I personally loved Halo3, and thought it was a brilliant end to the trilogy (except the Single player, which was rubbish, except when played co-op).

I can almost accept an RTS Halo game, but thats about it. Like most sequels, they need to stop when they've reached a good point, and move onto something new.

Id like to see where Microsoft/Bungie could take a FPS, without Having to worry about the Halo franchise. They know whats made Halo good, they can see whats made COD good, theres other good FPS shooters around. So take all that, and see what they can come up with.

Mr_Ed

@i_9:
To any *or all of them. Personally, I would love to play any of those. Squad based shooter? Hell yeah. Halo 3 Extension (MC is alive!)? Fuck yes. New shooter/Pre-quel to the original Halo trilogy? Very much. New shooter/Same universe, different protagonist? Please.

The rest, I'd remain skeptical. Though these, I'd be willing to buy no matter what they show me pre-launch.

i_9

My answer would be a resounding:
ALL OF THE ABOVE.

Seriously, why not (to any of them)?

i_9

Hahhahhahhahahahaha

TheMysteriousStranger

I wouldn't mind a squad based Halo game...

DranzerKire

No to Halo "family", HaloKart, and Halo Arcade (unless it's a well-done lightgun shooter, with full size BR lightguns).

Everything else, sure, why not? Just don't get all "Guitar Hero" on us, Microsoft. Halo Lego would do VERY well and fill the "family" niche too.

RedRaptor

Let's face it, secretly every halo fanboy is choosing "Definalty would purchase" on ALL the options.

MikoKeZ

this is silly. if they really wanted to milk it, then just do Halo 4.

not that i would be interested anyway, i'm really not into FPSs.

but seriously, what kind of darn survey is this ?
they should do one with a scoring from 1-11 (since theres 11 choices). it makes more sense.
so if everyone clicked "might or might not purcahse" for all choices, then they end up back at square 1. silly

Mr.Sad

Despite my dislike for Halo, I would support a Halo arcade game to be made. Why? I think such a thing could help the dying American arcade... maybe.

And LEGO Halo would be awesome.

BPMλ

Hm... Well that Halo LEGO thing sounds pretty good.

Minus the Halo.

And the LEGO.

2NinjasTapedTogether

I think a Halo MMO would kick serious butt.

The Halo universe has, imo, been one of the most epic Sci-Fi universes. It's got everything from massive space vessels to the gritty marines, and the whole underdog lead-and-gunpowder vs the dominant lasers-and-plasma factions.

IMO, if they set it up like Planetside, (or even WWII online, where the game is run entirely by players), where it's a MMOFPS/RPG, it would be awesome.

The universe is already there, and factions and whatnot, it just needs to be (wisely) tapped, and you'd have an amazing MMO. Although, if they do make such a game, I get the feeling everyone would be a Spartan, and totally ruin the MMO (for a Halo MMO to work, you'd need Spartans to be really rare).

Coquiton

Well Halo WAS supposed to ba an MMO for mac "back in the days" so it isnt all that bad they are considering it again.

Rexter

@karasu is my homeboy: Oh yeah, right now you speak criptically about the game's ending. But at the time the game released, all you Kotaku commenters didn't mind spoiling the whole f***ing ending for me! I'm sorry, I know YOU didn't, but I'm still pissed about that and had to vent.

pikachumariachi

Dirty Dancing: Cortana Nights.

marmidukestank

I love, love Halo, and so the Bungie guys departing pretty much means the "real" halo games are done with. So with that said, I would kill small animals for a LEGO Halo. Everything else I could care less about. A Halo MMO? Seriously? The arcade one is really what seems out of place, though.

Thorax

CALL OF HALO 9: WORLD TOUR ALPHA EX 3 TURBO CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION V.S. CAPCOM

Can't wait.

DXY!

The main problem I see with a LEGO Halo is that Star Wars and Indiana Jones are good because they have a familiar yet still compelling story to make fun and silly. Problem with Halo is that there isn't really a story to base the game off of. I mean I've been around since the release of Halo 2, and I STILL don't know what the hell I'm doing. I mean all I really know is that there's the aliens with plasma weapons and there's the aliens that look like mushrooms. I mean that's about it.

tripleripus

@phinehas: You laugh now, but when Master Chief crashlands on that hidden Forerunner facility that the odd object at the end of the Halo 3 credits will turn out to be, and gets upgraded by the Forerunners there to have a new, bishonen-tastic cyborg body, with no helmet and flowing white hair, so that he can star in his own Devil May Cry knockoff where he tracks down rogue members of the black R&D project that made the Spartans who have ALSO gained access to advanced Forerunner technology, and one of whom is actually John's father, while John's accompanied by Cortana in her own new, and very well endowed, cyborg body, we'll see who's laughing.

In other news, Itegaki was hired by Microsoft Game Studios today...

I Think We're Property

As a Big Halo fan who spent way to much, but not enough somehow, all I can say is
Lego Halo Yes, Halo MMO Maybe, Non master Cheif Halo Shooter No thanks, Halo Wars Yes, Pre Halo Tril Shooter Yes, Squad based Halo Please give a street date.

xAngelGabrielx

I honestly wonder if some of the disappointing directions taken in Halo 3 were less of a result of Bungie's desires and more of a result of Microsoft's goal to satisfy the college-age jock? While Halo 2 had a ridiculous number of problems, the storyline became a very important part of the franchise only to be dropped in Halo 3. Although many felt dropped by the abrupt ending employed in 3, it's undeniable that there were some great moments of intrigue and parallels between the lives of Arbiter and the Master Chief. I often find myself wishing that Bungie had been given another year to create Halo 3... Of course sometimes slapping another year on a project may result in the watering down of more of the content.

tehflyingwombat

@MrBionic: Maybe they just didn't stick around for that part.

karasu is my homeboy

That screenshot, that confirms halo 3 with improved graphics right?

ryivanV2

Well, the Lego Halo doesn't look too bad, but I'd much rather have Lego Lord of the Rings or Lego Pirates of the Carribean.

mcderek3000

who said the Chief's story is finished? Did you even *play* the game?

MrBionic

@ItsSuperEffective: I guess I will write down the [irony/sarcasm] tag next time.

[sarcasm]They could make like Capcom milked with SF2. Halo 3 Champion Edition, Halo 3 The Third Strike, Halo Alpha 1, 2, and 3, and so on. It worked with Capcom. Why it would work with MS?[/sarcasm]

alecpyron

Meh, milk it till it dies (rather soon)
Make way for something new.

Demonbird

Or, alternatively, I want a really sim for the Halo vehicles, where you can customise your ride and even make sweet custom paintjobs for your warthogs. I'm going to call it Halorza.

wild homes

A really nice technical Halo made in the vein of the UFO: Aftermath/Aftershock/Afterlight games would be good. Those games rule.

pylon_trooper

Lego Halo? I would DEFINITELY buy that! Seriously, why jack a Warthog from someone on Live when you could just build one, or something bigger for that matter?

Spamwise14

It's just a marketing survey, it's just to see what people think of halo and how they think of it, and if they can think of it in different ways. These aren't rumors, games in development, or anything that might ever exist, just ideas and how we, or whoever took the survey might think about it.

Talleh

@maraxusofk: Yes. The above marketing survey picture that was very recently sent by a Kotaku tipster is also, inexplicably, a joke from a two-and-a-half-month-old magazine.

Does Not Equal

OMG Halo Kart CONFIRMED! Yes! I want a cute racer, with ghosts and warthogs and banshees and scarabs and turbo jumps and power-ups. Plasma swords can pop out of the rims, and rocket launchers and OH Cortana can be your navigator and then you can swap spots like in Double Dash! Man, this game is going to be the HEAT! Yes!

wild homes

Where's my JRPG Halo?

phinehas

@Raften: True, but the odds are against a Halo Racing game.
Unless it had motorcycles. (kidding)

ItsSuperEffective

*drives Halo into the ground*
I really can't wait till Bungie stops making Halo games and gets back to what they want to make. They really don't shine when they're under the corporate yoke of contractual obligations.

GreyFoxV1

@maraxusofk: Helps to read the post before commenting.

Or don't read, but then don't comment.

karasu is my homeboy

Halo Racing? That sounds more interesting to me than the existing games.

alitcofsky

It's not that they're thinking about making it, they're just thinking of any possible thing they can do.

And then the interest tells them what is worth doing from every possible scenario.

I highly doubt they have a family fun Halo game, or Halo Kart, in development and are researching it now.

They say every possible thing, see what people want. Seeing some of the awful things on that list don't frighten me one bit - because they will never be.

karasu is my homeboy

@alecpyron: Cause that worked for Star Wars real well...

ItsSuperEffective

@ItsSuperEffective:

Because it worked for Mario.

Raften

Can Halo just not suck this time around? Is that possible?

Vabor

isnt this the aprils fool from egm a few months ago?

maraxusofk

They should make a trilogy prequel.

alecpyron

Ha ha, LEGO Halo. That is almost as close as a Windwaker Cel Shaded Halo.

gec05

...I'd only give Lego Halo a chance.
...and that's just because I'm a sucker for Lego.

JarenFace

Milk it, Microsoft, MILK IT!

IntelSilver

lego halo? That might be good for a few laughs.
Most of the others disgust me. A shooter without Master Chief? Racing? That didn't work for Jak, or for Crash. Why would it work for the Chief?

ItsSuperEffective

and then I cried a little.

SortaKindaAGamer

Oh, Microsoft are far from done milking this franchise, prepare for the flood.

>.>

Culebra

A lego Halo? Now that sounds entertaining, at least the monotonous gameplay would be cute to look at.

Ugh, just a statement so don't get your panties in a bunch you fanboys.

Also, Halo MMO??? Yeah its called Multiplayer.

hk458

"A family friendly halo game"

I lol'ed.

SortaKindaAGamer

A Halo game playing as a forerunner would be pretty sweet.

FtGF

Wow. It shows that they will sacrifice anything, any kind od dignity an IP has, for a quick buck.

MydLyfeCrysis

Squad-based shooter please. That would be absolutely crazy.

"Stack up!"

*Warthog barrels around corner with plasma grenade stuck to it*

"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT"

InsidiousTuna

sigh

Murderdolls

So this must be part of Microsoft's attempt at trying to get more casual and non-gamers to buy a 360 ?

Good Luck, Microsoft.You'll need it.

Killer7

"Halo purist"?

I hate this country.

...And Halo...

TheDoomer

Hey, it could be a Grunt civil war so you get the fun of both being and killing Grunts!

How could you lose with that?

SadSadSamus

@ItsSuperEffective: Crash Team Racing would like a word with you.

TornadoTK

a halo racing game would be the most awesome thing ever. they could do it like diddy kong so u race banshees against ghosts!

fivepointsmakeafist

Halo Party games! Worked well for Viva Pinata... oh wait, I'm not in Bizzarro World. nevermind.

Sentientv2

Yeah, some of those sound kinda cool.

I mean, the Halo universe isn't supposed to revolve entirely around John, is it?

Ide like to play as that black guy. Or, play as one of John's fellow marines and watch him kill tons of guys while just trying not to get killed.

That could be third person.

The pre-Halo halo game sounds cool. The Fall of Reach, anyone?
What about a game where you command the Grunt army? Say, you play as a grunt (in 3rd person, ide want) and when you die you change characters to one of the living grunts.

But you can also command the horde. Like the grunt general.
Not in Halo Wars style; but a more from the battlefield barebones rts.
It would be mostly a massive 3rd person shooter.

I would totally get that. And its pretty much got MMO built in.

Just... dont call it Halo... Be more creative.

Ide totally get that

SadSadSamus

They should've added Haloz, so that you can take care and groom your very own Master Chief.. he even recognizes his own name when you call him!

MelodyKitn

@SortaKindaAGamer: That's the one that got me too. I truly did laugh out loud when I read that. I can't wait for Super Master Chief Galaxy.

Spartan1308™

The only ones I don't like are the family-friendly and racing ones.

Terance!

Quick, everyone pick the family friendly Halo game, and see how quickly it takes for you to regret doing it (because it's the next game in the franchise) and then how long it takes from there before you try to suicide on copious amounts of that Halo Mountain Dew they'll probably start reselling.

MelodyKitn

Time for some halo-sims! Watch as spartans put down their weapons and fight for love!

Polite Society

i'd play an arcade version if it were an on rails lightgun game.

thejakeman: still using an old joke that no one finds funny anymore. i have no friends.

A squad based shooter would be cool for an offshoot, but "meh" to the rest of them.

cmonty06

I liked the Halo series for what it's worth; I honestly don't want to see ANY of those choices. Except for the Halo Wars (why bother putting it as a choice when they're already making it?). Anywhosers, I think they should let Halo just gently slip into the annals of history. Of course that is NEVER going to happen, seeing as how Microsoft would beat my suggestion and bury it alive...much like Joe Pesci in Casino.

Mikey G

@hk458:

You know, I think of the constant screams of children on Halo 3 matches on XBL and the first thing that pops to mind is: Can I get that multiplied by a few million? That'd be awesome.

The only redeeming factor of a Halo MMO would be that it would serve as a retard pen for online gaming.

My vision of a future Halo game would be one of two things: One: million year prequel, a tactical shooter illustrating the war between Forerunner and Flood.

The other is far better, a game set before or after the Covenant War when certain factions of humanity are rebelling against the UNSC. Tactical squad-based shooter where you play not as a Spartan but an ODST squad leader, that or the pre-powered-armor variant of Spartan.

andregalan

Hey, lets all remember that Halo was originally a 3rd person shooter and RTS. They must have had some way to make that 3rd person experience awesome-remember, this was back in Bungie's Marathon days.

Mascott

A squad based Halo actually doesn't sound too terrible.

digitalrift

I completely agree with @FtGF! a Halo game withe a Forerunner would be really sweet... especially cause it's gonna be tragedy all over.

Plsk1n

@wild homes: Complete with Spinners, Hydraulics and those nifty horns that play La Cucaracha?

Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.

ITs just a survey... why kotaku is bothering with that... They just want to see the reaction of players,.. theres a thousand stupid survey for all the platforms... even the ones form sony. It's good that they're making that! to see opinions from ppl. :)

bubble-bee

Ive got it: 'Grunt Wars: You know, those weak little Halo aliens that die when you, pretty much, look at them. Ya, now their having a civil war, on their planet, for... something....... Grunt wars! Its a war, with Grunts!'

SadSadSamus

Okay, those first four options are ridiculous...but the others could be genuinely entertaining if Bungie were involved in some respect. Otherwise, no sale.

Xylophone

By the time they'd get around to a Lego Halo game, trust me, EVERYONE will be nauseous from the rampant Legoization of just about everything else.

Hell, as we speak, the jaded types are already proclaiming the gimmick D.O.A. with the release of "Lego Indiana Jones". Also, Halo itself is receding from the 'front burner' of the gaming zeitgeist. It's a very good FPS franchise that was on the right console at the right time, but with the conclusion of this Master Chief story arc, those days are over.

jollydwarf

I'd totally buy a Bioware Halo RPG filled with dialogue trees and blue hermaphroditic aliens.

Wubbytoes

@RedRaptor: @thejakeman: still using an old joke that no one finds funny...: I would buy a co-op online lightgun on rails shooter. But only on xbl for $10 ;)

Gunloc

Hey look, they've already filled out the survey for me.

Snake726

Fuck off you pretentious fanboys. Why does everyone act like Microsoft have run the Halo franchise into the ground - three games over the course of, what, six years?

A Halo Lego game.. maaaybeee, but to even suggest the idea shows Microsoft have the wrong idea about their fanbase. A new Halo shooter without the MC would need to do a lot to win a purchase from me.. a Halo prequel set during the fall of Reach would be an instant buy from me though. This is all assuming that Bungie will be at the helm or at least heavily involved in the development of any of these titles. But honestly I'd love to see a continuation of the MC's story (only if it isn't forced - they left the door open for another iteration in the series at the end of Halo 3 so I'm guessing they've got some groundwork for a continuation..)

Most of all though.. can Bungie make a new game with a completely original IP? Please? :(

Passa

A Halo game where you get to play as an ODST, the most badass soldiers, would be fantastic.

Burguois

If Micro$oft really milks this franchise by releasing a family friendly Halo game or any others without even trying then.

Halo and Master Chief R.I.P.

Unless they make games based on the novels. That would pretty much be the prequels.

shrek187

@GreyFoxV1: Like games for a MAC. ZING! @Wubbytoes: So would I, so would I.

ThatsMrOffDutyNinja

Halo never was all that great to begin with, what it was was lucky. As a franchise, it should never have seen the success it did, only the circumstances under which it was birthed made it that success.

First, launched with the Xbox. Highly polished, though flawed, it was the best thing on the system at the time and for quite a while, I'd argue until KOTOR.

Second, the controls and damage system, these are what made console FPSes the huge genre they are today. Before Halo, there was GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, with some oddball attempts like the Turok games and the god-awful South Park game. Halo created the mold from which all console shooters after it, and frankly most shooters period, have been wrought.

Third, largely political. Halo's storyline about humanity under siege following devastating attacks by a fanatic alien religion, with a lone hero - faceless, could be any of us, rising above the odds to lead humanity back from the brink? Halo was released in November of 2001. You can probably see why that underlying message might resonate.

Halo is the Star Wars of gaming in that it became much more than it by all means should have been through a mix of technological breakthroughs, mold-breaking and genre-defining attributes, and political and social catharsis at times of great tumult, Star Wars is widely credited with lifting a nation's spirits in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Halo, on a smaller level, could claim similar quality.

Halo is HALO because the work transcended its own quality, it became something cultural, a blockbuster, even if the dialogue was bad(To War...), the level design overrated (Oh boy! I get to go backtracking again!) and the art design stolen entirely from Aliens.

Microsoft should either let it go or do something with it that hasn't been done, a Halo 4 is only going to disappoint people.

andregalan

@andregalan: I fail to see why some of the reasons you mentioned made Halo the success it is right now. But I'll just state 3 reasons why I made the call that Halo was pretty damn good.. 1st, everybody was excited what Microsoft is gonna offer to gamers with the launch of the Xbox, when I saw MS press confrence footage of Halo.. I never thought of poltics, aliens or the damage system.. I only thought.. that game looks sweet, I want it!

2nd, I forgot.. but it was cool

3rd, the multiplayer was right on the money, with introduction of live and people getting better connected the game offered a high attachment rate to the game.

I do agree however, that without the triology, Halo franchaise wouldn't have as many fans as they do now. Without playing Master Chief triology games, I might have not recognized Halo lore and got intrested in it. However, there is potential in Halo universe to get some decent games out of it.

Halo cart racing would be fun.. but not as a game on it's own.. maybe an XBL Arcade game thu.

Plsk1n

@andregalan: Wait you start of by saying Halo was not that good just lucky? Then go on to praise the hell out of it, and don't you mean First Person Shooters? Halo has always been about the multiplayer, it's uber well balanced, solid framerates, super solid gameplay, and fun teamwork. I would hardly say halo wrote the book on all shooters.

Rockbot

Who cares it was never that sweet of a franchise anyway. It was a good, super solid game, with Master Chief. Halo Wars RTS looks interesting, but wtf I'm not seeing an Option for Halo RPG up there whats up with that? They have like 5 for the same type of game "New Halo shooter where you don't play as Master Chief", "A New Halo shooter that is an extension of the original game", "A New Halo shooter with a story...(prequel)", "A Halo squad based shooter game"...Jesus.

Rockbot

I am a TREMENDOUS fan of Halo, and my greatest wish is for some kind of Halo Racer, or Halo Party.

The best franchises are the ones that can be made fun of. Not the ones whose story ends up ruined because of horrible serious sequels.

Ashurahori

Am I the only person looking at a REALLY messed up stylesheet while I read this? I'll screenshot it in a bit

Eranmane

call me crazy but they should put the warthog in forza 3, get turn 10 to visit bungie and take a bunch of pics for refrence then take that bitch down to laguna seca for some hot laps ^^,

karmakid

Give me Lego Halo! I would totally build a Scorpion tank and blow S*** up!

Also, make a game about Sgt. Johnson! He already said that in Halo 4, he gets a woman. Honest. I have the .mp3 file of him saying so. So yeah, make it happen!

Salen

I'd buy LEGO Halo.

And a prequel would be neat, maybe set during the fall of reach story?

@karmakid:
Yes. That would be great :)

IanC

@Mr_Ed: Same.

belo

Halo Lego: No thank you, I'd just play Halo
Halo MMO: Depends
Halo Racing: Die. Please. Just die.
Family friendly: Needs far more details
3rd Person Halo: Make it happen, please :)
Arcade game: Go on....
Not Play As MC: That's fine.
Halo Wars: Cautiously Optimistic
Squad Based Shooter: Don't we have enough of these? If it distinguishes itself and has a great addition to the on-going universe
Older-Time Shooter: Sure, but it really depends. More interested in what happens next.
Extension: Presumably you mean sequel. So yes, I'd like that.

Zeouterlimits

The bottom four actually don't like that bad of an idea. Mix the SW: RC mechanism with Halo, and you could probably get something good.

Alex

NOOOOO!!! No Halo Lego, please.

CaptCHAOS

i think a pre halo game would be kinda cool. some of the missions from the fall of reach were awesome, and there are a lot interesting charterers in the halo universe , i wouldn't be apposed to a spin off, as long as it had a good story to go with it...because to me halo is just another FPS , its story is what drew me in. im sure this will most likely happen, because the halo movie is based on the fall of reach , and it would only make sense to make a game to go along with the movie.

and there nothing wrong with spin offs , look at Metal Gear.

phatnacky

HALO KART. that is all.

excel_excel

The following are considered WIN: Lego Halo, Halo Prequel, Halo Sequel. All else is FAIL!

TheHun

@CaptCHAOS: I am forwarding that message to God, via prayer.

Crawl to China

@Eranmane: I think I know what you're talking about. The "Related Articles" thing is happily resting on top of half the article.

I've been seeing it a lot lately.

TRT-X

New Halo shooter that takes place before the trilogy.

Please? Or better yet lets have one that takes place after Halo 3. I wanna see that planet at the end of halo 3.

CCCombobreaker

With LEGO Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Batman...why not LEGO Halo, Zelda and God of War?

Heck, LEGO Madden...Gran Turismo...Rock Band, the list goes on.

2008: The Year of LEGO!

TRT-X

@I Think We're Property: Hey, that actually sounds pretty good :)

little_dragon

I tried clicking the lego halo option like 3 times before feeling like a total idiot. But seriously! It would be awesome! Also, why no Halo RPG?

termitehead

Wow Lego Halo is real might be cool. I liked the Lego Star Wars games. Plus would it not be funny if the April Fools joke from EGM that every one thought was fake turned out to be true.

A Halo MMO might be pretty cool. I have not played Huxley yet but that game looks cool. So a MMO about Halo might be pretty cool.

BlackIceJoe

Mister Chief Racing!

Queasy

Microsoft sees nothing in the world but dollar signs.

Mohican

@gec05: Dude, cel shaded Halo would be awesome! Along with a Lego Halo. (Although that is kinda milking both Halo and the Lego franchises.)

neoepochx

If that's a concept render, I find it funny that they'd need a bunch of custom Lego to represent a dude in a helmet with a visor and a gun.

For the rest of it... oh boy, Microsoft Mario! HaloKart! Halo Party! World of Halocraft! That's... terrible. Now if you don't care about Halo you can have it shoved in your face from 20 different angles, while the real fans are disgusted at the inappropriateness of it! To attract who exactly then? Non-gamers who are big on Master Chief?

fuchikoma

Sounds kind of desperate.

theflux

Master Chief's Horse Adventures. *Now*, dammit.

Or maybe SimHalo.

-- Steve

Anton P. Nym

@GreyFoxV1: Bungie is not even the same company anymore. Key people have left that made it what it was. They can still make great games but the glory days are gone.

mahi

I don't understand what the big deal is with the people who scream like bloody murder at a Halo game w/o Master Chief. It was a decent trilogy, sure, but the best one was the first one. The storyline went gradually downhill from there, and the story of 3...ugh.

How about we try a little variety, since it is good to change it up a bit.

But, besides Halo Wars, I think they should only do like 1 other Halo game. Otherwise, it turns into totally diluted crap a.k.a. Dynasty/Samurai Warriors.

ChiltonGaines

We are more likely to see
a Matrix LEGO game than a
HALO one. Warner Bros, who
own Traveller's Tales are
trying to leverage their
properties. Sorry, kids.

Sullyville

so basically turn masterchief into mario, no?

last_dread

And people believe this because....?

okenny :)

bungie wouldnt let this happen.

zakky venom

All I know is that I'd probably lose at Halo Racing, if it ever existed. I was never a good driver in Halo.

I would take this survey with a grain of salt. Companies are always doing surveys like this. I mean, there was a survey after Eternal Sonata asking if people wanted a sequel... Um, Chopin's already dead?

Policroma

You know what's missing on this list? An 8-bit Adventure ala Super Mario Brothers, an RPG, a tactical/strategy RPG, and a fighting game ala Street Fighter/DOA.

Someone get SquareEnix on the phone. We need Final Halo 4.

Salen

I am a total Halo/Bungie apologist, so take it with a grain of salt. But I'd hardly call 5 projects (H:CE, H2, H3 PJackson, HWars) over eight years is hardly running the franchise into the ground when you look at the grand scheme of things. And while some people didn't like H3, it's not like they are pumping out Halo shovelware. They've all been solid titles so far.

lionkitten

Dance Dance Halo - Bust a move as the Master Chief.

Sim Halo - Help 343 Guilty Spark manage the day to day functions of Installation 04.

Halo Fighter - Button mash your way to fantastic combos!

Halo Fit - Work out with the Master Chief.

Covenant's Lair - Timing is everything as you make your way through this animated feature.

Slothboy

Lego? Might be pretty cool, but a game based off of a game? Lame. (awesome rhyme unintended)

MMO? No.

Halo racing game? Wasn't that the entire point of the last level of Halo 1? Hands up if you enjoyed that level. Exactly.

hMore family friendly? Oh God, they're trying to do a RoboCop on Halo. Let me put it this way: NO.

Third person Halo game? Eh, what'd be the point? Star Wars: Battlefront already has us covered for that (we need a new one, though >_>)

Halo arcade? Now, I have a fondness for arcade games, so maybe. A game with an Assault Rifle lightgun=Win. Or, hell, a rail shooter with a mock-up of a warthog, for up to three players. That would be the shit.

No Master Chief? Halo 4: Redshirt Rampage doesn't really sound all that great to me (unless you play as Sergeant Avery Johnson; that man is a beast), it's like Half-Life without Gordon Freeman. Wait, bad example.

Halo Wars is already in development, isn't it? So who cares what I think? Eh, too similar to StarCraft 2 (to people who don't know the fine details of either franchise) and I'm betting more people will go for Blizzard's offering.

Squad based shooter? The original Halo was this, to an extent, but honestly, unless you're all Spartans, who cares? And if you are, what could possibly stand in your way?

Prequel? Something along the lines of the books would be cool, but honestly, is there any more that people want to know? Not a rhetorical question; I don't know very much of the Halo story besides the events surrounding the first and a smidgen of the other two, but there doesn't seem to be any major story development to cover during the pre-Halo years of, well, Halo. And without the story, the rest doesn't matter.

"Extension"? Sounds like Halo episodic content, but I don't think the story would really work in an episodic format. For example, you'd probably find out what happens to Johnny One-Seventeen in the first episode, which kind of kills any suspense that there might be.

Unless you combine some of these ideas (Halo episodes where you play as a different major character each episode? Might work, now that the MCPO is out of the picture), they're all varying levels of shit.

man_in_gauze

some of the stuff sounds good(halo arcade or squad based shooter), while others sound like crap (family oriented halo game,halo racing)

mackattack93

They may as well release "Guitar Halo" while they are at it. I have a feeling Master Cheif can felt some faces.

Got to get the cash before the fad expires.

EndwaterAngry

@okenny :): ...people are stupid.

sniper13x

I had no idea Halo had udders.

rexor0717

Look on the bright side, if this was Nintendo, you'd be playing "Halo Pinball" and "Halo Tennis" long before you'd see the next iteration of the franchise. Be thankful, in a way.

mariospants

mmm..funny!!lol ..funny how it happened to Fallout 3. From a RPG Turnbased game to a Third Person/adventure/survival horror game. Its all about money people!!Money!

d_agra

Halo Lego: Yes, that would be pretty awesome.
Halo MMO: No.
Halo Racing: Just bring back the "Race" gametype from Halo 1, and stick it in a proper sequel.
Family friendly: Sure, as long as it is fun, enjoyable, and faithful to the franchise.
3rd Person Halo: Like pre-Xbox Halo? DO IT! That stuff looked like it would be so much fun.
Arcade game: Sure, as long as it is fun, enjoyable, and faithful to the franchise.
Not Play As MC: Sure, as long as it is fun, enjoyable, and faithful to the franchise. Marines and ODSTs are cool.
Halo Wars: I'm not very good at RTS games, but I still want to play Halo Wars.
Squad Based Shooter: Sure, as long as it is fun, enjoyable, and faithful to the franchise.
Older-Time Shooter: Sure, as long as it is fun, enjoyable, and faithful to the franchise. There's lots of backstory that can be expanded upon.
Extension: Like a new Campaign based on Halo 3's gameplay? I'd love that. H3's campaign was fun, but it was way too short and the fun (and story) petered out at the end, with two poorly-designed levels back-to-back.
(shamelessly copy-pasted format from Zeouterlimits)

Arteen

@rexor0717: The Problem with Prequels is the predetermined ending. Forerunner v Flood would be cool but we already know what happens.

What about a Halo Board Game? RISK or Stratego maybe?

"Master Chief Horse Adventures" gets my vote so far.

Licensed to Post

Well looks like bungie would slap the word "Halo" on anything to make a quick buck. I'd say do what all the franchises are doing. Release a fourth with a new main character. Worked for DMC and pretty sure it'll work for Prince of Persia.

n1n3CAL

Nah, I reckon I will be waitin' for Halo: The Pinball Game (Oh come on, if this were in Japan it'd already be a pachinko machine (well, if it were popular in Japan that is)) ^_^.

relic1980

@MydLyfeCrysis: Halo and dignity? lol

outforprophets

I would murk some LEGO Halo.

Especially if they had competitive (and co-op, for that matter) online play.

Sounds silly, but it could work.

Kato

I don't like Halo, but I would pre-order Lego Halo in an instant.

D00mM4r1n3

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天雷

"A more family friendly Halo game"

Like this?

天雷

hahaha epic fail ... do i smell .. milk?

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JDWRudy25

I'll go with some halo racing. lol. Maybe an MMO. But no thanks to Lego Halo.

steve86uk

@alecpyron:

They already made the prequel- it was called Marathon.

Or maybe Marathon was the sequel. I can never get the timeline straight.

wezelboy

@phinehas:
I really did lol when I read that.

@belo:
Cute avatar! (<3 Trigun)

-I think Lego Halo would be kinda cute...but some of the other ideas, like the "more family friendly" and racing game sound pretty bad.

.em.

as long as the game is fun, thats all that should matter. (No intention of bashing halo series)

Baukie

Fuck yalls, Halo LEGO would pwn.

Gavbot

I imagine the marketing survey was filled out just like the picture. I'm not too worried.

DARTH_TIGRIS

I haven't read all the comments, so I don't know if someone's already mentioned this, but lego halo and that lego spartan picture where featured in EGM's April issue as a an April fools joke. So I'm callin' shenanigans on this whole thing.

Rock_Strongo

That kart racer sounds pretty awesome

Jawmuncher

Lego.....Halo!?!

A MUST BUY.

Willy105

I would buy Lego Halo, but only if it was a one-off and not the intended direction of the franchise.

@ItsSuperEffective:
It worked pretty well for Crash, but you're right on it being an utter failure for Jak. Since the Jak franchise is pretty much between Crash and Halo that would mean a Halo racing game would be a failure of epic proportions.

Lijik

Reading some of these comments has brought about one horrible, horrible truth that would happen: More stupid slang like Pwn and even more pwn.

I hate that stupid shit. Every time I hear someone say "Ohhh... MAN. I SO PWNED YOU!!" or other stupid shit like "UBER PWNAGE!!" It just makes me want to shoot them in the kneecaps.
Anything with pwn in it needs to die along with all that other wtf, lol, FTW!!! bullshit.
FTW FTL! Whoever came up with that needs to be haunted by the ghost of Bruce Lee, ,unchaku whirling, in his Fists of Fury deadly justice mode.

Unless my Grunt Civil War game came out. I'de deal with it happily for that.
Ide just unplug the headset.

SadSadSamus

Lego halo would be sweet, and likely somewhat family friendly. However, cool as legos may be, its total whoring of the brands at that point.

Altima NEO

i don't have a xbox 360 so it wouldn't really matter anyway, i kinda do like the idea of a lego halo game. hey, look at how successful the other lego games was. indie, star wars, and coming soon batman. i'm just saying it isnt a failure to try. who knows, it could be a good spin off with little funny remarks and humor.

dipsetboy17

@ItsSuperEffective: Actually Crash Team Racing (PlayStation) was a great game and sold very well. But the non-Naughty Dog Crash kart racers weren't too good. But yes, a Halo based racing game would suck.

Now a "new Halo shooter where you don't play as Master Chief," that would be interesting. To play as the Elite who would be the last Arbiter, to get into the back story of the Covenant Religion, that would sound quite interesting.

TreyTable

@Arteen:
Fun and enjoyable? Aren't you asking for a bit too much, there? :P

@wezelboy:
No, Marathon was the exact same thing only much better.

man_in_gauze

@dipsetboy17: Get the RbV guys to do a Lego Halo game with voice acting!

Human Bomb

WHAT ABOUT "HALO DS"?!??!?!?

XenGamer

This is just sad.

UCB-Disco