/HG/ - Halo Comics and Cartoons

Halo 1 was the only good Halo story. All comics by definition have to be shit by nature of not being the Halo 1 story.

>>84398300
Actually, Halo 2 was the best Halo story.

>>84398282
I stopped paying attention after Halo 3. Did I miss anything significant? The only parts of Halo 3 I remember are something about bombing Africa to stop the flood and nerfed SCARB fights.

>>84398300
Halo CE > Halo 2 > ODST > Halo 3 > Halo 4 = Reach > Halo 5

>>84398345
Actually ODST is the best story.

>>84398370
Actually Reach is the bsst story.

>>84398360
Well, it started going to shit after Halo 3.
Halo Reach was medioce and introduced a lot of unnecessary controversial stuff that changed Halo for IMO the worse.

After Reach 343i took over and that's when it just turned to full shit. Halo 4's campaign was shit, story was decent (some really liked it though), multiplayer was a shitfest. So the population died after just a few weeks.
After that 343i released The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One, Halo 1-4 in one game. That shit was broken at launch though, and still is. Literally unplayable.
And then Halo 5, which probably has the worst story fo all the games.

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>>84398360
You missed a lot. Chief came back from space, Cortana died but not really. Then a few years later Cortana come back and has now taken over the galaxy.

>>84398394
Reach is cliche as fuck. If you felt sorry for team Dead Meat you're a gullible idiot.

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>>84398435
I felt sorry for poor old Jorge

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>>84398360
After Halo 3, Thel 'Vadam went to work to create a more peaceful and unified Sangheili government, but there were still those that felt either that the Forerunner really were gods, or that humans must be wiped out before they strike back at them.

One Elite, Jul 'Mdama, thought the Forerunners were idiots and wanted to eradicate the humans before they inevitably tried to take revenge on them, but was rebuffed by Thel. Jul eventually found out that ONI has been supplying the Arbiter's opposition with a ton of weapons, but then got captured by them and experimented on, with ONI admitting they're trying to make the Sangheili destroy themselves and then mopping up any lingering resistance.

Jul was able to escape, but not before hearing that ONI killed his wife. So he created his own Covenant to take revenge.

And that's a short version of what happened between 3 and 4.

>>84398370
Eh, they're close.

>>84398449
Jorge was like the only Spartan I actually cared about in Reach. He actually seemed like a real person.
It's too bad they killed him off early.

Who had the most shit death though?
It has to be Kat right?
>Oh my shields are off
>Headshot
>Ded

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>>84398300
Halo 2>Reach>Halo:CE=Halo 3>ODST>Halo 4>Halo 5

>>84398435
Dude, all of Halo is pretty cliche. And I did feel sorry for them because it's a great story. Also RIP Jorge, best Spartan

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>>84398493
>I heard that you had a waifu

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>>84398493
>Who had the most shit death though?
Just Reach? Then yeah, probably Kat.

In the franchise? Probably either Jul or Miranda.

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>>84398522
And just like that, the best ass in all of Halo was gone.

Why are Bungie so good at designing rears?

>>84398530
I was so disappointed when I found out they killed Jul just like that.
They had such an in depth Sangheili character that wasn't the Arbiter and wasted him in the first few minutes of a cutscene...

>>84398282
>Halo comics
OH BOY IS IT TIME TO STORYTIME HALO: ESCALATIONS???

>>84398593
If anyone has them, do it
I wanna see how they waste the Didact a second time!

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>>84398583
I'm still holding out for a really shitty retcon, like a body double, or him being only *nearly* dead. Probably not very good writing, but Jul deserves better.

Mediafire link is private??
>Captcha is 117

>>84398615
They really should just declare Halo 5 non-canon and redo it with Didact instead.
Have Jul be alive, actually give us the story about Chief going rogue that they promised and no evil Cortana out of nowhere.

>>84398282
>The Return - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3gUpIPdopo
I eagerly anticipate the sequel to this in Halo: Fractures.

>the top tier Halo 5 marketting campaign that looked super interesting
>the boring ass awful story we wnded up with
Why

>>84398732
Brian Reed.

>>84398657
That'd be awesome if such a thing were feasible. Though retconning a multi-million dollar game that took three years to make probably wouldn't go over too well in 343 or Microsoft.

>>84398732
Never forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Umi1QRNeVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czHUHefk6kw

>>84398593
I'll story time when we get correct links. These links are the links from /vg/ and they're broken.

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>>84398794
They could have Halo 6 start with Chief waking up from cryosleep on Forward Unto Dawn (now looking like it did in Halo 3) and immediately saying "Huh, it was all just a dream?" and Cortana greeting him with "Sleep well?" and Chief answers "No thanks to your driving... Yes. ".

>>84399151
Would characters created after Halo 3 still exist in this hypothetical?

>>84398657
>have the opportunity to make a 343i game non-canon and redo the story
>wants to take this opportunity to insert MORE forerunner garbage into the mix, instead of starting with actually good things
no thanks

>>84399185
I don't see why they couldn't.
The things 343i have come up with are pretty neat, they just used them poorly. So definitely keep the new stuff, just use it in a better way.
>>84399229
They could redo it better as well though.

>>84399328
>I don't see why they couldn't.
Good, good. Jul is my husbando.

>>84398282
what's everybody thoughts and opinions about halo: escalation and halo: legends?

>>84398282
>private folder
I hope somebody upload them in zippyshare in official win'o thread in next days

How hard does the Fall of Reach show fuck up the book? Also what would you recommend for people just getting into the Halo EU?

>>84399413
Good story, shit art.

>>84399432
I'm trying to get access now, I'll replace it with a MEGA link once I get everything squared away.

>>84399467
Yeah, so same opinion as me. That art was really cheap besides good plot necessary to understand a little bit halo:guardians.

>>84399457
If you can read a novel no problem, read The Fall of Reach, First Strike, and Ghosts of Onyx. The rest of the EU branches out from those 3 books.

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>>84399413
>halo: escalation
It had some good ideas here and there, like with Chris Schlerf building up to something interesting in his first few issues with Scruggs talking about the corruption in the UEG, the trouble on Sanghelios, and Palmer slowly learning that the world isn't so black and white as she thinks. But then he left Halo, and those plot points were discarded.

Though I really like the new character introduced, Ayit 'Sevi. He's cute.

Legends had some neat things, but the art was questionable for several shorts.

>>84399457
The animated adaption doesn't even get to the actual fall of Reach. And fucks up John's characterization and makes him seem like a psychopath in the ODST boxing scene.

>>84399489
Thanks in advance I use halo 5 guardians days for free last week and I enjoyed a lot firefight, campaign was OK it feels you need a lot EU to understante and I only watch legends, that spartan locke tv series, that blue team 5 members secret origns and halo comics.

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>>84399517
I just couldn't help but laugh when that scene came up. Weren't there four ODSTs though?

>>84399539
>it feels you need a lot EU to understante
That sad thing is, only barely. Halo 5's plot almost doesn't build off anything from previous media, despite what 343 might say. So many lore guys were confused by it as well.

>>84399328
>They could redo it better as well though.
Then they'd have to retcon a lot of Halo 4.

I wonder if I spilled my multiplayer autism in this thread if it would get deleted

>>84399574
holy shit, so I hope they explain a lot in halo 6 even in files like gears o resident evil.

>>84399566
>Weren't there four ODSTs though?
Yup. And the point of the scene was that he had not realized his new strength and how devastating his attacks were.

>>84399603
Go for it, as long as your opinions match my own.

>>84399574
They even marketed the game as having a completely different plot.
>>84399603
I've been playing a shitload since the infection and firefight updates.

>>84398345
Fall of Reach is actually the only good Halo story. Nothing particularly interesting in CE.

>>84399610
>even in files like gears o resident evil.
Seriously, if they don't want to organically explain EU stuff in 6, at least do things like that.

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>>84399620
Yeah, in the movie he was very aggressive rather than being in the defensive. He was the one being attacked after all.

>>84399657
>They even marketed the game as having a completely different plot.
It's a sad thing when the marketed plot is better than the actual plot.

>>84399517
>>84399566
>>84399620
>>84399701
GLASSED PLANETS HAVE BAD RECORDS

>ywn play a retconning post-Halo 3 game with the art-style of Reach, the gameplay of 2 and a story written by Staten

>>84399813
Man, Sully is so full of shit.

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>>84399814
;-;

>>84399813
>tfw thinking Hunt The Truth's plot would be involved with the plot of Halo 5
>tfw Hunt the Truth season 1 was GOAT and season 2 was just 'okay'.

>>84399814
Wonder how different Requiem will be and what secrets might contain in a retconned Reclaimer Saga

>>84399847
I still think Halo 5 went under major rewrites and that S1 of HtT was reflective of H5s original story and that S2 was them cleaning up for the rewritten plot

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>>84399830

>>84399847
Agreed.
I was so hype with all the ONI damage controlling and conspiracy shit

>>84399890
>I still think Halo 5 went under major rewrites
I can't see anything else being true.

>>84399897
>I was so hype with all the ONI damage controlling and conspiracy shit
Everything was leading up to it! Even the first damn cutscene of Halo 5 that had no relevance to the rest of the game.

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Man I want to play a Halo game that has the same play style as Star Wars Battlefront II.
Marines are regular troops
ODST are specialized units
Spartans can be Heroes and only one can be deployed on the field.

or just give me a new ODST game

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All yall forgetting the best game with the best story.
It's like you're not even fans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_cRZ24BVKM

>>84399959
oh wait, this is /co/
woops.

Man I want an ODST cartoon.

>>84399978
So what do you think about the sequel?

>Halo 4 could instead of been Halo: Reclaimer 1
>could have introduced Locke as the main character then wth talk of Chief as humanites saviour
>could have been about Locke finding out why Chief was so important in the Forerunners plan
>could have been about meeting up with the Halo 5 team
>twist is that its about Locke reclaiming Humanity/Spartans from ONI, not the Forerunners

>>84399978
I actually haven't played or watched Halo Wars but with 2 coming to PC and including an updated port of 1 I'm gonna wait till then

>>84399949
The Halsey opening was pretty darn cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3clrnn59qF8
And yeah, I wonder if they will actually add any of the ONI stuff they teased, in the next one or if they're going to continue with the trainwreck that is evil Cortana.

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>>84399959
A Halo game I've been thinking about lately would be a sort of horror-ish game. You play as a team of spec-ops Sangheili sent to a radio-dead supercarrier to see what its deal is, and get it operational again. But once they get inside, they learn there's more to the mission than it seems.

>>84399999
Atriox is cute.

>>84398583
>>84398615
Who was Jul and why did people care about him?

>>84399978
>elite zealots' shields drop in a single burst of SMG fire
>arbiter shields withstand a full second of assault rifle fire without bursting (which they can't)
>somehow drop when a normie human shoves a knife in it, despite this
I hate inconsistency like this

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Story Time!

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>>84399949
>>Even the first damn cutscene of Halo 5 that had no relevance to the rest of the game.
The worst offender was the cutscene of when Halsey arrived to Infinity's bridge.
>"Cortana's alive?"
>"How is she-?"
>"How is it that-?"
>"This isn't about the Master chief."
>mfw
>"Hey! Is anyone going to answer me?"
>Scene cuts to black before anyone has a chance to explain

>343 tries to show off Spartan Palmer with plans to make her new protag
>fans hate her because she has no real character and is not a self insert like Chief originally was
>343 makes Locke but they fucked up again
>at least they gave him character and background that is reasonable and actually oresent in the game
>oh but wait he's still an unlikeable douche who's 'background' is almost assassinating the fanbase's favorite character and working for the shadiest organization in the galaxy
Fuck, just keep the protag Chief or make it the player's spartan like in Reach.

>>84400049
This guy. >>84398468

He's a pretty sympathetic guy, especially when it turns out he was right the whole time, since ONI is trying to commit genocide on the Sangheili. And he gets tortured, experimented on, and his family murdered as a result of him looking into the ONI situation.

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>>84400082
Aw yeah, this is a good one. Thanks!

>>84400042
I always liked the idea of an FTLesque game where you run a ship of ragtag aliens who all act and operate differently

>>84400095
Hey that dropship actually did something in canon, neat.

>>84400049
I liked him because he wasn't your regular AHAHAHAHAH I AM EVIL sort of bad guy.
He was sympathetic and had a believable cause.

One of my favorite characters.

>>84400091
>"Why is Cortana a problem? Because she refused to die when she was supposed to?"

No Roland. She's a problem because the smartest woman humanity has believes she is raising Guardians and completely obliterating numerous colonies, killing hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocent beings. That's why she's a problem.

>>84400091
>Scene cuts to black before anyone has a chance to explain
That happens a LOT in the game, huh? Got pretty annoying.

>>84400142
That cutscene absolutely made no sense. How did he know Cortana's intentions that she did not want to die?

>>84400138
Kusovai a cute.

>>84400093
I don't have a problem with Locke outside of him maybe not realizing that Chief knows what he's doing and maybe being a bit too much of a lapdog but that was meant to be part of his arc.

Palmer is just a dumb bitch who 343 wanted to be renegade femShep but ended up being a dumb, annoying bitch

>>84398496
Wow, those halo 2 remastered cutscenes look terrible.

>>84400142
>>84400165
Oh yeah, the coming AI revolution.

Good one 343i, really creative of you.

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This is OP who is story timing btw, bump every once in a while so the thread doesn't die.

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>>84400198
>EGGHEADS

>>84400167
>those grunts
hurrrrrrrrrrrr

>>84400093
>Fuck, just keep the protag Chief or make it the player's spartan like in Reach.
Why not a Sangheili protagonist again? Like Thel, Rtas, or N'tho?

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Haven't played a Halo game since 4 (shit).
Haven't read a book since Cryptum (shit).
Haven't read a comic since pic related (god tier)
The last good movie was Forward Unto Dawn

Is any modern Halo media worth getting into? The series defined my childhood but I gave up after I realized 343i couldn't do it justice.

>>84400232
pls
I want to play as a Dino again

Does anyone have that comic about Chief on board the Forerunner Keyship just before Halo 3 starts? I don't think I've ever actually read it.

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>>84400242
>Is any modern Halo media worth getting into?
Halo: Shadow of Intent and Halo: Last Light were pretty good I think. They're mainly about Rtas and Fred, respectively.

>>84400259
I know, right? And KI, a game previously unrelated to Halo, got playable Elite before 343 did. Man.

>>84400242
I've been on and off with Halo, I haven't spent a dime on anything Halo related since Halo 4
Just read synopsis' of what you're interested in and you'll be fine

>>84400242
>Haven't read a book since Cryptum (shit)
I heard the rest of the trilogy better, with Silentium apparently really good. Haven't read 'em, though.

>>84400308
Rtas has a nice ass.

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>>84400200
(You)

>>84400242
IMO the books have been good, though Karen Traviss's books are easily the worst

>play Halo Anniversary on my friends Xbone
>reminds me how much I love Halo CE
>get excited for SPV3(Halo CE PC with updated maps, weapons and gameplay) coming out
>all the physics and player animations are hard locked to 30 FPS due to the engine limits and the updated assets quality ranges from amazing to ass
It has so much potential but the jank is too strong for my now 60FPS mind

>>84400331
>grunt holding an AR
damn

>>84400263
Halo: Uprising

most of the story is about two other characters and Ackerman though.

>>84400242
Honestly, the books that have been released in the past year (New Blood, Last Light, Shadow of Intent, etc) have all been really good. It's a bit sad though that the Halo stories written by people outside 343 have been for the most part great or above decent while the stories written BY 343 have for the most part been complete shit.

I also suggest reading escalation if you can find it online. Not because it's good, but it's a trainwreck that just gets better and better to laugh at with each issue.

>>84400338
There are a lot of ass shots in this comic for some reason.

>>84400408
>he isn't a fan of Sangheili ass

>>84400408
The artist knows what the fans want.

>>84400356
SPV3 is still awesome though!
I've replayed Pillar of Autumn, Halo and started Truth and Reconciliation. I love all the new weapons and how it changes the sandbox.

>>84400457
Man, Rtas just smacked down a San'Shyuum with no hesitation.

>>84400474
>to prevent damaging crucial systems we're gonna cut everything with high-energy plasma swords
ok

>>84400452
Oh it definitely is, I might have sounded a bit more harsh than I meant to.
I just wish it could have that AAA polish to perfect it completely but unless Microsoft released the MCC with as much access to CEs assets as Custom Edition allowed it can never be

>>84400242
Some of the newer books I hear aren't bad.
Halo 5's multiplayer is pretty good and the forge is the best it has ever been. That being said, the community isn't as friendly (I blame party chat) so people rarely play together like in Halo 3 and Reach.

You should check out Hunt the Truth.

>>84400532
Jesus fuck Rtaas, I know its a case of them taking over his body if it isn't appropriately destroyed but cutting him straight down the middle from head to crotch before he even died is fucked

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That's a wrap!

>>84400566
RIP Rtas' mandibles.

>>84400581
Least it was a fast death.

>>84400588
Thanks for the storytime! I want Rtas to come back to the games. But not to die in the first five minutes.

>>84400581
He did it head first silly sentimental human.

So where were Blue Team and how were they around in H5?

Someone pls post HURRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>84400622
Read Ghosts of Onyx then find a summery of Glasslands.

>>84400622
Kelly got kidnapped by Halsey before Operation: First Strike as she needed a Spartan escort to check out the S-III's.

Fred and Linda were in Earth orbit during the beginning of Halo 2. Fred was being interrogated by an ONI agent about his actions during the Fall of Reach. Linda was just chilling elsewhere.

After Halo 4 Blue Team got reunited with John and for the next year they went on numerous missions together.

So how would you want Cortana to be handled in Halo 6? I think the best way to end things with her would be for Halsey to be the person to ultimately kill her.

I always found it silly in this comic how every Covenant dropship has its unique name. You're gonna run out of names pretty quickly dude.

>>84400761
They probably have a ministry dedicated to it.

You know what the worst part about The Next 72 Hours was? Brian Reed had the concept of Blue Team fighting the Didact on a Halo Ring. This has got to be one the most awesome concepts for a Halo story, especially for those who read the Nylund and Bear trilogies.

Brian Reed didn't know what to do to make the Didact a formidable foe (cause a 12 foot forerunner warrior servant isn't threatening enough) so he asked higher ups of someone to kill off. That dumbass said Black Team and he decided to kill them (CAUSE A RANDOM ASS S-IV TEAM APPARENTLY DIDN'T COME TO MIND). Then he needed a way to put the didact in a plot box for later use so he decided to compose him.

The best concept for a Halo story was completely wasted by Brian Reed. He has got to be one of the worst writers in the franchise.

>>84400517
Agreed, we'll just have to keep hoping for some proper PC Halo games with indepth mod tools.

>>84400808
>so he asked higher ups of someone to kill off. That dumbass said Black Team and he decided to kill them (CAUSE A RANDOM ASS S-IV TEAM APPARENTLY DIDN'T COME TO MIND)
It still flabbergasts me when I think about this. I mean, it basically says to me, "any character at any time get just be killed off willy-nilly, just because they couldn't think of anything else to do."

>>84400808
>Then he needed a way to put the didact in a plot box for later use so he decided to compose him.
I hoped that he would be Chiefs new AI before Halo 5 was released
Just imagine having Didact calling you a bunch of names and hating on you in your head
heh

>>84400864
That would be hilarious. I've also heard hopes and speculation that MB would be your AI companion before Halo 5 was fully revealed to us.

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>Staten is at Microsoft
>but is working on ReCore and a couple of Halo novels
>Nylund isn't doing much outside of writing his own book series
Why can't they save Halo?
;_;

>>84400914
Staten coming back would be like a dream.

>>84400730
Have her die as soon as possible so we can put this Created BS behind us.

No bs sad moment scene. Just have chief end her without talking and move on.

>>84400888
MB?

>>84400982
Medicant Bias

>Martin O'Donnell will never compose for Halo again

>>84400973
Have Halsey do it on her laptop in the opening cutscene. After all, if she can hack a Contender-class AI, this should be a cinch.

>>84400730
Have Chief kill her without hesitation. She has become a grave threat to humanity and won't see reason. If he couldn't bring her back, then she's a lost cause.

>>84401020
He left the hollow shell of Bungie right? Maybe?

That along with Staten over their makes me hope

>>84401056
Bungie fired him for no reason anf he has since formed his own studio, Highwire Games. They're making a PlayStation VR game called Golem that looks pretty good.

Guys, what would a Halo game written by Eric Nyllund be like?

>>84401204
A lot better than what we have now.

>>84401204
Blue Team would have much better characterization for one thing.

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What are the chances that 343i would add a love triangle in Halo 6?

>>84401204
He might start with Ghosts of Onyx opening chapter.

Otherwise it might look like Republic Commando: Halo, the story 5 should have been but really wasn't.

>>84400091
I'm 99% sure that was a meta-joke.

>>84401284
They'd do it.
343i are crazy enough.

>>84401284
I'd be so fucking mad.

So how fucked are AI's in the Halo Universe? After the Created are dealt with there will be no reason to trust them ever again. The Covenant species refused to use smart AI's for fear of them turning against them. Cortana hasn't just killed humans, she's gonna be killing a bunch of aliens as well. If I were a Sangheili or Kig-Yar I would demand all human AI's to be put away after the Created Clusterfuck.

>>84401497
I know, right? And Halo was one of the few stories with a very good relationship between Humans and AI that didn't end in things turning sour. They are gonna have so many restrictions placed on them after this is all done. Cortana's such an asshole.

>>84398818
>Live Action Trailer #1
>"All hail the conquering hero"

I didn't play number five, but I've heard pretty much nothing good about the story. Holy shit, the trailer nailed everything I would want about a story involving hot Spartan-on-Spartan action, but it's only a minute long.

I suppose when you actually have to make something full-length you can't make it good.

>>84400761
you act like you don't enjoy names like the "Covenant of the Covenant's Covenant"

>>84400350
>remastered

Those don't look remastered at all, that's completely redone.

>>84401204
Something actually worth playing.

>>84401660
The only thing remastered about Halo 2 were the gameplay sections. All the cutscenes were remade by Blur Studios.

>>84401497
Can't they just fight them with EMP's?
AI's need electricity to run right?

Spam Plasma Pistol on everything, insta win

>>84401660
Because they wre redone. Blur Studios completely re-did the cutscenes. The remastered part was the music and gameplay.

>>84401685
>>84401706
I miss in-engine cutscenes.

>>84401713
The orgasmic quality of the cutscenes really outweight the previous use of the ingame cutscenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F7OgOCzph4

>>84401713
I'm neutral on it. Certain things like Johnson's and Keyes' faces look a bit off, but Gravemind and Chief look fantastic.

Movement is a bit off though, although this is likely because the Gravemind cutscene is etched into my goddamn mind, so anything that doesn't keep pace with it is "off".

>>84401530
What has the series done about the super-neat subtext between the Halo and Marathon series that was present in 1-3? Granted, most of that subtext took place in the form of easter eggs, i.e. Cortana's statement in CE that Chief is "going rampant" when you shoot humans.

That was one of the most interesting aspects of Halo for me, along with the I Love Bees ARG. I was curious to see if it was retained after 3.

>>84401713
I don't.

Plus>>84401788 is right. The H2A cutscenes are divine

>>84398496
>them IAC's thrusters

HNNNNNNNNGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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>>84401864
And sexy.

>>84401788
H2A has the best Elite designs in the series

prove me wrong

>>84401204

Rainbow Six: Halo Edition

>>84401963
I can not

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>>84401963
>prove me wrong
But you're right

>>84400350
>me on the left

>>84401954
>being attracted to xenos

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>>84402018
You know it, baby.

>>84401000
Name a cooler AI than Offensive Bias.

Professional word of wisdom: you will not be able to.

>>84402061
Enduring Bias.

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Find another helmet that's more spooky than Linda's, /hg/.

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>>84402522

>>84402531
looks like he's got an exaggerated frown going on

>>84400081
The shields don't stop slow moving objects, it's always worked like that. I think you can even throw rocks through them.

>>84402979
Then why do melee attacks not go through shields (when they're not backstabs)?

>>84402979
>The shields don't stop slow moving objects, it's always worked like that
this isn't Dune, pal

>>84402979
Go away Gurney.

So, what are your thoughts on Osiris?

>>84403579
bland

EGGHEADS

>>84403579
shit

>>84403643
Cole is a neat guy.

I miss the Escalation Threads.

Where's Escalation OP?

>>84403711
man, the UNSC Navy was really getting wiped out like Soviet infantry, wasn't it?

>>84398419
>After that 343i released The Master Chief Collection for Xbox One, Halo 1-4 in one game. That shit was broken at launch though, and still is. Literally unplayable.
Only the multiplayer, and that works fine for me now. The other game modes worked great from the start.

>>84403579
Buck's still pure at least

>>84403922
Actually, he acts much more comedic than he did in ODST.

>>84403948
>implying that's a bad thing
He's stuck in a dumbass plot and he knows it

THEY FORM A LINE

>>84399413
Wasted my time with quite a few of their stories, especially the conclusions to the Spirit of Fire arc and the Spartan Ops Janus Key arc.

>>84399566
I laughed when at Jorge's cameo. It was probably the highlight for me for the entire thing.

>>84403839
Even campaign frequently crashed, progress wouldn't save, menus would be bugged. Co-op was horrible.

>>84404209
>Jorge's cameo
What does he do?

>>84404174
>Spartan Ops Janus Key arc.
The only good thing to come of that whole thing was the formal introduction of Ayit 'Sevi. And Jul and Halsey stuff.

>>84404258
He gets kicked

>>84404258
During the Spartans first day at boot camp one of the instructors starts threatening all the kids to get up with a shock baton, and shouts to Jorge that the "the last one up gets it" but pronounces his name "Hor-hay".

Jorge tries to correct him only to get immediately shocked in the gut as the instructor just yells "Don't you back talk me Hor-hay."

>>84401954
Very sexy

>>84405747
>liking hinge-heads
REMINDER THAT HINGE-HEADS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF LOST HUMAN LIVES, AND BY FRATERNIZING WITH THEM YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO YOUR SPECIES

>>84403579

Asides from Buck, they're shit.

I like the look of Locke's armor.

>>84405977
If admiring an alien's strong, muscular physique is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

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>>84406910
Here, for you.

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>Dirt never got a motion comic
I read Dirt, Headhunters and Midnight in the heart of the Midlothian more than any of the other short stories

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Hey guys, OP here. I'm gonna be tripfagging to let you guys know about updates. Due to the mediafire link in the OP being broken, I am making a new Halo Canon material archive on MEGA. It should be finished some time tomorrow, so check this thread or the new thread if there is one for an updated link.

>>84407930
thx nigga

>>84398345
My man!

>>84398366
Halo 2 > Halo 4 > Halo CE > Halo 3 > Halo Reach > Halo 5

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>>84407535
Cheers.

>>84399701
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEp9cs8ApHM
huh?

>>84408375
The fight after that clip, after he already beats them, he goes further and hits them while they're helpless. Pretty different from how it went in the book.

>>84399566
DELETE THIS

>>84399574
I could of sworn back at a panel in New York Comic Con that 343 said that Halo 5 was going to be their darkest entry. What the fuck happened?

>>84409722
Lies and rewrites? Oh, what could've been. An ONI thriller would have certainly been fairly dark.

>>84398420
Also her tits are like, twice as big.

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>>84410184
>tfw Keyes got to play with the real ones

>>84409722
They said this since Halo 4. What a let down. Maybe Halo 6 and Halo Wars 2's story will make up for it.

>>84410241
>Continuing to trust 343
>M-maybe this one guys!

>>84410241
Well, Halo Wars 2 has a different writer, so maybe!

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>>84410241
Most of 5 was shit. However it had its moments, as few and far between as they were

>>84398300

Halo 1, Halo 2, most/all Nyuland novels, Greg Bear's trilogy.

Reach was okayish, Wars was "eh". 3, 4, 5 were shit.

>inb4 "3?!"

Yes 3, it's shit.

>>84411135
>Yes 3, it's shit.
Poor Miranda, Truth, and partly Thel.

>>84400864

>"Rockets to your left"
>Jump right
>Rockets hit you
>"Oops I meant left, heheh."

>"Prometheans had a word for people like you: [unknown expletive, possibly sacrilegious]"

>>84401963

I like the idea that there are various different "races" of Sangheili with various physical differences. I believe that's the canon explanation for recent changes, between games.

I don't particularly mind Halo 4 and onwards' Elites.

>>84400808
>>84400860
Black Team was terrible, I'm glad they all died.

>>84403747

Course he is, he fucked up a gas giant so bad, it's now legally classified as a star.

>>84400200
gr8 b8 m8

>>84411360

Yeah, I mean, the idea of introducing a team of established badass characters only to be killed off easily by a villain is about as cliche as possible, but still, it's Black Team.

The fact that they even appeared was a miracle, I hardly even considered them canon.

>>84411360
>Black Team was terrible, I'm glad they all died.
It's less about Black Team themselves, and more about the reason they died.

>>84398366
>>84408237

no

halo CE>halo3>halo reach>halo 2>halo 5>halo 2

halo 5's mp was actually pretty good and the concept of CORTANA going rouge is pretty cool

>>84411487

Is this gameplay or story?

I mean, either way, Halo 3 should be at the VERY least in the bottom 3.

>>84411421
The author has written two fucking stories for Halo, and both of them are about the same characters, share the same basic plot (Spartans team up with a Covie only for the Covie to turn out to be insane and betray them) and they both have the same weird-ass black-comedy tone that doesn't work at all in the context of the story. I guess that's what happens when you hire a Marvel Zombies writer.

>>84411511

but halo 3 is literally 2 except finished

>>84411487
You have Halo 2 twice. Though I hope the real Halo 2 is at least the one greater than Halo 5.

>>84411569

Nah, Halo 2 has a far better story. Halo 3 is a storm of cliches, bad writing, poor dialogue, plotholes, and so on.

>>84411656
I wonder what Halo 3's story would've been like if Staten was able to devote all his time to developing it.

In my opinion, Halo should stop being a video game and go into other mediums. Maybe the upcoming Halo TV show will push Microsoft to move away from the gaming aspect.

Then again. would they then have to redo the games in a show/movie format? It'd be weird to want to get into a Halo TV show, only to be told you need to play the first 4 games to understand anything.

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>>84412085

i want a halo anime with an extreme amount of feels

>>84412085
I want more side games and other media that explore the species other than humans. We have barely any Kig-Yar characters, for instance.

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Why was the mission called "Two Betrayals" /HG/?

>>84412130
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSqm5Id6Hw0

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>>84412199
Maybe mutual betrayals by both GS to John, and John to GS? I dunno.

That reminds me, Guilty Spark was awfully quick to call for using the full power of the Halos, instead of something like a tactical pulse or the like.

>>84412664
Well Guilty Spark was operating what he knew of the Flood, which is "if they get free, the galaxy is fucked." Plus he had lost contact with the other Halos, so for all he knew the rest of the galaxy was already infested save for Humanity, who apparently knew dick all, and the Covenant, who GS hadn't gotten access to hear anything different.

>>84399978
alice a qt

>>84412732
Ah, I suppose that makes sense.

>>84410226
>"seeing you undressed really makes me feel like traumatizing some more orphans!"

>>84403658

>Everything at the same time.

You madman.

>>84400042
Goddamn, seeing Etoli's art again is nostalgia central. Do they still do halo fanart?

>>84401788
I've been so far behind on the series that I had no idea they remastered Halo 2.

And holy fuck, do I need to fucking get it, even if just for those remastered scenes. Those are fucking BEAUTIFUL.

>>84398282
has anyone a list or a zippyshare folder or a mega folder with all books,comcis and art books?

Calling it now
HW2 ends with the crew meeting with the rest of humanity and getting a history lesson from Palmer and co which leads int Halo 3 Anniversary ala H2A teasing H5:G

>>84401963
I hace a problem with their feets.

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>>84414978

It's up to you, but the game was (at least when it came out) an inexcusably buggy mess with a hyped-up multiplayer that straight-up *didn't work in any way whatsoever*. By all evidence, 343/Microsoft made a last-minute decision to include all 4 games in it, which resulted in an extremely, blatantly unfinished game.

I mean, that's the optimistic possibility, the other is that 343 spent several years worth of work hammered off their asses by a cocktail of intoxicants, and whose method of testing their product amounted to shoving their dicks through the little hole in the disc.

Which fucking sucks, because there was a shitton of potential in the package, the Anniversary edition was fantastically remastered, multiplayer for all 4 games PLUS a new remastered H2A multiplayer.

>pic related, it's a Forge map in the upper atmosphere of a Halo. So fucking beautiful I sometimes just had my Spartan stand on a floating block and watch the Halo roll along below my feet.

So regarding Halo wars 2...

They've been asleep for like 20 years, right?

What about their AI? She must be extremely suffering from Rampancy, right?

>>84417348
Unless the AI shutdown too, then she's fine. Dunno though.

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

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>>84416461
Their feet are cute, though.

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>>84414888
Nope. Looks like their last Halo piece was five years ago. And their last picture in general was four years ago.

>>84415804
See>>84407930

>>84407930
How's that MEGA coming along?

Is it just going to be canon stuff or will it include other stuff too?

Post Best Cutscenes

>Five Years. Five long years.
https://youtu.be/XPFj4k-ETho

>There was only one ship...
https://youtu.be/8F7OgOCzph4?t=1m34s

>>84422860
>The Arbiter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V24_8grXG2I

>>84422860
I really hope they bring back the Halo Wars theme in Halo Wars 2.

>>84412199
Spark betrayed Chief, and Chief betrayed Cortana because he completely fucked up on bringing back the captain.

>>84423347
>Chief betrayed Cortana because he completely fucked up on bringing back the captain.
That's kinda harsh saying it was a "betrayal", isn't it? Since by the time John even got to the swamp, Keyes was already taken by the Flood.

>>84423347
>>84423485
>>84412199
It's >>84412309

>>84412664
>>84412732
He's following protocol. The fact that he refused to fire 4B even though there was a massive Flood infestation nearby proved that he had gone rampant.

>>84421087
Almost done. Just getting some of the last comics that are being a bitch to get.

For now, it's just canon novels, comics, and movies. If you want me to add other things like source books or other Halo related material, let me know.

>>84425420
You can find all the Escalation comics on VIEWCOMIC, that's how I used to storytime them.

>>84425486
I've got Escalation down already.

>>84425420
Thst should be good for now, if you get the chance you should add the related material/sourcebooks

>>84425410
I wonder how Chakas is doing now, last we heard from him, he was going off the find the Lifeshaper in that Prowler.

Think he'll be relevant in this whole Created fiasco?

>>84398282
Does Red vs Blue count?

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Any of you guys excited for Tales from Slipspace?

Part of me really wishes 343 took the criticism from Escalation and made this comic series better, but you know, 343 hasn't been that great recently storywise.

At least we get a story narrated by Kelly though.

>>84427004
I'm cautiously optimistic for it. I really hope there's a good amount of stories from the point of view of aliens, and not humans.

>>84427279
Outside of Blue Team I'm really not interested in any human stories. I don't want another Spartan IV story about them shooting a bunch of aliens or them denying the Covenant access to another forerunner artifact or ruin. Give me the POV of a Sangheili displaced by the civil war or a Kig-Yar trying to get rich in the aftermath of the H-C war, or even a Kig-Yar protecting their home from Jiralhanae raiders or ex-covenant warlords. Just not another goddamn Spartan IV story.

Also PLEASE no more Infinity stories. I hope that fucking ship blows up next time we see it. We had Spartan Ops, Initiation, Escalation, Halo 4 and Halo 5 and I care about literally no one on that fucking thing. Sarah Palmer had NUMEROUS chances and I don't give two shits about her. Roland is just comic relief that hasn't actually done anything of importance. The crew is just a bunch of nobodies who might have their name mentioned in a throwaway line. Hell even Lasky sucks now, and I'm saying this as someone who like the FuD movie and his portrayal in in Halo 4 and Spartan Ops.

>>84426909
It extremely loosely implies that it is, so yeah.

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>>84427506
I agree with everything you just said.

We already know enough about humans, and there's still a lot about the Covenant species we don't know about. We barely have any Kig-Yar characters, for instance. And we having no stories about the Blooding Years. From the statistics about it, it looks to be extremely gruesome, yet nothing talks about the actual events within it.

And yeah, things are way too focused on the dang Infinity and the Spartan IVs right now. I'm actually kinda annoyed that Osiris exists since that's one more buffer 343 has against actually making games from the PoV of the Covenant races.

>>84427761
Imagine if instead of Osiris POV, we played as the Arbiter and chief and only saw Osiris as AIs and characters in the cutscenes.

>>84427883
Man, playing as the Arbiter again would have been wonderful. Though at this point, I'd be happy with playing as any alien. Except a Yonhet.

And it's not like Osiris had much overall importance. And I felt Vale and Tanaka were kinda boring characters.

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>>84407930
>>84408165
>>84421087
>>84415804

The Domain is open, /HG/. The reclamation is about to begin!

https://mega.nz/#F!OFFSkSrb!6P9FqreveGbbwh_No1qHZA
https://mega.nz/#F!OFFSkSrb!6P9FqreveGbbwh_No1qHZA

Comics, Novels, Movies, and Audio Dramas are uploaded to The Domain!

>>84428642
Thanks, me

>>84428642
Thanks!

I realized I've never watched Nightfall. Is it shit?

>>84428904
It's not very good.

>>84428973
Does it make a difference that I enjoyed Forward Unto Dawn?

>>84429014
I heard that FUD is better.

>>84428904
It's average at best, though the reason for the mission is retarded.

>We need proof that the Covenant (Which doesn't exist anymore) is breaking the truce (which they've already done about 20 times)

>>84429126
That sounds hilarious.