commandos to world domination...

This time, I shall reign TRIUMPHANT!"

-Dr. Cortex

How did UNSC get to this planet before anyone knew where the Ark was...

  • 06.07.2011 7:25 PM PDT

I dont necessarily like the implication that there will be human vs. human combat in a Halo game unless it were to be UNSC vs. The Innies or something of that sort.

  • 06.07.2011 7:41 PM PDT

And on the seven7h day......

Hopefully the Covenant and the Arbiter will still be in the next Halo trilogy, as i will miss them.

  • 06.07.2011 8:10 PM PDT


Posted by: halo3genius
How did UNSC get to this planet before anyone knew where the Ark was...
We don't really know how many years have passed since Halo 3 so it is very possible that ONI has been researching Forerunner artifacts and facilities for some time.

  • 06.07.2011 8:18 PM PDT

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

I admit im very tentitive about this.
Who are we fighting? Why add new enimies?
It just seems like we're stretching the limits very very thin.
Idk, its hard to articulate my feelings into words, but hopfuly some of you get what im trying to say.

Point is, im aprehensive. I dont want this to ruin it for me.

  • 06.07.2011 8:38 PM PDT

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

So wait... ONI is a bad guy in this??
I mean yeah, they've always been kindof... Malicious.
For example, the Massacure of Troy.
But come on...

  • 06.07.2011 8:39 PM PDT

Been on the forums since July 2008.

If you're reading this, I'm probably better than you in Halo 3 and Halo: Reach.

Weapon and Vehicle customization?

No 343, NO.

  • 06.07.2011 9:10 PM PDT

I think it will start a bit like this:

The forerunners meet john, take cortana, then basically plan to do research on john that requires him to be dead. For John, it will be about getting cortana back, and surviving. Then it will go from there.

Just a prediction.

  • 06.07.2011 9:44 PM PDT

https://www.facebook.com/Number01Starscream

Don't be quick to judge customization is awesome! ! ! It sounds cool.. I'm really excited from what I heard..
Customization is a great idea
Cmon ppl dnt be afraid to try new things =)

  • 06.07.2011 11:46 PM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

My biggest wonder on Halo 4 is if The Covenant or a Covenant species will be featured at all. I've always wished to have a entire game about them fighting the UNSC and such. But having more Forerunner stuff sounds neat.

I hope Halo 4 brings fresh air into a franchise that needs it IMO.

  • 06.08.2011 12:54 AM PDT
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EXTREME PREJUDICE

I really don't believe a single word of that.

:|

  • 06.08.2011 1:01 AM PDT
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I really want to call this bull-blam!-, but most of it actually sounds believable.

Arsenal Improvisation Mechanics that allow for menu-free, creative customization of weapons and vehicles in the heat of combat Vehicles? Hell no. Weapons maybe. Assuming this is real it would be like Crysis' single player weapon customization. Might be good if done right and for balance best done only in the campaign.

There are UNSC forces on the planet but they look really degraded and disorganized and it was implied that they may be divided into factions and warring with each other. I'm a little iffy on this. Seems like a asspull to explain the availability of human weapons throughout the game.

  • 06.08.2011 1:12 AM PDT
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needler cross rocket launcher. . .

now then a needler is covvie, so maybe there are covvies ...

  • 06.08.2011 2:13 AM PDT
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It's certainly an awsome idea, and sounds very possible. I can't really think of a better storyline to follow, just so long as some flood are hiding in there somewhere.
And flame paint for my Warthog and Mongoose.

  • 06.08.2011 3:10 AM PDT

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Did Cortana's hair grow shorter?It seems so in the trailer.Also,I havent seen the sheild world on Legendary,So couldnt the HUGE light be some kind of alien mothership?

  • 06.08.2011 3:20 AM PDT

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Posted by: Shadow 13th
t Cortana says "They're coming back ... and there's a LOT more of them this time", the Master chief then readies a new weapon that looks like a cross between a rocket launcher and a Needler and it focuses on his helmet and visor and a number of strange digital effects ripple across his visor then the videos ends.

Cheers - Shadow


Something like a rapid fire brute shot?
(The wep)
Digital effects?
Please no more Cortana moments or similar stuff again

  • 06.08.2011 3:24 AM PDT

Sounds pretty good if it's true. I hope it is.

  • 06.08.2011 4:33 AM PDT


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Posted by: halo3genius
How did UNSC get to this planet before anyone knew where the Ark was...
We don't really know how many years have passed since Halo 3 so it is very possible that ONI has been researching Forerunner artifacts and facilities for some time.


Apparently, its been a helluva long time. There was snow in the ship from being frozen so long.

  • 06.08.2011 7:02 AM PDT

Wow, just wow!

I like the general idea, but not in my Halo. Halo gameplay has remained relatively unchanged. Sure there have been little tweaks here and there, but I do not want this to become another game entirely.

This game will be rough for me.

No Johnson.
No Arbiter.
No Scarab fights.
No awesome Hunter duals.
No Grunts to keep it light.
No Elites.

Will there at least be Covenant weapons? If not I will miss my energy sword and my spiker.

  • 06.08.2011 7:10 AM PDT