Halo

[Space Sweeper]

I finish the campaign in Reach (I would finish it months ago if I was not so busy with work and school). I thought the whole story mode in Reach was great but the main thing that bug me was the ending.

Spoiler

The main character dies since I feel like it was a wasted since it feels like he did not had very much devoplment, and seeing him die feel like a waste. It seems like Bungie did left things opean up for another game.

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Simply, he was a soldier who had done his duty; insured the survival of humanity. Seeing him die was so dramatic because you had been playing him from a first person perspective the whole game, in which countless others are dying around you on the planet.. you're just another one of them. But you sure as hell go out strong. The real dramatic weight came through the fact that everybody remembers, as soon as the scene starts, the vacant, destroyed helmet lying in the sand at the beginning of the game, yet there is that awkward drive to do everything you can to carry out the hopeless mission objective: "Survive".

[Sharp Sticks]

Beautifully put, Sweeps.

Only, Noble 6 was totally a she.

[Hive Tyrant]

I finish the campaign in Reach (I would finish it months ago if I was not so busy with work and school). I thought the whole story mode in Reach was great but the main thing that bug me was the ending.

Spoiler

The main character dies since I feel like it was a wasted since it feels like he did not had very much devoplment, and seeing him die feel like a waste. It seems like Bungie did left things opean up for another game.

[close]

Simply, he was a soldier who had done his duty; insured the survival of humanity. Seeing him die was so dramatic because you had been playing him from a first person perspective the whole game, in which countless others are dying around you on the planet.. you're just another one of them. But you sure as hell go out strong. The real dramatic weight came through the fact that everybody remembers, as soon as the scene starts, the vacant, destroyed helmet lying in the sand at the beginning of the game, yet there is that awkward drive to do everything you can to carry out the hopeless mission objective: "Survive".

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Somebody get me an XBox, I want to play this game.

[Cap. Fitzgerald]

I finish the campaign in Reach (I would finish it months ago if I was not so busy with work and school). I thought the whole story mode in Reach was great but the main thing that bug me was the ending.

Spoiler

The main character dies since I feel like it was a wasted since it feels like he did not had very much devoplment, and seeing him die feel like a waste. It seems like Bungie did left things opean up for another game.

[close]

Simply, he was a soldier who had done his duty; insured the survival of humanity. Seeing him die was so dramatic because you had been playing him from a first person perspective the whole game, in which countless others are dying around you on the planet.. you're just another one of them. But you sure as hell go out strong. The real dramatic weight came through the fact that everybody remembers, as soon as the scene starts, the vacant, destroyed helmet lying in the sand at the beginning of the game, yet there is that awkward drive to do everything you can to carry out the hopeless mission objective: "Survive".

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Somebody get me an XBox, I want to play this game.

Good jobs Sweeps, you've converted someone.

[Nightmare Asylum]

Sweeps, beautifully stated. I absolutely loved that part. Very dramatic, saddening, but also very real in the fact that it can happen to anyone.

[Sharp Sticks]

The end of Halo Reach was probably the only time I've ever felt truly satisfied with the end of a franchise. When that screen faded to white, I just thought: 'it's done, it was perfect. Wow'. Everything came full circle - full halo.

[Space Sweeper]

The end of Halo Reach was probably the only time I've ever felt truly satisfied with the end of a franchise. When that screen faded to white, I just thought: 'it's done, it was perfect. Wow'. Everything came full circle - full halo.

Yeah, I remember playing that with the sound all the way up, the darkened room surrounded by Marty O'Donnell, and then when the white and music cut away. I stood up and I applauded Halo. Nobody else was around, just me, and I applauded.

[Sharp Sticks]

Now that you say that, I think I did the same thing. Kind of a blur. There were a lot of weird emotions.

Thing is, Reach was so good as an epilogue to the series that I'll never be able to give a shit about the new 343 stuff. It's over for me, the story is told. A Halo movie might be good (*kaff*butonlyifwewriteit*kaff*), and I'll always be replaying, but otherwise, fin.

[Space Sweeper]

Now that you say that, I think I did the same thing. Kind of a blur. There were a lot of weird emotions.

Thing is, Reach was so good as an epilogue to the series that I'll never be able to give a shit about the new 343 stuff.

I agree.. that ending was too perfect to care about a "3rd party" property as much as the original trilogy. Ironically enough, I consider Halo Wars as being part of the Halo saga, simply for the reason that it was released in Bungie's Halo run. The story fit along with it almost perfectly (though the inclusion of the Flood was quite unnecessary), and it seemed like a fine addition to the universe. I'll continue to read the books and graphic novels, but really any additions to the franchise now will likely just feel tacked on to what will always be known as the Halo Saga.

A Halo movie might be good (*kaff*butonlyifwewriteit*kaff*)

*Coffee*Starbuckscornerdouchebagswithlaptopstypingawayareinourfuture*Coffee*

[Sharp Sticks]

I agree.. that ending was too perfect to care about a "3rd party" property as much as the original trilogy. Ironically enough, I consider Halo Wars as being part of the Halo saga, simply for the reason that it was released in Bungie's Halo run. The story fit along with it almost perfectly (though the inclusion of the Flood was quite unnecessary), and it seemed like a fine addition to the universe. I'll continue to read the books and graphic novels, but really any additions to the franchise now will likely just feel tacked on to what will always be known as the Halo Saga.

Clever marketing will be the end of me.

*Coffee*Starbuckscornerdouchebagswithlaptopstypingawayareinourfuture*Coffee*

Aw man, but I hate those guys.

Guess I'll have to go finish up that Dr. Acula script now...sigh...

[Nightmare Asylum]

I hope that future Halo games don't feel tacked on. The six that we have now make up an amazing story, five within one of the greatest story arcs ever created, and the other (Wars) a great side story. I cant wait to see what 343 does, and I hope that they feel just as fresh and distinctly Halo while adding to the overall story without milking the franchise.

[Ratchetcomand]

I wonder if Bungie will make another game that will take place after Reach? I doubt they can make a game that will take place after Halo 3.

[Sharp Sticks]

They aren't making any more Halo games. Period. And that's good.

[Cap. Fitzgerald]

343 will continue Master Chiefs story or else they would be "The biggest assholes" ever.
I just hope it's well written.

[ShadowPred]

I'm down for another game, any time.