deus_ex_machina

Here are my thoughts concerning the Flood in Halo 4. According to the history of the Forerunners, they activated the Halos a long time ago and wiped out the Flood, all sentient life in the Milky Way Galaxy and most of themselves. However, despite this, the Flood somehow survived. At the end of Halo 3, we assume the Flood was destroyed. However, we don't know this for sure. I have a theory that the Halos can wipe out minor Flood, but can't do anything to the Gravemind. I think every time the Halos are activated, the Gravemind restarts the Flood. I also have a theory that the Flood are a manufactured system put in place to cleanse and purge the galaxy as part of a cycle, for whatever reason, and I think the Flood are either products of the Precursors or the Precursors themselves. I don't know if we'll see Flood in Halo 4, but I'm sure we'll at least hear about them or learn new things about their origins.

I'm not calling this so-called insider a liar, but I find this information very suspect. When actual industry insiders post rumors, they usually turn out the be true. However, when randoms post rumors, they're usually wrong.

I don't hate 343. I think they did a great job with the Halo Reach map packs. IMO they were better map packs than anything Bungie came up with since Halo 2. I'm cautiously optimistic with Halo 4, with more emphasis on optimistic.

I'm all for the implementation of Elites as long as it makes sense story-wise. However, I don't want them to add Elites simply for pleasing some of the fanbase.