UPDATE: The top character is definitely not Cortana, a Microsoft rep confirmed, despite the speculation of a certain Kotaku editor-in-chief.

I can see why someone would think that character is female. Much more slender than Halo 4 Spartans. Still, go figure.

You can access them all through the Spartan Ops menu, even if you never played. And the way Microsoft is touting their Azure serves these days, I am pretty hopeful there will be dedicated serves, or at least a weird hybrid.

We have no idea how long they've been working on the ports. It could still be on the table, who knows. I hope so, cause I agree, the switch between the two was a great feature.

Yeah depending on the host, Spartan Ops could be unplayable. I really enjoyed it when it worked though. Have you at least watched all the cutscenes for it?

I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you. Aside from the original Bungie books covering Reach (which has a sizable place in Halo 4), I can't really comment about those stories. But the Forerunner saga delves a great deal into who the Forerunners were, and the Kilo Five series makes up for the most glaring of issues…

doesn't mean they can't dedicate a new button to do that, if they choose to keep that feature.

the name rumored was originally War Collections, but depending on the direction of Halo 5, The Master Chief Collection isn't terrible if MC takes a backseat from this point on.

they did but they didn't. they added a lot of community feedback into the playlists, and they still revolve the playlists weekly. The DLC kinda came and went, which is a big factor into the mass migration.


the biggest missed opportunity was not having another season of Spartan Ops. It was actually pretty well received,…

and didn't they release a revised version of the book to fit better canonwise?

huh, so it is a he. Pity, I was hoping for a member of Kilo Five with their first game appearance....

Yes, but he survived the firing of the Halo array. I could see him making an appearance. As for Ur-Didact, it's possible he survived the beam. He could have either had an immunity or he could have become digitized like the humans on New Phoenix.

what was your view on Tartarus? He was a pretty worthy "boss fight".

Honestly I like how he was driven mad and hates humanity so much. IsoDidact is plenty for a "good" Didact, if he returns.

New Phoenix was the city shown in the ending cinematic for Halo 4. It was the only city hit by the weapon when Didact activated it. Only attack I'm aware of, aside from the colony level.

The Didact we fought in Halo 4 was Ur-Didact, who was infected by a Gravemind and felt Humanity was undeserving of the Mantle. The…

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ODST was a real challenge for me. I have yet to beat it on Legendary. But the pain hurts so good...

I can tell you right now, the multiplayer will be changed. Honestly one big compendium-type multiplayer would not surprise me. It's like Halo Anniversary when we got a code to expand Reach's multiplayer, and not a reskinned classic multiplayer.

I'd cream myself

methinks this is the "real" start of a new trilogy, with 4 bridging the two.