First thought is we are gonna see where Preston Cole ended up.
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First thought is we are gonna see where Preston Cole ended up.
That's be an interesting character drop-in, though I feel Preston Cole's story is best left where it is right now unless they devote something to him.
wesleyshark
Banned
Halo: Last Light arrives tomorrow!
GringoSuave89
Banned
Just picked it up today. Came with a REQ Pack code as well (only a Basic Pack, unlike the action figures which had an Intermediate Pack). Pretty excited for it. The 25+ page preview was really good.
Xytan 'Jar Wattinree The Imperial Admiral 11'6" monster.
My favourite Sanghelli character from Ghosts of Onyx. He sounded like an absolute beast, though I suspect the holograms played a part in his larger-than-life appearance to the others gathered there. I also always loved re-reading the description of his ornamental armour; sounded so unique and the artwork does it justice.
I wonder what would have happened had he gone up against Thel Vadum and Jul Mdama; he would pulled significant numbers from both sides as well as having the Combined Fleet of Righteous Purpose, and would have messed things up during the Great Schism.
Was Imperial Admiral the highest rank in the Covenant military for an Elite?
I'm curious to find out what happened to "that" Red Team since 2531. Did the three Spartan-IIs make it back in time for Reach? Or are their numbers forever a discrepancy in the total count present there?
Reading through Halo lore. What a PoS race the Forerunners were. Everything that is a conflict in Halo was their fault. They went against the Precursors because they weren't the "chosen" one. Which made the flood, which cause Human-Forerunners war. They sent human back to the stone-age, they try use us as slave for their war against the flood. What a bunch of assholes.
Mine got delivered today, gonna get through a few chapters tonight.
The REQ pack inclusion is neat. It would cool if it had an instant unlock of Blue Teams helmets or something.
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A More Normal Bird
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So I watched the H5 cinematic trailers today (including the leaked one) and came up with a speculative sequence of events for that scene.
Locke's team looking around in a glowy red magma place. Buck points at something!
Blue Team approaching Locke in a glowy blue magma place, weapons holstered. Locke has his rifle trained on MC and looks pretty edgy.
MC and Locke engaged in fisticuffs: MC head-butts Locke and lands a straight to the body. They appear to be in front of a portal in a glowy blue magma place.
MC, in a glowy blue magma place, rises from one knee, his visor cracked. Because the leak is so blurry it's hard to tell if his visor cracked head-butting Locke or if it's from whatever sent him to his knees.
The Warden from the E3 Demo sends Locke's team flying off a platform in a glowy blue magma place.
MC (visor cracked) and Blue Team are in a lovely looking place with waterfalls and glowy blue things, the total opposite of their previous environment.
Blue Team approaching Locke in a glowy blue magma place, weapons holstered. Locke has his rifle trained on MC and looks pretty edgy.
MC and Locke engaged in fisticuffs: MC head-butts Locke and lands a straight to the body. They appear to be in front of a portal in a glowy blue magma place.
MC, in a glowy blue magma place, rises from one knee, his visor cracked. Because the leak is so blurry it's hard to tell if his visor cracked head-butting Locke or if it's from whatever sent him to his knees.
The Warden from the E3 Demo sends Locke's team flying off a platform in a glowy blue magma place.
MC (visor cracked) and Blue Team are in a lovely looking place with waterfalls and glowy blue things, the total opposite of their previous environment.
To be fair to the Forerunners, the Precursors essentially considered the universe their science experiment. We wouldn't idly sit by if another alien race had the capability to wipe us off the map as soon as it's interest in us was exhausted.
Captain Zyrain
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This is true, but they're still space dicks
Stupid Amazon didn't do release day delivery for my book.. so I won't get it till tomorrow.. hope its good!
I really hope the big story parts of H5 don't leak early. I am SOOOO bad about not reading them (I'm looking at YOU MGSV).
This is true, but they're still space dicks
Stupid Amazon didn't do release day delivery for my book.. so I won't get it till tomorrow.. hope its good!
I really hope the big story parts of H5 don't leak early. I am SOOOO bad about not reading them (I'm looking at YOU MGSV).
I may have read all but 40 pages of it last night. I looked at the clock and was like oh shit it's 2am.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Yay? Nay? Hopefully the reading session was an indication that it's good..
Tick tock come on Amazon!
I personally have really enjoyed it. The Spartan IIIs in it are interesting and it gives Fred a lot of personality which has me really looking forward to how they portray him in 5.
Absolutely, you'll get a lot of background on the Forerunners, the Flood, Librarian, Didact, the Mantle and ancient Humans.
Its a very different style of scifi. I am reading it now and am enjoying it greatly but you might want to read a preview chapter first.
Got it queued once I get home from the continental trip
SmartWaffles
Member
My first thought as well. But for the love of god don't kill him off, just have him show up and refuse everything and have Lasky and co. respect his decisions, a nice fan service without being a dick.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'd go through the rest of the Nylund stuff first. First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx. Then go to the Forerunner trilogy.
Oblivionmancer
Member
Finished Last Light, it was a pretty small, self contained story with little apparent relevance to the broader universe aside from giving Fred some characterization, but damn the quality of the writing was worlds apart from Hunters in the Dark. Just a much more enjoyable read, had me hooked from start to finish. I wasn't huge on the way the Gamma plotline was resolved... and more to the point wasn't really aware of any real need for resolution until it was brought up. It wasn't apparent that there were any survivors to tell the tale of what happens when they go off their 'smoothers,' so who exactly was Parangosky placating by 'disappearing' them? That being said, the concept of a Spartan III investigative team is pretty cool, whether or not Veta Lopis needed to be any part of it. Anyhow, an enjoyable read overall, and certainly furthered my already great excitement for Halo 5. I really hope the game delivers on the narrative front, it seems so well primed to do so.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Captain Zyrain
Member
Holy crap!
Just finished Last Light and I thought it was fantastic!
As Oblivionmancer mentioned, the writing was great. It felt almost Nylund-esque to me in a few spots, and it is a great blend of technical and easy reading. I blew threw the book in a day and a half (only because I had to do some house cleaning yesterday..).
SPOILERSSS!
Highly recommend!
Just finished Last Light and I thought it was fantastic!
As Oblivionmancer mentioned, the writing was great. It felt almost Nylund-esque to me in a few spots, and it is a great blend of technical and easy reading. I blew threw the book in a day and a half (only because I had to do some house cleaning yesterday..).
SPOILERSSS!
So THAT'S why the Spartan-III's were KIA.. sneaky Catalog! Didn't think they'd be assigned to a new secret division.. came as a total surprised. I figured it was a slip up and we'd just see them die in the book. Bravo!
Highly recommend!
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Forerunner spacetime thing
Captain Zyrain
Member
Absolutely!
Wonder if we'll visit this planet again..
Loved all the little ties to the K5 trilogy too.
I really enjoyed this book. Wish
Kelly and Linda
Yep. Have we ever seen Veta anywhere else or is this her first official appearance?
That ferret squad seems like it would an interesting point of view for a Halo related espionage story.
xxANTIMONITORxx
Member
New #HunttheTruth ARG?
https://twitter.com/ourthreelives/status/638771576037445632
Maybe a member could start a new thread if this develops. Considering the followers it's def legit.
https://twitter.com/ourthreelives/status/638771576037445632
Maybe a member could start a new thread if this develops. Considering the followers it's def legit.
xxANTIMONITORxx
Member
Actor Orlando Jones also tweeted at @ourthreelives, likely he is part of the season 2 of Hunt the Truth.
Also, sorry, I know it's Halo Follower but...
https://twitter.com/halofollowercom/status/644711456781430784
There is what looks like an official XBox ARG video attached dressed as an informercial for the Triad religion.
Also, sorry, I know it's Halo Follower but...
https://twitter.com/halofollowercom/status/644711456781430784
There is what looks like an official XBox ARG video attached dressed as an informercial for the Triad religion.
The Real Napsta
Member
How many pages?
Including the short epilogue, 389. It's a good read.
xxANTIMONITORxx
Member
So the gist I get is that New Blood is worth reading, Hunters In the Dark is not, and Last Light is great. Sound about right?
Saint's Testimony was excellent, just wondering how much time to commit to the rest.
Saint's Testimony was excellent, just wondering how much time to commit to the rest.
Xytan would have killed the prophets as soon as he learned the truth. He, Fal, and Thel are the most influential elites to ever grace their race IMO. They didn't even want him on the front lines because he'd win too much and gain even more power in the covenant.
Most of Spartan team Omega died IIRC. Only Alice, Douglas, and Jerome are still kicking i think. we also have Jai and his crew out there where ever they are.
Captain Zyrain
Member
#HUNTtheTRUTH season 2 teaser:
http://time.com/4039922/halo-hunt-f...N_SOCIAL_Twitter&cid=EVERGREEN_SOCIAL_Twitter
http://time.com/4039922/halo-hunt-f...N_SOCIAL_Twitter&cid=EVERGREEN_SOCIAL_Twitter
It's about FERO
Hawkeye 131
Member
So Ben returns, as does FERO and Petra plus Mark Hamill is involved too? Article says there won't be as many episodes however, each will be a little longer than season 1's and the story will pick up and be moving a lot quicker by the sounds of things. Really like to sound if all this.
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Don't forget Bruce Thomas, who IIRC not only did the mocap for Chief in Halo 4, but provided the voice of Halsey's ONI interrogator
Don't forget Bruce Thomas, who IIRC not only did the mocap for Chief in Halo 4, but provided the voice of Halsey's ONI interrogator
And is swooningly handsome.
Yea, that sounds good. Last Light really was a good read all around. I highly recommend it.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Hunters in the Dark wasn't BAD. I liked it, it just didn't feel as.. I don't know, impactiful? as it could have been? There are definitely seeds sewn in that book which will most likely be important down the road, so I wouldn't skip it.
That goes without saying!
Monocle
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Ein Bear
Member
Can you just watch the cutscenes in Spartan Ops, or does stuff eventually happen during the gameplay? I've played through the first two episodes so far, but it's just such a slog to play through. Even knocking the difficulty down to easy to blow through things, I'm not enjoying it at all.
Halo: Escalation is close to revealing what I think is the opening of Halo 5.
Also, I believe one of those 2 Elites is this one:
Either Jul M'dama or Halsey will release a new batch of Forerunners and thus awakening the Guardians, don't you think? Find it a little disappointing that they don't tell us how Halsey shut down that Forerunner AI.
Also, I believe one of those 2 Elites is this one:
Probably the imprisoned one (forgot his name), because Ayit has blue armor and gives him the red helmet.