Halo 4 spin-off like Halo 3: ODST?

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I have an idea for a spin-off of Halo 4 like Halo 3 ODST. It would be based on the past 5 years from Halo 3 to Halo 4. We’d be playing the Arbiter and the game would really be centred on what he has been doing in these past 5 years.
It’d be called
Halo 4-Covenant.

Here’s a list on what I think the game should be like:

- The campaign should be focused entirely on Arbiter. We shouldn’t just be fighting throughout the whole thing, so 343 should introduce a dialogue system of some sorts in which Arbiter will have to negotiate(Brutes, UNSC, Elites). Don’t makie the dialogue system boring though, make it dynamic and fun and also make it flow well.
I think this negotiation system for when we play the Arbiter is a really great idea as it really differentiates his and Chief’s campaigns/missions.
What does he negotiate? Well it really depends on you as a player; do you want the Brutes to be punished for what they did? Or do you want them to be forgiven(Given Elites also enslaved them for hundred of years)? Do you want them Covenant to be in alliance with the Humans? Or do you want the Covenant to isolate themselves from the humans with no fighting? We’ll be making decisions like this.

- The length should not be like ODST, in which it was really short. It should be the length of a full Halo campaign, at least 10 - 12 hours on normal.

- To satisfy the Multiplayer guys;

  • Give us at least 7 maps with it, - New weapons(Maybe the Plasma Rifle? As the normal Covenant use the PR and only the Storm Covenant use the Storm Rifle) - And at least one new game-mode, specifically to do with Elites.

- This deserves a bullet point of it’s own; bring ELITES back to multiplayer with this game. This game will primarily focus on the Arbiter so I see no reason to not have Elites in Multiplayer this time.

- Don’t sell it at full-price. Don’t make the same mistake as last time, although this is arguably a better deal than ODST, sell it at least half price or 40 dollars.

- Include a full season of Spartan Ops. Include a full season of Spartan Ops for this game, try to link as much to the campaign as possible.

- Put it on the 720? Release this game when the 720 comes out, it’ll achieve graphical fidelity and we will have a Halo launch title for the next XBOX.

- Firefight? I think 343 ‘could’ include Firefight in this one, it doesn’t have to be in but it’d be great.

- Make sure the campaign goes over the 5 years.

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12 hours of diplomatic arguing? I think ill stick with the Chief

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I like to say, thanks for your time and comments guys.
I hope we really do get a game like this for Halo 4.

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Well… who does the Arbiter fight against?

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> 12 hours of diplomatic arguing? I think ill stick with the Chief

Where did I say there would be 12 hours of diplomatic arguing?
All I’m saying is for Arbiter to get a dialogue system because he’s going to be negotiating a lot, it won’t be boring like Mass Effect’s, it should be dynamic.
And it won’t be going for ages, say Arbiter and the Elites have to infiltrate a Brute ship, in the end they do and they get to the Brute leader in the central command; Arbiter has to try and settle some terms with the Brutes in order to get a peace, that’s what it’s for.

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> Well… who does the Arbiter fight against?

the storm faction . I want a Halo like this but I don’t agree with OP on many points

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> Well… who does the Arbiter fight against?

It’ll be him settling an alliance with the Humans, sorting out the Brutes and it’ll show the beginning of the Storm. It’ll take place over 5 years so it’ll be non-stop action of the good bits.

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> > Well… who does the Arbiter fight against?
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> the storm faction . I want a Halo like this but I don’t agree with OP on many points

What don’t you agree with my friend?

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Wow thanks for the yes votes guys, keep it up.

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I personally think there could be a connection between the future Halo’s and a spin-off. Maybe a spin-off of Chief as a child, we experience what it was like for him to go through such horror through the Spartan training program and the Covenant war.

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> I personally think there could be a connection between the future Halo’s and a spin-off. Maybe a spin-off of Chief as a child, we experience what it was like for him to go through such horror through the Spartan training program and the Covenant war.

I’d really like that.

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> > I personally think there could be a connection between the future Halo’s and a spin-off. Maybe a spin-off of Chief as a child, we experience what it was like for him to go through such horror through the Spartan training program and the Covenant war.
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> I’d really like that.

I’d really like that too! I don’t know who wouldn’t :slight_smile:
It’d be amazing to experience the past life of Chief, no doubt about it!

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> > > I personally think there could be a connection between the future Halo’s and a spin-off. Maybe a spin-off of Chief as a child, we experience what it was like for him to go through such horror through the Spartan training program and the Covenant war.
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> > I’d really like that.
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> I’d really like that too! I don’t know who wouldn’t :slight_smile:
> It’d be amazing to experience the past life of Chief, no doubt about it!

I’d like that too, but not for another game. I’d like for the Main series only to explore Chief’s character, that’s also what the Reclaimer trilogy is doing. Hopefully in H5, we’ll get some flashbacks.

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There already is a spin off for Halo 4…it’s called Spartan Ops.

And if 343i does that right, and a second season can be made, I certainly think they should look into the possibilities of having non-Spartan gameplay.
Playing as ODST’s again, or something more Elite focussed. It’s certainly possible within Spartan Ops, and it would save a lot of money compared to making it a disk based game…

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> There already is a spin off for Halo 4…it’s called Spartan Ops.
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> And if 343i does that right, and a second season can be made, I certainly think they should look into the possibilities of having non-Spartan gameplay.
> Playing as ODST’s again, or something more Elite focussed. It’s certainly possible within Spartan Ops, and it would save a lot of money compared to making it a disk based game…

I don’t think this will work for Spartan Ops.
Spartan Ops is for the background stuff that Spartans do, in between the current Halo game and the next.