Indeed. I am getting really frustrated with the lack of info. I mean, this would definitely be out by this time next year and yet we know nothing about the game except a cg trailer and a picture art thing. While ODST and Reach we're good games, I have been waiting for some progress in the series, a continuation of the story and the return of MC.
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Indeed. I am getting really frustrated with the lack of info. I mean, this would definitely be out by this time next year and yet we know nothing about the game except a cg trailer and a picture art thing. While ODST and Reach we're good games, I have been waiting for some progress in the series, a continuation of the story and the return of MC.
Let them have reveals, they were all CGI with no gameplay. And Halo had its "reveal" already. I want gameplay, and I trust 343 to show it when it's ready, so I can wait. I already know the game is coming out next year (unless it doesn't), so it makes things easier.
Slightly Live
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Primordium Spoilers
Last chance to not read!
So... we have humans living on a Halo ring all of their lives who have never heard of Earth. Shocking!
Chakas seems to no longer have a physical body and is telling his story to a reclaimer.
Wat. Source?
Reagan's BR
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Go play Quake or Unreal. Halo should only play like Halo.
Slightly Live
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Trey said:
Some dude claims he got it early. He's only 40 pages in so far.
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kittens
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I want to live on a Halo ring. :-(
ncsuDuncan
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After the awesome twists and turns in Cryptum, the last thing I want to do is read Primordium spoilers. I can handle the two-week wait.
Don't know how you do it Dani (but I appreciate the spoiler tags).
Don't know how you do it Dani (but I appreciate the spoiler tags).
Hypertrooper
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The last point isn't really surprising since the book description:
A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.
Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me.
You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the last true Reclaimer, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I’ll be able to finish the story.
Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas...
Since then, I’ve traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me.
You have asked me to tell you about that time. Since you are the last true Reclaimer, I must obey. Are you recording? Good. Because my memory is failing rapidly. I doubt I’ll be able to finish the story.
Once, on my birth-world, a world I knew as Erde-Tyrene, and which now is called Earth, my name was Chakas...
Otherwise the little information weren't really that twisty misty.
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kittens
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Is the last Reclaimer Master Chief?
Heh, I was just going to post that. That bit of narration makes it sound like someone's accessing his Durance.
Is there anything that would make Master Chief fit that description?
The "true" part makes it sound like we only kinda-sorta fit the label of "Reclaimers," so I'd sooner bet on it being either an ancient variety of human, or an actual Forerunner.
The "true" part makes it sound like we only kinda-sorta fit the label of "Reclaimers," so I'd sooner bet on it being either an ancient variety of human, or an actual Forerunner.
The Librarian
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Ugh. Are those spoilers okay to read? Probably not. I hate feeling out of the loop!
Hypertrooper
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I'd say you can read the last point of Dani's spoiler, if you read the book description of Halo Primordium already. The other spoilers from me, Kittens and Flipyap are about this topic.
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kittens
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Hah, I dunno, I barely keep up with Forerunner lore. I just assumed that
Master Chief is the "last Reclaimer" because Halo 4/5/6 is named the Reclaimer Trilogy.
Hypertrooper
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Isn't every human a Reclaimer? At the end of the level "Covenant" Truth said "You delay the inevitable. One of you will light the rings." Only Johnson and Keyes are in this cutscene. Johnson isn't a normal Human, we know. He is a Spartan 1, but Keyes is definitely a normal person. Maybe Truth didn't know that Johnson and Master Chief are different and so he thought that they all are the same.
Vinterbird
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So I want to brush up on my Halo lore, what is the essential books to get catches up and understand everything so far?
I've only read Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Contact and Ghosts of Onyx.
I've only read Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Contact and Ghosts of Onyx.
Hypertrooper
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With these books, you can start reading Halo: Glasslands and Halo: Cryptum. These two books are the most discussed here right now. Glasslands is the first Post-Halo 3 book and Cryptum plays in the times of the Forerunner. Both are good reads and very interesting.
Gordon0Freeman
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What is the correct timeline of the books directly after Halo 3? I'd like to start reading from that point on!
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kittens
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Whoaaaa, I didn't know that! :-0 Where is that revealed?
And yeah, I guess the rest of your theory makes sense. So Master Chief is just another human in that sense?
Hypertrooper
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I think it was revealed in the Graphic Novel. (Edit.: But you could check Halopedian.)
Why shouldn't he be one? He is just a gene-modified human.
Slightly Live
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Massive spoiler for Primordium.
Description of a character.
Description of a character.
The Librarian
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Dammit, Dani, stop doing that!
And where are you getting these from?
And where are you getting these from?
Hypertrooper
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From HaloWaypoint.
And the British Store "Waterstone" has it in Stock, if someone from the UK wants it early.
Btw. shouldn't we open a thread in the OT? I'd do it.
Edit.: Please
I read it and I really regret it.Slightly Live
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Yay, super spoiled. Not going to repost this particular spoiler, but damm.
Dude, don't play with fire unless you're willing to get burned.
I like to be toasted alive though. =)
From HaloWaypoint.
And the British Store "Waterstone" has it in Stock, if someone from the UK wants it early.
Btw. shouldn't we open a thread in the OT? I'd do it.
Edit.: PleaseDaniSlightly Live, don't post his next spoiler.
Dude, don't play with fire unless you're willing to get burned.
I like to be toasted alive though. =)
dragonelite
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Maybe forerunners tried to get the flood cure from the humans living on the ring or accelerate those humans so they could make a cure?
Slightly Live
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Haha. My god, it's full of stars.
I've just found out some end of the book spoilers. Really big, disgusting awesome shockwave-level stuff.
Must resist urge to spoil folks.
Yeah, going to start up a few FUD articles over the holidays. My inner Halo nerd is spinning.
I've just found out some end of the book spoilers. Really big, disgusting awesome shockwave-level stuff.
Must resist urge to spoil folks.
Yeah, going to start up a few FUD articles over the holidays. My inner Halo nerd is spinning.
Hypertrooper
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It's really hard to resist the fire if it is still hot but the area is cold. [shitty metaphor I know lol.]
But I can't wait for Primoridum. Two weeks. Two weeks.
Slightly Live
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I'm making a mental list of priorities concerning how this series might direct lead into Halo 4. The list is exploding.
Now my hype levels are trough the roof.
Slightly Live
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Minds will be blown. I promise you.
The CEA Terminals ain't got nothing on Primordium.
dragonelite
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Hate this im dehydrated from info on halo 4 atleast with reach i had the in engine cutscene to look at now i have nothing.
Slightly Live
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You could always read. Some small comforting warmth whilst we wait for the fire to be lit.
Hypertrooper
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You still have the amazing Art trailer?
That sucks.
Being a human and a regular soldier doing what he did made him the badass that he is
Also, I read the summary of Glasslands on the wikis and does it really take place post-Halo 3? Cause some of it sounds fucking stupid.
I know humans still hate the Covenant but they basically almost lost their planet yet they still want to face the Sanghelli? Even if they "create strife", they'd get wrecked. It also sounds that the author is going to kill the Arbiter off which fucking sucks.
Also wish the author left out any of the stuff relating to Halsey and gang and would leave Nylund to conclude that part. Can he actually still write Halo novels?
PM me?
Zeouterlimits
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I almost highlighted spoilers without realising it. Way too close.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Fuuuuuuck me for highlighting that. Halo 4 to have
epic bosses?
Hypertrooper
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The Elites split themselves from the Prophets and the Engineer. Because of this they don't have the ressources they had in the Human/Covenant war. What does that mean? They aren't so strong as they should be. And there are different groups inside the Elites. The Arbiter tries to find a peaceful life beside the humans. Some Elites are really against it. They want to kill the Arbiter. It doesn't sound stupid if you read the book.
The Librarian
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I guess we should have a dedicated Primordium thread rather than hashing it out here (or the Reach thread)?
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kittens
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Primordium is shaping up to be better than Cryptum due to shear :-O factor. It's funny, spoilers make me more likely to buy the books, but game spoilers piss me off endlessly. I'm weird like that.
And yeah, Dax, I think a Primordium thread in the OT makes sense. A leak/speculation thread now and an OT next week?
And yeah, Dax, I think a Primordium thread in the OT makes sense. A leak/speculation thread now and an OT next week?
Oh man, I really didn't want to get spoiled, but couldn't resist and highlighted that... and... I don't feel like anything has been spoiled. Phew.
Slightly Live
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The juicy stuff is saved until later. =)
The Elites split themselves from the Prophets and the Engineer. Because of this they don't have the ressources they had in the Human/Covenant war. What does that mean? They aren't so strong as they should be. And there are different groups inside the Elites. The Arbiter tries to find a peaceful life beside the humans. Some Elites are really against it. They want to kill the Arbiter. It doesn't sound stupid if you read the book.
It's more the humans still going after the Sangheilli that I find stupid. The Schism makes sense considering everything that's been covered before already. But you gotta admit the Arbiter dieing would just suck. And I still think the Sangeilli could woop the humans ass even in their current state. They sure seemed better off than the humans were at least.
Hypertrooper
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Do you really think that everything is forgotton because the Elites and Humans fought together? That there is no hatred against the Elites for killing family members etc.? And only a group from ONI does something against the Elites. Lord Hood is trying to find a peaceful solution and doesn't know what ONI is doing right now.
The Xtortionist
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With one of the Metroid Prime guys on board, I wouldn't doubt it. But bosses don't normally work in games lacking a dodge mechanic (like Metroid Prime's strafe jump). And if there are bosses, I hope they will be more toe-to-toe, possibly "fair" encounters rather than "big immobile enemy with glowing weakpoints". Prime 3's Gandrayda fight is an example.
The Librarian
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I don't know if you just spoiled that spoiler tag or whatever
talking about bosses, but Halo 3 already had excellent bosses. If Halo 4 is looking to have bosses, all they need to do is look to the Scarab fights in Halo 3. I've never played better bosses in an FPS game.
Okay, that scary massive spoiler warning is causing some spoilerphobia and confusion in this thread.
The spoiler-tagged fragment simply reworded the description of the captive. The mildly spoilery part just referred to its location and such.
Demoncarnotaur
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Ooohh, spoilers! I cant wait for Primordium, so Im torn.. Do I spoil myself, or wait? Personally I dont want huge bok spoilers, but I wouldn't mind universe developments, and most of all things that may be important for Halo 4.
The Xtortionist
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Scarab fights were visually impressive but mechanically shallow. Just circle strafe and shoot the joints, then climb on board and wreck shop.