What do you think of the idea of Earth falling at some point in the new halo trilogy? It would really let us know that whatever we are fighting is even worse than the covenant, or at least using different tactics.
We could then have a really cool mission where we retake earth, or it becomes the new enemy’s headquarters (say Precursors, Didact, forerunners, machines, AIs or flood). We could go on a daring strike against an unrecognizable earth.
We have had everyone falling back to Earth, with the centre holding but not much else. How about having everyone fleeing from the centre this time. That would give the universe a completely different dynamic as rather than falling back we would have Chief encountering desperate flights. Humanity would be scattered and without a central consolidated command.
I dont think that could happen. Humanity has delt with every threat no matter how close the fight was. And humanity has already probably started recolonizing. Other planets. Though it would be a cool fight, it seems that the Halo universe is long past the stage where that could happen.
Because Humanity has colonized other planets it wouldn’t be too depressing, but still Halo doesn’t have that sort of vibe to it. Halo seems to have that sort of vibe where no matter what is thrown at us, we can take it. That’s what I like about Halo and that its not trying to mimic Killzone or Gears of War. But I wouldn’t mind having a couple major cities like NYC being destroyed.
I really think they should steer away from the “Earth Under Seige” plot. The Didact’s attack on Earth in Halo 4 was good because it was brief and helped set a tone without intruding in on the path of the story.
Then you look at Halo 2, which tried to market itself as depicting Earth under seige. Perhaps about a 5th of the game even involved Earth. We left it behind for bigger and better things as early as we could.
Halo 3 spent a little more time on Earth, but IMO did a bad job of showing the devastation. Not to mention the Ark was again the main scene.
Halo is about the mystery and wonder, exploring rings and artificial planets and ancient secrets. Throwing in Earth kind of pulls away from that, and really doesn’t add much unless done right.
If they can do it well, then sure, let another invasion of Earth be done.
If it can’t, then don’t detract from the experience and flow.
Just look at ME3. In my opinion, as soon as we touched down on Earth the game just kind of crashed. The pace was completely interrupted, the mystery and exploration disappeared, the battles dragged, the art became bland dark and rubble, and the interactions really weren’t great.
> I really think they should steer away from the “Earth Under Seige” plot. The Didact’s attack on Earth in Halo 4 was good because it was brief and helped set a tone without intruding in on the path of the story.
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> Then you look at Halo 2, which tried to market itself as depicting Earth under seige. Perhaps about a 5th of the game even involved Earth. We left it behind for bigger and better things as early as we could.
> Halo 3 spent a little more time on Earth, but IMO did a bad job of showing the devastation. Not to mention the Ark was again the main scene.
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> Halo is about the mystery and wonder, exploring rings and artificial planets and ancient secrets. Throwing in Earth kind of pulls away from that, and really doesn’t add much unless done right.
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> If they can do it well, then sure, let another invasion of Earth be done.
> If it can’t, then don’t detract from the experience and flow.
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> Just look at ME3. In my opinion, as soon as we touched down on Earth the game just kind of crashed. The pace was completely interrupted, the mystery and exploration disappeared, the battles dragged, the art became bland dark and rubble, and the interactions really weren’t great.
Good point; the mystery and exploration is a great aspect of Halo. That was the problem with Reach’s campaign. It was just straight up: There was a big battle.
I really think we should shift away from Earth moving forward. During the Bungie Trilogy, it was a big deal because it was humanity facing extinction and Earth was a symbol. In the Reclaimer Saga, I find it to be less so since, as Lasky said, we are the giants now. If Earth is to fall, I wonder if doing is off-screen would be more moving just to reflect how Earth is just one planet among millions.
> > What do you think of the idea of Earth falling at some point in the new halo trilogy?
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> Isn’t that the threat that Halo’s 2, 3, ODST, and Halo 4 held over us? <mark>I’d really like for there to be something else at stake</mark>.
Something like the ability of free will and thought for all sentient life (all life, in reality) would be a more pressing concern than a planet that’s been defended to death.
And for this, we can thank the Forerunners for -Yoink!- off their (and our) creators.
> > What do you think of the idea of Earth falling at some point in the new halo trilogy?
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> Isn’t that the threat that Halo’s 2, 3, ODST, and Halo 4 held over us? I’d really like for there to be something else at stake.
I am not talking about having this at stake. I am talking about it already having happened.
> > > What do you think of the idea of Earth falling at some point in the new halo trilogy?
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> > Isn’t that the threat that Halo’s 2, 3, ODST, and Halo 4 held over us? I’d really like for there to be something else at stake.
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> I am not talking about having this at stake. I am talking about it already having happened.
Same circumstance, different details. Between “fallen” and “falling” there’s a pretty fine line (dramatically) and unless you’re going to make the entire story about the plight of the downtrodden human masses fighting against covenant repression there’s not much to explore in that narrow space. Earth shouldn’t be directly involved with the next game, we’ve trodden that ground far too often in this galactic series.
> I want earth to fall as the opening cutscene to the game it falls in, to help establish the threat, the tone and the situation.
That’d be cool.
I remember last year when that “mysterious data chip” false ‘leak’ was going around, it made it sound like the Flood had already returned and overrun the galaxy. It’d take some balls to just have the narrative go down that path, but I think overall a proper build-up would be preferable - for me, at least.
I’d rather see the Infinity destroyed, it be certainly an interesting different story since it would lead Earth wide open to attacks. Plus rather see a bigger fleet than all of it stuck in ship.
