E3: Microsoft Announces Halo 4 (and 5, and 6)

[zerobudgetgamer]

I'm... not... alone...

I swear, I feel like I need to retire from this site. Too many people needlessly bash Halo and CoD, and act like they're cancer simply because they make new entries to the franchises.

The word "milking" should be a ban-able offense. Who the fuck cares if a company milks a franchise if the games are good?

The definition of "good" for Halo and CoD typically derives from their multiplayer, NOT their singleplayer. Halo at least gets points for thinking outside the box and creating a storyline NOT based on human history, but please think about it. If a new game in these two "series" pops up every year or so, and the focus is more on the multiplayer than the singleplayer, how is this not a scam comparable to the Sports genre, who charges a full $60 price tag for what is essentially a roster change?

 

[Mordereth]

Disgraceful.

(Fine fine, more than one word: This is just sad. I've never been a huge fan of the Halo series, but I thought the ending to game 3 was good. But no, there's money to be had so lets desecrate the corpse of this franchise!)

If by "good" you mean "left lots of room for a sequel (trilogy)" then yes, yes you are an intelligent individual. If you meant "good" as in closure, well, heh, just kidding; people like that aren't intelligent enough to register forum accounts, right?

Right?

 

[Shadow Geo]

With this under a new studio, I am so excited!!

 

[Shadow Geo]

I'd still like to see some more spin off games (More ODST, more Halo Wars, maybe something where you play exclusively as the Covenant) but hell I don't care, I love Halo and no doubt I'll buy into this trilogy and the Anniversary Edition.

Here's hoping that 343 can show off some skill, and some good storytelling.

Now, a wave of hate!

I like the idea of a game played entirely as an Elite or something, as I really enjoyed The Arbiter's missions in Halo 2.

My response to the new Trilogy...

Please don't suck...
Please don't suck...
Please don't suck...
PLEASE DON'T SUCK...

I second this.I am also VERY curious what we will be fighting since the Covenant seems to be out. The Flood maybe? I hope not.

(That looked like a Collector ship at the end.)

Maybe the Forerunners? Maybe that portal is on Onyx?

 

[Ulquiorra4sama]

On one hand: Yay new Halo!

On the other hand: They're going to run this into the ground, aren't they?

Not just any ground. Space-ground! ...like an asteroid or something

OT: I thought that with Bungie gone they would finally be done with this. People were saying that it would have been good if they did because the series was perhaps dragging on a little. But, alas, they had to go and start off a new trilogy.

Oh well, i try not to condemn anything before it's finished.

 

[Jandau]

My own feelings regarding the Halo franchise aside, I'm curious if this will be a 360 exclusive. Namely, if they are going to put it out on the PC. Microsoft has spent the past year or two puffing its chest, saying they want in on the PC market, but haven't really shown any commitment to those statements. However, giving their flagship franchise a simultaneous multiplatform release, or even putting out a PC version with a slight delay (moth or two) would go a long way to prove they mean business.

However, since all the MS talk about wanting to be a major player on the PC scene is just a bunch of crap to try and get someone to use GFWL, I doubt Halo 4 will be gracing any PCs any time soon, at least until we get a 360 emulator...

 

[Cpu46]

The only real thing that concerns me is who will be doing this project. Giving IPs to another dev is a practice that normally doesn't end well.

343 is more of a Microsoft owned splinter group of Bungie than a new Developer. A lot of people from Bungie are on the 343 team including Frank O'Connor so I'm sure that this will be a smooth transition.


OT: I am a long time fan of the halo series but I told myself I wouldn't go all fanboy about any Halo game after Reach.

....

CURSE YOU 343i! GIVE ME MORE!!!!!!!!!

 

[imnot]

ok for one, i gotta ask i dont even know what games 343 made so i dont even know will the next one be good.The reason why everyone is complaining because the story is over(no covenant and flood).Its gonna be hard to continue when the threats that you face are dead.So where they going to start the story on?A part of me hates this and a part of me wonders.I am not going to lie I always expect the 4th halo game was master chief fighting his way back to earth.I must do some background check on 343 to see if their games are good.

I dont think 343 have made games themselves per say, but the team is made up with mainly ex bungie workers so they have made the past Halo games.
(Does that make sence)

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

Hell yes im pumped, i was getting a little tired of all the realistic brown fps games flooding the market....time to throw reality out the window and have some damn fun with the chief again.

 

[Xelt]

He didn't have a jetpack in Halo 3, who upgraded him!?

The Game designers.



I hope this game reveals an entirely new set of bad guys. The Covenant War is effectively over, let's see some new group of invading mooks to put down.

If he had a jetpack, he wouldn't have ended up where he did. He'd have managed to escape too.
Not that I'm complaining,I'm lookin forwards to this.

 

[Cormyre]

Hopefully I'll be able to get into it again, Loved 1-3 + ODST, couldn't quite get into Reach

 

[spectrenihlus]

Oh boy, did they end the fight all right.

Spoiler: Bungie knows!

They did finish the fight. The Human-Covenant war is over John 117 and Cortana's story isn't. Frankly I want to know wtf they were floating to at the end of the credits.

 

[Boba Frag]

Ok, good thing I looked at the trailer before posting...

Initially, I groaned. Honestly. Just leave it be!, I thought to myself!

But no, I had to watch the trailer and be reminded of how cool it is to play a Halo game as Master Chief all over again...
If nothing else, the trailer excited my interest.
I wonder if it'll work as a franchise sans Bungie?

 

[Jared Berg]

I love that people are complaining about a new halo game, but rejoice when call of duty puts out the same game every year. Halo 4 is going to rock

 

[Brusveen]

Atleast now we will get a few more seasons of Arby'n the Chief

 

[Saucycarpdog]

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now, but I get to say I was right if they add aiming down the sights and other things from COD.

 

[Volafortis]

Always been a sucker for the Halo series. I'm really excited for this, and will definitely be picking it up on release.

I always wondered where he'd end up drifting to. I figured it had to be addressed sooner or later.

 

[Erana]

More importantly, Will someone finally remember that Halo structures have teleportation capabilities? They never bring it up. Cortana uses it once, then forgets about it completely. There was no really good reason they just didn't use it!

If you listen, she does it it requires a large amount of power, she says she can get it from the suit, but they should only use it once.

Pays of to listen

I said, "No really good reason."

If he has a battery in his suit, he never once thought to recharge it in the several times he's back in civilization? Its a cop-out to me. -.-