copy rights?

Even if I hated Reach and ODST, I'm still gonna try Halo 4

Maybe it will be like 1 2 and 3, You know fun?

i dont like thAT you can emp vehicles thats gay

fixed

I don't see how a gameplay feature can have a sexual preference.

Somebody's never played Dead or Alive C:

I don't know where this thread is going but continue.

Or in other words "Let's put something in the suit but give no explanation for it nor acknowledge it".

Quoting for truth.

Edit:

Halo 4 installment?? ABSOLUTE JOKE. I am ashamed and feel the pain of Bungie that a second party gaming company takes over the already dry as bone storyline.
Edited by NeiaG on Jun 8, 2011 at 12:27 AM

343 is a team made of Bungie and Microsoft people,

Halo 4 actually looks promising. 343 has people who made Halo 1 on it. I'm sure its going to feel like another halo triligoy.

as long as it doesn't feel like Reach. cause reach sucked compared to 1 2 and 3

Speaking of reach sucking, I tried something today. Imagine some part of Halo 3's campaign that really stood out, had a good vibe about it. After you do that, imagine that same scene in Reach. It made me cringe.

Don't scare people D:

Also, it was uploaded on Oct 2007, but I actually fell for it a sec.

HALO 6
GO AND CAUSE MORE FIGHTS

HALO 7
KEEP ON FIGHTING

HALO 8
YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

there is no trailer for halo 4 yet that video we saw in it there wasnt a gameplay or maps or any thing

Aren't they the same? Or...

seriously, chill out people, especially you Sel, I love how everyone makes assumptions about a game based on a 1 minute long CGI trailer, that reveals absolutely nothing. Atleast wait until something substantial is released before you make your dire predictions.
Edited by Bobblehob on Jun 8, 2011 at 05:35 AM

If Halo 4 is going to have dinosaurs, then its day one purchase. That's what I hate about most shooters these days, they lack dinosaurs. I want a dinosaur to ride on damn it!

The trailer made me want to cry. The first words that popped into my head were 'saturday morning halo'. I'm not gonna lie, I was disappointed. Sure, sure, it's just a cinematic.
Wait. Hang on a moment.
Lets backtrack and look at the effort Bungie made in the Halo 3 announcements and that pre-rendered trailer. They are truly cinematic pieces, and they look awesome - that was for the third in a series. This is a total reboot of a series because its a new company - you want to make it a big thing, and yet the cinematic genuinely looks like crap. If it's pre-rendered it just looks awful, and if it isn't, it's just not exciting. It ruins the ending of Halo 3, and it just seems like a 'coming up next' to a rendered kids TV show - which is what Halo is becoming.

I know you can easily say 'don't make too many assumptions' and fair enough, but simply by what I've said, I can't say it looks like they've really put any effort, or heart into this at all. If I can glean that from a short one minute long CGI, then I shudder to think what the release will be like.

Makes me think of those terrible straight to DVD releases that Disney do.

Apologies for all the hate, but I'm just not feeling it for this at all.
Edited by Diaboy on Jun 8, 2011 at 08:40 AM

i think its the time now to make halo 3 pc

Still a trailer, any way you look at it. Learn the difference between a gameplay trailer and a teaser trailer (which the videos shown were the latter).

Bungie fully said that any Halo installment after Halo 2 was going to be 360-exclusive. In other words, no PC version.

...however, if they DO pull a fast one out of thier asses (like what they did with Halo 4), then I'm sure that everyone in the gaming community will all be like "OMG YAY!" and...well, I'll leave the rest up to your imaginations.

My idea of a sequel to Halo 4. Tbh, I thought the mysterious Forerunner planet thing was kinda dull, and is most likely more Flood or Sentinels. So I came up with this. I'm sure most of you have already seen this, but for people such as Bobblehob who clearly doubt my abilities and knowledge, I'll post again:

Halo: Return of the Fallen
A sequel to the events of Halo 3

Characters:

Dr Halsey
Lord Hood
Random Marines/ODSTs
Cortana
Franklin Mendez
John -117
Tom - B292
Lucy - B091
Kelly- 087
Fred - 104
Linda - 058
Ash - G099
Mark
Olivia
Filal Devotion (Rogue Forerunner Leader)
Forerunner Warriors Sentinels Sentinel Majors
Sentinel Enforcers
Thel 'Vadam (Arbiter)

Chapter 1: Awakening

November 7th 2553
Onyx Micro Dyson Sphere

A bright, blurry area surrounds you, with no discernable features. Kelly stands over you, speaking urgently.

Kelly: Fred! Fred, get up, there’s not much time! Some kind of portal’s appeared, and Dr Halsey can’t tell how long it’ll stay open now that she says the main power supply’s gone. Can’t tell for sure now Jerrod’s not responding, but her word is good enough.

I’ll take my chances, it might be the only way out of here. Unless you want to end up like Team Katana, you’d better follow.

Fred: Roger that. Where are the others?

Kelly: They’ve already gone through.

Fred: Let’s make this quick, then.

Kelly and Fred enter the portal, emerging on a grassy hill where Dr Halsey, Tom-B292, Lucy-B091, Linda-058, Ash-G099, Mark, Olivia and Franklin Mendez await them.

Linda: (To Dr Halsey) I’ve identified a cluster of structures ahead, they look like they’re inhabited. Should we have a look?

Dr Halsey: Nothing ventured, nothing gained…

Linda: (To Kelly and Fred) Oh, hi. I see you’re a little late to the party.

Kelly: Well, I had to wake him up first…

Mendez: Come on, double time! Stay alert!

All SPARTANs: Yes sir!

The team advances towards the target area, until they reach some defensive outposts, from which a red – armoured Forerunner appears, a surprised low-ranking warrior. You play as Fred.

Forerunner Warrior: (To Rogue Forerunner Leader, out of view) Humans? Filal, some so – called ‘Reclaimers’ have arrived! What should we do?

Filal Devotion (Rogue Forerunner Leader): (To Forerunner Warrior) Let me deal with them.

Filal comes into view, a heavily armoured self – important being.

Humans! My peers entrusted you with the legacy of their entire species, yet even a false covenant beat you to the race. They were foolish, and did not survive. Not anticipating that some would see through the guise of success the Didact shrouded over death. Your species was to be our successors, but have already failed. Now, the true Forerunners will take their rightful place and rebuild the glorious Empire! Come, and I shall not harm you. Refuse, and you will be punished. After all, there is a large selection of you, and I am sure that one of you will break. I require your help to activate the portal, for it appears only the selected few were granted authorisation, save you ‘Reclaimers’. Without your help, we are all stranded, and power will run out now that some buffoon has destroyed The Ark. You will die if you do not cooperate, if not by our hand, by your own.

Fred: That's...not going to happen.

Filal Devotion (Rogue Forerunner Leader): As you wish.
(To Rogue Forerunner Warriors) Crush their resistance by any means necessary! We only require one alive.

Multiple sentinels of various classes appear, followed by 4 rogues. They begin to attack, showing intent to kill all of the Onyx survivors. Once the area is safe, the company continues.

Mendez: I see negotiations went well.

Halsey (scoffing): Let's try those controls. Maybe we can find a way out of here.

Spartans (in unison): Yes, Ma'am!

The group fights through the city to a large building with controls to open the portal.
It is activated. Cue cutscene showing the portal open.

Ash: Was that really a good idea?

Fred: Hell if I know, but we’re going to go have to through it soon.

The group fights to the dreadnought, enter a teleporter to the bridge then take off. Level ends.

Chapter 2: Salvation

November 7th 2553
UNSC Heart of Courage, Marathon-class Cruiser


UNSC forces have received John-117's distress call. After being nursed back to health, he is sent to investigate another beacon coming from the Forerunner dreadnought, along with a small squad of marines/ODSTs. The level begins with the cruiser approaching space outside where the Forerunner Dreadnought has appeared desperately fighting off waves of sentinels – enforcers, sentinel majors and standard sentinels.

Crewman: Master Chief, we have arrived at the destination. We have detected multiple hostile contacts but are unsure where the distress signal came from. Should we engage?

John: Affirmative. Engage those Sentinels, but don't fire on the ship unless it fires first. Understood?

Crewman: Yes, sir! (salutes, then leaves)


John moves to the control system, activating the comms systems.

John: This is SPARTAN–117, responding to a Priority Alpha distress beacon. Any UNSC forces, respond.

Dr Halsey (on comms system): John? Is that you?

John: Doctor? Might I ask what you're doing on that ship?

Dr Halsey: Well, John, we're trying to survive, being attacked by Sentinels and their Forerunner masters. Care to give us a hand?

Cortana: Forerunners! Some did survive! How fascinating! This could be an excellent opportunity to fill the gaps on the events of the Flood war!

John: Now isn’t the time. I don’t think they’ll be willing to talk. Dr Halsey, what are your requests?

Dr Halsey: Evacuation would be nice, John.

John: Understood. SPARTAN–117, out...and it's good to hear from you again, Doctor.

Halsey: Good to hear from you too, John. Out.

John (to crewman): Scramble the figters and prepare a flight of Pelicans, we have friendlies on that ship!

Crewman: Yes, sir! (goes off to a PA system)

Cortana: You do realise that current figures show we’re heavily outnumbered?

John: Yes...but I'm the lucky one, remember?

Cortana: Sometimes you never change – wait! Slipspace rupture detected!

John: Who is it?

Cortana: It’s the ‘Shadow Of Intent’! The Elites have come...but for what reason?

Thel 'Vadam/Arbiter (over comms systems): Apologies for the unexpected arrival, friend. Word spreads quickly. I heard of your mission, and I admit I could not resist curiosity. Would you mind if my Phantom came aboard? I’ll be happy to assist the boarding party.

John: Granted, Arbiter.

Thel 'Vadam: Enough with the niceties. We must free your brothers.

John: Agreed. By the way, thanks for coming.

Thel 'Vadam: (Short pause) …my pleasure.

The ‘Chief, Arbiter and, if the player decides to take a dropship with other men, some
ODSTs, have a short battle to the control room, where everyone awaits them.

John: Welcome, Arbiter.

Thel 'Vadam: Enough with the niceties. We must free your brothers.

John: Agreed.

The ‘Chief, Arbiter and, if the player decides to take a dropship with other men, some ODSTs, have a short battle to the control room, where everyone awaits them.

Kelly: John? Is that you?

John: We’ll have time to talk later. Good to see you’re all in one piece, though. Now, let’s move!

The SPARTANs escape the Dreadnought in the Arbiter’s Phantom, the Dreadnought is destroyed by the UNSC 'Heart of Courage' in a final MAC Cannon blast.

Chapter 3: Epilogue

November 20th 2553
UNSC Briefing Room, Earth

Lord Hood: Congratulations, SPARTANs. You did the UNSC proud. (To John) It’s a shame the Arbiter couldn’t join us.

John: He needed to be elsewhere.

Lord Hood: So I gathered. Now, I’m afraid I need you all for one last mission, after which I have been given permission to, despite previous policies, grant you all unconditional retirement. That goes for Dr Halsey too. I’m sure she feels the SPARTAN – II project was enough, though she will be allowed to continue her research. I must say, the information from Cortana has been somewhat revolutionary.

Dr Halsey: According to my research, we could use the Forerunner knowledge to rebuild entire planets. Reach…

Lord Hood: I’ll leave that to you, Professor.

Dr Halsey: Yes, sir.

The Beam-hog concept is put into production, which is lucky because of the small insurgence, which seem to be immune to projectile weaponry. UNSC win, as always, and everyone lives happily ever after. After this, Forerunner knowledge is used to rebuild Reach better than with human terraforming knowledge. The process is complete, with Reach renewed better than before, on July 7th 2589 (See the Halo: Reach Epilogue), thanks to Dr Halsey’s research. John - 117's memorial back at New Mombosa is maintained, even though he is no longer MIA. A Spartan Brotherhood statue is also erected.

-Thanks to UBE_Chief for amendments to dialogue to be more in-character and pointing out -vague areas that need to be elaborated.-

Confused about Forerunners surviving? Read this: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Filial_Devotion
Edited by Petera275 on Jun 8, 2011 at 04:07 PM

Like Half-life 2. Before I have the entire internet fanboy alliance jumping on my ass, let me explain.
Coming from someone who loved everything about the first Half-life, I must say that Half-life 2's story baffled me. I mean, it was like a COMPLETELY different game. If they didn't make any connections to Black Mesa, it really could have been its own title. And that was its only real correlation to HL1: "oh hey Gordon remember me lol yeah now everything's changed." A few weapons and enemies were the same, but with just a little clever thinking, they could have been something new. Don't get me wrong, I love Half-life 2, I just think its correlation to Half-life 1 is minimal and should have been much greater.

think of it, with all the time you spent thinking up of that, you could have been doing something worthwhile.

THATS YO MOMMA!

I have no need for anything worthwhile, I'm a kid. My life revolves around having fun doing what I enjoy while I still have freedom from the responsibilities of adult life. And I enjoy writing.

AMEN

I'm amazed that my generation doesn't realize that this is an absolutely horrible mindset.

i actually agree with you.

seriously, That amount of worthwhile things you can do as a kid..
dont get me wrong, writing is awesome, im not so bad at it myself...but...your theory that you dont need to do anything worthwhile is way off.
Edited by abkarch on Jun 9, 2011 at 03:42 PM

If you're referring to academia, or sociability, I'm fine.

those are 2 of the many, many things i could have been referring to.

Stay on the topic: HALO 4

Just in case no one read the other thread.

I've traveled far and wide to bring you some insights on Halo 4. Here's the deal, do not ask where the info came from I cannot reveal it, do not ask for proof cause I cannot give it. If you don't believe me I completely understand, as long as you realize that any requests for a source are wasting your time. If you don't want to take my word on this that's cool, it doesn't bother me if you don't believe me.

This is a bunch of info taken from a pretty secret media blast that's been doing the rounds and is under embargo until the Halo celebration event. This document is for media outlets and they'll no doubt be publishing these details later in August during the event. This is not an exact copy of the document but a paraphrased version from a journalist.

"Halo 4 returns players to the story of the Master Chief and Cortana in the events that follow the conclusion of Halo 3. Players will experience an all new story and introduce a new roster of enemies and weapons to the Halo experience. Set against the top secret Forerunner planetoid known to ONI as Sigma 7, players will encounter a dark new foe and unravel more of the mysteries behind the forerunners and the Office of Naval Intelligence.

At the heart of Halo 4 is a stronger focus than ever before behind story telling and player choice. Players will be offered an unprecedented level of customization and a narrative experience never before seen in a first person shooter. On a technical level Halo 4 pushes the boundaries of the action genre by incorporating larger battlefields than ever before and players will experience conflicts that seamlessly span land, sea and space.

Halo 4 will expand the series trademark arsenal of weapons and vehicles beyond any other title so far. Players can expect fan favorites to return along with new additions. Halo 4 will also feature the revolutionary new Arsenal Improvisation Mechanics that allow for menu-free, creative customization of weapons and vehicles in the heat of combat. Players will take their fight to a new level by dynamically tailoring their weapons and vehicles to suit any situations or enemies."

At the moment it seems 343 are focusing on the new and improved story and weapons system (of which the new AIM mechanic is only mysteriously alluded to) but there was some video shown that fills in some of the gaps. Halo 4 is set on a Forerunner planet that has an inner and outer surface that provides two distinct styles. The outside is very industrial and features a wide range of hostile Forerunner tech and AI. The video showed space combat here. The inside of the planetoid is hollow and is sectioned off in to many tiers/bands (almost resembling Halo rings) that feature a myriad of natural environments not only resembling earth's but many other alien terrains. The video featured combat across a multitude of environments from space to mountains, plains and oceans. Presumably, ONI had been top secretly researching the planet for some. There are UNSC forces on the planet but they look really degraded and disorganized and it was implied that they may be divided into factions and warring with each other. At one point we see a heavily modified warthog that has had the wheels replaced two kind of anti gravity devices. At another point the Chief is clearly sprinting which possibly implies a return of armor abilities. There was no sign of the Flood or the Covenant but at the very end of the trailer the 'dark new threat' was hinted at. The video ends with the Chief standing at a dark cave entrance and from within can be heard some menacing gurgling and grunting. Cortana says "They're coming back ... and there's a LOT more of them this time", the Master chief then readies a new weapon that looks like a cross between a rocket launcher and a Needler and it focuses on his helmet and visor and a number of strange digital effects ripple across his visor then the videos ends.

Anyway, say what you want, fake or real, it doesn't bother me, I know it's very reliable. Feel free to comment or speculate but please keep it clean.

Cheers - Shadow

I saw it :)

video link plz?