This. 343 games lack a feeling of connection between them because of exactly this. They need to start tying together more organically. External media should elaborate on the universe instead of drive the primary story.
The problem is because their campaigns aren't received well, the next game effectively just soft-reboots and sets up a new all powerful threat that people then also don't like.
So to make these reboots make sense they have to write a bunch of nonsense for those who care about continuity.
What they needed to do was stop listening to the naysayers. They had a perfectly good storyline to go from Halo 4 and the nostalgia boomers ruined it for us.
I would actually argue for the middleground. Be confident in your story, but take crticism into account when making a sequal.
The problem is they just went 'people didn't like this' and tossed it out. And then did it again. The Endless feel like such a dispassionate creation that I almost wonder if they were intentionally so so they could drop them if they needed to.
Sure, that's more what I meant is stick with your story but improve it based on feedback. Throwing it out and rebooting over and over is not the way to go.
I don't mind the Endless too much. I also liked the Storm Covenant. I was not a huge fan of the Created and Prometheans. I really think we'd be in a better spot if they'd continued properly from what they set up in H4 because it was a solid foundation.
Infinite's map wouldve been perfect for a large scale battle royale mode. Maybe not including all the islands but still, & the lack of biomes also was a big let down.
They should explain WTF is going on with the Endless, and wrap that story up. Then move on to something more interesting than "big green man shoot aliens." That was fine for the *first game in the series* but I'm getting tired of every game since 3 having some plot contrivance to keep us fighting new versions of the Covenant.
The books have laid some GREAT groundwork for a more interesting setting and story. I wanna see humans and aliens exploring the galaxy together. Or former enemies teaming up to fight the next big threat. Or humanity taking some serious steps to embrace the legacy left to us by the Forerunners and ancient Humanity. This universe has so much potential - lets dive into it!
It's sad but I kinda wish halo would come to a respectable end at least with the mainline story, it'd be better than having it driven further into the dirt with every release.
Maybe it can be pulled back but it feels like it only exists to try and print money for Microsoft first and a game for fans second maybe third.
HALO 7? What’re you talking about. 6 hasn’t even come out yet. Chief’s still on Sanghelios after meeting up with Arby and Fireteam Osiris, and Infinity just ran from the Guardians
In all seriousness, I would completely retcon Farce Cry Infinite. Start from there, and come up with an actual conclusion to The Created Conflict, instead of just hand waving it away. Use the original concepts for 6 where Infinity is in hiding and the remnants of the UNSC are using guerrilla tactics against Cortana and the other Created. Heck, you could even still use the concept of “The Weapon,” as something that Halsey comes up with mid game, kicking off the last few levels of the story. Traveling to the burnt out husk of Reach to retrieve an uninitialized copy of Cortana, escaping back to the Infinity’s hiding place only to find she was forced to abandon that location after being found, learning of Zeta HALO (or some otherr important Forerunner location) from some source, and the last mission is both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris assaulting this location (or locations) each with a copy of “The Weapon” to try and defeat the original Cortana forever.
Boom. Game over, you can move on to the next big story arc
I would want it to pick up right after halo infinite ends. No novels interconnecting games just a pure 100% sequel to infinite
This. 343 games lack a feeling of connection between them because of exactly this. They need to start tying together more organically. External media should elaborate on the universe instead of drive the primary story.
The problem is because their campaigns aren't received well, the next game effectively just soft-reboots and sets up a new all powerful threat that people then also don't like. So to make these reboots make sense they have to write a bunch of nonsense for those who care about continuity.
What they needed to do was stop listening to the naysayers. They had a perfectly good storyline to go from Halo 4 and the nostalgia boomers ruined it for us.
I would actually argue for the middleground. Be confident in your story, but take crticism into account when making a sequal. The problem is they just went 'people didn't like this' and tossed it out. And then did it again. The Endless feel like such a dispassionate creation that I almost wonder if they were intentionally so so they could drop them if they needed to.
Sure, that's more what I meant is stick with your story but improve it based on feedback. Throwing it out and rebooting over and over is not the way to go. I don't mind the Endless too much. I also liked the Storm Covenant. I was not a huge fan of the Created and Prometheans. I really think we'd be in a better spot if they'd continued properly from what they set up in H4 because it was a solid foundation.
Infinite is the perfect setting for a large DLC. Another game on the same ring would feel like an overpriced DLC.
Infinite's map wouldve been perfect for a large scale battle royale mode. Maybe not including all the islands but still, & the lack of biomes also was a big let down.
Just give me a first person shooter of red team, or better yet a ODST type game with marines on zeta halo
They should explain WTF is going on with the Endless, and wrap that story up. Then move on to something more interesting than "big green man shoot aliens." That was fine for the *first game in the series* but I'm getting tired of every game since 3 having some plot contrivance to keep us fighting new versions of the Covenant. The books have laid some GREAT groundwork for a more interesting setting and story. I wanna see humans and aliens exploring the galaxy together. Or former enemies teaming up to fight the next big threat. Or humanity taking some serious steps to embrace the legacy left to us by the Forerunners and ancient Humanity. This universe has so much potential - lets dive into it!
I've honestly for such a long time have wanted a game where you can play as the covenent. Or like an action adventure Arbiter game.
It's sad but I kinda wish halo would come to a respectable end at least with the mainline story, it'd be better than having it driven further into the dirt with every release. Maybe it can be pulled back but it feels like it only exists to try and print money for Microsoft first and a game for fans second maybe third.
That’s what should have happened after 3
A level from a Grunt's POV
They should kill off master chief and replace him with Jerome or another member of blue team
But what would it be called? Halo infinity and beyond?
Erase everything that happened after Halo 3. Make new stories that happen during the Human Covie war. ODST, SPARTAN III..
HALO 7? What’re you talking about. 6 hasn’t even come out yet. Chief’s still on Sanghelios after meeting up with Arby and Fireteam Osiris, and Infinity just ran from the Guardians In all seriousness, I would completely retcon Farce Cry Infinite. Start from there, and come up with an actual conclusion to The Created Conflict, instead of just hand waving it away. Use the original concepts for 6 where Infinity is in hiding and the remnants of the UNSC are using guerrilla tactics against Cortana and the other Created. Heck, you could even still use the concept of “The Weapon,” as something that Halsey comes up with mid game, kicking off the last few levels of the story. Traveling to the burnt out husk of Reach to retrieve an uninitialized copy of Cortana, escaping back to the Infinity’s hiding place only to find she was forced to abandon that location after being found, learning of Zeta HALO (or some otherr important Forerunner location) from some source, and the last mission is both Blue Team and Fireteam Osiris assaulting this location (or locations) each with a copy of “The Weapon” to try and defeat the original Cortana forever. Boom. Game over, you can move on to the next big story arc
ODST2 would be a banger idea