Bungie explored Halo 4 before Reach News

I don't want to come off as ya know all that... but you can thank me and all my rantings to MS/Bungie in 2007 - 2008 for convincing Bungie to do a prequel to CE as their next game. :o :P

Anywho, Halo 4 will come and it will be by 343 Ind as a launch title for the next MS machine. :D

The Story.

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Oh theres a vid here as well. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/bungie-explored-halo-4-before-deciding-on-reach

Bungie thought about creating Halo 4 before settling on prequel Halo: Reach, community directory Brian Jarrard has revealed.

Series hero Master Chief would have woken up from his cryo-sleep in the game, had it happened.

"Even before the idea to build a game based around Reach came about, a lot of other concepts were explored, up to and including a proper Halo 4, where Master Chief was going to wake up from cryo-sleep and we were going to tell that story," Jarrard told MTV Multiplayer.

Although Reach, set to be the last Bungie-developed Halo, is shaping up to be one of 2010's biggest games, some fans are disappointed that Bungie decided to create a prequel to the first Halo rather than continuing Master Chief's story.

"It just wasn't as interesting to the team to just pick up where that left off and all the baggage that came with it," Jarrard explained.

"I think it was a little bit liberating. Hearing the guys talk about working through the trilogy and the obligation of keeping the themes moving forward and tying them up systematically. And ODST was also kinda nice 'cause they could do something different, something separate, and it's totally self-contained.

"I definitely think that, for Reach, a lot of the same attitude carried over. We don't want to open up a whole bunch of doors that we're not going to close. By the end of this, it's all going to come to a nice, neat finish, and if people want to then go play the Halo trilogy, I think they'll have a better understanding of what's going on, but it's not required at all."

There's been loads of speculation that Master Chief turns up at some point in Halo: Reach, but according to MTV Multiplayer, Jarrard confirmed that the faceless space marine "is nowhere in this game".

Master Chief fans shouldn't be too worried, though. Reach is shaping up nicely. Game's out on the Xbox 360 on 14th September.

REALLY finish the fight...

...or not!

Halo should be milked to the last drop . that's the motto for the series.

Reach does look better than Halo3 tho ( to avoid the firing comments :D) .

I would actually kinda like a continuing story of The ODSTs. Like Continue with The Rookie's Story.

Halo should be milked to the last drop . that's the motto for the series.

Reach does look better than Halo3 tho ( to avoid the firing comments :D) .

2mrw

Halo should be milked to the last drop . that's the motto for the series.

Reach does look better than Halo3 tho ( to avoid the firing comments :D) .

2mrw

Halo 4: It's time to start another fight! Then finish it 2 games later!

Halo 4: It's time to start another fight! Then finish it 2 games later!

789shadow

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

Halo 4: It's time to start another fight! Then finish it 2 games later!

Ravensmash

Thanks.

Im 100% sure we'll get Halo 4 in the future (720 launch title!).

But for now, im glad Bungie took this path. Reach looks incredible.

Halo 4: It's time to start another fight! Then finish it 2 games later!

789shadow

Milkage.................. we already knew it was going to be milkedRTUUMM

Im 100% sure we'll get Halo 4 in the future (720 launch title!).

But for now, im glad Bungie took this path. Reach looks incredible.

Halo should be milked to the last drop . that's the motto for the series.

Reach does look better than Halo3 tho ( to avoid the firing comments :D) .

2mrw

Cool, excellent news for Halo fans. :D

[QUOTE="Oonga"]

Im 100% sure we'll get Halo 4 in the future (720 launch title!).

But for now, im glad Bungie took this path. Reach looks incredible.

RTUUMM

Milkage.................. we already knew it was going to be milkedRTUUMM

Notice the Reach reference. 8)

[QUOTE="Oonga"]

Im 100% sure we'll get Halo 4 in the future (720 launch title!).

But for now, im glad Bungie took this path. Reach looks incredible.

RTUUMM

when you say "they" did you mean by bungie. cause they didnt do halo wars.

also you like mgs,dbz,and naruto right? their not being milked either?

Halo should be milked to the last drop . that's the motto for the series.

2mrw

As long as the quality stays AA-AAA, I love this kind of milking.

I have no doubt in my mind that the Halo franchise will continue after Reach, I said that after Halo 3 and no one believed me. Finish the Fight? Nope, not a never ending fight. Anyway that's not a bad thing, it's a popular franchise and MS would be a fool to end it now. I say they should go the way of Mario with Halo, then one day it will too achieve a 10/10 like SMG2, but I have feeling Reach will bag a 10.

[QUOTE="RTUUMM"][QUOTE="Oonga"]

Im 100% sure we'll get Halo 4 in the future (720 launch title!).

But for now, im glad Bungie took this path. Reach looks incredible.

SpiritOfFire117

I have no doubt in my mind that the Halo franchise will continue after Reach, I said that after Halo 3 and no one believed me. Finish the Fight? Nope, not a never ending fight. Anyway that's not a bad thing, it's a popular franchise and MS would be a fool to end it now. I say they should go the way of Mario with Halo, then one day it will too achieve a 10/10 like SMG2, but I have feeling Reach will bag a 10.

Swift_Boss_A

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]

I have no doubt in my mind that the Halo franchise will continue after Reach, I said that after Halo 3 and no one believed me. Finish the Fight? Nope, not a never ending fight. Anyway that's not a bad thing, it's a popular franchise and MS would be a fool to end it now. I say they should go the way of Mario with Halo, then one day it will too achieve a 10/10 like SMG2, but I have feeling Reach will bag a 10.

SparkyProtocol

That's what they want you to believe :o They will be back! with cake :P

Wait, how can you make a Halo 4 if master Cheif is already dead? He's dead right? Yeah, Im pretty sure he's dead.Crotazoa8

[spoiler] He and Cortana are still drifting in space while Chief is in cryostasis. The legendary ending shows them drifting towards some planet. I could be mistaken, but it looked like there were some Forerunner symbols on its surface. [/spoiler]

I have no doubt in my mind that the Halo franchise will continue after Reach, I said that after Halo 3 and no one believed me. Finish the Fight? Nope, not a never ending fight. Anyway that's not a bad thing, it's a popular franchise and MS would be a fool to end it now. I say they should go the way of Mario with Halo, then one day it will too achieve a 10/10 like SMG2, but I have feeling Reach will bag a 10.

Swift_Boss_A

why are people taking the "finish the fight" line so seriously? It never actually meant that halo 3 was going to be the last game in the series :?

[QUOTE="Swift_Boss_A"]

I have no doubt in my mind that the Halo franchise will continue after Reach, I said that after Halo 3 and no one believed me. Finish the Fight? Nope, not a never ending fight. Anyway that's not a bad thing, it's a popular franchise and MS would be a fool to end it now. I say they should go the way of Mario with Halo, then one day it will too achieve a 10/10 like SMG2, but I have feeling Reach will bag a 10.

why are people taking the "finish the fight" line so seriously? It never actually meant that halo 3 was going to be the last game in the series :?