Why I believe Halo 4 will be a great game.
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I really don't know about this. On the one hand it could be good but also I honestly think Halo 3 managed to finish everything up and tie up all the loose ends. The Covenant is defeated, the humans and Elites are allied together, the Flood is wiped out and the Halo rings are deactivated and the Ark has been destroyed.
Everything is finished, there is no substantial need for a continuation of that. Sure it was a little ambiguous when Masterchief says to Cortana:
"Wake me, when you need me."
And then we see their wreck of a ship heading towards an unknown but glowing planet, but maybe some stories work better with ambiguous endings. Would Inception have been nearly as effective if they made a second one all about whether or not Cobb was really in a dream or not? Would Watchmen have worked better if it had a sequel all about whether or not Rorshach's journal messed up Veidt's plans?
Sometimes you need an ending that leaves the audience just wondering what happened next, without any actual continuity.
All I'm saying is, Halo felt really done to me. The Halo series that I loved began with Combat Evolved and ended with Reach. And while I'd love to see more Spin offs set in the Halo universe (come on, game about the Covenant Elites) I don't see any need to 'continue' the story line. After all the tagline for Halo 3 was 'Finish the Fight' and at the end of it you do indeed 'Finish the Fight'.
All I'm saying is, I am unsure of how to feel about this new storyline.
Everything is finished, there is no substantial need for a continuation of that. Sure it was a little ambiguous when Masterchief says to Cortana:
"Wake me, when you need me."
And then we see their wreck of a ship heading towards an unknown but glowing planet, but maybe some stories work better with ambiguous endings. Would Inception have been nearly as effective if they made a second one all about whether or not Cobb was really in a dream or not? Would Watchmen have worked better if it had a sequel all about whether or not Rorshach's journal messed up Veidt's plans?
Sometimes you need an ending that leaves the audience just wondering what happened next, without any actual continuity.
All I'm saying is, Halo felt really done to me. The Halo series that I loved began with Combat Evolved and ended with Reach. And while I'd love to see more Spin offs set in the Halo universe (come on, game about the Covenant Elites) I don't see any need to 'continue' the story line. After all the tagline for Halo 3 was 'Finish the Fight' and at the end of it you do indeed 'Finish the Fight'.
All I'm saying is, I am unsure of how to feel about this new storyline.
I never have a problem with more Halo so long as 343i can keep Bungie's tradition of making it such a great, high quality series going.
I would've enjoyed seeing the continuation of the Brute/Elite conflict since they still had a score to settle, perhaps fleshing out races like the grunts or jackals more too in the process. Outside of the books, jackals, grunts, and hunters have all been just enemies in your way, not much else.
Halo's got such a rich universe that has potential for many things, I too am a tad disappointed that 343i's gonna stick with Chief and Cortana right away but the Chief is the face of the franchise so I can't blame them too bad. Again, so long as they can keep the great quality of the older games I'll always be happy for more.
I would've enjoyed seeing the continuation of the Brute/Elite conflict since they still had a score to settle, perhaps fleshing out races like the grunts or jackals more too in the process. Outside of the books, jackals, grunts, and hunters have all been just enemies in your way, not much else.
Halo's got such a rich universe that has potential for many things, I too am a tad disappointed that 343i's gonna stick with Chief and Cortana right away but the Chief is the face of the franchise so I can't blame them too bad. Again, so long as they can keep the great quality of the older games I'll always be happy for more.