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Posted by: ajw34307
ITT: Ignorant people who clearly never paid attention to Halo 3.
Halo 3 tied up 1 plot point - the Human-Covenant war. There are about half a dozen plot points that are unresolved. For example, the Flood is still very much out there on the other Halos (6 of which are still primed and ready to fire) and the Gravemind states that the destruction of Installation 04B is not the end for him. Therefore the Flood has only been temporarily delayed.
Plus it's almost like everyone is saying how much they love and appreciate Halo 3, yet never bothered to actually look into the deeper aspect of the story - the Terminals. In the last one, Mendicant Bias states that he's sending John to the Forerunners as proof of his atonement. This alone (the revelation that the Forerunners are still alive) is enough to fill another trilogy...
So no, anyone who says that Halo 3 was "the end of the story" should be hung, drawn and quartered for their complete misunderstanding of the Halo universe and should not inflict their uninformed opinions on the fanbase.
Posted by: Dr Syx
It's actually best the way it's going right now, in my opinion. I know a few people who are treating Halo 3 as the end of the story because they would rather it that way and because Bungie isn't working on it. People who do want it to continue, however, have that with 343 Industries.
Either way, no use in complaining about Halo continuing. If you don't want it, don't buy it. Treat it as though it simply doesn't exist. You can have what you want while also letting others have what they want. Don't act like you're being forced to purchase it.
This guy has it absolutely right. In terms of story, Halo has reached its highest point right now. The Forerunner Saga has added a whole new dynamic to the Halo universe and pushed the series about as close to hard sci-fi as it's going to get and the fact that the Reclaimer trilogy is directly based off of the consequences of this is clearly a push in the right direction.
You forget what Halo was originally meant to be. And the whole foreunner saga was added much later after Halo 3 came out. The entire story of Halo 4 and the entire background to it was just tacked on to the series after it was mostly wrapped up.
The Gravemind admitted defeat in Halo 3 after Master Chief activated Installation 04b. Even if there still are flood on the other Halo rings, they have nothing to infect as long as the Covenant and UNSC don't unlease the flood again like the Covenant did back in Halo 1. The flood spores have no way to get off the ring, let alone survive in space and travel millions of light years to planets with sentient life.
The Halo Arrays are NOT primed and ready to fire anymore. At the end of Halo 2, Guilty Spark stated that they were ready for "remote activation" from The Ark. That means 2 things. One, the rings are not prepared to fire at anytime, rather they are just in a "standby mode" (offline, but ready at a moment's notice). Two, the Ark was pretty much destroyed by the explosion of Alpha Halo. That means, as Guilty Spark stated, the only means of remotely activating the Halo Rings has been destroyed. The only way left to activate the Halo Rings is to do it locally on the ring itself. The UNSC would never do that, and obviously the Covenant aren't interested nor physically capable of doing that.
The Halo Story as started in Halo 1, has been completely wrapped up in Halo 3. There are really no missing bits left. The Legendary Ending of Halo 3 was the only mystery remaining. Everything else was added on much later. All the original Halo books written up to Halo 3 have also been covered. Halo 3 is the definitive ending to the original Halo series. This new Reclaimer Trilogy is more of a whole new story and will most likely be loosely based on the original series. Much like how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series is not based on the original WWII series of CoD games.