3rd person tactical shooter?

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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Ive been thinking for a while I would love to see a sort of parallel series to the main numbered Halo games.

The idea I’ve had is for a 3rd person tactical shooter not too dissimilar from Rainbow 6 (but not 1st person), being serious, gritty (though not too gritty) and sometimes a bit frightening. It could involve the Innies vs the UNSC in an untold skirmish on one of the many colonised planets.

It would feel different from the Halo we know, yet all the guns and vehicles would exist in the states we know them, same sound and handling etc.

I could imagine the beginning of the game would have you be a normal civilian living his day to day life in a big city, possibly driving from point A to B slowly allowing you to take in this awesome futuristic place (maybe this guy could be on a hands free talking to a workmate or listening to the news that would give the player some hints of the horrors that are about to happen), then all of a sudden, a high rise building explodes in front of you, followed by multiple explosions and being thrown out of your vehicle from the shockwave.

You wake up shortly after, being dragged away to safety by some man in battle armour. The player will now become this man, maybe a marine or special forces type. More explosions in the distance sound, while seeing ODSTs drop in around the area from orbit. You as the player, or character for that matter have no idea who is behind these attacks, but it sure as hell doesnt look like the covenants doing.

Anyway ill stop there for now, yet I could see something like this running in parallel to Chiefs story and eventually linking up. This would also give players a chance to really get to know more about the Insurrectionists and see the Halo Universe in a different light. Humans vs Humans, In a place like the Londons and New Yorks of today, just 500 years in the future.

Would you guys like a spin off series in a more serious tone?

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I like the idea. Personally I’ve been pining for a side game like this for some time for multiple reasons.

I have to admit though, I find your way of starting it off the game a little cliche. I mean if I had a nickel for every time I saw that or something similar… Anyway, I’d propose more bringing noble six in. He’s a pre-established character, a blank slate (other than we know he did missions like this as the Lone Wolf) and we might be able to use our custom armour again. Would at least be a good way to cut some of the loose ends.

So I like the gameplay idea, but disagree on the plot focus. I’d push to see the game more about the Admirals personal grim reaper than a random civilian.

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Cool idea. Sadly it will most likely be a CoD clone like Halo 4.

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Regarding the plot I just wanted to give an idea of what the game could be like. I’m by no means a developer or story teller hahah. Thanks anyway.

Just basically want it to be different, epic and scary that could sort of relate to modern day horrors, all while doing it in the Halo Universe. I’d love to see the Universe in a more life like way. For example if we were living in it, how would we see it?

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Also being able to walk through a city in emergency, panicked people everywhere, crowded skies with pelicans and ODSTs dropping in all in XB1 graphics. Yeah.

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You mean like Spec ops the line just like in the Heart of darkness by joseph konrad .

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I did play The Line and thought it was quite good. I’d just like a different take on the games is all. The Halo Universe is almost endless in possibilties and I’d love to be able explore it in a different way with a different tone, yet being obvious you are playing a game set in this awesome universe.

I’d love to see human vs human introduced in the games at some point. Im so curious as to how it would turn out and they already have a huge back story with a future that would easily allow this to happen.