So Halo 4 is actually looking pretty damn good

[Delta 3 Actual]

No, really. I always keep an open mind about franchises, and while probably a majority of internet users constantly talk about how series should just die already, I'm starting to warm up to the new Halo trilogy. First, watch this-


Pay attention to the music. You see (or hear, I guess) how it's almost completely different, but it still has hints of the classic Halo feel? And also getting rid of the almost cartoony style from 1-3 and becoming a lot darker, in a good way? Yeah, if the whole game follows that same principle, then to me, the new trilogy would be completely justified.

Now I know a lot of people will say that Halo should just end. But 343 was created specifically for more Halo, Microsoft won't lose any money, Halo fans get want they want, and people who aren't interested never have to play it, and most of all, 343 has an opportunity to take the series where it needed to go with 3, and even further, so I don't see a good reason for them not to make it, especially now.

If you haven't been following it, it continues only the Chief's story. The Covenant and the flood are out of the antagonist spot, very probably replaced by Forerunners. The game might take place on a forerunner shield world (basically a small Dyson sphere), which means you'll be using their weapons and vehicles, which would mean no more plasma rifles or ghosts or Grunt headshotting. And all of this is a very, very good thing under the circumstances. Franchises get stale when they put put the same thing every installment, but it looks like Halo 4 might have enough massive changes to practically reboot the series.

Also, the story plays off all the content, including EU, if you're a fan of all that.

Really? You're basing your opinion of the later-to-be-released Halo 4 off of concept art? That is a reach, and it tells people right off the bat that you're looking[i/] for a reason to like the game. They've already released post-rendered footage in the trailer and the footage looks almost sub-par to halo 3 graphics (this is a very bad thing). If you really want to find out what the quality of the game will be like, find out who the development team is and then look at other examples of their work. In any case you should be expecting less of Halo 4 than you did of Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, if not solely for the reason that Bungie is not the developing studio. Good development teams are very hard to come by, and typically they don't appear twice in the same franchise, for example: Infinity Ward vs Treyarch or (laughably) Sledgehammer Games.

I am partial to the Halo series and to be honest I think the best thing that could happen to the series (being the Bungie is already working on other projects) is for it to end. Halo 4 will most likely just ruin the memory of what was easily one of the most notable video game franchises in the history of the industry.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

OP: Yes I am really looking forward to this, but my guess is the precursors for the main bad guys.

Spoiler: Precursors and Halo: Cryptum

In the book Halo: Crytpum it is revealed that the Forerunners (along with humans) were created by the Precursors who disappeared long ago. At the end of the book a living precursor is revealed and described as appearing very similar to the gravemind.

NONONONONONONONONONONO!

THERE IS NO BOOK CALLED CRYPTUM!!! PRECURSORS DON'T EXIST. SHUT UP!!!! LALALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

OT: I am gaining hope, but I will only really believe it once I see some gameplay and a new, less depressing, trailer.