http://www.gameblurb.net/news/halo-4-details-leaked

This sounds pretty cool to me, seems quite possible, I hope for a change as I have mixed feelings about the existence of Halo 4, but if they innovate then I think it could be pretty cool.

I really hope for a rather large change.

Actually sounds pretty exciting. Reach really invigorated the series and if 343 has these types of ideas in mind for the next game I'm on board. 

Sounds too cool to be true

If it's for realz that sounds like some cool stuff. I am definitely not dismissing Halo 4 right away, and after reading that, it sounds like it could be a really interesting game.

Sounds plausible enough, but I'm not buying it.

Well, it sounds pretty cool, but I don't know.  Personally, I think Bungie is over doing it by making Halo 4.

@PenguinDust said:

Personally, I think Bungie is over doing it by making Halo 4.

So this is a meme already?

This could be fake, as it sounds too good to be true. I hope 343 Industries do something new and innovative with the Halo license, instead of rehashing the same gameplay formula to cashin in for this franchise. I also hope that they hire better writers than Bungie did, because the series has never had great storytelling that lived up to the rich universe and backstory.

I am pretty sure that it will ship in multiple discs though. 

they need to change everything if they want me back in

@greenygrey: I don't blame that all on the writers. I know that there was some great stuff that had to get cut because at its core Halo is a shooter. What would be cool would be to take the Halo-verse into a Mass Effect type environment. That would allow for a lot more in depth story telling.

AIM system? As in "yo, we're adding ADS"? If they offer an ADS system, I will instantly care less about Halo as a franchise anymore and strictly stick to Bungie's games.

@MisfitToy: True, considering it's very difficult to tell a good story in a shooter. Very few first-person shooters manage to pull-off decent storytelling. FPS/RPG Hybrids like Deus Ex, System Shock 2, and BioShock had well-written stories, but ther's more room to tell a story in a RPG than a shooter.

I didnt read the article so that I wouldnt spoil anything in case any of it is true, but it doesnt surprise me that 343 might want to change the formula up. Just based on the tiny conversations they have had with people I get the feeling that they want to do their own thing and not stand in the shadows of Bunige, and good for them. I think I will like whatever they come up with so long as they dont script a whole lot of stuff like COD. That stuff is fine in COD, but I dont want to see that in Halo as well.

I really hope for a change, the more I think about this the more I like what I hear in this supposed leak.

Interesting, but I think it'd be weird if there's UNSC forces there. I figured this would be some brand new, undiscovered part of the universe (which is what made the first Halo so compelling). But if there's people there that already know what's going on, that sense of discovery might be gone.

Sounds cool, but I'm willing to bet that this is fake. 
 
@Slaker117 said:

Yeah, I really wouldn't give this much credence. If you look at the sourced post, the guys says that he got his information from a secret media briefing and won't go into anymore details because he doesn't want to be caught. If he had access to such an event, he would probably have some amount of media savvy and go to Kotaku or some place instead of posting on a message board, and his account on that message board is linked to a very active gamertag. Not only is there no way to verify his claims, but it would be very easy for MS to track him if this is true.

If this is really I really fucking hope “They’re coming back … and there’s a LOT more of them this time” doesn't mean the Flood.

@Slaker117 said:

Sounds plausible enough, but I'm not buying it.

@csl316 said:

Interesting, but I think it'd be weird if there's UNSC forces there. I figured this would be some brand new, undiscovered part of the universe (which is what made the first Halo so compelling). But if there's people there that already know what's going on, that sense of discovery might be gone.

ONI knows about the planet, if I remember right the planet at the end of Halo 3 is the same one that the Ghosts of Oynx book takes place on.

If this is really I really fucking hope “They’re coming back … and there’s a LOT more of them this time” doesn't mean the Flood.

@Jeffsekai said:

@csl316 said:

Interesting, but I think it'd be weird if there's UNSC forces there. I figured this would be some brand new, undiscovered part of the universe (which is what made the first Halo so compelling). But if there's people there that already know what's going on, that sense of discovery might be gone.

ONI knows about the planet, if I remember right the planet at the end of Halo 3 is the same one that the Ghosts of Oynx book takes place on.

I figured that was still just a theory, but we'll see.

True or not, if 343 is actually wanting to make this game really different then they shouldn't fucking call the game Halo 4. They obviously want to keep the name Halo, but replace the fucking 4 with something else. Especially if they are going to make a new trilogy, 5 and 6 sound stupid.

It starts out interesting but the ending sounds fake as hell. It's also just poorly written. Also, no chance in hell they bring back the Flood. At least I hope not.

I'm down for another Halo game.

True or not, if 343 is actually wanting to make this game really different then they shouldn't fucking call the game Halo 4. They obviously want to keep the name Halo, but replace the fucking 4 with something else. Especially if they are going to make a new trilogy, 5 and 6 sound stupid.

@Afroman269 said:

True or not, if 343 is actually wanting to make this game really different then they shouldn't fucking call the game Halo 4. They obviously want to keep the name Halo, but replace the fucking 4 with something else. Especially if they are going to make a new trilogy, 5 and 6 sound stupid.

Agreed. There is still plenty of time before the game comes out so I really hope they change the name.

It sounds really good, but there's no way to know if it's true. I expect 343 knows very well that they can't just make another Halo, however, and are probably thinking of ways to bring something new to the table.

If they toss in all this new shit, I'm on board.  I was getting tired of the Halo franchise, but willing to return for something new within the franchise.

What excites me about Halo 4 is that 343 seems to be some sort of superstudio that Microsoft have created for the Halo franchise through hiring the most exciting talent they could find, for example hiring Ryan Payton from Kojima Productions.

This reads like a hopeful fan, my bullshit detector went crazy.

This was the push I needed to replace my 360.

Sounds cool I guess.

I have a hard time imagining the (remaining) Covenant--or the Arbiter, at the very least--won't have some part to play in this game.

Well, it sounds pretty cool, but I don't know.  Personally, I think Bungie is over doing it by making Halo 4.

Halo's big problem is that they got it soooo right with the very first game. They have added great things (like vehicle boarding) since, but there's really only so much you can change without it being change for the sake of change. There's hardly anything you could actually improve.

It said someone from Bungie leaked this.. Bungie isn't involved with this game though.

@CaptainTryHard said:

It said someone from Bungie leaked this.. Bungie isn't involved with this game though.

No, it said it was leaked on Bnet.