The way Frank&Beans was talking today, it sounded like H4 will actually take place further in the future than expected.
Basically, the H4 teaser is an H2 teaser. That is, it's not reflective of how the game will actually begin (nor is the MC's armor from that teaser the final armor)
I'd love for it to take place centuries after the Halo 1-3 events. That gives humanity time to rebuild and incorporate tech developed for the human/covenant war (and tech obtained from our new Shangheili brows) be integrated into ordinary equipment/architecture/starships. They could finally have finally locked onto the chief's distress signal and meet you halfway through the game or something.
Hell, the chief could be outclassed by standard soldiers of the day with much simpler/more effective enhancements. Now who's a super soldier.
Yeah, maybe it's set in 2794 and it's a colony ship that finds him in the tau ceti IV system
halo4, start another fight.
They will integrate some more of the shit that was happening on Onyx, sloppily tell us how Halsey and the rest of the Spartans got off the shield world and brought amazing new tech they found in there back to the humans, and then they will insert their own story shit there.
I was disappointed, I was hoping for a bit more detail on the game. but, oh well.
I forget which 343i talking head said it, but at the H4 panel they talked about how with H4 and onward we'll start to get to see humanity research Forerunner tech and actually put it to use (eg, in the form of new weapons). Beforehand, the Covies were constantly keeping humanity on their toes, hardly giving them any time to spare on research of Forerunner tech. That's changed with the covie-war over.Originally Posted by Amit
However, I sure hope to hell this doesn't mean it will start to become some kind of fucking Star Wars/The Force rip off. I saw that animation reel that Nate W. posted (whom I believe left the studio for PopCap games), and if they seriously start to introduce some kind of magic-like powers like that, I will be disappoint.
REALITY!!
Last edited by neuro; August 29th, 2011 at 03:22 AM.
Sounds like the rumored "No purple or pink" art mandate is true. Frank said they were trying to mature the franchise to stay in step with a fanbase that is 10 years older.
Some things from the panel sounded good, some things I found to be off-putting. Claiming that an early commitment to a trilogy would be good for the story... utter nonsense. And there are going to be nods to Cryptum? What, are we going to stumble upon the original bottle of dog shampoo that gave rise to the Flood? Keep away from me with that shit!
I'm still waiting on proof that this is in fact going to be released on 360. Screenshots would be a good indicator, but there haven't been any. They seem to want a lot of humongous environments with a lot of giant moving machinery, which is going to eat into performance. And they didn't include a beta invite with Halo Anniversary, so either the game isn't actually going to launch next year, or there isn't going to be a beta, or Halo 4 and Halo Anniversary are going to be on different platforms, or all of the above. It's probably just wishful thinking on my part. A new Halo as a next gen launch title sounds far more appealing than the 4th Halo FPS on 360. They are going to be technologically hamstrung and have a much harder time making a splash without new hardware. And then they are going to have to waste time between Halo 4 and Halo 5 transitioning to that next generation, because that jump has got to happen eventually. And then we'll have another cross-generational Halo trilogy where they have to go back and up=res Halo 4 after a few years. Meh to all that.
I would be okay with this.
How exactly does changing the game's art style to be more faux masculine make it mature?
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