Now I’ve been doing some researching over and over, I have been reading up on the possible enemys in Halo 4 and I have as well guessed the enemy. I originally thought it had to be some sort of relating enemy or ‘bad’ forerunner race of such but until now I have noticed a video from 343 with some concept art of the actual main enemy of Halo 4 and I noticed in the concept art in super slow motion it was a creature with armour and a bug like sculpted body in areas. Now I noticed that the only enemy instantaniously with armour like that and a body like that was a Precursor a bug like creature. You will be able to see more of the proof in the video. But out of all of the possible enemys this enemy that was mentioned in Bestiarum has the highest chance of being the main enemy character in Halo 4. Also as an important note for all who think that concept art is chief it is not, I haven’t been able to match up any of the pieces of armour on this creature to that of chiefs.
If I need more proof here is a edified version of the video from 343 showing this concept art with descriptions as to how it is most likely correct. Honestly it all adds up but we will see when it comes out, and also we will all see more of the information from Halo 4 in Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary.
thats what im guessing too based on the ships in the concept art and the ending creature that u stated and even on this website it kinda hints on it by saying ancient evil. In the books it says there was only one precursor (the timeless one) but i really doubt that cause they had ships that could travel to other galaxies there just to advanced to be completely wiped out.
Don’t you think it would be kinda tough to really fight them though? I mean didn’t the Forerunner say the precursors used Neural Physics technology, I mean in theory that could mean something like thinking of something and having it happen although I wouldn’t know the extent of this tech or if it was even real since it could have been the Forerunner almost making them mythological, I was thinking that when the Forerunner supposedly wiped the Precursors out(said by the timeless one) it would be some weapon that managed to take them all out with one shot therefore making it impossible to fight back, anyway the Precursors could very well be the new enemies it just seems like they would wipe the floor with the UNSC but again I could easily be wrong.
I highly doubt we are facing the Precursors in Halo 4. The Precursors were wiped out by the Forerunners, and since their technology uses Neural physics, the activation of the Halo Array would have destroyed all their technology.
I recall the enemy in Halo 4 being something new, implying it’s a threat that has not been seen or even heard of to date.
> I highly doubt we are facing the Precursors in Halo 4. The Precursors were wiped out by the Forerunners, and since their technology uses Neural physics, the activation of the Halo Array would have destroyed all their technology.
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> I recall the enemy in Halo 4 being something new, implying it’s a threat that has not been seen or even heard of to date.
This is what I was thinking, maybe like a Covenant type threat(Aliens that have Forerunner tech) but aren’t limited by their religion since that is what stopped the Covenant from really looking deep into the technology they had, leaving only the Prophets to look into the Forerunner tech at hand. Essentially a new enemy that actually understands and commonly tries to integrate Forerunner tech into their own but without the whole religious restraint the Covies had.
> I highly doubt we are facing the Precursors in Halo 4. The Precursors were wiped out by the Forerunners, and since their technology uses Neural physics, the activation of the Halo Array would have destroyed all their technology.
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> I recall the enemy in Halo 4 being something new, implying it’s a threat that has not been seen or even heard of to date.
Read Cryptum. The entire foundation for the universe revolves around the Last Living Precursor, or Primordial, being a villain bent on the Forerunners’ destruction. He’d be the primary antagonist, with an army of Flood as foot soldiers most likely.
> People enjoyed fighting the flood?
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> There goes my whatever little faith I had left in this community…
Good thing we don’t rely on any 1 persons faith, it obvious that many ppl did in fact like fighting the Flood, my self included. The fact is that we’re going to be looking deeper into the Forerunner’s past which will inevitably lead to more interest in the Flood.
> People enjoyed fighting the flood?
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> There goes my whatever little faith I had left in this community…
This. Not a huge fan of fighting bouncy, squishy, mindless creatures that never die, blow up into more bouncy-squishy creatures upon seeming-death, and are nothing more than giant bullet-sponges. Anyone who enjoyed the H3 level “Cortana” on Legendary is a masochist.
Seriously though, it would be sweet to fight scary-looking predator dudes like that. I’d rather fight an enemy that at least used some semblance of tactics or cunning against you. I didn’t really know that yet, so nice video, OP. Could you have picked a more played song, though?
Did the mechanical bug thing in the video have 4 arms? I’m still not sure these are the Precursors, the fact is that it took a Halo to remove their technology, the Forerunner of Cryptum’s time period knew the only way to destroy precursor substances with a Halo and I doubt we’re going to have miniature Halo weapons for infantry combat so I’m not fully convinced these are the Precursors but that’s just me. Anyway again on the topic of Flood I wouldn’t doubt they make an appearance, they are too important to not show up and as long as any of them exist they will be a threat one day or another(and we know they could easily be in the other Halo rings.)
While the Covenant is destroyed, the Flood thought to be wiped out, I personally think there is a good…50% chance of the Flood making an apperance. While the Gravemind was destroyed along with all Escaped Flood specimens, Its already known that the Forerunners have kept specimens alive for study on the Halo rings. Who knows about this planet that seems to be a key location already. It might turn out to be a massive research facility of some sorts that houses species for study after the firing of the Halo Array. As for the Covenant, while the main structure is destroyed, there are still small groups out there that have attacked humans after the Human-Covenant war came to a closeas we see in Halo: Evolutions-The Return by Kevin Grace, where a Elite commander kills a group of Jackles firing upon human scavengers. With that being said we might even see the Covenant in some form of way like a battle group that stumbles upon the planet and gains entry. Of course this all being speculation and we wont know for certain untill 2012.
I suspect that at least part, if not all, of the multi-player “away missions” (I.E. Firefight replacement) will be against smaller pockets of Covenant resistance. Possibly something organized in the way a mafia is organized around the idea of the prophets’ ghosts attaining godhood, or some other religious zealotry. As for the campaign villain, I like the idea of the Precursors, but anything like that should be saved for the final installment with hints along the way. I think we’ll likely be fighting either corrupted Forerunners, (maybe something robotic) or some new alien species.
Personally, I think I’d rather fight my couch, supported by an army of lawn chairs than the Flood again, but it’s unlikely that they will be totally omitted. I’m hoping for a downplayed role, but the Flood is really something fundamental to the Halo universe, and 343 is probably going to want to stay somewhat close to Bungie’s work at the start.
> I highly doubt we are facing the Precursors in Halo 4. The <mark>Precursors were wiped out by the Forerunners</mark>, and since their technology uses Neural physics, the activation of the Halo Array would have destroyed all their technology.
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> I recall the enemy in Halo 4 being something new, implying it’s a threat that has not been seen or even heard of to date.