I was playing some CEA yesterday, looking for the last few terminals, when a thought came to mind. Like Halo 4, Combat Evolved wasn’t about the Human-Covenant war. In fact, the was was nothing more than a plot device to bring you to the ring and unleash all of its (amazing) secrets. It wasn’t until Halo 2 and 3 that the series was about finishing the war (or in the case of Wars, ODST, and Reach, playing through other battles in the war). The war was the backdrop in Combat Evolved, it gave you something to do until you got to the real meat of the story.
I think it is in this way that Halo 4 will be most directly similar to Combat Evolved. This may just be what Frankie means when he says “back to the roots”. And should this be the case, I can’t wait to uncover whatever secrets it is this planet has to offer.
You CAN wait? Hell, I can’t.
> You CAN wait? Hell, I can’t.
It was a typo 
I fixed it.