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I sorry if this is the wring head to post this but I've been thinking. Why is it that people just HAVE to compare and contrast and divide amongst each other? Guys, Bungie was good, really good in it's own place. It introduced Halo, it gave us our childhood and long hours of forgetless fun and a lot of memories to look past on when you're taking a ride down the nostalgia lane. 343i's unique and good in their own place. First off it consist of a lot of passionate Halo fans (who're programmers, designers, etc ofc) who were, when they did Halo 4, new to this. They tried something, failed. But, the way they handled this is really good. They experimented, faced a setback, accepted their mistake, listened to the community and then after the widely criticised MP of Halo 4 they gave us Halo 5's MP. Sure, it lacks the original Grifball, CTF, KOtH, etc, but still, it was and is, fun. Competitive, and Warzone. Which is something, at his point, usually only trolls who havent played Halo at all and call it stupid cuz it runs of 480p30fps disagree with. Still they're the kind of devs who're taking the risks the experiment and try to give out new content while still sticking to the core elements of Halo, which is what has made Halo live so long. New, yet the same old good stuff. Today game devs are so afraid of trying something new with their popular franchises they're afraid they'd do a 343 (Yea that's a verb now, I made it). They're not making any changes, and I'm some cases giving us the same thing over and over again *cough*(Insert the obvious ans here) *cough*. 343i's actually expanding the Halo lore, giving Chief a little more character but not so much you can't feel as him while playing anymore, and Halo 4's campaign was great because of this. However this time they screwed up the Campaign a little in the aim of nailing the perfect MP. They basically did a Halo 2 with 5, also with the added bonus they're trying in vain to shift he focus of the series from MC and Blue Team to Fireteam Osiris. Other than that, the campaign was quite interesting and beautiful. Short, maybe, yet great. Well, still space for betterment, maybe like Halo 3, Halo 6 would be better and in both aspects, SP and MP. My point is, instead of blaming 343i for killing, murdering, assassinating or shr3king Halo, accept Halo 5 as their Halo 2 and cut 'em some slack. It'll take them time getting used to it. Until then you'll have to, depending on you, spend or waste your $60. Here's hoping for food.

Dunno where's the right place to post it, but I wanted to share this, so yeah. Been so time since my previous post. That aside, the real deal. I really liked this image: I wanted it as a wallpaper for my phone, but I couldn't find a proper portrait version of it. I searched and found some improperly proportioned (not 9:16) ones. So I decided to make a custom made one for myself. I put it in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects (I like to work on small details if I can), did some tinkering, size readjustment, and refilling and patching; creating, well, this: Its a portrait 720x1280 wallpaper, with the logo shifted up a little so it's visible above the icons usually present on the lower side of the screen. I thought since I liked it so much I'd share it to the community. Not sure if the right place, but yeah. If you want I can do a 1080x1980 version with some more custom tinkering around. So it looks like this on my phone: So I hope you guys like it. Peace out. Halo 5 hype. PS: I did some other cover art work stuff too. This was made when all we knew about the Next Halo was the desert trailer.

I understood 3/4th of what you said, but I agree. I would like if they could release H2 HD for PC too. (Ya know, boost up the sales of Windows 8.1)

So, back in 2013, I posted a thread on this very same topic though my evidence was faulty and the thread became called 'failure of a thread', and changed in a Photoshoping contest. Well, I got some more info on it, and I decided to make a new thread for it, as no one was visiting the old one anyways(though it got 6000+ views). So, let's cut to the mains, here's the deal: In the news section of the 343i website, I found this: Just when my hopes were getting high(HELL YEAH, I WAS CORRECT!!!!), here came the update: I was like, WHAT THE HELL??? Some weeks ago, I heard there was a post in Australia by XBOX saying that one of the games XBOX ONE fans should anticipate was Halo 5, then again there was a post cutting this off, saying that 'it was a mis-post, we have no confirms on naming the next Halo as Halo 5, it will just be a Halo for Xbox One. Now again. What is Microsoft hiding from us? What are your thoughts on this news, are you happy to hear Halo 2 anniversary is coming, are you upset Halo 5 or whatever has been delayed? Let the comments begin in 3... 2... 1... GO GO GO! P.S. Here's the link to the news post: http://www.343industries.org/news/_/343-industries-news/steve-downes-confirms-halo-2-anniversary-r893

Oh... well anyways, I hope you may be able to show it to me sometime in the future(Damn Schools), because I really liked the description you gave me. C'mon People, you all try too! Create a cover art which you think would be nice and show your love to Halo! Thanks so very much. I had to do much hard work on the Cortana-Halsey Split just to make it look even. Still now, it's not perfect, but due to low opacity, it blends. By the way, I'm coming up with another Cover Art, Stay Tuned!

That sounds nice and I would really like to see it. In your photoshop window, open your image, then press the "Print Screen" Button, which should be above the insert button. Then open paint, Ctrl+V (Paste) it, save it, upload it, then show it to me. I'd really like to see it.

Yup no problem at all. That's what I want in this thread. Thanks for the advice. You may add what you said in your pic. Anyone else who's reading can also do this.

Thank you so much. It means a lot to me. Thank you so much. About 3 hours. It was completed in two hours, but I had used the Xbox 360 banner. I read somewhere that it's exclusively for xbox one, so i searched for the xbox one banner, but didn't find it, so with reference to other covers, I custom made one using the logo. Reference: I had to rescale the whole photo, that's why MC looks so low-res but the foreground elements high-res. But it was worth it. Totally worth it. It's better I posted this topic over here than forum.halomaps.org. All the people of that place knows is criticizing. BTW, why not you all create one? I created this pic using Adobe After Effects.

Oh c'mon, people! Don't just view, give your opinions! Or post your own art! C'mon, show your love to Halo.

Exactly. Game Making Companies do leave such hints in games for us to pickup. Anyways, we didn't see him "die" There was that blast and he falls away, but he can probably still be alive. I mean, look at how powerful he is. But anyways, I think Cortana can be retrieved. The part of her at the... um... yeah Composer(forgot the word) probably died, but he can retrieve her somehow, somewhere. I'm sure of this because anywhere in the theories/wishlists of Halo 5, "Cortana Back" is one sure thing you'll see. And 343i will have to make the game so that people "like it", wont they?

Hello, respectful Community! I'm I new member of the 343i community. So, on topic: there are many speculations about the story of Halo 5. I went through, and came up with a fan-made cover art. There have been speculations that halo 5 should return with Cortana, and will have much to do with Dr. Halsey. So I came up with this: So, I want you, the wise community, to give your valued opinions. Edit: Stay tuned for another H5 cover art