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[VinFTW]

This is how you cancel preorders.

That's nice Thuway.

I can't believe some of you got so hyped. Did you honestly expect anything more than just ARG stuff? It was so blatantly obvious... E3 is so close...

 

[JaggedSac]

I reckon everyone was expecting way too much. I like it! Giving se background, setting the scene. Looking forward to further updates!

Granted, countdowns are a way to generate hype. This didn't warrant hype.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

It may not be a trailer but this has me intrigued

 

[BeforeU]

I took off work for this. Don't let me down master chief.

yeah well, too bad.

 

[RowdyReverb]

I guess if people haven't read the books, Master Chief's origins would still be pretty mysterious. Makes sense that they'd tackle it for the people who only ever played the games.

 

[Ominym]

343i launches a countdown for a site that's a countdown.

 

[RoKKeR]

That warranted a dramatic countdown timer....really?

 

[TheXbox]

lmaoooooo

omg. I wasn't expecting anything and I'm still disappointed. Good one 434

 

[op_ivy]

Thuway, lol

 

[Vire]

Let me get this straight - as someone whose played the entirety of the Master Chief Collectoin.

The already awful, disjointed, and nonsensical story of the Halo universe is being fleshed out through a series of viral "reports"? Yeap. Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives.

343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

You mean like every other Halo marketing campaign ever? Did you miss ilovebees and all that nonsense?

 

[Doffen]

Never hype ARG. Never.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

Thanks Mr. War Journalist.

 

[Welfare]

And shit it's a "journalist" hunting the truth.

 

[TacticalFox88]

I got hyped for this?

>,<

Fuck out of here with this bullshit.

 

[ROUGE_BLOCK]

Wow, all of this for some backstory of the Chief from some War Journalist as another hype machine for a story we still have almost no detail about.

Woohoo...

 

[wesleyshark]

Let me get this straight - as someone whose played the entirety of the Master Chief Collectoin.

The already awful, disjointed, and nonsensical story of the Halo universe is being fleshed out through a series of viral "reports"? Yeap. Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives.

343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

You seriously expected something that concrete this far out? This is Halo. Halo is built on ARG fun. (^_^)

 

[Poodlestrike]

Let me get this straight - as someone whose played the entirety of the Master Chief Collection.

The already awful, disjointed, and nonsensical story of the Halo universe is being fleshed out through a series of viral "reports"? Yeap. Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives. 343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

Also that bullet shot at Master Chief reminds me of a Killzone 2 commercial. Is this real life?

Oddly enough, it might not seem so disjointed if you didn't discard so much of it

 

[BeforeU]

This is how you cancel preorders.

jenniferlawranceokay.gif

do you ever post anything positive on Xbox lol why troll?

 

[Dramos]

Ye, Halo hype is the best hype.

 

[JaggedSac]

This is how you cancel preorders.

Did someone preorder based on a timer?

 

[Sou Da]

Holy shit you people actually convinced yourselves into thinking there was going to be some type of gameplay/cinematic to the point where you're acting as if it were promised.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Not going to lie - finished listening to the SoundCloud. It's actually good.....my interest is retained...

 

[Regret Upon Approval]

Awright, ARG stuff. New words on the bullet (in order):

Son
Abductee
Victim
Orphan
Recruit
Soldier
Warrior
Ally
Hero
Savior
Traitor

EDIT: Beaten, ah well.

SAVORSWAHST
Savor S Wahst
Savor S. Wahst

What could it mean?!

 

[Gnome Scat]

That bullet thing is actually pretty cool though.

 

[Compsiox]

So whats during TWD?

 

[Einchy]

Back in my day countdowns actually meant something.

 

[tuna_love]

Let me get this straight - as someone whose played the entirety of the Master Chief Collection.

The already awful, disjointed, and nonsensical story of the Halo universe is being fleshed out through a series of viral "reports"? Yeap. Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives. 343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

Also that bullet shot at Master Chief reminds me of a Killzone 2 commercial. Is this real life?

Is this real life?

 

[Killer]

Something going on in deep space?

Isaac gonna hunt MC.

 

[Ramirez]

Just saw the new trailer, was that real time?? Holy shit, if so.

 

[Darryl M R]

So. . .what am I suppose to do?

 

[thuway]

You mean like every other Halo marketing campaign ever? Did you miss ilovebees and all that nonsense?

I wasn't "with it" enough to understand the I Love Bee's thing, but this "event" had me pretty hyped. Oh well. I'm just gonna wait for E3 and the eventual blowout.

 

[VinFTW]

Let me get this straight - as someone whose played the entirety of the Master Chief Collection.

The already awful, disjointed, and nonsensical story of the Halo universe is being fleshed out through a series of viral "reports"? Yeap. Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives. 343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

Also that bullet shot at Master Chief reminds me of a Killzone 2 commercial. Is this real life?

Holy hell, are you being for real?

Like, wut?

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

Chief better Zoe Barnes this scrub.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Just saw the new trailer, was that real time?? Holy shit, if so.

Doubt it.

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

Who is the Master Chief? Where does he come from? And is he keeping us safe?

 

[Buttonbasher]

I always get bummed out reading people getting disappointed by things that I think are cool. I'm way into this.

People get way too upset over ARGs, and transmedia storytelling, when if they actually gave them a chance, they might discover that a lot of that stuff is entirely awesome.

 

[JaggedSac]

Wake me up when gameplay footage arrives. 343 - that was poor form. POOR form.

Google, Halo 5 beta.

 

[BraXzy]

Not a lot to go on yet but I suppose it's just the start. The soundcloud has me intrigued. He mentioned deep space?

 

[Slightly Live]

This is not how it's suppose to be done.

 

[RowdyReverb]

So wait, what are they going to show during The Walking Dead? Just that teaser we already saw?

 

[Steverulez]

jenniferlawranceokay.gif

do you ever post anything positive on Xbox lol why troll?

He posted that he played it! Thats got to be a positive?

I can't say I expected it to be much else, if it was something significant it wouldn't have had a 3 day day countdown, in my experience.

 

[Deviousx]

Just listened to that soundcloud, is that the dude from Key and Peele? Sounds like him. lol

 

[Twin Tails]

So. . .what am I suppose to do?

Wait for people with more that you to figure it out.

 

[Compsiox]

So wait, what are they going to show during The Walking Dead? Just that teaser we already saw?

No one would know what it is.

 

[Thursday War]

is that keegan michael key doing the vo?

 

[The Flash]

I wasn't "with it" enough to understand the I Love Bee's thing, but this "event" had me pretty hyped. Oh well. I'm just gonna wait for E3 and the eventual blowout.

but i thought you canceled your pre-order?

 

[Welfare]

So wait, what are they going to show during The Walking Dead? Just that teaser we already saw?

Lol shit probably.

 

[jem0208]

Just saw the new trailer, was that real time?? Holy shit, if so.

This is just mean, I got excited for a second...

 

[VincentMatts]

That bullet thing is actually pretty cool though.

We saw the bullet thing, oh but now we can slow it down and an audio file? A timer for this? These guys just dont know how to get me hyped for a game. I expected nothing and im still disappointed.

 

[thuway]

but i thought you canceled your pre-order?

That was a joke. Take it easy.

Also the bullet thing reminded me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk3SOI9l2kY