I have a lot of hopes ad theories, so I put it all under a spoiler, so quotes don’t become insanely long. If you have a long message, please do the same.
Doesn’t actually contain any spoilers!
I, personally, really like those two images above, as it feature Yabda - who is an Unggoy (Grunt) - and I really like those little methane-breathing creatures. So having a Grunt with a minor (and maybe even major) role in a mainstream Halo game would be amazing. The announced Grunt DLC leader for Halo Wars 2 already has me hyped, and I believe is going to be a stepping stone for main character-grunts.
Also, the script shows the word “horror” on the second page. A lot of people have been saying that this could be a conection to the long-absent flood, that has been missing from 343’s Halo franchise. The flood would be a perfect edition to Halo 6, and I really hope that they are in it. Although just the word ‘horror’ may have no connection to the flood whatsoever. But, a new Halo Wars 2 DLC is featured - drumroll - the flood. So this could be another really cool stepping stone for a future Halo game.
As well as these, I hope Halo 6 will have a similar art style to that of Halo Wars 2. That being Bungie’s art style blended with 343’s. Because I kinda like 343’s art style (from Halo 4 and 5) and really like Bungie’s (from CE, 2 and 3), so mix them together and I kinda really super like it! I feel it would make Halo feel more like Halo (I problem I feel it’s had in the past), and alos, it’d look super cool. I personally found Halo 5’s graphics to be kinda plasticy and not very realistic. But Halo Wars 2’s graphic style could end those issues.
Speaking of original Halo, the Halo 2 BR, Halo CE Magnum and SPKR Rocket Launcher are all really cool weapons that weren’t in Halo 5 originally (but were added in updates!). I hope these weapons are in Halo 6 originally without needing to be added by updates. In fact, I want all of the content from Halo 5’s updates to be in Halo 6 originally without needing updates to add them - because ten we can save the upsates for more cool stuff, rather than repeating Halo 5.
Speaking of updates though, I don’t want any paid updates (such as the leaders and even campaigns in Halo Wars 2), because that makes the game (that is already fairly dear, as are most Xbox games) cost even more, and it also makes it seem worthless without those extra ones. I love the free content updates because they are really cool and helped improve Halo 5, but the paid ones annoy me quite a bit. I feel robbed.
Money-wise, Halo 5 became quite pay to win, with the fact that REQ packs could be bought with real money, and I don’t really mind that. But, I do dislike the armour having to be randomly gained from packs. If Halo 6 had the armour and emblem system of Halo Reach (where you pick what you buy), it would be a dream come true. I wouldn’t mind REQ packs being available for vehicles and weapons for Warzone, but as I want to be able to pick my armour, not hope to get it.
Speaking of Warzone, I want original firefight. I don’t mind having Warzone firefight, but it’s just not the same as ODST’s or Reach’s great gamemode. I’ve spent so many hours playing firefight (especially Gruntapocalypse…). Having original firefight would make the game much better in my opinion.
Also, for campaign, I actually like the team mechanic (telling them who to attack, what to pick up, where to go) despite a lot of people not liking it. I would like it to carry through to Halo 6. Although, I do not want it to be on every mission. Halo needs the isolation feeling it has had in the past. Just chief - and maybe Cortana - all alone. But with the constant chatting of Blue team or Osiris it feels like it’s not a Halo game. Also, if this feature is in Halo 6. I either you to always play as one character - not switch between Locke and Chief. I don’t mind if in some missions you have Osiris with you - because I prefer Osiris to Blue Team… mainly because of Buck… - but I don’t want two (or more) teams
And one final thing I kind of want in Halo 6, that might not be to the liking of everyone else… (this one does contain minor spoiler for Halo 5, major spoilers for Halo 4, and minor spoiler for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Don’t ask…).
I kind of want Masterchief to die. Or at least go M.I.A. Maybe go all King Arthur style and go absent until he’s next needed.
Now I know, I sound insane, but hear me out…
Cortana will most likely be the antagonist again, and won’t stop until either she succeeds - or is killed (can AIs ‘die’? Or do they have a fancy term like de-fabricate?). I want Masterchief - alone - have to shut Cortana down for good after trying everything else. It’ll be so emotionally hard for him. Save the galaxy, or let Cortana live. But that is the kind of emotional feeling Halo needs again. And this time, she’s not going to come back (like Halo 4… sighs). I want it to be the end of Cortana. And I want either Chief to have to sacrifice himself in the process, to die whilst killing Cortana, or (I would prefer) for him to fly away in a pelican with no coms or whatever and basically abandon the world. A bit like the Hulk did in age of Ultron. Go off the grid - leave. But I want him to do it in a way that everyone thinks he died and didn’t know he just left. He could barely cope with her ‘dying’ in Halo 4, he definitely won’t cope with killing her himself. Imagine him killing his partner all the way from CE, and going on the run. What a way to end the second (mainstream) Halo trinity.
And that will leave the mantle of the UNSCs legendary hero vacant. And I want a new hero to step in. Whether that be Locke, a new Spartan, or maybe even you (kind of like how you are Noble 6). Setting the stage for a new trilogy featuring a new hero. And if chief does go on the run and hide, he can always return if needed (basically if the fans don’t like him leaving), or (what I want) is for him to carry on the do stuff, but in the shadows. I want chief to do stuff that we see the effects of, but don’t know it’s chief, unless we look really deeply into the lore and find little clues that elude to chief’s actions.
So that’s all of my ideas and hopes. What do you think of these? Do you think they’re possible?
- Razzula
