I would love to see a huge gap in time between Halo 3 and Halo 4. Mainly because UNSC tech most likely advanced within the period of time between H3 and H4. Imagine the amount of new weapons and maybe even new types of soldiers… Or more Spartans. I haven’t read Glasslands or any of the Forerunner saga books, so if any of these hint at Halo 4’s time period, go ahead and list it.
> I would love to see a huge gap in time between Halo 3 and Halo 4. Mainly because UNSC tech most likely advanced within the period of time between H3 and H4. Imagine the amount of new weapons and maybe even new types of soldiers… Or more Spartans. I haven’t read Glasslands or any of the Forerunner saga books, so if any of these hint at Halo 4’s time period, go ahead and list it.
When the Humans are not being pushed back on their heels, the tech can thrive, along with the forerunner tech that is at their disposal now.
Example- UNSC infinity
I believe it’s been confirmed that H4 takes place around 2556. So unless there’s time travel involved, no big technological advances, unfortunately.
It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
> I believe it’s been confirmed that H4 takes place around 2556. So unless there’s time travel involved, no big technological advances, unfortunately.
Unless they are actually using recently-discovered Forerunner tech…
> It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
> I believe it’s been confirmed that H4 takes place around 2556. So unless there’s time travel involved, no big technological advances, unfortunately.
There are already. Halo Glasslands features a ship that can make faster and more precise slipspace jumps than any other human ship we know of due to upgrades based on Forerunner tech. Even in just 4 years, a lot can happen.
> > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
> > > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> > That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> > Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
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> That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
OXM is wrong. The Halo Legends episode “Origins” shows the Chief in cryo as late as 2556, so Halo 4 has to take place after this.
> > I believe it’s been confirmed that H4 takes place around 2556. So unless there’s time travel involved, no big technological advances, unfortunately.
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> Unless they are actually using recently-discovered Forerunner tech…
It takes a LONG time to reverse engineer technology. Take the TU-4 for instance. It took around 3 years for a simple copy of the B-29 to be made, with 3 different ones to use as references. Imagine how long it would take to reverse engineer technology from an alien civilization thousands of years ahead of you, with materials you might not have access to.
Now, I haven’t read any of the books (though I want to), so if they already have then that’s my mistake. I’m just going off real life examples.
> > > I believe it’s been confirmed that H4 takes place around 2556. So unless there’s time travel involved, no big technological advances, unfortunately.
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> > Unless they are actually using recently-discovered Forerunner tech…
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> It takes a LONG time to reverse engineer technology. Take the TU-4 for instance. It took around 3 years for a simple copy of the B-29 to be made, with 3 different ones to use as references. Imagine how long it would take to reverse engineer technology from an alien civilization thousands of years ahead of you, with materials you might not have access to.
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> Now, I haven’t read any of the books (though I want to), so if they already have then that’s my mistake. I’m just going off real life examples.
They do, as of 2553.
> > > > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> > > That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> > > Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
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> > That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
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> OXM is wrong. The Halo Legends episode “Origins” shows the Chief in cryo as late as 2556, so Halo 4 has to take place after this.
I was literally going to post this, Chief has been in cryo for three years.
OXM don’t know everything, they don’t get the run-down of all the games before they come out, they have to do the individual research.
At least 4 years.
at least until 2556…unless 343 goes all “screw the canon we have money!”
> at least until 2556…unless 343 goes all “screw the canon we have money!”
> > > > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> > > That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> > > Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
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> > That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
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> OXM is wrong. The Halo Legends episode “Origins” shows the Chief in cryo as late as 2556, so Halo 4 has to take place after this.
So? Just because Halo Legends shows it as 2556, it doesn’t mean that 343i has to follow that year.
> It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
not it wasnt, halo 3 ends in 2553 it’s been said it takes place years after halo 3 not sure how many years but i heard its confirmed to take place 2556
> > > > > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> > > > That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> > > > Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
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> > > That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
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> > OXM is wrong. The Halo Legends episode “Origins” shows the Chief in cryo as late as 2556, so Halo 4 has to take place after this.
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> So? Just because Halo Legends shows it as 2556, it doesn’t mean that 343i has to follow that year.
it has to follow that year if they want to keep the canon THEY MADE intact
Oops, wrong thread. Ignore.
But to save face: a year, I guess. It’ll probably take place in 2553.
> > > > > It’s been confirmed that it takes place in 2553.
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> > > > That was speculation on the part of OXM, and completely false.
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> > > > Halo 4 will take place in or after 2556, though an exact time frame has yet to be established
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> > > That’s funny because the Official Xbox Magazine said it was 2553. So I am going to go with that year.
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> > OXM is wrong. The Halo Legends episode “Origins” shows the Chief in cryo as late as 2556, so Halo 4 has to take place after this.
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> So? Just because Halo Legends shows it as 2556, it doesn’t mean that 343i has to follow that year.
Uh, yes it does. Halo Legends was a 343 production and an official part of the canon.
At Halo fest (and in numerous interviews), it has been stated that Halo 4 will take place several years after Halo 3, that the Chief will have been asleep for “awhile”.
OXM based their statement on the 2554 Warthog that was premiered at Halo fest, not official information.