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Posted by: tylerhalo8509
Ok, in Halo 3 in the ending people call 'The Lengendary Ending", Master Chief finishes the fight. Also as I heard in Wiki or another fact site, Master Chief was supposed to finish the battle in Halo 3. Yes, Halo 4 is part of a new trilogy, but is it really needed in the Halo Franchise?
Firstly, the Legendary Ending shows the Dawn drifting towards a Forerunner planet. Given what Mendicant Bias tells us in the final Terminal at the end of Halo 3, he is sending John to the Forerunners as proof of his atonement. That ALONE opens up the potential for a whole new trilogy.
Yes, on the basis of the story Halo 4 is necessary. The Human-Covenant war was a small part of a much larger story revolving around the Forerunners, Precursors, Mendicant Bias and the Flood.
1: There are many games in the Halo Universe, Halo, Halo: Combat Evovled, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and the new game, Halo: Combat Evovled Anniversary, coming Holiday of 2011. There are already 5 games in the Halo Franchise and the upcoming anniversary. Isnt it enough?
Why does the quantity of games matter? Look at Final Fantasy, Mario and other franchises that have well over a dozen games. If 343 can pull off a good game and do it right, then why should the quantity matter as long as the quality is good?
Also, you missed out Halo Wars.
2: People were sad when Halo 2 servers shut down, right? Now Halo 3 and Halo: Reach are here. Thanks to Reach, Halo 3 players are starting to hear about 343 shutting down the servers. Halo 3 is a great addition to the Halo Universe. It is one of the most played games. Would you shut down the servers?
Halo 3's servers are NOT BEING SHUT DOWN. I don't know where people get this bollocks from, it won't be shut down until the 360 becomes obselete.
3: There have been many complaints about Reach. People are dissapointed about the quality. People expected a great campaign, maps and multiplayer. But they had to lower there expectations because Reach lacked ALL OF IT. Yes, Reach is a great game but not as good as H3. What if Halo 4 is like Reach or worse? Would you buy it? Consider it? Protest it?
How about you give 343 a chance? They've got some of the best writers in sci-fi history; they've got the level designers from Metroid (whom I hear are very good); they've got the composer of the MGS soundtrack (who has compose some sublime tracks and will do Halo justice) and other professional game developers who have been working on Halo 4 since early-2009.
"What if" is an irrelevant question since we know next to nothing about Halo 4.
Making Halo 4 would be great, but what would happen to Halo 3, ODST, Reach? Think about those POPULAR games. How do you KNOW Halo 4 will be popular. What if it isnt and you close the Halo 3 servers? Will you lose fans? What about jobs, money? Its not only about YOU, think of the players. Would they buy your product? Or will it be like Reach-
1. Too expensive
2. Disappointing
3. Lack of players
Thanks!
It's a Halo game, it's going to be popular just from the name being printed on the box - even more so because it's the continuation of John's story, which people have been gagging to see since the end of Halo 3.
Whether they lose fans will depend on the quality of the game. If they manage to pull it off, then great, they'll get more fans and thus the game will become more popular. But why should popularity matter anyway? It's Halo, it's a quality franchise.
NOTHING is going to happen to Halo 3, ODST or Reach. No servers are being shut down, nothing is changing.