Should Halo 4 be the last Halo?

[Racecarlock]

Remember the Legendary ending in Halo 3? That was obviously a cliffhanger. The announcement trailer just shows chief escaping the in amber clad as it heads towards that mysterious object that was seen in the legendary ending. I'm hoping for a marathon crossover. You will recall that in marathon the humans had a planet size station and the transporting technology seen in halo 1 mission 343 guilty spark. I don't think that's a coincidence. Of course with 343 industries taking over, maybe that crossover is less likely, but nonetheless it would be cool as hell.

 

[Shameless]

Halo is a system seller, it will probably never die like Mario.

 

[kittii-chan 300]

Just to build on your idea a little, A game (Or two) set during the Spartans early missions/training would be an interesting take on the universe, heck, you could do a more stealth based game set before the Spartans got their MJOLNIR armour.

they need to make a game of what happened inside the portal thing at the end of the last book. i could play as kelly...

 

[cthulhumythos]

Their is my question. Should Halo 4 be the last halo. Has the series of games gone on too long? Bungie jumped on with Activision to probably start making another ONI, but will 343 studios be enough to continue the halo universe?

if you asked me i'd have said that halo: reach should've been the last.

i'm a halo fan, but even from the teaser i can tell 343 is doing it wrong. plus nothing screams "WE'RE MILKING THE CASH COW FOR ALL ITS GOT" when microsoft not only announced one game less than a year after the most recent one, they announced three.


suffice to say, i'm not optimistic. and kinda sad.

 

[Jabberwock King]

Seeing as they've already announced it to be a trilogy, I'm assuming they've already planned out enough material for 3 games, though I could be overly optimistic about that. The steady rise of the number on the end is a little disconcerting for me, but I can look past that so long as they deliver the good stuff. I won't deny that Halo is a total cash-cow franchise, but I can ignore that so long as they add worthwhile stuff to it. And for FUCKS SAKE someone please shoehorn some space fighter missions into it!

Well, since Halo 4 is part of a new Halo trilogy, it better not fucking be the last Halo game, or it's going to end on an unresolved cliff-hanger.

As far as what SHOULD have been the last Halo game, I'd have to say it should've stopped at Halo 3, because IMO, no game has ever been as good after the third installment (e.g. I loved Spinter Cell, but the last two or huge disappointments).

ANNOUNCEMENT: New halo trilogy is a prequel trilogy detailing the angst filled childhood that led up to the silence of our steely protagonist.

I see what you did there, ha ha lol.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

HERP DERP HALO 3 WUZ GUD CUZ OF MULTIPLAYER HERP DERP. Just shut up and go back to your sandbox and make a castle or some shit because you have the mind of a 4 year old.

Umm... and this was directed at who?

OT: I'm reserving judgment on weather continuing the franchise after Reach was a mistake until I actually get the chance to play Halo 4. On the one hand I'm skeptical and would hate to see one of my favorite game franchises (and the franchise that pretty much first got me serious about gaming) to end up as an annual copy-pasted sequel churner. On the other hand, I would also hate for a series that is so important to me to just end when there is still the possibility of good material still there. So I'm trying to stay as objective as possible.

 

[Nokiro]

Halo 4 shouldn't even exist. So yeah, it would be great if they stopped there.

 

[xchurchx]

thats like asking is MW3 the last call of duty, the answer of course will be no

 

[Tsaba]

1 should of been the last master chief halo, then they made 2 so they had to make 3. Three should of been the last master chief halo and now they are making 4 so they have to make 5-6.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

I'm calling it, its going to tie into marathon, I mean it makes sense from the lore perspective. And it would be great story wise, if you are remotely interested in the Halo books, read them. The most recent one talks of the Forerunners, its great.

 

[Uber Evil]

I'm thinking the next few Halos will probably suffer from some form of Fanon Discontinuity [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanonDiscontinuity] unless they are really good. Let them make shit games, I say. I'm not gonna buy them.

 

[cthulhumythos]

I'm thinking the next few Halos will probably suffer from some form of Fanon Discontinuity [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanonDiscontinuity] unless they are really good. Let them make shit games, I say. I'm not gonna buy them.

what next few other halos?

 

[Kiju]

It should have ended with the first one.

Flood stopped, Covenant defeated, Master Chief alive.

Good ending, bad idea that they decided to continue it.

 

[Cogwheel]

Nope. Not that I play them, mind you, but this move makes it fairly clear that they don't care about story anyway, so if ending it in time was an issue, Halo 4 being made means it's already kinda too late for that.


...That said? Multiplayer might improve, and a lot of people will still play that. Many will enjoy it. In short, those that dislike the new games can ignore them, while a lot of people will have fun with each new Halo game, so why not make more?

 

[otakon17]

Halo 3 should have been the last Halo. There was no damn point for Reach or ODST. Another Halo is just them squeezing the utters of the franchise to the point that dust flies out. It's an okay game that's riot in multiplayer if you don't get some damn sniping savant on the other team or a squadmate who won't shut off their fucking ever BLASTING MUSIC. The only thing I truly found epic about the series as a whole would be the music.

 

[IBlackKiteI]

It should have ended with the first one.

Flood stopped, Covenant defeated, Master Chief alive.

Good ending, bad idea that they decided to continue it.

Bingo.

Halo 4 shouldn't be made, but seeing as it is I wish it would be multiplayer only because the last good campaign was CE's.

 

[Awexsome]

So long as 343i can keep up the high quality of the series they can make a billion more for all I care. Although the shortened development time between games usually a sign of either less quality or much less variety between the sequels.

It's old development cycle was great. Halo CE -> 2 -> 3 -> Reach. 3 years development between each game.

ODST and Wars (and now CE anniversary) recently kinda gave the illusion of Halo being overused so it would've been a good idea to give it a break for a while.

 

[Nico4]

Halo 3 should have been the last, after all the attempts Bungie did, to en.... no wait, they didn't try to end it. No one tries to send a series, when they throw in a stupid cliffhanger for the people who finish it on the hardest difficulty. Discussing whenever Halo 4 should be the last Halo is pointless, because they'll still pour out 5 & 6

 

[Swifty714]

Halo is a system seller, it will probably never die like Mario.

Sad but true >.<