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Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
Posted by: lime013
Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
If 343i achieves a deep, great story/campaign and a fun, innovative multiplayer that sticks to the core elements of Halo...Then, yes, I think they can do it. But, I can't say now. We know little to nothing about the game.
The Covenant were a core element of Halo.
UNSC + Covenant + Forerunner = Halo
UNSC + ? + (Forerunner^2) = ?
I was talking more gameplay wise. Like the golden triangle: weapons, grenades, melee. The introduction of AAs destroyed the golden triangle and were overall a terrible thing. It just gave everybody a crutch and made the multiplayer experience very much catered to casual players. But, that's veering off topic and I really don't want to start a pointless heated debate about this kind of stuff.
The Covenant not being in Halo 4 won't be that big of an impact, imo. I don't think having the Covenant is crucial for 343 to take Halo to a place where Bungie couldn't. In fact, letting go of the Covenant just may be crucial to take Halo to a place where Bungie couldn't because you can only do so much with the Covenant. After Halo 3, the Covenant was in shambles and there's only bits and pieces of it scattered around. You can't do much with that. Replacing the Covenant with a new, better enemy like the Precursors or the Forerunners or even making the Flood more prominent and making the Flood really reach their potential as one of the best enemies in gaming history. (That's a whole other story, but I do believe the Flood have a huge amount of potential as one of the best major enemy in a game)
Point to SEAL Sniper 9. This should be interesting... ah, but dammit, it's too long of a wait. Then there's also the Hobbit movie coming out, which ALSO looks fantastic, and it comes out in December as well. Sad face :(