Bonnie has said in an interview Halo 5: Guardians has the subtitle because they want to remove the numbers in the titles. I’m kinda down with this idea, however I’m a little worried that if they do this, people might think its a spin off and not a major installment. I’m down with the idea of taking away the number in the title, are you?
I suppose so, I don’t know, I rather have the side-stories without numbers (like ODST, without the Halo 3 part)
This is awesome because it also allows the game title to more directly correspond with its theme. We don’t need a Rocky 10,000 thing going on…
I saw this a day or two ago, I wasn’t sure at first but Kiki or Jessica (I Can’t remember) said that they don’t really want to get into “Halo 17” so I completely Agree, having Halo “5” and then a subtitle will ease people into having something like Halo: Nightfall, I know that’s the live action thing but you get my point.
-Bradley
Dropping numbers in the middle of a trilogy isn’t very wise practice. While I don’t expect them to drop the numbers in Halo 6, I’m sure that it will happen eventually.
The condensed logo for “Halo 10” would look pretty horrifying.
Hopefully they’ll keep the numbers up to Halo 6, then they can switch to subtitles.
I imagine there is going to be sequels after Halo 6, as we have yet to finally deal with the Precursors (not as the Flood).
Reminds me of how CoD dropped the numbers, look at history repeat it’s self:
CoD
CoD 2
CoD 3
CoD 4: Modern Warfare
CoD: World at War
CoD: Modern Warfare 2
CoD: Black Ops
See the trend? Now lets try Halo.
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 4
Halo 5: Gaurdians
Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> Reminds me of how CoD dropped the numbers, look at history repeat it’s self:
>
> CoD
> CoD 2
> CoD 3
> CoD 4: Modern Warfare
> CoD: World at War
> CoD: Modern Warfare 2
> CoD: Black Ops
>
> See the trend? Now lets try Halo.
>
> Halo
> Halo 2
> Halo 3
> Halo 4
> Halo 5: Gaurdians
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
With Halo being a three-year cycle, and will continue to be a three-year cycle, I wouldn’t worry about that too much.
And it’s not like quantity and quality are mutually exclusive either.
> Dropping numbers in the middle of a trilogy isn’t very wise practice.
> I saw this a day or two ago, <mark>I wasn’t sure at first but Kiki or Jessica</mark> (I Can’t remember) said that they don’t really want to get into “Halo 17” so I completely Agree, having Halo “5” and then a subtitle will ease people into having something like Halo: Nightfall, I know that’s the live action thing but you get my point.
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> -Bradley
It was actually Bonnie Ross.
Anyway, i think they shouldn’t drop the numbers entirely, but a subtitle is fine. Its not that detrimental to the franchise IMO. after Halo 6, i’m pretty sure the main story arc would be over, so yeah, they can drop it then.
Who cares?
No one’s going to get confused. Halo’s still one of the most marketed franchises in the industry, and word of mouth does the rest. The only people who won’t realize it’s a main title are people who dislike the series and weren’t gonna buy it anyway.
Personally, I think it’s gonna seem somewhat tacky when we’re up to Halo 7 and beyond.
Not sure how I feel about this… I’d be okay if it happened after Halo 6. At some point numbering gets a little too much.
As quoted, this isn’t Final Fantasy. We’re dangerously close to becoming unoriginal, if we haven’t gotten there already.
Halo has always been a franchise rooted in poetic phrases (you had me at Pillar of Autumn), not boring numbers. I welcome the change.
I’d rather have Halo 6 be the last numbered game.
I’m actually fine with this. It feels a little bit silly counting numbers after a certain game.
> Reminds me of how CoD dropped the numbers, look at history repeat it’s self:
>
> CoD
> CoD 2
> CoD 3
> CoD 4: Modern Warfare
> CoD: World at War
> CoD: Modern Warfare 2
> CoD: Black Ops
>
> See the trend? Now lets try Halo.
>
> Halo
> Halo 2
> Halo 3
> Halo 4
> Halo 5: Gaurdians
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
You neglected to mention Halo: Reach in of which the release date was between 3 and 4 despite the fact that it was a prequel to Halo: CE (It wasn’t just called Halo btw)
You also neglected Halo: ODST, The only reason they called it “Halo 3: ODST” is because it fell into the same time frame as Halo 3.
On topic, I think they should stop numbering after the Reclaimer saga. which, by the way previous people posting, it is not a trilogy, it’s a saga, CE-3 was the original trilogy, 4-__ is Reclaimer saga. Everyone seems to assume that it will stop at 6. with a saga, there is no real way of telling how long the story will go. they could stop at 5 or they can go as far as 9 or 10.
I believe I read some where that they PLAN to go to AT LEAST 6. But plans always change and they can either decide to end with 5 or go further than 6. we wont know until they tell us.
> > Reminds me of how CoD dropped the numbers, look at history repeat it’s self:
> >
> > CoD
> > CoD 2
> > CoD 3
> > CoD 4: Modern Warfare
> > CoD: World at War
> > CoD: Modern Warfare 2
> > CoD: Black Ops
> >
> > See the trend? Now lets try Halo.
> >
> > Halo
> > Halo 2
> > Halo 3
> > Halo 4
> > Halo 5: Gaurdians
> > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
>
> You neglected to mention Halo: Reach in of which the release date was between 3 and 4 despite the fact that it was a prequel to Halo: CE (It wasn’t just called Halo btw)
>
> You also neglected Halo: ODST, The only reason they called it “Halo 3: ODST” is because it fell into the same time frame as Halo 3.
>
> On topic, I think they should stop numbering after the Reclaimer saga. which, by the way previous people posting, it is not a trilogy, it’s a saga, CE-3 was the original trilogy, 4-__ is Reclaimer saga. Everyone seems to assume that it will stop at 6. with a saga, there is no real way of telling how long the story will go. they could stop at 5 or they can go as far as 9 or 10.
>
> I believe I read some where that they PLAN to go to AT LEAST 6. But plans always change and they can either decide to end with 5 or go further than 6. we wont know until they tell us.
I left out Reach on purpose, Sure there are non numbered Halo games, but that makes sense as they all take place bofore or alongside the numbered Halo games.
If Halo 6 was called Halo:Apocalypse for example, people might think that Halo:Apocalypse might be another prequel to a numbered game (just like Reach was) or a spin off Halo game, rather than the sequel to Halo 5.
The numbers make it easier to the general public or newcomers to distinguish.
Also
> Halo: CE (It wasn’t just called Halo btw)
I know that, I was trying to make the titles more uniform.
> You also neglected Halo: ODST, The only reason they called it “Halo 3: ODST” is because it fell into the same time frame as Halo 3.
You are wrong, it was called Halo 3: ODST because it used the same engine as Halo 3. If Bungie wanted to name it by time frame, it would have been called Halo 2: ODST because the game actually takes place during Halo 2, but they didn’t name it based on that.
> > > Reminds me of how CoD dropped the numbers, look at history repeat it’s self:
> > >
> > > CoD
> > > CoD 2
> > > CoD 3
> > > CoD 4: Modern Warfare
> > > CoD: World at War
> > > CoD: Modern Warfare 2
> > > CoD: Black Ops
> > >
> > > See the trend? Now lets try Halo.
> > >
> > > Halo
> > > Halo 2
> > > Halo 3
> > > Halo 4
> > > Halo 5: Gaurdians
> > > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> > > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> > > Halo: (insert rest of the title without number here)
> >
> > You neglected to mention Halo: Reach in of which the release date was between 3 and 4 despite the fact that it was a prequel to Halo: CE (It wasn’t just called Halo btw)
> >
> > You also neglected Halo: ODST, The only reason they called it “Halo 3: ODST” is because it fell into the same time frame as Halo 3.
> >
> > On topic, I think they should stop numbering after the Reclaimer saga. which, by the way previous people posting, it is not a trilogy, it’s a saga, CE-3 was the original trilogy, 4-__ is Reclaimer saga. Everyone seems to assume that it will stop at 6. with a saga, there is no real way of telling how long the story will go. they could stop at 5 or they can go as far as 9 or 10.
> >
> > I believe I read some where that they PLAN to go to AT LEAST 6. But plans always change and they can either decide to end with 5 or go further than 6. we wont know until they tell us.
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> I left out Reach on purpose, Sure there are non numbered Halo games, but that makes sense as they all take place bofore or alongside the numbered Halo games.
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> If Halo 6 was called Halo:Apocalypse for example, people might think that Halo:Apocalypse might be another prequel to a numbered game (just like Reach was) or a spin off Halo game, rather than the sequel to Halo 5.
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> The numbers make it easier to the general public or newcomers to distinguish.
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> Also
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> > Halo: CE (It wasn’t just called Halo btw)
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> I know that, I was trying to make the titles more uniform.
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> > You also neglected Halo: ODST, The only reason they called it “Halo 3: ODST” is because it fell into the same time frame as Halo 3.
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> <mark>You are wrong, it was called Halo 3: ODST because it used the same engine as Halo 3. If Bungie wanted to name it by time frame, it would have been called Halo 2: ODST because the game actually takes place during Halo 2, but they didn’t name it based on that.</mark>
wrong wrong wrong WRONG. This takes place just after the super-carrier glassed africa and jumped to slip-space Further more, The brutes and elites didn’t start going at it until after the events of halo 2 (especially not on earth) when the brutes wanted to take control of the covenant armada because they are big and dumb. during Buck’s mission this is even noted when he points out that it looks like the brutes and elites were fighting. so in the most respectful way possible, you are WRONG
I understand that it uses Halo 3’s engine. but its not an exact carbon copy.
also neglecting to mention the fore mentioned games only proves my point, because these are games that break the cycle. Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach Break the pattern. Regardless of if they are spin offs or attached to the main story or prequels.
Id argue that the Halo: Reach is not attached to the main story, but that is an argument for another day.
I’m so glad they’re dropping the numbers. When Halo 4 was first announced I was a little skeptical about future titles, whenever something goes over the 3 mark that’s usually it for me before they’ve gotta use subtitles.
I’m not sure how anyone else feels about it but when I see games/movies named (whatever) 4/5/6 it tends to degrade my attention for them a little. Seems to add a level of cheapness for it.
They could’ve very well called Halo 4, Halo: Forerunner or something along those lines to hint at the upcoming story but meh. As for people thinking it’s a spin-off, I can see that being a problem for some but it’s something that can be fixed with relative ease during the announcement.