Microsoft Teases Halo 5 ... Sorta
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The Halo franchise is in an exceptionally strong position at the moment so long as it is handled properly.
Halo 4 has the opportunity to be a truly exceptional game and escape what has become very tired by Halo Reach. Whilst i felt Halo Reach has been the best Halo yet, i don't think Microsoft will be able to get away with it again.
All know it is inevitable that Halo 4 will come but many people will now after the conclusion of the main story be much more open to larger changes in the formula.
I also feel even the loyal fans who have stuck with the franchise and have not a bad word to say about it wouldnt immediate cry foul of some change.
A sharper graphical style.
A hybrid of more than one genre. An FPS/RPG would be nice. A Halo along a similar vein to BioShock or Mass Effect.
I do however believe Microsoft should keep Halo away from Kinect except maybe in a minigame collection or any kind of spin off just not the main series.
Who wouldnt want to race The Master-Chief against Marcus Fenix
Halo 4 has the opportunity to be a truly exceptional game and escape what has become very tired by Halo Reach. Whilst i felt Halo Reach has been the best Halo yet, i don't think Microsoft will be able to get away with it again.
All know it is inevitable that Halo 4 will come but many people will now after the conclusion of the main story be much more open to larger changes in the formula.
I also feel even the loyal fans who have stuck with the franchise and have not a bad word to say about it wouldnt immediate cry foul of some change.
A sharper graphical style.
A hybrid of more than one genre. An FPS/RPG would be nice. A Halo along a similar vein to BioShock or Mass Effect.
I do however believe Microsoft should keep Halo away from Kinect except maybe in a minigame collection or any kind of spin off just not the main series.
Who wouldnt want to race The Master-Chief against Marcus Fenix
They really should adjust their naming conventions.
Halo 1 was actually Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2 and Halo 3 were just boring titles.
Halo 2 should have been "Halo 2: Religious Undertones and Loading Screens"
Halo 3 should have been "Halo 3.1: See If You Can Spot the Joke In This Title"
Halo ODST should have been "Halo 3.2: The 60 Dollar Map Pack".
Halo: Reach should have been titled "Halo 3.3: We Retconned Fall of Reach"
Now with Bungie gone, they can be more direct in their naming methodology:
Halo 4: Cash-Cow Auto-Milker
Halo 5: Please Swipe Your Credit Card Now For More Maps
Halo 1 was actually Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo 2 and Halo 3 were just boring titles.
Halo 2 should have been "Halo 2: Religious Undertones and Loading Screens"
Halo 3 should have been "Halo 3.1: See If You Can Spot the Joke In This Title"
Halo ODST should have been "Halo 3.2: The 60 Dollar Map Pack".
Halo: Reach should have been titled "Halo 3.3: We Retconned Fall of Reach"
Now with Bungie gone, they can be more direct in their naming methodology:
Halo 4: Cash-Cow Auto-Milker
Halo 5: Please Swipe Your Credit Card Now For More Maps
343 Industries is an internal Microsoft development studio assigned to oversee the Halo franchise, it's consists of many former Bungie employees and many others who have all at some point been a part of the franchise.Ekit said:
Halo 5? What about Halo 4?
More importantly, please don't tell me "Microsoft Home" is going to be some knockoff of Playstation Home. It'd bad enough Sony spends time and resources making that thing when they could be doing so much more with their platform. Don't join them, Microsoft. Please.
More importantly, please don't tell me "Microsoft Home" is going to be some knockoff of Playstation Home. It'd bad enough Sony spends time and resources making that thing when they could be doing so much more with their platform. Don't join them, Microsoft. Please.
Bill Gates has been retired for years and doesn't have any control over what platforms some game goes to.That Guy Who Phails said:
I dont understand why everyone aks where its Halo 4, Reach is Halo 4, yes its a prequel but it is a Halo title (not like Halo Wars), so instead of calling "Halo zero" you have Halo 4. Everyone here is just ranting because it is Halo and Microsoft, that stuff starts to get old.
Ok people, there are 2 and only 2 logical explanations. The most obvious one is that it's a joke, since the Kinect house is still only a concept, once it'll be out halo 5 will as well.
The other one is that halo reach is considered the 4th one.
Choose one, personally I choose the joke.
The other one is that halo reach is considered the 4th one.
Choose one, personally I choose the joke.
No, they fucked up hereEkit said:
Halo: Reach was not Halo 4
I am willing to call this EPIC FAIL
Guys, guys, guys... settle down.
It seems as if the majority of posters in this thread haven't played the Halo games. There are easy explanations for most of the questions here.
First of all, the "5" in "Halo 5" is coming from Reach, as many have guessed - whoever made this considered Halo: Reach to take the place of Halo 4, which makes sense considering the only other games in the franchise, Halo: ODST and Halo Wars, were both spin-offs. Neither of these games were marketed or produced as a main chapter of the Halo franchise. (Halo: ODST was originally going to be Halo 3: ODST and was intended to be a $30 budget value title, placing itself more as a standalone expansion pack than as an individual title.) Thus one could consider the next main Halo game to be the fifth in the franchise. Hence Halo 5.
But we can be almost 100% certain that Microsoft will not title the next main Halo game Halo 5. First, the jump in numbering would be silly, even if you can reason out Halo: Reach taking the place of the fourth title. But more importantly, the numbered Halo games (Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3) refer specifically to Master Chief's story. That's why Halo: Reach wasn't titled Halo 4. Halo 3 was to "Finish the Fight" - specifically, Master Chief's fight.
So unless they bring back Master Chief this quickly (which would be a surprise, considering how Halo 3 ended), a numbered Halo game wouldn't make any sense. More reasonably we can expect the next new Halo game to have a subtitle a la "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare". (And besides, rumor has it that the Halo game coming out this year is some HD remake of Halo: CE.)
It seems as if the majority of posters in this thread haven't played the Halo games. There are easy explanations for most of the questions here.
First of all, the "5" in "Halo 5" is coming from Reach, as many have guessed - whoever made this considered Halo: Reach to take the place of Halo 4, which makes sense considering the only other games in the franchise, Halo: ODST and Halo Wars, were both spin-offs. Neither of these games were marketed or produced as a main chapter of the Halo franchise. (Halo: ODST was originally going to be Halo 3: ODST and was intended to be a $30 budget value title, placing itself more as a standalone expansion pack than as an individual title.) Thus one could consider the next main Halo game to be the fifth in the franchise. Hence Halo 5.
But we can be almost 100% certain that Microsoft will not title the next main Halo game Halo 5. First, the jump in numbering would be silly, even if you can reason out Halo: Reach taking the place of the fourth title. But more importantly, the numbered Halo games (Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3) refer specifically to Master Chief's story. That's why Halo: Reach wasn't titled Halo 4. Halo 3 was to "Finish the Fight" - specifically, Master Chief's fight.
So unless they bring back Master Chief this quickly (which would be a surprise, considering how Halo 3 ended), a numbered Halo game wouldn't make any sense. More reasonably we can expect the next new Halo game to have a subtitle a la "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare". (And besides, rumor has it that the Halo game coming out this year is some HD remake of Halo: CE.)