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Subject: Is there anything known about Halo 4 except what we've seen?

Like, will Arby be in it? Are we actually fighting the Forerunners or helping them fight some other species? Will elites be in Halo 4? What are we gonna save the world from (I mean, the Halos are destroyed, right?)?

  • 06.07.2011 1:56 PM PDT

Gamertag: AC Mobius

RIP Derek Farley

I'm sure we'll get basic info in about... a year.

  • 06.07.2011 1:56 PM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
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No one knows anything except for what was in the trailer, except the people who are making the game.

  • 06.07.2011 1:57 PM PDT


Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man
No one knows anything except for what was in the trailer, except the people who are making the game.

K thanks. I really hope Arby will stay with us.

  • 06.07.2011 1:59 PM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
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Posted by: thearbiter2104

Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man
No one knows anything except for what was in the trailer, except the people who are making the game.

K thanks. I really hope Arby will stay with us.


He, along with everyone else, thinks MC is long dead. Although, they may include a few twists, like somehow putting the Arby in, as a plot device, or an easter egg of some sorts.

  • 06.07.2011 2:00 PM PDT

"It is done. By my hands. The pyrrhic solution is ignited. All I have left is the quiet of space to lull me to sleep.
I will dream of you." - The Didact

Only one halo is destroyed. There's still at least 6 others.

  • 06.07.2011 2:06 PM PDT


Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man

Posted by: thearbiter2104

Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man
No one knows anything except for what was in the trailer, except the people who are making the game.

K thanks. I really hope Arby will stay with us.


He, along with everyone else, thinks MC is long dead. Although, they may include a few twists, like somehow putting the Arby in, as a plot device, or an easter egg of some sorts.

Maybe they find out he's actually alive. Or anything. I really want him in the story, maybe he should not find him... in this game. Maybe the villains from the game attack Arby's homeworld so we get a few missions with him fighting for the safety of his home. Rtas' Vadumee said he's worried 'bout their home. Arby said they're gonna make sure it's safe. maybe he finds out from the villains that Chief is actually alive, maybe he finds out that Chief is his only gope so he goes on an epic journey to find him. That would be cool

[Edited on 06.07.2011 2:08 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2011 2:06 PM PDT


Posted by: GhostRyderCA941
Only one halo is destroyed. There's still at least 6 others.

Didn't the Arch blow away all the other ones? Or am I fail when we talk about the Halo story. I really don't have a possibility to study the books etc. because they don't sell them anywhere near my country.

  • 06.07.2011 2:07 PM PDT

Im txgrim4 (Grim, Grimmy, Grimsta), i have been playing xboxlive for 9 years, evr since day 1 of Halo:CE til now. I love H2, that and Halo 1 are my favs. Im a Halologist when it comes to the Bungie/Halo Universe. Ive also played Marathon Series, ONI, and Myth Series. I live in Texas, Play Football, and cant wait for Halo 4!

6 halos left

  • 06.07.2011 2:09 PM PDT

Seriously Oak, Ive been doing this -blam!- for 16 years, gimmie my Friggen starter Pokemon and dont call me till im the champion! ¬_¬

Its gotta be Onyx really if anything, i've thought hard about it and Cryptum and GOO suggest this heavily

Lets face it, Onyx is a sheild world meaning a whole species could survive for years inside, a species that once, long ago wiped out humanity because they feared their technological advancement, and could, in theory, still be alive

Now, they hated humanity when it was less civilised than present UNSC troops in the series, they see a whole bunch of spartans? Living Weapons, they will be pissed

There, i've saved the writers at 343 ALOT of money c:

  • 06.07.2011 2:09 PM PDT


Posted by: drake3011
Its gotta be Onyx really if anything, i've thought hard about it and Cryptum and GOO suggest this heavily

Lets face it, Onyx is a sheild world meaning a whole species could survive for years inside, a species that once, long ago wiped out humanity because they feared their technological advancement, and could, in theory, still be alive

Now, they hated humanity when it was less civilised than present UNSC troops in the series, they see a whole bunch of spartans? Living Weapons, they will be pissed

There, i've saved the writers at 343 ALOT of money c:

Thanks, this really helped.

  • 06.07.2011 2:10 PM PDT
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"Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness... A father's sins, pass to his son."

New weps. During the vid chief blows a door up with a new weapon and then afterwards attaches something to the barrel. He may be reloading or adding on a silencer or something. If there are no new weps then I think add PBS may be being introduced. Also chief used a jet pack. Armour abilities have stayed. Hoping no armour lock.

  • 06.07.2011 2:16 PM PDT


Posted by: DDom23
New weps. During the vid chief blows a door up with a new weapon and then afterwards attaches something to the barrel. He may be reloading or adding on a silencer or something. If there are no new weps then I think add PBS may be being introduced. Also chief used a jet pack. Armour abilities have stayed. Hoping no armour lock.

I know that. But I'm not asking 'bout gameplay.

  • 06.07.2011 2:20 PM PDT


Posted by: drake3011
Its gotta be Onyx really if anything, i've thought hard about it and Cryptum and GOO suggest this heavily

Lets face it, Onyx is a sheild world meaning a whole species could survive for years inside, a species that once, long ago wiped out humanity because they feared their technological advancement, and could, in theory, still be alive

Now, they hated humanity when it was less civilised than present UNSC troops in the series, they see a whole bunch of spartans? Living Weapons, they will be pissed

There, i've saved the writers at 343 ALOT of money c:

Not ONYX.

Re read Ghosts of Onyx, the planet was made up of trillions of sentinals, and was Destroyed!

  • 06.07.2011 2:24 PM PDT

What we already knew:
1. From the Halo 3 Legendary "teaser" we know that there is an object that appears to be an artificial planet of Forerunner construction.
2. From Onyx, we know that Dr. Halsey and crew ended up in what they think is a dyson sphere, location unknown. (PS they are not ON Onyx, Onyx was destroyed)
3. From Cryptum, we know that the humans and prophets had an alliance and lost a war with the Forerunner. But the Forerunner don't "hate" humans, I think the idea is that the vanity of the Mantle clouded the judgement of many Forerunner which lead to their downfall at the hands of the Flood and their own technology. I believe this is the important story thread that we are getting from the Cryptum series.
4. Karen Traviss of Gears of War fame has been contracted by 343 to write a new series of books based on the Onyx storyline. If you are a Halo story fan and you haven't checked out Traviss' Gears books, then I highly recommend that you do.

What does the Halo 4 trailer tell us:
1. Something suddenly changed. Cortana's panic tells us that she did not anticipate what was happening. Merrily floating along in space roughly toward the unidentified spherical object, the sphere suddenly comes to life and begins to pull the ship toward it, breaking it apart. Cortana acts quickly and initiates some sort of "fast" wake-up for MC because they need to leave the ship "right now".
2. Armor changes, weapons changes, etc are pointless to discuss vis a vie the storyline as those things change from game to game. I mean, how the hell was the armor on Reach so advanced with jet packs, shields, cloaking, etc. since it was set in the past? Why didn't MC have those options? Well, just because, lol... it's irrelevant to storyline really.

Rampant speculation:
1. I can only hope that Karen Traviss is writing the storyline for the new Halo series. If so, then we can probably figure that the unidentified sphere and the dyson sphere where Dr. Halsey went are indeed one and the same.
2. This storyline has the gameplay advantage of developers getting to mix Spartan IIs (MC and Kirk) and Spartan IIIs into the same game.
3. Since there is evidently a new trilogy of games planned, I'd be surprised if the Elites weren't somehow worked back into the equation; as well the Prophets and whatever is left of the Covenant.
4a. Perhaps the humans and forerunners will be allies.... the first Cryptum book begins to introduce the Precursors into the equation, they may be the enemy.
4b. Perhaps the Forerunner who fled to the dyson sphere are ones who were responsible for "devolving" humans and prophets, and still haven't learned the lessons of their vanity... they may be the enemy.

I like my first idea best, a Precursor enemy responsible for bring the Flood to the galaxy who desire to take back their place as masters of the galaxy. I'm certainly not ready to say that 343 is inferior to Bungie, so far I've enjoyed the first Cryptum book, I think it's an amazing move to hire Karen Traviss, AND I've been eagerly awaiting a new Halo series featuring Master Chief picking up where Halo 3 left off...

EDIT: Just read this Halo 4 description on Waypoint...
"MASTER CHIEF RETURNS TO CONFRONT HIS OWN DESTINY AND FACE AN ANCIENT EVIL THAT THREATENS THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE"
Hmm... just might be right about that Precursor thing, lolz...

[Edited on 06.07.2011 4:12 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2011 2:54 PM PDT