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I haven't seen this posted anywhere, and it doesn't really fit in with campaign ideas...but post what you would like to see accomplished in SP, and cutscenes =D

Say, 17 levels, go
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Mine are:

* LEVEL 01:
--Not a playable mission for the first half, but it would be a long cutscene like the openning one in Halo 2, and then something similar to "The Armory" from Halo 2.

--It would start out in the debrief chamber in the Pillar of Autumn, before the events of Halo CE. This scene will introduce you to the other SPARTANS (following the exact events of the book, and you are told where you are going..split up into two teams, yadayadayada)

--The second half could be testing your reflexes, and armor system one last time before getting inthe Pelican.


* LEVEL 02: Circumference
--You take control of Master Chief, and do the mission which consists of you destroying the nav data, and Linda dying, and James becoming MIA.


* LEVEL 03: REACH
--You are playing as Fred, Red team leader, A cutscene will show the "Hot Drop", and then you will need to engage in melee combat with the pair of Jackals

--Get their weapons, and meet up with the Marines...

--Plant the Tac Nuke with Kelly and Joshua, and fight remaining Covenant troops


* LEVEL 04: Cortana
--Play as the Arbiter, Go with Johnson, Miranda, and 343 GS, your objective is to reach a Scarab

--Fight Brutes, Jackals, etc. and then get a Scarab, and find a Covenant Stealth ship to escape High Charity, on the way you find Cortana, and pick her up...

--Cortana informs them of Graveminds plan to get back to Earth with the Flood..the Arbiter stays behind, while Johnson and Miranda and GS bring Cortana to Earth...


* LEVEL 05: The SPARTAN IIIs
--Play as Kelly, who has gone with Halsey on a secret mission after the events of Halo CE

--Play through the level, either defeating Covenant, Flood, or the new SPARTANs...whichever way Bungie is going to take those guys.


* Level 06: The ________ (Forerunner ship's real name)
--Play as MC when he gets back to Earth in the Forerunner ship, fight your way to Truth.

--In this level, you would'nt get to kill Truth, he gets away just before you do, with his personal guards


* LEVEL 07: Homecoming
--Play as MC, get out of the ship and make your way a few miles North, to a Marine base so that you can get in contact with Highcom

--Fight your way through the "Original Covenant", the ones encountered in the beginning of Halo 2..before the civil war to reach your objective


* LEVEL 08: Escape High Charity
--Keep boarders off the Scarab as Johnson brings you through a wrecked Flood infested Covenant city

--Exit the Scarab, and clear a way to a nearby Stealth ship, with a slipspace generator


* LEVEL 09: Colonel Ackerson
--In this level, a cutscene will explain how Johnson got away from the Flood, and why Ackerson has an interest in the Spartan IIIs


* LEVEL 10: Hell on Earth...well, almost.
--Flood are detected on the Forerunner ship, and it is locked down on Truth's orders, so that the Ark will not get infected.

--Bring a Nuke with Marines to plant it inside the ship.
You learn of the time warp when you encounter Truth on the ship, and you realize that the events of Halo are about to happen..you need to make sure that it doesn't fire..


* LEVEL 11: Alpha Halo
--You reach Alpha Halo...it is just as it was..it's not destroyed..the Covenant scout force has not even arrived yet, let lone the PoA

--You land, and need to make your way to the library with the marines you brought with you..


* LEVEL 12: The Library Revisited
--At the entrance to the Library, 343 GS opens it, and closes the doors behind you when you all enter..

--The Flood infection forms attack..

--Try to take the index..ask the question GS refers to when he says "Last time you asked..yadayada."

--GS brings you to the control room... you start to run with the index, and he sends Sentinels after you, and are Evaced by a Pelican

--A cutscene shows you learn that something is being activated by Truth back on Earth..you then enter slipspace and race back


* LEVEL 13: "Family" Reunion
--In Earth, you get to a Space Dock, and are greeted by Dr. halsey, and all the SPARTAN IIs, and SPARTAN IIIs (if they are on your side).

--You need to drop into the atmosphere in a Pelican...still remembering what happened on REACH, you prepare for atmospheric entry, and bring Parachutes

--Once you touch down, you need to make your way to a Marine base, fight Covenant (now engaged in the civil war) on the way, with your SPARTANs

--Once you reach there, try to remote detonate the nuke..but the signal won't penetrate the Forerunner metal...you need to do it manually


* LEVEL 14: If you can't beat 'em...Nuke 'em.
--Play as the MC...

--Fight through waves of Flood, and Covenant on the way in with your Marines..343 GS follows you to help.

--Once the ordinance is planted, get out of there..


* LEVEL 15: The Gravemind
-- Play as the Arbiter, and fight you way through legions of Brutes, Jackals, etc. to reach the Hierarch's chambers.

--Now, you must fight Flood, and new Flood forms (Flood Brutes), and Juggernauts...you must detonate Hich Charity...From their quarters, dodge Gravemind's attacks, and detonate High Charity by activating the three switches (one per prophet), one on each side of the Cavernous room..

--Once this is accomplished, High charity lurches, and crashes into Delta Halo, destroying them both and forever putting an end to The mind of the Flood..and the Arbiter *tear*


* LEVEL 16: Truth
--Play as Master Chief, and manually activate the nuke..you have 7 minutes to get off the ship...

--You need to drive out in a hog, "The Maw" style...

--When you reach the Phantom bay, Truth is trying to escape..either take him out or stall him until the time runs out.

--With the Key (The Forerunner Ship) destroyed, the Ark is not activated..


* LEVEL 17: Reconcilliation
--Chief escapes, and gets out of range of the blast site..

--343 GS explains the Forerunner lineage, who they were..who we are..and how we got here..he then thanks you, and states that he will run "installation 00"..The Ark, and he then takes off...

--The Covenant now form a new Covenant...humans, elites, brutes...all the other races as well. Peace is finally achieved...Or is it?

--Pentinent Tangent is seen flying out of the wreckage, much like 343 GS did at the end of Halo CE.





**ROLL CREDITS**

---------For everyone who doesn't believe in more SPARTANs:

This was shown to me by Opog, great theorist..this is a quote from the man who wrote the Halo bible that all games, books, and illustrations, etc. are based upon

--Eric Trautmann


"Re: Spartan strength: I am aware that there is an APPARENT discrepancy between the reported number of Spartans and the ACTUAL number of Spartans.

Emphasis on APPARENT. ;)

We leave lots of hooks for future development buried in the text, to accomodate several ideas/stories we have percolating. Some may see the light of day, some may not.

In general, its best to chalk such discrepancies up to "the fog of war" and if we get the chance, we've got a great explanation for the apparent discontinuity."


Howbout you guys? Post your idead below =D

[Edited on 6/19/2006]

  • 06.19.2006 6:59 PM PDT

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So you want OVER 1/2 of the game to just be a recap of Halo CE and Halo 2?

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I just don't know why or where you think that Spartans are going to pop out of nowhere into the story.
Unless Bungie wants to totally throw off everyone that hasnt read the books (a large number). They will probably stick with MC

  • 06.19.2006 7:00 PM PDT

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So you want OVER 1/2 of the game to just be a recap of Halo CE and Halo 2?

Recap? Where?

We never saw what happened on REACH..only read about it. I would be the levels to introduce the new SPARTANs, and also give us the training portion Bungie have us in the first two games.

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I say there should be a massive battle with the remaining human race versus the covenant invaders, two massive groups just clash with huge amounts of firepower with air support and tanks, it should get into hand to hand combat range. I believe this could be accomplished with the 360s graphics and game engine. I've craved this for a while, just massive amounts of troops clashing in a center stage with snipers, tanks, jackals, marine grunts, the surviving spartans, warthogs, phantoms, pelicans, wraths, scorpions, Elites, grunts, brutes, hunters, ghosts, warthogs, and last but not least outerspace battles that are capable of being sensed on ground level. This would be a massive battle such as classic clashes of armies in the ancient era where ironically spartans clashed with enemy troops on massive battle grounds. There should be thousands of troops on either side...it would make me the happiest person alive. The perfect final battle.

  • 06.19.2006 7:08 PM PDT

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So you want OVER 1/2 of the game to just be a recap of Halo CE and Halo 2?

Recap? Where?

We never saw what happened on REACH..only read about it. I would be the levels to introduce the new SPARTANs, and also give us the training portion Bungie have us in the first two games.
I want what happens after Halo 2 not the prequal and then a recap...

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YES!!! A battle to end all battles. Because sincei t looks like the Elites, Hunters and Grunts will side with the Marines. The Brutes, Jackals and Drones should have more Covenant to aid them. And then a cutscene/playable combo they will give us the greatest fight in videogame history.

  • 06.19.2006 7:10 PM PDT

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Good story man but I don't think u should say Halo CE people won't know if you are talking about The modded Halo Custom Edition or Combat Evolved

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Good story man but I don't think u should say Halo CE people won't know if you are talking about The modded Halo Custom Edition or Combat Evolved



Modded Halo Custom Edition?

  • 06.19.2006 7:13 PM PDT

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So you want OVER 1/2 of the game to just be a recap of Halo CE and Halo 2?

Recap? Where?

We never saw what happened on REACH..only read about it. I would be the levels to introduce the new SPARTANs, and also give us the training portion Bungie have us in the first two games.
I want what happens after Halo 2 not the prequal and then a recap...

The only "recap" is getting all the ignorant up to speed about the new SPARTANs who will probably show up. Besides, REACH would be totally kickass..so would the Space Dock mission Chief goes on.

  • 06.19.2006 7:15 PM PDT

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Good story man but I don't think u should say Halo CE people won't know if you are talking about The modded Halo Custom Edition or Combat Evolved



Modded Halo Custom Edition?

I was talking about Combat Evolved...Custom Edition doesn't have a campaign.

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The fact is that Halo 3 is not going to include any other Spartan besides MC. Because that would just flood Bungie and these forums becasue of everyone that hasnt read the books. So the othr spartans would fit more appropriately in Halo run-offs.

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The fact is that Halo 3 is not going to include any other Spartan besides MC. Because that would just flood Bungie and these forums becasue of everyone that hasnt read the books. So the othr spartans would fit more appropriately in Halo run-offs.

More SPARTANs is what will happen in halo 3. People who care about the story read the books, or at least look into proof of mroe SPARTANs...

..Why is everyone so opposed to more SPARTANs? You obviously know about them, stop -blam!-ing.

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The fact is that Halo 3 is not going to include any other Spartan besides MC. Because that would just flood Bungie and these forums becasue of everyone that hasnt read the books. So the othr spartans would fit more appropriately in Halo run-offs.

More SPARTANs is what will happen in halo 3. People who care about the story read the books, or at least look into proof of mroe SPARTANs...

..Why is everyone so opposed to more SPARTANs? You obviously know about them, stop -blam!-ing.



You nore anyone else has any solid proof that the Spartans will come back in halo 3. Show me a viable link to any solid proof you have and then i'll believe you.

  • 06.19.2006 7:24 PM PDT

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The fact is that Halo 3 is not going to include any other Spartan besides MC. Because that would just flood Bungie and these forums becasue of everyone that hasnt read the books. So the othr spartans would fit more appropriately in Halo run-offs.

More SPARTANs is what will happen in halo 3. People who care about the story read the books, or at least look into proof of mroe SPARTANs...

..Why is everyone so opposed to more SPARTANs? You obviously know about them, stop -blam!-ing.

You nore anyone else has any solid proof that the Spartans will come back in halo 3. Show me a viable link to any solid proof you have and then i'll believe you.

It's common sense that they should be in H3 (you also have no solid proof, and less reason than people who want SPARTANs).

Why don't you read the books, and analyze the date given to us rather than wanting to play a shoot 'em up as a single player, rather than exploring the true story.


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  • 06.19.2006 7:27 PM PDT

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This was shown to me by Opog, great theorist..this is a quote from the man who wrote the Halo bible that all games, books, and illustrations, etc. are based upon

--Eric Trautmann

"Re: Spartan strength: I am aware that there is an APPARENT discrepancy between the reported number of Spartans and the ACTUAL number of Spartans.

Emphasis on APPARENT. ;)

We leave lots of hooks for future development buried in the text, to accomodate several ideas/stories we have percolating. Some may see the light of day, some may not.

In general, its best to chalk such discrepancies up to "the fog of war" and if we get the chance, we've got a great explanation for the apparent discontinuity."

  • 06.19.2006 7:35 PM PDT

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Wow, that really sounds cool. Recap for those of us who know how to read and really good graphics for certain Halo 1 levels. I like alot.

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It wouldnt be recap. More Spartans would confuse a great number of us. And the books do not compliment the games or vice versa. It sounds like a good concept, but seems more appropriate in a spin off

  • 06.19.2006 7:38 PM PDT

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It wouldnt be recap. More Spartans would confuse a great number of us. And the books do not compliment the games or vice versa. It sounds like a good concept, but seems more appropriate in a spin off

Books are canon, they both ceom from the same Halo bible written by the same man. Iupdated the main post with a quote from him about SPARTANs, read it.

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Well im speaking for more than just me. Alot of people havent read the books, so if they didnt come in Halo: CE or Halo 2, then why would they pick Halo 3? "Finish The Fight" Wouldnt really be approprate to tie in loose ends associated with the books if its going to be the end of this particular part of Halo now would it?

  • 06.19.2006 7:42 PM PDT

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I think Bungie could go either way xXSm00thi3Xx. If you put more Spartans in, 4 player co-op doesn't seem so weird with 4 Chiefs. If you leave them out, you have more games to make about where the other Spartans were during the last days of the Covanent War.

Remember this, Bungie has put in elements that, if I hadn't read the books, I would not have gotten. Example: the beginning to Halo 2.

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But some things are appropriate for books and just for the games. You dont neccesarily need to take everything form the books and put it in the games.

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I say start Halo 3 at the end of Halo 2 and leave the prequels for another game and/or the parts during Halo CE/2 for Halo CE/2 .Oh and 1 SPARTAN:THE MC. Thats how its supposed to be.

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I say start Halo 3 at the end of Halo 2 and leave the prequels for another game and/or the parts during Halo CE/2 for Halo CE/2 .Oh and 1 SPARTAN:THE MC. Thats how its supposed to be.



Thank you! Finally someone that sees my light. Introduce the extra Spartans in spin off games. Thats where they should tie in loose ends

  • 06.19.2006 7:49 PM PDT

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Posted by: xXSm00thi3Xx
But some things are appropriate for books and just for the games. You dont neccesarily need to take everything form the books and put it in the games.

And it was stated in the trailer documentary that this game will finish all conflicts started in the Halo Universe.

  • 06.19.2006 7:50 PM PDT