Halo 4

Okay, time to chill out. Fearsomepirate's initial post seems to be a tongue-in-cheek recap of how he interpreted the story (much in RudeCurve's own vernacular stylings) rather than an attempt to rile people, but clearly there's some tension brewing that's not worth it. Agree to disagree at this point.

I suggest someone else provides and alternative recap for RudeCurve if you feel Fearsome has it all wrong.
 
I suggest someone else provides and alternative recap for RudeCurve if you feel Fearsome has it all wrong.

Simple copy and paste from Wiki:

In the past, an intellectual race called the Forerunners fought an alien parasite known as the Flood. The Flood, which spread through infestation of sentient life, overran much of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Forerunners conceived a weapon of last resort to combat the Flood. Using an installation known as the Ark, they built large ring-shaped megastructures known as Halos. The Halo Array, when activated, would destroy all sentient life in the galaxy—depriving the Flood of their food. Delaying as long as they could, the Forerunners activated the rings and disappeared.[10]

Tens of thousands of years later, in the 26th century, humanity—under the auspices of the United Nations Space Command, or UNSC—colonize many worlds thanks to the development of faster-than-light "slipspace" travel. Tensions escalate between the older and more stable "Inner Colonies" and the remote "Outer Colonies", leading to civil war. The UNSC creates an elite group of enhanced supersoldiers, known as Spartans, to suppress the rebellion covertly.[11] In the year 2525, the human colony of Harvest falls under attack by a theocratic alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. The Covenant leadership declares humanity heretics and an affront to their gods—the Forerunners—and begins a holy war of genocide. The Covenant's superior technology and numbers prove decisive advantages; though effective, the Spartans are too few in number to turn the tide of battle in humanity's favor.
In 2552, the Covenant arrive at Reach, the UNSC's last major stronghold beyond Earth, and launch an invasion of the planet. The last Spartans and UNSC military are unable to stop the Covenant from bombarding the surface with plasma. Following directives to avoid leading the Covenant to Earth, the artificial intelligence (AI) Cortana aboard the fleeing UNSC ship Pillar of Autumn selects random coordinates that lead the ship to a Halo installation. The Covenant follow, damaging the Autumn and leading its crew to take the fight to the ring's surface. The Covenant accidentally release Flood imprisoned on the ring; in order to nullify the threat, the ring's AI caretaker, 343 Guilty Spark, enlists the help of the Spartan, John-117, or Master Chief. However, before the pair can activate Halo's defenses, Cortana reveals that Halo's activation would mean their own destruction. Master Chief and Cortana instead detonate the Autumn's engines, destroying Halo and preventing the escape of the Flood. They return to Earth with a few other human survivors, warning of an impending Covenant attack.

Soon after, a Covenant fleet arrives at Earth. Most of the fleet is destroyed, but a single ship under the command of one of the Covenant's Hierarchs, the Prophet of Regret, breaks through the human defenses and invades the African city of New Mombasa. Before the humans can assault Regret's carrier, he retreats through a slipspace portal, pursued by the Master Chief aboard the human ship In Amber Clad. Regret travels to another Halo installation, where the Master Chief kills Regret. Inner turmoil in the Covenant leads to civil war between the various member races. Learning that the activation of the Halo Array—a central tenet of the Covenant religion—would lead to their extinction, the Covenant warrior Arbiter and his brethren ally with humanity to stop the rings from being fired. The aborted activation of the ring puts all the Halo installations on standby: the remaining rings can be activated remotely from a location known as "The Ark".

The Covenant begin a full-scale invasion on Earth and excavate a Forerunner artifact in the African desert that creates a slipspace portal to the Ark. The Master Chief and Arbiter travel through the portal to kill the last High Prophet, Truth, and discover the installation is building a new Halo ring to replace the one destroyed previously. In order to destroy the spreading infestation led by the Flood intelligence Gravemind, the Master Chief activates the incomplete ring—the blast destroys the Flood but spares the galaxy at large. The Arbiter escapes the explosion through a slipspace portal, but only half the ship makes it through before it closes. The Master Chief and Cortana are left drifting in space, trapped in the severed rear half of their ship. The Master Chief cryonically freezes himself as he and Cortana wait for a rescue while floating toward a Forerunner planet, Requiem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(series)
 
As I say... not recommended. (Sorry al... I'm just not into that sort of thing)

Here is an extract:

One by one, the bolts were unfastened. The helmet began to relinquish its sturdy grip.
Droplets of sweat sprayed forth as a gust of dark, musky air released from gaps forming around the armour's titanium seals. Electrical impulses streaked through her sensory systems as warm droplets evaporated in her sizzling holographic field. Cortana smiled, it was finally happening.
A moment of hesitation interrupted the motion - a feeling, fleeting - something was wrong, someone was watching.
 
The only person I know who is infatuated with Cortana is Alstrong. :LOL:

There's at least one other person in this thread. :eek:

I like how Cortana was initially not supposed to be hyper-sexualized, and then they said, "Screw it, let's give her enormous breasts and a perfect butt!"

3. There is a sentient computer program that a lot of the Halo nerds are totally obsessed with because it projects a hologram of a sexy, naked woman in cutscenes (and she gets sexier and nakeder in every game).

But sometimes, the fun turns into obsession, at which point you become annoying and/or creepy. Like the sexualization of the Cortana AI, which is both annoying and creepy, and which is definitely in response a pretty large contingent of the fan base that openly salivates over it.

fearsomepirate said:
I was just warning RudeCurve that there are people who are obsessed with it to the point of pretty much ruining it, like people who get angry when you say "space zombies" or fantasize about sleeping with a fictional hologram.

And yes, the Cortana AI thing is pretty disturbing. I have a friend I can't play Halo with because he's so obsessed with it.

Sound's like someone's "friend" has sexy Cortana sexy thoughts on the mind. ;)
 
New trailer showcasing new weapons:

[strike]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHF4JcUfvLs[/strike]

EDIT: They removed the video for some reason. Just use SteelOak's link. :arrow:
 
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Prefer the video without the dubstep, what the hell were 343 thinking?

Also, I've read a few times that the weapons sound good in person, but I can't say the same for any video I've watched, including this one.
 
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