"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[Bobblehob]

Am I the only one who thought they were robots, and still think they look like robots?

They have joints with visible air between them, that basically takes the robot angle off the table for me.

[TeeKup]

The Prometheans look like a mix between organic and synthetic to me. Until we learn more about them, I'll consider them to be like Sentinels: Artificial constructs created by the Forerunners to fulfill a certain objective and task, I.E. war and combat. What sets them apart of the Sentinels, the Prometheans seem as though they've had skeletal remains of Forerunners integrated into their design. If the Didact is supposed to be the embodiment of rage and retaliation, then maybe his Prometheans utilize the feral instinct nature of what remains in the organic parts in the Knights' consciousness.

[thehoodedsmack]

They have joints with visible air between them, that basically takes the robot angle off the table for me.

Sorry, I may not have understood your post. An effect that could not possibly be rooted in biology reassures you that they are not robots?

[Bobblehob]

Sorry, I may not have understood your post. An effect that could not possibly be rooted in biology reassures you that they are not robots?

A robot to me is rooted specifically in mechanical connections, sockets, joints, bearings, hydraulics, things like that. Physical structures that are regularly used in objects that I see around me on a daily basis.

[thehoodedsmack]

A robot to me is rooted specifically in mechanical connections, sockets, joints, bearings, hydraulics, things like that.

Ah, I see. Well, you'd be wrong, then. A robot need only be a mechanical task-machine, visuals are at the designer's discretion. I don't know what a Forerunner robot would look like, but I can tell you these Prometheans look a lot easier to sell as Forerunner robots than they do as living creatures.

[Arteen]

Ah, I see. Well, you'd be wrong, then. A robot need only be a mechanical task-machine, visuals are at the designer's discretion. I don't know what a Forerunner robot would look like, but I can tell you these Prometheans look a lot easier to sell as Forerunner robots than they do as living creatures.

Nah, the prometheans are clearly organic.

[nuttyyayap]

Life as we don't know it
But I still think they look a little interesting.

[Bobblehob]

Ah, I see. Well, you'd be wrong, then. A robot need only be a mechanical task-machine, visuals are at the designer's discretion. I don't know what a Forerunner robot would look like, but I can tell you these Prometheans look a lot easier to sell as Forerunner robots than they do as living creatures.

I'm not wrong, and neither are you :P In this case it is absolutely a question of design.

[DarkHalo003]

I think they are synthetic intelligence created by the Forerunners to continue past the activation of the Halos.

[Kornman00]

I don't think people realize that many of the developers on Halo 4 are former employee's of @bungie that worked on the original Halo series.

If you are counting people who worked on Halo: CE, the number is Zero. We have high hopes for H4, but we hate urban legends.

https://twitter.com/bungie/status/245944896584826880