Anyone see an article about Halo 4??? I read one about it but loss connection and I do not remember how I got to it. Although we have come to believe that halo 3 is the last part, the halo 4 story seemed to check out with the other storylines. It states that you will finish the fight in halo 3, BUT to be more specific, you will only finish the fight with the covenant.

THE flood however, is a whole other story. In the aricle about Halo 4 it tells you about how the flood have made it to earth and are now destroying all human life. It turns out that the Master Chief has a decision to make. Anyway before I go on did anybody catch the part at the end of halo where guilty spark wants you to activate the ring and says"Why would you not do what you have already done before?" If you did then this will make a lot more sense.

The MC realizes that the only way to stop this from ever happening is to go back in time and activate the ring. It didnt say anything about how he did it but moving on. You will fight through the flood army and make your way to the library playing the exact same level called the library at the end of the game. You activate the ring and it blows up. The screen goes white and goes to a cut scene of the ring destroying itself and everything around it.

That is all I was able to read before I got cut off. So either someone is just making up their own story or HALO 4 will actually come out in 2011. Is it possible??? Or is all bogus??? We may never know until Halo 3 comes out.

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narcogen's picture

The story of the Master Chief-- the "current story arc" completes with Halo 3, according to Bungie.

Ensemble is doing Halo Wars. Wingnut Interactive is doing as-yet-undetermined "games in the Halo universe".

I expect that the conflict with the Covenant, as well as the Flood, will be resolved within Halo 3-- at least, insofar as it is possible to be resolved :)


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Spartan182's picture

In reply to: Bogus

your right it could all be a waste of time. On the other hand it could all be true. I am trying to find the article again and will post a link if I do.

Spartan182

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In reply to: bogus or not bogus

No, it can't really be true, since it conflicts with literally every single thing officially said by Bungie about Halo 3.

From the Halo 3 Announcement FAQ:

Q: Is this the last ever Halo game?
A: It is the conclusion to this story arc.

http://www.bungie.net/games/halo3/content.aspx?link=Halo3AnnounceFAQ

I don't think there's any reasonable definition of "this story arc" that somehow includes the Covenant conflict but not the Flood conflict, as both are equally important in both Halo games to date.

Furthermore, look at what Bungie is doing with the Halo franchise. The Halo RTS? Being developed by Ensemble, not Bungie.

Further Halo story-game thingies? Done by Peter Jackson and Wingnut Interactive, whatever they turn out to be. Not Bungie.

The story of the Master Chief? Concluding in Halo 3, where he "finishes this fight".

More Halo 2 maps? Done by Certain Affinity in Texas, founded by Bungie alums.

The main thread of the Halo franchise is coming to a conclusion, and the "Halo Expanded Universe" to borrow a phrase, is being outsourced.

One can only sympathize. Bungie-- in the persons of Jason Jones and Joe Staten-- probably have other things on their mind besides Halo, even if every other person in the studio was content to turn it into a neverending franchise, like Final Fantasy-- and I don't have any particular reason to believe that is true, either.

Could the rumor be true? Sure. Just the way it COULD be true that the sun will rise in the West tomorrow and pigs will fly. You don't know for sure it won't happen until it doesn't. But I won't be putting any of my money down on it.

Bungie wants to get off the Halo treadmill, I think. And as much as I love Halo, I don't mind it. I'm looking forward eagerly to Halo 3, and I hope I'll enjoy it, but in a way I'm already looking ahead to what will be next from them.


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Spartan 001's picture

In reply to: Actually, no, it couldn't.

Yeah, I agree with you. Personally, I think that there will be more spinoffs of
Halo, But I bet all of them won't be very good. The only good Halo games after Halo 3 will be Halo Wars and whatever the heck Wingnut is doing next.

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Actually, no, it couldn't.

Ha, maybe wehn they said "stroy arc" they were screwing with us and by arc they went the thing that ends all of the Halos. Or the activater. cuz that goes ke blooey

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Actually, no, it couldn't.

Ha, maybe wehn they said "stroy arc" they were screwing with us and by arc they went the thing that ends all of the Halos. Or the activater. cuz that goes ke blooey

Anonymous's picture

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well i disagree cause if youplayed halo 3 like i did and beat it on egendary youwatch the end crediths shows the part where he says wake me when you need me and (this where the legendary part comes in)it shows the part of the ship the chief is in andis orbiting a planet and as the sun comes over the planet the whole thing is mechenizied like the outer part of the halo ring then bam the end

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In reply to: Re: Actually, no, it couldn't.

Sigh.

I've beaten the game on Legendary, and I've seen that cutscene. Please use the spoiler tag if you're going to post spoilers about the ending.

Lastly, that scene shows that:

[spoiler]The Chief and Cortana aren't dead, and that they continue to have adventures in the Halo universe.

That's quite a different thing from saying that those adventures will be in a game, that Halo 4 will be that game, or that Bungie or anyone is working on Halo 4.[/spoiler]

Even when everyone KNEW that Halo 3 was being worked on, because Halo 2 couldn't possibly be a plausible place to end the series, Bungie waited 18 months before making an announcment.

I'd be much more conservative about making any Halo 4 predictions. Halo 3's ending tied up the Chief's story nicely. That little bit may be a teaser of things to come, or not.


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In reply to: Re: Actually, no, it couldn't.

maybe the legendary ending wasnt CANNON

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Actually, no, it couldn't.

i agree but remember when bungie said they would answer all the unanswered questions, well at the end of halo 3 with the cutscene....that made a new unanswered question. but still why keep giving reasons to why there wont be a (Halo4). I mean im praying that there will be a halo 4 im sure all halo fans are hoping, dreaming of a halo 4.

By G27

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[quote=Anonymous]i agree but remember when bungie said they would answer all the unanswered questions, well at the end of halo 3 with the cutscene....that made a new unanswered question. but still why keep giving reasons to why there wont be a (Halo4). I mean im praying that there will be a halo 4 im sure all halo fans are hoping, dreaming of a halo 4.

By G27[/quote]

Oh, come on. Bungie never, ever answers everything. A Bungie game with no unanswered questions wouldn't be fun anymore.


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Anonymous's picture

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well actually halo 3: ODST is about Master chief going and fighting some where else and your a spartan and stuff and at the end of that it adds a big supense about halo 4

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Bogus

yer halo 4 could not be real because in halo 3 all the ring go up sooooooo halo 4 is not real

Mr. Qwertyuiop's picture

Master Chief + Time travel cliche = BAD IDEA.

Spartan182's picture

Well it turns out that the article was just making fun of halo. At the end of it, it said that this is what halo 3 would look something like because halo sucks, and he/she used the title halo 4 to get people's attention. So this rumor was just a fake. But actually you never know if bungie will make a halo 4 or not. Even if they say halo 3 is the last one I have seen other games like megaman where they say that the 4th one would be the last one, and hey there are what? 8, 9 that are out. So maybe after halo 3 comes out they would decide to make another one. But that is unlikely even though it would be nice to have a halo 4. Actually you could say that halo wars is the halo 4 because it would have been the 4th game of halo to come out even if it takes place before halo 1. Ah well.....Oh and have you noticed when you go to create a blog under topic it lists:

halo
halo 2
halo 3
halo 4
halo wars

Did anyone ever notice that??? Just notifying you.

Spartan182

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Halo 4

I put "Halo 4" in the topic list after hearing the outtake of David Scully's voice, talking about how Angela Bassett will star as Johnson's girl in Halo 4.

I don't have any specific, credible information about a fourth Halo game at this time.


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Spartan182's picture

In reply to: It's been done.

There you go. Another article making fun of bungie and halo 3. Heck it almost says the same thing on the other one.

Spartan182

Anonymous's picture

well either that or what about the arbiter?he wasnt menchined in the trailers that followed for halo3.and it seems this time its going to be halo1 all over again with only playing as the masterchief, it seems'' but think about it'' will their be a return of the arbiter?or conspiracy by masterchief killing gravemind in halo3 and rescueing cortana? and and will you get a chance if you eant by choice to play an elite in multiplayer? see in the recent Electronic Gaming monthly had screenshots of halko3 multiplayer,and all there was is spartans in multiplayer coinsedence or fact?

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Well, Bungie rarely mentions everything prior to a game's release. The Flood were not shown at all before Halo 1 was released. And despite their inclusion in Halo 1, Flood were again not featured in pre-release materials about Halo 2, including the existence of Gravemind, which was kept secret until the French leak of the game.

We were shown Brutes in the Earth City trailer for Halo 2, but not Drones-- they leaked from a mockup for a Joyride figure.

In short, we haven't seen anything of Halo 3 except what Bungie wants to show so far. That doesn't mean they're holding back for a fourth game, or that certain things from past games (the Arbiter, Elites in multiplayer) will necessarily be removed.


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Spartan182's picture

I hope they dont take away the ability to play as an elite. I mean I favor master chief over the elites but it is fun to play as someone else evry once and a while. Also I really want to see what a halo 3 elite looks like! Anyone seen any pics???

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I can't really see why they would. Despite people's perceptions, the hitboxes on current Elite and Spartan models are identical. Perhaps future models could made to appear in such a way that would eliminate any perception of difference between them.

Given that there will, presumably, be Elites in Halo 3, the model is there and I can't imagine why Bungie would remove this feature. Maybe there's a reason I can't think of. But just because we haven't seen it yet doesn't mean it's not there. It's way too early.


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Anonymous's picture

I am GeneralZap. Nice to meet you, I would like to let you know this popped up on google when I searched for "halo 4". Thanks for making this.

I play Halo, and I cannot see how or why they would stop on thew third. It doesn't complete the games... well melancholyness. Sad but sweet, a dreadful onslaught with fun, and little hope. But the hope is imminent. Halo 1, was a sadder, more helpless feeling game. Marines died around you, even fighting their best. At the earlier parts, you would have it easy with lots of marine backup, but later on it diminished, I feel the inverse will be true for Halo 4.

Well, my main evidence for Halo 4 is, Seargent Johnsons cutout. He seems to be joking, but is he really? He said something about, you just wait, I'll get a girlfriend in Halo 4. Which would be a good, undetectable thing for a majority but not all. Unfortunately Halo 4 probably won't go exactly according to that storyline however, Bungie will have to change it to make it less spoiler.

Anonymous's picture

it is a rumor i read a artical at it is not right

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

[quote=Anonymous]it is a rumor i read a artical at it is not right
[/quote]

I'm not really sure what you've said.

There has been no announcement of a Halo 4.

Given that Bungie waited 18 months after the release of Halo 2 to announce Halo 3, we might be in for a long quiet spell from Bungie, aside from Halo 3 DLC.


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Anonymous's picture

halo 4 is coming out however the official release date is yet to be confirmed but will be sometime in 2008. to watch teaser trailer go on to www.youtube.com and type in halo 4 trust me you wont regret it.

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[quote=Anonymous]halo 4 is coming out however the official release date is yet to be confirmed but will be sometime in 2008. to watch teaser trailer go on to www.youtube.com and type in halo 4 trust me you wont regret it.
[/quote]

Sorry, man, you're full of it. Halo 1 took about three years to make, give or take. Halo 2? Three years. Halo 3? About three years.

Bungie went 18 months between shipping Halo 2 and even admitting they were working on Halo 3, and another year and a half before they actually shipped the game.

Halo 4 hasn't been announced. There is no trailer. Anything on YouTube is something else-- something unrelated, something fan created, or a hoax. Even if there was a Halo 4-- even if there will be a Halo 4-- I rather seriously doubt it will be out in a year or less unless it's just a content pack for Halo 3.

I wouldn't mind that idea, but Bungie's never done things that way before.


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Anonymous's picture

i mean i think it could be true the story end with master chief in space but theres a planet or something that looks like he might land on it so maby ..maby not but i hope so lol

Anonymous's picture

I feel like the way they chose to end 3 rounds out the series in a pretty nice way,
but leaves open the life-preserving possibility of a 4th game. I doubt we'll see another true halo
fps until the next generation of gaming platforms though.

I think its safe to say that the combination of Master Chief being left alive and the
fact that Halo is one of the most popular franchises of all time pretty much seal the
deal as to whether or not they'll ever make another one. It just might be a long time.

Some things need to lie down an sleep for awhile, so that people can take a break and get ready to start
something new.

Anonymous's picture

[quote=spartan182]Anyone see an article about Halo 4??? I read one about it but loss connection and I do not remember how I got to it. Although we have come to believe that halo 3 is the last part, the halo 4 story seemed to check out with the other storylines. It states that you will finish the fight in halo 3, BUT to be more specific, you will only finish the fight with the covenant[/quote]

First off, this so called Halo 4 is really just Halo Wars. Bungie has made it official that there is another game in the triligy. Halo wars will be coming out later in 2008. Then that will conclude the ""halo triligy""

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=spartan182]Anyone see an article about Halo 4??? I read one about it but loss connection and I do not remember how I got to it. Although we have come to believe that halo 3 is the last part, the halo 4 story seemed to check out with the other storylines. It states that you will finish the fight in halo 3, BUT to be more specific, you will only finish the fight with the covenant[/quote]

First off, this so called Halo 4 is really just Halo Wars. Bungie has made it official that there is another game in the triligy. Halo wars will be coming out later in 2008. Then that will conclude the ""halo triligy""[/quote]

Please don't spread misinformation.

A 'trilogy' is just a sequence of three. The Halo trilogy is complete. Halo 3 completed it. Any additional Halo game, shooter or other, would by definition not be part of the Halo trilogy.

Bungie has said that Halo 3 completed the story arc begun with Halo 1. They have not categorically said they will not do another Halo game, or what that game would be if they did it.

Halo Wars is a strategy game in the Halo universe developed by Ensemble and due for release this year. It is not Halo 4. It has never been referred to as Halo 4. It is not part of the trilogy.


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Anonymous's picture

I think it is real... I have posted this AFTER Halo 3 has come out. And anyone who actually watched the credits at the end of Halo 3 would know that the Master Cheif is still ALIVE. Watch the credits on any difficulty and you will see that he is still alive. Then at the end, you see them falling toward a planet that you can't really make out, then it glows and you notice that it is another Halo ring!!!

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

Bungie said there were going to be 7 halo games
not including halowars & halo ce

narcogen's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

[quote=Anonymous]Bungie said there were going to be 7 halo games
not including halowars & halo ce[/quote]

Actually... no, I don't believe they ever did.

If you have a reference, please link it.


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Jonathan Churchill's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

As like the first Star Wars series, I think this Halo Trilogy is over. The next Halo related game to come out will be either before this trilogy, or played by the Covenant or Forerunners. IMO.

Anonymous's picture

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halo four is real wether you believe it or not and will be released with the next xbox system if you noyice the time the web-site was put up is b4 the release of Halo three and nobody could possibly know that the master chief servived at the end of Halo three before it was released whoever put up the site that tlkes of halo four knew what they were talking about however it would behoooov you to not think that it is coming out cause it will cut back on the suspense of waiting for it if you do not think it is coming out you are very lucky cause those of us who know it is wish we could time travel into the future so we can be the first to play it James Spartan 109 signing off

Anonymous's picture

I cannot wait until halo4 comes out! but I dont know if the voices and difficaltlies are real

kotaro lagger's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

L A G G E R

It is real I saw it on an xbox mag as front cover news

L A G G E R

narcogen's picture

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[quote=kotaro lagger]L A G G E R

It is real I saw it on an xbox mag as front cover news [/quote]

Really?

Which one?


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Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

Acctually remember in halo 2 where the orical showeon the chamber the other 7 halo rings.

Soooooo u never know. there might be a halo 4!?

Anonymous's picture

i want halo 4 and all 2 come outt but...

I am most definatly shure BUNGIE just wanted the money, and nothing else. So they broke off and now there are no more halo's.
Srry to rain on ur parade...

Anonymous's picture

In reply to: Re: Halo 4 IS real or a rumor

weve had reach and now we got halo 4 coming out it said in the x360 mag in december.

narcogen's picture

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[quote=Anonymous]weve had reach and now we got halo 4 coming out it said in the x360 mag in december.[/quote]

343 Industries would appear to disagree with you:

[quote=EscapistMagazine]O'Connor indicated that there wasn't going to be any new adventures for Master Chief this year, nor were there any side stories or prequels like Reach or ODST in the works - at least, not in game form. [/quote]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107510-343-Industries-Wants-to...


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