Hope we get some SP info and not just MP.

Lesser SP info means less spoiling.

Personally, I dont want to know all the new enemies and locations before launch...

And i'm sure they wont reveal all that, but i still want to see a little more SP.

None of that really matters in the grand scheme of things. That's the beauty of it. There's always new secrets and discoveries, an entirely new story where you experience new exciting things in the Halo Universe. That's half the fun. Cortana has never been this far gone into rampancy and at the end of her lifespan before. That will introduce entirely new elements into the story. Humanity believes the Chief is dead. I can't wait to see them find out that such isn't the case, and to what extent this information spreads to the leadership structure of the USNC/ONI.

Master Chief has never encountered the Forerunners before, neither has the Covenant. They aren't just your typical ancient race. They are the creators of the Halos. They wiped out a race that apparently created all races, the Precursors. There are strong hints that even the Precursors aren't entirely extinct, too, which could make things that much more interesting. We aren't dealing with a Halo this time. We are dealing with a shield world. From a fiction standpoint, this makes a world of difference. May not to you, but it will to a lot of people such as myself that care about this kind of stuff. The Master Chief has never had a true rival before. The Arbiter was but a tease in that regard, never the real deal. The Didact is a whole other story. The Didact's motivations and goals are entirely foreign compared to the objectives of the Covenant. Another thing to keep in mind is that humanity is no longer at war with the entity known as the Covenant. We are in entirely new territory in Halo 4 with regards to the Covenant, and they can go in so many directions regarding that angle in this game. What we're dealing with in Halo 4 is but a few factions of the Covenant that still want to believe in the lies they were told. May mean nothing to some, but for people that care about the fiction, it's a pretty big deal.

Something has to happen to Cortana. I doubt she's going to just up and go away or become some permanent enemy to the Chief. She might develop to a degree where she is on par with the best of forerunner AIs if she has any chance whatsoever of surviving and continuing to be of use to the Chief. It's suggested the Librarian is still alive. Could that play into this game? Could the Didact learn this information? There's the still very mysterious Composer that was hinted at like crazy in the 2nd book in the Forerunner trilogy. This is called the Reclaimer trilogy. The precursors seem to have some weird test to see who is worthy of succeeding them, who is worthy of acquiring something they had in their possession, it could be almost anything, don't really know, but the Precursors have some very secret ambitions, and, for whatever reason, those ambitions involve the fall of the forerunner civilization, and the rise of humanity. Could the Didact be trying to prove that the Primordial was wrong about humanity rising above the Forerunners? Is this term Reclaimer more than meets the eye? This game and this trilogy could give that term entirely new meaning.

Man, I can go on and on. This game and this entire trilogy and where the story can go has me hyped. Yea, it doesn't take a genius to understand that the game has to have a basic formula. Most games, especially sequels, tend to have a formula. However, I'll take some more of that awesome and compelling formula again and again.

Chief > you all :D

Well put.. :)

I'm with the Autobots and Optimus Prime!! :D

New Forward Unto Dawn Teaser Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8me1cD01Lw

Awesome!!

Goosebumps!! :)

Now that's just low. Joining the Decepticons? Everybody knows they sleep with their sisters :P

I'd say far more than 1% of the people buying the game are as interested and excited about the fiction as I am. Heck, most shooters don't have anywhere close to the type of depth, characters and universe that Halo does, so you kinda can't blame people for geeking out just a tad (or a whole lot). I'm also not even anywhere close to the most excitable person there is with regards to Halo's fiction. You have people that write massive articles and maintain entire sites around the Halo fiction. I'm a lightweight by comparison.

Okay, that teaser pushes the excitement up a tad :) Man, the way the Chief just appears is so badass.

No ones saying the story is going to be oscar winning, its just more exciting for those of us that have read all the books and are now looking forward to seeing and battling the new foes we have read so much about finally come to the screen.

Halo is one of the very few games that keep me exited, because game-play wise, it shits on the competition.

Well, a bit less provoking spoken, it is by far the most enjoyable fps to play (imo).

I played all of Halo's campaigns multiple times, while I couldn't bear finishing (e.g.) any CoD I ever played.

If the story turns out to be good in Halo 4, then....good.
If not, then I don't give a toss. At least, from what we have seen so far, it seems that the cut-scenes will be circa 2 leagues above the previous Halos.

The problem with some of you folks sometimes, is that it seems like you're bordering on being offended by the mere fact that someone really likes something. I don't see what the big deal is. To you, the story may not seem like it's going to be much of anything good, but other people, such as myself, like to believe otherwise and have very good reason for approaching it in such a manner. The simplest reason of all: This trilogy is actually meant to be a trilogy from the very start. You don't get that sense at all from the first Halo trilogy. That fact alone, along with the much more focused effort by 343 to tie the books and the games together, gives you plenty of reason to believe that the story of Halo 4, and of the entire trilogy, should be handled very well. As Frankie said, most of what you know about the Chief as a person was usually always left up to the books, and this time they're making an effort to bring that into the game. How well they end up handling it will be up for dispute, but I don't see the problem with being excited about it.

I make you cringe because I love to read the books and enjoy the games and get excited when I talk about them? I like to view all Halo games as a supplement to my enjoyment of the fiction in the books. Reading the books enhance my enjoyment of the Halo games. If it weren't for the books, I probably wouldn't like the Halo games as much as I do. Hell, I'd probably go so far as to say that I maybe wouldn't have bought any of them all the way up to Reach. Halo 4, from that SP demo, would have hooked me regardless, I think. Before I ever played a single Halo game, I read the books. Whereas some people started playing the games first, and then got into the books (if they cared to), it was the complete opposite for me.

And, no, I don't waste my damn time with writing Halo fanfics. Why in the flying you know what would I ever want to do such a useless thing? If it isn't coming officially from the people in charge of the Halo universe, I could care less what some fanfic clowns make up. I'm the same way when it comes to manga. There are people far more hardcore than I am, because there are plenty of people who do write and read Halo fanfic. Then there are people who do both. They spend all kinds of time combing through the timeline for the events associated to the entire universe and obsess over details that even I think are too tiresome to worry about. I merely take a passing interest in the timeline and breakdown of events. And you want to talk about what makes you cringe? I cringe at the thought that anyone wasted their time searching for damn skulls in Halo 3 (huge waste of time). As far I'm concerned, that's infinitely worse than anything I do. I don't care what the justification is, searching every inch of a map for a damn skull is stupid (No offense to people who do it :P)

But to each his own, I won't let your negativity affect my enjoyment of the Halo books/games. Newsflash: Halo 4's story nor the books need to be the best written things ever in order to still be an enjoyable and well told story. Hell, just the E3 SP demo alone is already a sign of the improvements being made to the way the story is told in Halo games. Still a sandbox game, but scripted sequences done right are very effective ways to tell a story. Doubt that "far more than 1%" statement all you want, but if you ever took a look at bungie's forums when they were making the games, or if you take a look at official forum fiction discussions that go into far more detail than I've ever done on here, you wouldn't doubt for a single moment that there are many more people who care about this stuff. Also, no matter how many times I say it, people still seem to doubt it, but more people buy and play Halo for the singleplayer campaign than those who buy it to play multiplayer. Even Frankie himself admitted that more people play SP than those that play MP. Spartan Ops exists for the sole reason to try and get more of those SP gamers on board with the multi.

Yea, let's not ever forget what butters Halo's bread. Put Halo out as an MP only game, and it's a dead on arrival franchise that is nothing close to what it is today. In fact, it's mediocre at best. Cringe away. :)

People who buy Halo soleley either for sp OR mp miss so much.

Could not have put it better myself!, i love the books and the stories and could not give a flying frack! what anyone thinks about that. Halo seems to be taking it up a notch in the story telling, and i cant wait to see how it all pans out, could be the best Halo campaign yet!

i think it's hilarious that you think we care about what you think. give me a break.erm, this aint call of duty, name me 1 halo game that was 4 hours long on first play through?

Halos are short indeed, but they are fun as hell.

I played all of them (excluding ODST) more than 3 times.
(Not exactly from start to finish, but its still fun to play a mission of Halo 3 every now and then)

Phaeton, you may not like sp, but I dont get why you are talking it down.
4 hours? Come on, if thats true, which I seriously doubt, then you might stop playing the game on easy.

Everyone who has played a Halo before and does not start a new Halo on at least Heroic does sth. wrong...

Oh my, how dare those Halo fans get excited about a Halo game!? Let's close this thread and put and end to all this madness!

It's longer than most FPS out there that's for sure.LOL