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Subject: What would you prefer the Halo 4 story focus on?(fiction NOT gameplay)

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  • 11.26.2011 2:35 AM PDT
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All of the above...
Infact im sure it will be 1,2 and 3.

  • 11.26.2011 3:24 AM PDT

I'm not sure how far 343i will go with the Forerunners et al. To most Halo players, the story's about space marines stopping a bunch of aliens wiping out all life in the galaxy.

A good thing about the games has always been that the extended universe stuff is just supplementary; it's not needed to understand the story. If they throw in Cryptums, the Didact, Precursors and all that lark then it may alienate a portion of the fanbase.

  • 11.26.2011 3:45 AM PDT
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Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

A simple explanation would help. You know how in some games like Gears of War 3 they offered a "Previously on..." video? One of those shouldn't be to hard to make. Just explain who all the big players are in a short 2-3 minute video with the added bonus being some new scenes.

  • 11.26.2011 8:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: FTW 1997
All of the above...
Infact im sure it will be 1,2 and 3.

  • 11.26.2011 8:44 AM PDT
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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact


Consider this:
Halo 4 is from the perspective of Master Chief who doesn't knows a -blam!- about the Precursors ,Didact or anything from the ancient era save the purpose of Halo and the existence of the forerunners. All these things from the ancient era will be explained to the Chief in the reclaimer trilogy ,so both the Chief and the gamers will learn new things about the Halo vers while the Halo fiction fans will know more things.

  • 11.26.2011 11:00 AM PDT
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We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: hotshot revan II

Consider this:
Halo 4 is from the perspective of Master Chief who doesn't knows a -blam!- about the Precursors ,Didact or anything from the ancient era save the purpose of Halo and the existence of the forerunners. All these things from the ancient era will be explained to the Chief in the reclaimer trilogy ,so both the Chief and the gamers will learn new things about the Halo vers while the Halo fiction fans will know more things.



wow! you just started a new trilogy like anybody else would have


Seriously people the whole idea of "this shouldn't happen because people won't understand" is the reason nobody understands anything.


And i was being sarcastic to everybody else in this thread not you Revan.

  • 11.26.2011 11:06 AM PDT

Has everyone forgoten about the Spirit of Fire or some thing? you know, that ship in Halo Wars that is lost somewhere in space and the UNSC have lost track of it? That would explain why their is this supposedly human-human conflict on this wierd object (sigma seven or something like that)

  • 11.26.2011 11:09 AM PDT
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We are all going to get banned aren't we?


Posted by: Cyberwo1ff
Has everyone forgoten about the Spirit of Fire or some thing? you know, that ship in Halo Wars that is lost somewhere in space and the UNSC have lost track of it? That would explain why their is this supposedly human-human conflict on this wierd object (sigma seven or something like that)


frankie long said no.

  • 11.26.2011 11:12 AM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

The idea of not including any of the book material is rather bunk when Frankie said that everything will connect. How they will is beyond me, but it strikes me as odd that some would ditch adding anything from the books because those who didn't read them will be alienated.

Let's be frank, most of the fanbase will probably blow through the campaign to get the Achievements and then stay with multiplayer. The campaign is the story and the story is something we all care about.

  • 11.26.2011 12:37 PM PDT

Whatever makes the game most interesting and fun to play.

[Edited on 11.26.2011 1:00 PM PST]

  • 11.26.2011 12:56 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

To you that means "rehashing" previously-used elements from past games.

  • 11.26.2011 1:04 PM PDT

My honor student can beat up your honor student.

I want a gripping story that sucks the player in akin to Halo CE or ODST. I want it to be personal and gritty. And what you described above in the OP.

I want new gameplay. If I want to play Halo 3, I'll play Halo 3. If I want to play Halo: Reach, I'll play Halo: Reach. Give me something new that doesn't rehash prior games too much. As much as I love the Pistol/BR/DMR, try something new and make things fun.

  • 11.26.2011 1:29 PM PDT
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i think it should focus on master chiefs backround story and what happened to the arbiter? i know the arbiter survived and all and was at the funeral thing on the last cutscene of halo3, but he was on the frigate that master chief and cortana were on... and he was the one driving the frigate! but then he just randomly teliported back to the funeral thing? its very strange.

  • 11.26.2011 1:38 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

Posted by: IAJBD
i think it should focus on master chiefs backround story and what happened to the arbiter? i know the arbiter survived and all and was at the funeral thing on the last cutscene of halo3, but he was on the frigate that master chief and cortana were on... and he was the one driving the frigate! but then he just randomly teliported back to the funeral thing? its very strange.


Chief's background story: The Fall of Reach
Arbiter: Glasslands

[Edited on 11.26.2011 1:41 PM PST]

  • 11.26.2011 1:41 PM PDT


Posted by: DecepticonCobra
To you that means "rehashing" previously-used elements from past games.


Oh, look, it's that asshat wanting to start another fight.

  • 11.26.2011 2:49 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
To you that means "rehashing" previously-used elements from past games.


Oh, look, it's that asshat wanting to start another fight.


You're the one constantly going off about how 343 HAS to add in all the old enemies simply because it's cool and that new enemies can't possibly stand on their own.

  • 11.26.2011 3:23 PM PDT
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1 and 2. I could care less about the humans anymore, we've had them invloved for too long. Of course they can still be in the game. Also the gravemind could be a good focus

  • 11.26.2011 8:09 PM PDT

What I'm worried about is how 343 will handle the Chief. They said that they would be exploring his character more deeply. On one hand, this could turn out to be a great thing and provide a better understanding of the character for those who never read the books, on the other hand this couple potentially turn Halo 4 into Halo: Other M.

  • 11.26.2011 8:21 PM PDT

"Find where the liar hides, so that I may place my boot between his gums!" - Rtas 'Vadum

How the Forerunners become enemies.
How the Covenant reform under the Elites and start attacking Humanity again over old prejudices.
Retconning Staten's canon of how every Human is a Reclaimer into just how Spartans/Chakas descendants are Reclaimers.
Just in general shoving the "Humans are Morons" trope down your throat.
And a whole other assortment of unbelievably inane tripe.

If 343i manages to avoid just one of these then I will be surprised.

  • 11.26.2011 8:56 PM PDT

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If it helps people to understand, plus you will be learning in the eyes of masterchief plus he only knows as much as he learnt in the first trilogy.

  • 11.26.2011 10:06 PM PDT