Microsoft Not Done With Master Chief

[SP MeaslyBinkie]

I think they might to do a prequel before the original,a game where you play as Sgt Johnson or maybe a Marathon remake and I think the only one Bungie would develop would be the Marathon remake since they have said "they" are not making any more "Halo" games but who knows maybe will make one.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Alright, I can accept that. My bad. But all the same, it seems to me that it could be argued in either direction.

I believe Bungie stated once that Marathon and Halo are not related, if I find the link I'll post it. They're similar, nothing more.

UNSC = UESC
Spartan = Battleroid
Covenant = Pfhor (they even both have the rebellion that helps the humans out)

Anyway, I would love a Marathon remake, the story is so compelling but I hate Doom-era shooters.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

I know it's going to suck but...I love Halo, and want more. I loved the games and thought the books were great, specially The Fall of Reach.

 

[Yegargeburble]

Halo Unleashed anyone?

I was going to say "Were-Spartan, anyone?" Do believe I was beaten to it, though.

Either way, I do not want to see another Halo. I liked the first 3 a bit, and I really don't want to see the chief become another Sonic.

 

[rohit9891]

adding more stuff into the halo franchise seems good...but they better have a good story to back it up
it would have been better if they could let us fight as some other spartan against the covenant

 

[Strong Intelligent]

Am I the only one who is excited at this news?

Really?

 

[Sweep117]

I'm a huge Halo fan but even I think another Halo may be a bad idea. I doubt Bungie would release a Halo 4 but then again...

Spoiler

If you beat Halo 3 on Legendary, you would've seen the extra few seconds of cinematics that shows 117's ship coming up on a dark, evil-looking planet. Obviously Bungie never had any intention of letting go of the Master Chief. They essentially told us in the end of their game!

No, the news is not a surprise. Yes, it does cause my "Microsoft Points" to "lose morale." I think Bungie and Microsoft should leave the Halo series to the books. (As long as they get Eric Nylund to write more. His Halo stories are rivaled by none.) You have endless possibilities with the books and they cost much less to produce.

EDIT: I sounded really harsh there... If another Halo game does come out, I will buy it and I can guarantee you I will love it. I love the story too damn much not to. I just think they should quit while they're ahead. Just because I'll follow Bungie off a cliff doesn't mean everyone will.

 

[13lackfriday]

Hopefully, they mean as in cameos, or in a prequel form.
The Chief is a soldier, and has no place in times of peace, so it's best his final fate is left unknown.

*Looks at "Finish the Fight" poster

so?.....The fight isn't over?

I'm reallly, really confused right now.

Yes, the "Fight" was "Finish"-ed.
The Covenant fell apart after the Hierarchs were all killed, so their campaign against humanity is over.
The Flood threat was neutralized (at least locally), so no more worries about a squishy, infected Earth.
It's only the Chief's story that has an open ending.

Also, with the Master Chief and Cortana drifting to an unknown planet (according to the after credits bit on Legendary), there has been fan speculation that the planet may well be Onyx (a place featured heavily in the novel Ghosts of Onyx, set during the events of Halo 3). Have Bungie or Microsoft released any information yet regarding that?

Who knows?
Maybe he found the Forerunner planet and he's now living like a god as their "Reclaimer."

 

[Madaxeman101]

Does nobody else think that a prequel halo game showing the fall of reach would be a good thing?

 

[SmoothGlover]

Lot of talk about MC becoming the new Sonic, lets not forget that Sonic has a fair few years on Master Chief not to mention releases. Not to mention the fact that Sonic has been put through some god-awful games, (lets not even think about this Black Knight thing coming up...) i do think that even if MGS used MC again the concept would not be squandered and the game would follow the format that has attracted its following (FPS + Multiplayer).

Besides all of this, i reckon some people have already hit the nail on the head saying that he will appear in a non-playable way (Books, NPC etc).

 

[PezNic]

Personally i think the next halo game should be a PC(cant stress that part enough) space rts similar to the homeworld games. Space battles have only ever really been explored through the books sofar and i personally love the idea of space rts's, the two factions' spacecraft have already been fleshed out within the halo universe through mostly the books and the original halo series so there would not be a need to invent units like they did in halo wars.

Besides i believe that its time MC was put to rest. They've fleshed his character out enough within the halo universe, would much prefer they focus on other preferably non-spartan characters. When playing the trilogy it always seemed as if the entire UNSC was completely incompetent and I (as MC) would have to litterally do everything which i thought was somewhat tiresome. Hearing the news of Halo 3:ODST was alot more exciting to me than the news of Halo 3 itself as firstly, the ODSTs are badass, and because finally we aren't playing as some genetically enhanced super soldier fighting the war entirely by ourselves. They have even stated that playing as the rookie will be somewhat different than MC in that he wont be as strong, fast or have energy shields/motion tracker. Atlast something refreshingly different ^_^

 

[fix-the-spade]

I wait with baited breath for:
Halo Racing
Halo Party
Halo 4: The Flood (AGAIN!)
Halo 5: The Drought
Halo 6: The Seven Plagues of Middle Earth.
Halo 7: Fuck it, it's the Covenant again.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

I've already accepted that Halo will continue well into the distant future, I just don't want Bungie to do it, I want them to prove that they can make something that's not Halo.

 

[oliveira8]

I wait with baited breath for:
Halo Racing
Halo Party
Halo 4: The Flood (AGAIN!)
Halo 5: The Drought
Halo 6: The Seven Plagues of Middle Earth.
Halo 7: Fuck it, it's the Covenant again.

Halo Smash Brawl!

 

[Trivun]

Also, with the Master Chief and Cortana drifting to an unknown planet (according to the after credits bit on Legendary), there has been fan speculation that the planet may well be Onyx (a place featured heavily in the novel Ghosts of Onyx, set during the events of Halo 3). Have Bungie or Microsoft released any information yet regarding that?

Who knows?
Maybe he found the Forerunner planet and he's now living like a god as their "Reclaimer."

That would be interesting, but sadly that isn't possible. The Forerunners were wiped out, they built the planet Onyx as well as several others (as yet unseen) as shield bunkers where they could hide and be unaffected by the Halo's blast across the galaxy. They would then return when the Flood died from starvation. However, they never used the shields, as the Flood got to them before they could reach those planets. This is revealed in the Terminals found in Halo 3, as well as the novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. The reason humans are seen as the Reclaimers and the descendants of the Forerunners is because they were seded with the Forerunner's genes and blessings when the Halo rings were first fired. They were protected by the fact that Africa is regarded as the cradle of human civilisation, theyw ere moved to the Ark (another shield) for a short time by the Didact (the last surviving Forerunner, she died of old age shortly after the Halo Array was fired).

Yes, I like Halo a lot. Obvious, right?

 

[Galletea]

At least you can't really go wrong with generic fps as a money making machine. He still has a long long way to go before he gets to the Sonic-esque stage though.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

They're never going to be done with MC. He's going to be squeezed to death just like Sonic.

*weary sigh*

QFT

 

[WingedFortress]

I dont necessarily see this as a bad thing. It's not like Bungie is milking the MC, but rather Gearbox is going to take a new view on the chief. It could be early missions. It could be the battle of Reach. It could be set millions of years into the future, when the cycle of life has repeated itself, and the universe is need of the reclaimer once more. Fact is, theres alot to be done with such a faceless character like the Chief. He's just a template, thats all.

 

[The Cheezy One]

Master Chief Versus Captain Price.

They should make that game.

MC vs Macmillan
FTW

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

I know it's going to suck but...I love Halo, and want more. I loved the games and thought the books were great, specially The Fall of Reach.

Definitely my favorite book.

So Sony are the only people who know how to retire mascots so they don't get incredibly lame? (Sold off Spyro and Crash, put PaRappa the Rapper, Ape Escape and Medievil on the shelf, and have stated that at the end of God Of War III, barring Ready At Dawns make another PsP game, we will see the last of Kratos)

I'm very proud of Sony knowing how to retire mascots.

I wait with baited breath for:
Halo Racing
Halo Party
Halo 4: The Flood (AGAIN!)
Halo 5: The Drought
Halo 6: The Seven Plagues of Middle Earth.
Halo 7: Fuck it, it's the Covenant again.

lol XD

Okay on topic. Really MS needs to kill this franchise and move on to something else. I know it's a console seller but for the love of God!
I vote they just either remake Marathon or do something else.