*SPOILERS*: Halo 4 Campaign Discussion

[Fiery Grave]

They never became Spartan IV's. They just started training them.

they were fased into the spartan 4 program and are now classified as spartan 4's is what im saying

[Reaper]

I found the one button boss battle complete and utter bullshit

[Nocte]

they were fased into the spartan 4 program and are now classified as spartan 4's is what im saying

Oh. I never knew they were classified as Spartan IV's. Hmmm.

But after the events of Cryptum and Primordium the Didact and the Bornstellar/Didact don't hate humanity. So could it be another Forerunner that Didact put his imprint on before the events of Cryptum?

We still have Silentium to read, which I'm taking is why 343 waited to release it after Halo 4 to explain that.

[Al Capone111]

Oh. I never knew they were classified as Spartan IV's. Hmmm.




We still have Silentium to read, which I'm taking is why 343 waited to release it after Halo 4 to explain that.

Exactly. Cause Born liked humans. Cryptum era Didact didn't love humans, but he understood them better than he did before and didn't hate them.

[KazuhLLL]

they were fased into the spartan 4 program and are now classified as spartan 4's is what im saying

I'm pretty sure the Unified Earth Government created a whole branch of the military called simply "Spartan". The remaining S-II's and S-III's were put into this branch, but they're still classified as S-II, S-III, and S-IV.

[Specact]

I found the one button boss battle complete and utter bullshit

I know. I was expecting a epic battle because of all the weapon crates and stuff before you got to him.

[Graycochea]

Exactly. Cause Born liked humans. Cryptum era Didact didn't love humans, but he understood them better than he did before and didn't hate them.

@Nocte This is what I'm saying. Neither Didact hated humanity, but they(Forerunner and Humanity) were enemies. Because of that, the Didact obviously didn't like humanity, but he respected them as a race and as equals, I think, which he mentioned when he was talking to the Lord of Admirals. That means that somewhere between Primordium and Halo 4 he went from respecting the human race to thinking that they were an insect to be crushed. Theories: Bornstellar Didact developed own opinions on humans(though he didn't hate them either), he snapped and went insane, something happened between him and the Librarian(Notice how the game didn't make a mention of their marriage).

I can't wait until Silentium because according to 343(Spark not Industries) she is still alive somewhere.

Also, to answer your other question, Silentium may take place after Halo 4, cause (SPOILER) at the end of Primordium Chakas goes berserk and hijacks a UNSC ship to go rocketing off in search of the Librarian. They may tell part of that story using flashbacks while the main book takes place in the present with Chakas trying to find the Librarians... cryptum? Or maybe she's inside of a shield world.

Note: Didact in books was a "humanitarian". Didn't want to set off Halo because he cared about the sanctity of life. He developed the Shield Worlds. The contrast between the book Didact and the game Didact is staggering. Either something huge happened to the Didact or 343(Industries not Guilty Spark) is diverting from the book.

Either way, I'm excited for the future of Halo.

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I know. I was expecting a epic battle because of all the weapon crates and stuff before you got to him.

The epic battle was fighting all those fuckin' Warrior-Servants on the platforms. Honestly, I don't mind the CoD ending because I think there will be an epic battle between Titans in one of the later games.

Didact definitely isn't dead. He doesn't survive for 150,000 years and then bite it from a grenade to the chest and falling into deep space.

The Didact is the only character in the series that may be cooler than the Chief.

[Fuzzy]

I just beat it on Legendary Solo, hardest Halo campaign I have ever done, needless to say it was awesome. I loved the Star Fox flying part.

[Nocte]

May I also go on record and say this. The Forerunner Saga is being told the UNSC by Spark. An age old literary ruse is making the narrator unreliable, Spark could very well be unreliable.

The Terminals also explain why the Humans and Forerunners went to war in the first place. Humanity was all glassing Forerunner planets to stop the flood and never told the Forerunners why.

[zZ Dr K Zz]

I found the one button boss battle complete and utter bullshit

I am actually happy to see that happen. Halo doesn't need boss battles and it should stay that way. Especially after the dreadful and phoned in one in Halo 2. Halo 3's "boss battle" with 343 was pointless and could have been resolved with a longer cutscene.