Name: Halo ODST 2
Developer: 343 Industries or The Coalition
Elaboration: Sequel to Halo 3: ODST taking place during the events of Halo 3 (which has conveniently several plot holes)
Sales pitch: You play as an ODST in a new side story taking place during Halo 3 (and the battle of the Ark notably).
The Rookie returns as the main protagonist, alongside Buck, Dare, Dutch, Mickey and Romeo.
Gameplay would be a big departure as it would be a 3rd-person shooter with a big emphasis on tactical and teamwork (and no hub but missions like in classic Halo games). Night missions. Great in co-op (up to 4 players). Like this concept:
Chief’s mission is to hunt the Prophet of Truth (= events of Halo 3).
ODST’s mission is to assist him by taking down the new Chieftain of the Brutes (that replaced Tartarus) and to destroy Truth’s Dreadnought from the inside with the help of Mendicant Bias (that’s why we never saw the Forerunner Dreadnought in combat during Halo 3 (despite it being a juggernaut) and why the Loyalists lost the battle despite outnumbering the Separatists and UNSC 3-to-1).
That would explain why the Covenant looked so exhausted and disorganized during the battle of the Ark (no Dreadnought, no Chieftain of the Brutes). It’s because Alpha-Nine did the job behind the scenes.
Game would have an All-Star cast and thus be a throwbrack to the original trilogy. Other key characters making an appareance:
- Master Chief
- Sergeant Avery Johnson
- Rtas 'Vadum
- 343 Guilty Spark
- the Prophet of Truth
- the Arbiter
- Miranda Keyes
- Lord Hood
- Mendicant Bias
- Tragic Solitude 000 (caretaker of Installation 00)
- the Gravemind and the Flood
Some missions:
- (first level) defending the UNSC and ONI Headquarters (aka HIGHCOM Facility Bravo-6, or The Hive), Sydney, Australia, from the Covenant. They are trying to breach into the complex in order to retrieve Admiral Parangosky (Commander of ONI). The intro is an orbital jump like in the first Halo 3: ODST.
(… after some more missions on Earth, the games move to the Ark like in Halo 3)
- infiltrating and destroying the Forerunner Dreadnought with explosives and eliminate the Prophet of Truth if he’s confirmed onboard (Alpha-Nine damages badly the Dreadnought with the help of Mendicant Bias’ fragment but Truth manages to escape)
- an alternate version of the level The Ark from Halo 3 that actually featured ODSTs: your team is dropped in the same area but have a different objective. It happens in the exact same time as The Ark level in Halo 3 (and you can hear the communications and dialogues from Halo 3 while progressing).
- taking down the new Chieftain of the Brutes and his personal guard (final mission).
Lenght: 6-8h