I’ll probably get blasted for this, but why isn’t this a possibility? Hear me out.
I’m fully aware that Requiem was thrown into the nearest sun at the end of Spartan Ops, but Spartan Ops was set 6 months after the events of Halo 4 and doesn’t mention Master Chief at all. So why cant Halo Xbox One be set maybe a month or so after Halo 4?
Bungie did something similar with the original trilogy. Those games were developed and released over a period of 7 years (CE started development 1999-2000 and Halo 3 released in 2007), yet canonically the games’ events (minus the memorial scene at the end of Halo 3) took place over the space of 3 months. Halo CE began late September 2552 and Chief was stranded in the rear of the Forward unto Dawn in mid-late December 2552. Plus the ending of Reach, where an elderly Halsey gives the eulogy for Noble 6, took place 32 years after the events of Halo 4. If the games are all considered canon now, then this end scene is set 30+ years after a game that is only set 4 years after the game the scene was created for (if you understood that).
What I’m basically saying is, since Spartan Ops was a side campaign like Reach and ODST were side games, its fully possible that 343 could start Halo Xbox One at Requiem without it adversely affecting the main story arc.
IMO, it would not be possible b/c it was already destroyed. However, I hope Onyx/Trevelyan, and the ruins of New Phoenix is shown in Halo 5 SpOps, but truthfully, I want to have SpOps missions on a Halo Ring. That way, if the flood returns it would be great to fight them again.
Basically, why not have missions in different locations other than having missions on the same planet and playing on the same locations on different chapters.
You answered your own question. Yes, Halo 5 COULD take place on Requiem because the timeline allows it. Requiem didn’t get destroyed until six months after the events of Halo 4.
Is it probable though? Not really. It would confuse fans and I doubt there’s anything that special on Requiem itself.
I don’t mean base the entire game on Requiem, but maybe the first mission, with Master Chief still coming to terms with the finale of Halo 4. Then have the game move away from it to other locations as time passes and the story progresses.
I could see the possibility of returning to requim I would also like to see halo go open world with multiple locations possibly have a special prowler for chief and blue team
> Plus the ending of Reach, where an elderly Halsey gives the eulogy for Noble 6, took place 32 years after the events of Halo 4.
really? first time i hear that. where did u get that info?
> > Plus the ending of Reach, where an elderly Halsey gives the eulogy for Noble 6, took place 32 years after the events of Halo 4.
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> really? first time i hear that. where did u get that info?
From the end of Halo: Reach.
Based on the ending of Spartan Ops, yeah I’d say Halo 5 won’t take place on Requiem. That does make me wonder though how the Prometheans could possibly be involved in the next Halo game, unless there are more somewhere else or something. I wouldn’t mind another new set of enemies though to be honest, because the Prometheans were rather boring in my opinion.
I don’t see the point of going back to Requiem now. You could make it fit, but like I said, I see little point to even try.
> What I’m basically saying is, since Spartan Ops was a side campaign like Reach and ODST were side games, its fully possible that 343 could set Halo Xbox One on Requiem without it adversely affecting the main story arc.
You’re right, it’s possible, but it’s more likely that the next installment of the Reclaimer Saga has already been written to start elsewhere.
That is not to say that the myriad of other possible spinoff games could not take place there.
> Based on the ending of Spartan Ops, yeah I’d say Halo 5 won’t take place on Requiem. That does make me wonder though how the Prometheans could possibly be involved in the next Halo game, unless there are more somewhere else or something. I wouldn’t mind another new set of enemies though to be honest, because the Prometheans were rather boring in my opinion.
Like I said, Spartan Ops is 6 months after Halo 4, so Halo Xbox One could very easily take place sometime during this 6 month period.
Also, do you honestly believe that the Didact, the main antagonist of the current story arc, is dead? All we saw was him fall into the slipstream portal below the Composer that was transferring the data of composed humans somewhere. He’s more than likely just ended up in the same place as that data and creating a new army of Prometheans.
> > Based on the ending of Spartan Ops, yeah I’d say Halo 5 won’t take place on Requiem. That does make me wonder though how the Prometheans could possibly be involved in the next Halo game, unless there are more somewhere else or something. I wouldn’t mind another new set of enemies though to be honest, because the Prometheans were rather boring in my opinion.
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> Like I said, Spartan Ops is 6 months after Halo 4, so Halo Xbox One could very easily take place sometime during this 6 month period.
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> Also, do you honestly believe that the Didact, the main antagonist of the current story arc, is dead? All we saw was him fall into the slipstream portal below the Composer that was transferring the data of composed humans somewhere. He’s more than likely just ended up in the same place as that data and creating a new army of Prometheans.
I realize that it’s possible for the game to be set on Requiem, but it just seems pointless to have another game set there. And I don’t know whether or not the Didact is dead, but I’d rather not see him again because, like the Prometheans, he’s terrible and boring.
> > > Based on the ending of Spartan Ops, yeah I’d say Halo 5 won’t take place on Requiem. That does make me wonder though how the Prometheans could possibly be involved in the next Halo game, unless there are more somewhere else or something. I wouldn’t mind another new set of enemies though to be honest, because the Prometheans were rather boring in my opinion.
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> > Like I said, Spartan Ops is 6 months after Halo 4, so Halo Xbox One could very easily take place sometime during this 6 month period.
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> > Also, do you honestly believe that the Didact, the main antagonist of the current story arc, is dead? All we saw was him fall into the slipstream portal below the Composer that was transferring the data of composed humans somewhere. He’s more than likely just ended up in the same place as that data and creating a new army of Prometheans.
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> I realize that it’s possible for the game to be set on Requiem, but it just seems pointless to have another game set there. And I don’t know whether or not the Didact is dead, but I’d rather not see him again because, like the Prometheans, he’s terrible and boring.
While I do agree the Prometheans were no fun at all, I think the Didact was an awesome character. I want him back, and angrier and better than before.
We have never revisited places from previous Halo games. There was a reason for that.
With Requiem, there is little to no point.
> > Based on the ending of Spartan Ops, yeah I’d say Halo 5 won’t take place on Requiem. That does make me wonder though how the Prometheans could possibly be involved in the next Halo game, unless there are more somewhere else or something. I wouldn’t mind another new set of enemies though to be honest, because the Prometheans were rather boring in my opinion.
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> Like I said, Spartan Ops is 6 months after Halo 4, so Halo Xbox One could very easily take place sometime during this 6 month period.
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> Also, do you honestly believe that the Didact, the main antagonist of the current story arc, is dead? All we saw was him fall into the slipstream portal below the Composer that was transferring the data of composed humans somewhere. He’s more than likely just ended up in the same place as that data and creating a new army of Prometheans.
That data ended up on Requiem.
> That data ended up on Requiem.
Yea, and the campaign for Halo Xbox One could be set sometime within the 6 month period between Halo 4 and Spartan Ops. The Didact could have used that data to create a new, more powerful promethean army. Since it could be set before Requiem’s demise, the campaign could still quiet easily start where Halo 4 left off.
> > That data ended up on Requiem.
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> Yea, and the campaign for Halo Xbox One could be set sometime within the 6 month period between Halo 4 and Spartan Ops. The Didact could have used that data to create a new, more powerful promethean army. Since it could be set before Requiem’s demise, the campaign could still quiet easily start where Halo 4 left off.
Yeah…everybody knows the Didact used the New Phoenix citizens who were Composed to expand his Promethean army. We fought them during Spartan Ops. So what is really the point of going back to Requiem? Obviously if anything was found out or discovered during an early return, it didn’t amount to anything important in Spartan Ops.
You come up with a good reason to go back, maybe I’ll listen. But the Librarian said it best, “Requiem’s time is at an end” and it ended. There is no real reason to revisit it.
> Yeah…everybody knows the Didact used the New Phoenix citizens who were Composed to expand his Promethean army. We fought them during Spartan Ops. So what is really the point of going back to Requiem? Obviously if anything was found out or discovered during an early return, it didn’t amount to anything important in Spartan Ops.
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> You come up with a good reason to go back, maybe I’ll listen. But the Librarian said it best, “Requiem’s time is at an end” and it ended. There is no real reason to revisit it.
And again, I’m not saying base the entire game there and explore. In my other comments I said the game could possibly start there for the opening cuscene or the first mision at the most (UNSC clearing out any base/outposts they have), then move the other 90% of the game elsewhere. Earth, Trevelyan, Installation 03. Anywhere in the Halo Universe.
My point is that its possible for the game to start immediately after Halo 4, rather than 6 months later after Spartan Ops.
> > Yeah…everybody knows the Didact used the New Phoenix citizens who were Composed to expand his Promethean army. We fought them during Spartan Ops. So what is really the point of going back to Requiem? Obviously if anything was found out or discovered during an early return, it didn’t amount to anything important in Spartan Ops.
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> > You come up with a good reason to go back, maybe I’ll listen. But the Librarian said it best, “Requiem’s time is at an end” and it ended. There is no real reason to revisit it.
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> And again, I’m not saying base the entire game there and explore. In my other comments I said the game could possibly start there for the opening cuscene or the first mision at the most (UNSC clearing out any base/outposts they have), then move the other 90% of the game elsewhere. Earth, Trevelyan, Installation 03. Anywhere in the Halo Universe.
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> My point is that its possible for the game to start immediately after Halo 4, rather than 6 months later after Spartan Ops.
They didn’t have any bases on Requiem until they returned 6 months later. Remember? They crashed and left in Halo 4.
In Spartan Ops, Halsey gets angry at Laskey because she finds out that Master Chief WAS on the infinity at one point, implying that he has already left to go somewhere, so it’s possible that he left to go back to Requiem (not sure why, but it’s possible) or the more likely reason, is he left to go somewhere in order to try and bring back Cortana or something of that sort. Just my idea.