Any remote fan of anything Halo knows a new game is coming. We got a glimpse today of a teaser trailer on Bungie about the new game. It looks to be official and not a ruse or red herring. Furthermore, this is most likely what was delayed from the prior countdown around E3 or at least directly related to it. We at Loot Ninja are huge fans of not just the Halo games, but the Halo canon as well.
The trailer is for a new game and will be a parallel story to that of Halo 3. Anyone who reads the books knows that there is a lot more going on in the war against the Covenant besides what the Master Chief is up to. Furthermore, the UNSC army has other meaningful parts outside of the Spartans. It is known that a major developer for the GRAW series is now working with Bungie and new IPs.
The game that we think is being displayed here will be a third-person squad like shooter that involves the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers). These were considered the vey best in the UNSC outside of the limited Spartans. The teaser says, Prepare to Drop. This fits almost too perfectly. The game will expand the canon (storylines) further than just what we see in the games. We do not believe that this will be Master Chief type stuff because most people assume they are saving that for a Halo 4 launch with Xbox 720. The plot will run parallel to that of Halo 3 and I am sure that we will see some overlap in both plots because they eventually converge to the final ending. LucasArts has done this time and again; they use smaller characters to help grow a massive story with cameos of the larger and more well known to make the story worthwhile to hardcore fans.
What do you guys think? I have read every Halo related novel and feel that this is at least a plausible explanation. Above is an screen shot taken of what might be the release date. Thoughts?
Image Courtesy of Xbox360 Fanboy.
While I completely agree with what you’re saying, I think there may be a public backlash on an ODST game. How many times have we played Space Marines? Will people accept Halo without the Master Chief or another Spartan? Will there be Spartan III’s in this game? Lots of questions come from this teaser trailer. Bungie is being tight lipped, but I’ll keep poking them to see what information they want to give up
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I PRAY ITS NOT A HALO GAME.
Bungie really needs some new IP’s.
or some of the old ones remade.
just no more fucking halo.
@Kyle – seriously? It is most definitely a Halo 3. See the end of the trailer. Halo 3 – Prepare to Drop. It’s an expansion pack for Halo 3.
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I reckon a parellel ODST game would work really well. Me and my friends love the ODSTs (sad I know). It could easily work, the city could possibly be the one from Halo 2 when you first see the scarab. Perhaps it will be a story from the point when a Pelican went down or maybe it will be start like the ‘Halo Landfall’ video on the marketplace.
If you look carefully, there is a covenant cruiser behind the buildings.
My bet is that, this cruiser is the same one that performed a slip-space jump and destroyed new mombassa
@ Richard:
Nice observation. Very possible.
@ Kyle:
God can’t help you now. Its Halo. Trust me.
Ok I Looked At It and The Date is in this video twice. Once at about 37 in and then while at the end when it says HALO 3. Its Read Like This 0000 01 06 09 00000
Here My Proof
http://s4.tinypic.com/huem4n.jpg
From what ive noticed on the video i think the odst theory is probably the best guess atm. However there might be a possibility that you still play as a spartan imo. After you see the masss of pods drop you later see a single pod drop. Perhaps this contains the master chief or another spartan that you play as. Or maybe it contains the particular trooper that you will play as. My last theory for this is that you see the mass of pods drop first. Well you also see a covenant ship off in the distance during the video. Perhaps all of the first pods are destroyed by this convenant ship and after the covenant has carried out its destruction the last pod falls after the danger has passed and it contains the character who you will be playing as. Another Spartan or ODST for example. Any Thoughts?
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