Halo 4 Terminal Discussion

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While unconfirmed in Halo 4, I think it’s a safe bet that terminals will continue to be in Halo from CEA onward. So the obvious question is, what will be in store? I’ll start off with some speculation of my own.

Characters

So the Halo 3 terminals revolved around the Didact, Librarian, Mendicant Bias, Gravemind and some other supporting characters. ODST dealt with Sadie Endesha. Finally CEA focused on 343 Guilty Spark. Who know?

The obvious candidates include the Didact, Librarian and Chakas. This could be a good way to explain how the Librarian survived the Halo firing while she was stranded on Earth. The Didact could have an arc that shows how he responds to firing the rings and how he guides what’s left of is people. Chakas’ terminals could show us portions from the book Primordium or him during his journey for the Librarian. Either than that, I’m not too sure who else could guide the story in the terminals.

Format

So in what way could they be presented? The text-based ones in Halo 3 were okay, but I prefer the CEA terminals done by motion comics. This shouldn’t be a huge concern though, but the quality shouldn’t go down.

Does anyone have any other concerns or speculation they want to provide?

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I’d like them to be harder to find, kind of like an easter egg hunt.

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> I’d like them to be harder to find, kind of like an easter egg hunt.

I’d be down for making them more of a challenge to find. That said in this day and age once they are found a quick Google search will make the challenge non-existent.

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> > I’d like them to be harder to find, kind of like an easter egg hunt.
>
> I’d be down for making them more of a challenge to find. That said in this day and age once they are found a quick Google search will make the challenge non-existent.

Thats why not only should they be hard to find, but also hard to get to.

I got chills from the last terminal (not the secret one) when it first shows Chief standing there…

GOOSEBUMPS

So definitly CEA style terminals

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> Thats why not only should they be hard to find, <mark>but also hard to get to</mark>.
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> I got chills from the last terminal (not the secret one) when it first shows Chief standing there…
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> GOOSEBUMPS
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> So definitly CEA style terminals

Any idea on how to make them hard to get?

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I hope they’re either like CEA or playable.

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> > Thats why not only should they be hard to find, <mark>but also hard to get to</mark>.
> >
> > I got chills from the last terminal (not the secret one) when it first shows Chief standing there…
> >
> > GOOSEBUMPS
> >
> > So definitly CEA style terminals
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> Any idea on how to make them hard to get?

Well think about the Bandanna skull in CEA, it was a tricky one to get so something like that.

Maybe have certain terminals only appear on Legendary, gaurded by a group of tough enemies (whatever they may be) with power weapons.

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Possibly hinting at 5 and 6. That’s my best guess.

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They really couldn’t hide them very well in cea due to them not actually being able to add any new spots into the game.

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> > > Thats why not only should they be hard to find, <mark>but also hard to get to</mark>.
> > >
> > > I got chills from the last terminal (not the secret one) when it first shows Chief standing there…
> > >
> > > GOOSEBUMPS
> > >
> > > So definitly CEA style terminals
> >
> > Any idea on how to make them hard to get?
>
> Well think about the Bandanna skull in CEA, it was a tricky one to get so something like that.
>
> Maybe have certain terminals only appear on Legendary, gaurded by a group of tough enemies (whatever they may be) with power weapons.

I dunno about Bandanna-style hiding locations. That was more frustrating than difficult. Terminal should be out of the way, hidden, but obvious when found, especially because they are more about the content than the search (at least, that’s the way it is for me).

One thing they should do, like in Halo 3, is bonus content on Legendary difficulty, much like what Halo 3 did. And I really hope they do what CEA did with having the codes at the end to unlock a hidden terminal on Waypoint. That was a genius move by 343.

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EDIT: ^^^^^^exactly

say keep its simple while still having a challenge similar to halo 2 Skulls hidden in places where some may not think of looking. some times the terminals were right there and not some places that’s off the beaten path. difficult level could very but some of these delve into the fiction and some don’t feel the need to play the hardest game of there lives(i’m over exaggerating) But keep it like something like CEA or halo 2. One of my favorite was the Lucy easter egg in CEA something like that is good.