Campaign DLC for CEA!

Ok. so. we get the main game and all the halo fans are going into a frenzy on how good the remake is. the game is worth 1000g (250g for multiplayer on top of this). there is still a good 500g worth left to add on, and i think a reasonable idea would be to introduce some campaign DLC that would NOT break canon in any way.

I’ve come up with 3 possible ideas for dlc, two of which could be incorporated into one, all using the expanded stories in the novel of “Halo: The Flood”.

DLC 1:
This would be for those of you familiar with the book, you would take the role of an elite stealthily infiltrating the PoA and goes by the name of “Isna’Nosolee”. he basically uses his active camo to sneak past personal, and eventually hide him self on the lifeboat with Captain Keyes on it. He ends up dieing here where Keyes shoots the elite. It would be fairly short, consisitng of one mission, and it would be a more stealthy approach to the level, as the elite has no sheilding and is just like the invis elites on Halo CE. it could show a bit more of the covenant side and how they opperate, with this elite picking his fights and hiding in the shadows. there could even be a point where the elites passes right past the cheif and you have to avoid him. and another point where you see 5 grunts (one of them Yayap!) draging a special ops elite to safety (another book reference). the eilte you play as dies in the end, but it gives an idea of how the captain is captured as they know where he is. there could be a long cutscene made showing the captain’s capture a couple hours later!

DLC 2:
This would be directly taken from the halo graphic novel, and for all you Johnson fans out there. you take the role of Sgt Johnson as his squad of marines invade the flood facility, playing out the sections that are seen in Jenkin’s helmet cam, it would be very similar to how 343 GS plays, but with more mist and more mystery around it. you would have no sheild, but health, and you don’t come across any enemies until the flood get released. you would then fight off the flood, with your ar and pistol, and get the hell out of there as the last surviving marine, and see the captain get dragged off. you would see Jenkins get infected, and you would run away to stay alive. it could truly bring back the survival feeling of the flood, and finally tie up how johnson escapes for those who don’t read the books.

DLC 3:
This would be the longest one of the 3. You would take control of Lt. Melissa Mckay and be part of Major Silva’s odst squad when trying to take alpha base on the halo ring. it would be 3 missions long, and i the first mission it would be taking back alpha base, checking rooms, working with the marines, and making sure everything is secured. you would then head off to the pillar of autumn in a warthog with a few other warthogs, and basically slavage supplies in the now covenant controlled PoA. after fighting through the Autumn the mission would end with your surviving squad heading back to alpha base in the warthogs.

Mission 2 would be where the covenant assault aplha base, but are interrupoted when the flood join the party half way. it would be a massive 3 way battle, last seen in halo 3 and and couple parts in halo 2. it would be a long battle, but you would be able to use vehicles to take out the forces. the mission would end with the squad capturing the floodified Jenkins, and locking down the flood hole in the bottom of slpha base :slight_smile:

Mission 3 would be the final push. humands are attempting to retake the Truth and Reconcilliation, and you board it by banshees that you stole. you would battle flood as well as covenant, and take the ship by force with your marine squads. there would be an easter egg where you see the proto-gravemind with the hole in (as this is set after the mission Keyes in the main campaign) and you would have to secure the TaR. the mission would end with Mellisa realising that the flood can’t be allowed to leave the ring, and instead of heading back to earth in all the glory, the captured flood Jenkins and mellisa blow up the TaR by severing a power line with the frag grenade. in this dlc you would’t have a sheild either, but maybe some sort of armor packs (like health packs) could be introduced for the marines to pick up so it isn’t too hard.

What do you people think? there could be new skulls and achievemnts added and it would complete the original halo and tie up all the plot holes without breaking canon! (this took a long time to type out)

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Dp you think this could happedn 343i? it could serve as a sort of sequel to ODST with the squads you work with!

That would be nice!

Or for example the mission of the first real halo scripted gameplay trailer :wink: where we have to play as a marine!! :open_mouth:

here you can see the short version of the trailer:

> That would be nice!
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> Or for example the mission of the first real halo scripted gameplay trailer :wink: where we have to play as a marine!! :open_mouth:
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> here you can see the short version of the trailer:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9Mn3OT3HU&feature=related

I loved that trailer, it felt very tactical and team based :stuck_out_tongue:

I feel like I’ve needed more Halo 1 campaign ever since I played Halo 2.

I would also love to see this campaign mission as a DLC in Anniversary.

You play as ‘Jenkins’ on 343 Guilty Spark, from landing in the swamp to dying at the Flood, I think it would a great addition because I know every one has wanted to play the whole thing of Jenkins.

(For those that don’t know what level I’m saying; It’s the level where the parasite is introduced and Master Chief watches Jenkin’s video.)

Discuss.

An ODST add on would be great but just the first mission at Alpha Base with the massive Ghost assault. Operation: FIRST STRIKE could be a great mission also.

Does anybody else want some dlc to further explain and squeeze all the story juices out of it?

i’m sick of new skull threads (when we have loads) and people complaining about how hard some of the achievements are, and people complaining of Analyse. we need to be looking ahead, in the future! and dlc could keep us all going until Halo 4 comes out!

Sargent Johnson mini-campaign which lasts from PoA to the end of 343GS.

Playing as the most bad–Yoink- dude in the universe (suck it John) would be awesome

to be totally honest, if they were to make ANY campaign DLC for HALO CEA, I would MUCH rather see levels designed around the book First Strike. Rather than put new things in the original game, just let us play Chiefs adventure back to Earth! That has been my favorite Halo book so far anyway right behind Fall of Reach(original one)

None of this will happen. The Reach engine, or any of the other Halo titles version of Blam! for that matter cannot have added campaign missions added. To do so would require the resource map files be alterd at their core to have the extra map dtat added to them. Multiplayer si open ended and has hidden extra map fields to release DLC for, campaign does not. Would you really want to shell out another $50 for a brand new compiled Reach game just to have 3 or 4 extra missions added? i would not.

Did you know they actually had 25 missions for Halo CE but had to cut down to 10. If they could include those?

> Did you know they actually had 25 missions for Halo CE but had to cut down to 10. If they could include those?

halo 2 and halo 3 content xDDD well its a nice way to to three games out of one :smiley:

i hope there isnt any DLC i can never afford it… I hope if there is… it will come with the platinum hit version * because i KNOW this will be a platinum hit there is no way that it cant*

im all for keeping halo CEA orignal but that sounds like a very good idea and possibly one of them could happen u never know what else 343 is keeping secret.

Maybe…maybe…

I like the way you think :slight_smile:

Anniversary is going to be like ODST. One release with no intended DLC in the future. There’s no real need since the multi is handled with Reach and 343 will be 100% focused on 4. The nature of this game means making big new content would be awkward.

Though, we could get one more surprise Reach add-on since we have a full year.

No i am happy with the offerings already. Seven maps and remastered Campaign is enough for this one. Halo only offers DLC map packs, don’t get your hopes up for CE:A to change this.

Good ideas though OP, very nice :slight_smile: