The Evil Dead
Apr 25 2008, 01:23 PM
This is strictly RUMOR. Nothing more. I however would not be surprised to see such a project come to light. When you have such a large cash cow like Halo, you may as well milk it while it's fresh. I doubt I'd bother with the title myself because I don't see why it has to go to third person, but it may be a refreshing change to the series IF it comes to light.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/25/rumor-bu...n-halo-prequel/Rumor: Bungie making third-person Halo prequel24 Comments by
Christopher Grant Apr 25th 2008 4:29PM
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Microsoft Xbox 360 When Red Storm creative director Christian Allen (of
Ghost Recon fame)
joined Bungie last year, we speculated that he'd be working on a
Halo-themed squad game. Lending further credence to our mutagenically induced prescience, EGM's Quartermann rumor column reports that Bungie's first game
post-Microsoft will be a third-person
Halo prequel "chronicling early skirmishes between the ODST troops and the Covenant" (read: no Master Chief). They're not sure if this is the same as Peter Jackson's mysterious Halo project, though it would appear that they're
hiring a team specifically for that. EGM says that Microsoft will be ready to reveal all once the hype-train for
Gears of War 2 has come to a halt.
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Noonstalker
Apr 26 2008, 03:37 PM
I think it could be cool. Thats a wicked rumor too. If it does see the light hopefully it's something different than what the Halo games are doing, story wise.
Apple_Juice
Apr 26 2008, 08:15 PM
I really think this is going to be ehpic phail
DxS
Apr 27 2008, 12:15 AM
I kind of dont see the point of this game (if it is infact real).
Apple_Juice
Apr 27 2008, 04:01 PM
nobody does.
Grahf
Apr 27 2008, 05:08 PM
QUOTE (DxS @ Apr 27 2008, 03:15 AM)
I kind of dont see the point of this game (if it is infact real).
The point is the same as it is for every game. To make money.
DxS
Apr 27 2008, 05:51 PM
Wow really?
I was talking about in the context of the storyline.
The Evil Dead
Apr 28 2008, 07:52 AM
How wouldn't it work with the storyline? The universe for the game is huge and you'd be taking the role of a marine, not a Spartan... Probably in a squad like title or in a third person title GoW style. There's plenty of room for any story about your average Halo marine within ANY of the games released so far, or separate from the stories of Master Chief and Halo itself.
I think it'd make plenty of sense.
DxS
Apr 28 2008, 08:09 AM
I suppose what I meant to say is that it seems odd that they would spend time on a normal marine rather than the Spartans since thats what Halo has been about thus far. I suppose it would be in the same vein as something like Star Wars Battlefront where you play as a normal soldier instead of a Jedi.
Noir
Apr 28 2008, 11:41 AM
Yeah dude, it's set to be released on the same day as the FFVII remake.
LagunaWannabe
May 13 2008, 08:13 PM
THERES AN FF7 REMAKE?? FINALLY!!!OMG WHAT DAY
/sarcasm
Voyou San
May 13 2008, 08:56 PM
yawn..
another halo game... i guess it cant hurt to take the same halo 1 game, duplicate it again and call it halo 4, or something to that nature..
as long as people will pay for the same game, different name, they will keep making them..wouldnt be suprised
The Evil Dead
May 15 2008, 07:22 AM
QUOTE (Noir @ Apr 28 2008, 02:41 PM)
Yeah dude, it's set to be released on the same day as the FFVII remake.
Not a necessary comment, man. You wouldn't think a Peter Jackson helmed Halo project is happening... But it is. There's no reason to dismiss an idea like this.
Ken Masters
May 16 2008, 09:48 AM
QUOTE (DxS @ Apr 28 2008, 08:09 AM)
I suppose what I meant to say is that it seems odd that they would spend time on a normal marine rather than the Spartans since thats what Halo has been about thus far. I suppose it would be in the same vein as something like Star Wars Battlefront where you play as a normal soldier instead of a Jedi.
If you followed the novels recently, apparently the shift of focus is not only the super-soldiers but the ordinary grunts who fight alongside them (see Contact Harvest).
Theferrell
May 16 2008, 10:01 AM
Hmmm, only reason why I would EVER take a game like this seriously would be if it had game mechanics similar to that of Jet Force Gemini (for N64... only GOOD third person shooter I've ever played)
O wait!!!! X-box sucks on all fronts.... forgot about that little fact... mwahahaha.
LunarMaster
May 16 2008, 10:19 AM
Hey Theferrell how's hating working out for you...
I'm just curious as to how many 3rd Person shooters you've actually played since the best response you could come up with was Jet Force Gemini. (not the worst game out there, but far from memorable)
Yea Halo seems to be taking the same route as Final Fantasy, Mario, Megaman, etc. Popular franchise status and all. You know something is popular when it has haters.
Personally I'm not anticipating this game, but Halo Wars does look pretty sweet.
Theferrell
May 19 2008, 04:30 PM
Oh the hating is working out quite nicely due to the fact that Play n' Trade won't buy back my bro's X-box since it was opened. Jerks...
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