Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: Ruby of the Blue
Posted by: DecepticonCobra
I said it in the OP
You said nothing of any future game/novel in the post.
All the stuff about the species and their current affairs are in current novels. If you are referring about the Timeless One raising it's head, you'd have to be braindead to not think he's not going to be up to no good.
What are you talking about? I need to know if you're talking about the trilogy or not in order for my argument to be at all relevant.
Assuming you are talking about that, let's take a dive into Halo 4-6:
Scenario: For almost ten years, millions of people have enjoyed the Campaigns of Halo 4 and 5. They can't wait until the next intallment that is coming out this year... Halo 6...
Autumn rolls around, and Halo 6 comes out! The satisfying conclusion to the huge-scale, entertaining, entirely successful trilogy. And possibly the conclusion to the Halo franchise.
After a day, a lot of people have finished the Campaign.
But wait... they're not applauding to the amazing story of Halo 6. No, they're scratching their heads in amazement to how bad the ending really was. They say... it's worse than Halo 2's ending.
So, at the end of this spectacular story of epic heroism and triumph, and overcoming impossible odds... the universe gets blown up by God.
Scenario over.
Put this one up for adoption, and take a quick lesson about writing a story: If you establish a story as being about heroism, bravery, etc. The worst, and most unsatisfying thing to do would be to have the protagonists lose, after everything that has built up all these years, and throughout the entire story.
That is just NOT how stories are told, and most certainly will not be how Halo's 4-6 are told.
It's out of place, given the type of genre Halo is.
In a story, you have to bend what's likely to happen through an event of some sort, so much as to make sure that the story is satisfying and enjoyable. Then, you place a realistic vibe on it to make it believable.
THAT's how Halo 4-6 will work.
Also, all three games won't be focused only on the vaguely-established-in-canon-fanction Timeless Wanker. I don't know who it will feature, but it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for the trilogy to be large-scale and big in order to satisfy the needs of story length AND gameplay in order for it to fit into an entire trilogy of THREE games, all with their own feels and styles, with each being discussed separately and in great length during development.
[Edited on 10.28.2011 8:04 PM PDT]