With the web positively on fire about the Keep It Clean teaser trailer released by Bungie this morning, we thought we'd give the video a once (and twice, and thrice) over and deliver to you our own analysis. This isn't some kind of lame picture analysis either. Nope, this here is one of them fancy video analysis ... um ... videos. Find out everything you need to know but are too busy to find out on your own by watching our detailed video analysis.
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the last pod isnt a ODST drop pod if you go frame by frame it clearly has a windshield which the drop pods do not. it looks more like the lifeboat from halo 1 that you crash in.
I agree with David, while it looks like the last one has a windshield, so do all the rest. So either they're all ODST drop pods, or all something else. . .but the last one is the same as the ones coming in during the blast.
Hmmm I'm going with that last drop pod being a spartain, although I would love it to be a ODST. GREAT Video analysis guys, I'm an extreme fanboy and I didn't pick up on being able to see Truth's ship in the first scene & the date in those cyptic messages.
Dude, please look in the address bar of your web-browser. Notice the part after "xbox360" and before the ".com"? That's the bit that totally justifies this kind of content.
MasterChief-"wake me when you need me".
Cortana- "Um chief uhh you gotta wake up the ODST'S just landed on a city and are taking over they need you!"
MasterChief-"Damn I just went to sleep can these people do anything on there own?!"
lol good news so once we beat this add on there will be an ending that is going to lead on to Halo 4!
David, you don't know anything about Halo. If you would have read the books you would know that John is not the only Spartan, he is simply one of many. There are at least five other Spartans still alive inside of the planet Onyx plus four others that were missing on a mission. There is a good possibility that the main character on this is one of those other four Spartans.
Thanks for assuming I know nothing or that I have not read the books.
I was not implying that he is the only Spartan, simply that he is the Spartan that the games surround. Adding another spartan, as an expansion would be incredibly stupid. So much story has to go with the other Spartan that it'd be hard to achieve that with an expansion. Not to mention there was NO talk of another Spartan when MC returned from Delta Halo on the Ark. You would think that when MC landed on earth he would have heard about another Spartan.
I am interjecting my opinion, take it or leave it.
you missed the "Flood Zone" text when the thing reinitializes though, even if you found the Maddie thing :) I think "flood zone" might be a more important clue.
The flood does not reach earth until the events of Halo 3. Not to say you won't see it in the game, but keep in mind that the 'superintendent' is most likely the AI for New Mombasa, and he is throwing up random warnings, etc. Flood zone means flood zone (think water).
It was put in there for a reason, don't get me wrong, but given when this event takes place, I'd be very surprised if this expansion has The Flood (not water) in it.
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9-25-2008 @ 12:29PM
kyle said...
1st
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9-25-2008 @ 12:32PM
david said...
if you're going for 1st douchebag, you win.
9-25-2008 @ 12:32PM
JohnWayne506th said...
the last pod isnt a ODST drop pod if you go frame by frame it clearly has a windshield which the drop pods do not. it looks more like the lifeboat from halo 1 that you crash in.
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9-25-2008 @ 12:46PM
Richard Mitchell said...
Good call. I knew it had a windshield, but I didn't connect that pods don't have those... interesting.
9-25-2008 @ 2:04PM
david said...
if you pause it at ~24 seconds you can see another pod and it appears to have the same window as the pod at the end.
Could it be that they just look a bit different?
9-25-2008 @ 2:15PM
Ryan said...
I agree with David, while it looks like the last one has a windshield, so do all the rest. So either they're all ODST drop pods, or all something else. . .but the last one is the same as the ones coming in during the blast.
9-25-2008 @ 3:12PM
Richard Mitchell said...
Vindicated!
9-25-2008 @ 12:37PM
Highimpact1 said...
Hmmm I'm going with that last drop pod being a spartain, although I would love it to be a ODST. GREAT Video analysis guys, I'm an extreme fanboy and I didn't pick up on being able to see Truth's ship in the first scene & the date in those cyptic messages.
YEEEAAAHH Can't wait!
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9-25-2008 @ 12:43PM
Jayslacks said...
Nice job, guys. I welcome a new expansion. There are tons of stories worth telling in the Halo universe. But, how much is it going to cost?
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9-25-2008 @ 12:44PM
Doug said...
I love games & the gaming community, but for the love of everything that's worthy of our time...
Is this video really worth all this analysis? This is like Shatner at a Star Trek convention here.
Don't get me wrong, yes, mystery, sure... but this is a shred of a mystery yet to be revealed.
All you're doing is telling Bungie, "go ahead, yank the chain, we will post 5 articles about it."
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9-25-2008 @ 2:05PM
AoE said...
Dude, please look in the address bar of your web-browser. Notice the part after "xbox360" and before the ".com"? That's the bit that totally justifies this kind of content.
9-25-2008 @ 6:22PM
Doug said...
I hear what you're saying. Yes, this is a fanboy site.
I thought I was, but need more data to get excited. Never was a big mystery fan, I guess.
9-25-2008 @ 12:44PM
Ball3rAvery33 said...
MasterChief-"wake me when you need me".
Cortana- "Um chief uhh you gotta wake up the ODST'S just landed on a city and are taking over they need you!"
MasterChief-"Damn I just went to sleep can these people do anything on there own?!"
lol good news so once we beat this add on there will be an ending that is going to lead on to Halo 4!
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9-25-2008 @ 1:01PM
david said...
Hate to burst your bubble, but it looks like this game is going to take place between Halo 2 and Halo 3. It might make it through the end of Halo 3.
As for the person who suggested another Spartan...
I say no thanks. MC is THE Spartan. Adding another that you play would diminish his role as the main protagonist in the Halo series.
Playing as a human ODST would be a much better game as it would give a new perspective on fighting the covenant. A much larger sense of struggle.
9-25-2008 @ 1:18PM
Lunitsond said...
David, you don't know anything about Halo. If you would have read the books you would know that John is not the only Spartan, he is simply one of many. There are at least five other Spartans still alive inside of the planet Onyx plus four others that were missing on a mission. There is a good possibility that the main character on this is one of those other four Spartans.
9-25-2008 @ 1:35PM
david said...
Lunitsond,
Thanks for assuming I know nothing or that I have not read the books.
I was not implying that he is the only Spartan, simply that he is the Spartan that the games surround. Adding another spartan, as an expansion would be incredibly stupid. So much story has to go with the other Spartan that it'd be hard to achieve that with an expansion. Not to mention there was NO talk of another Spartan when MC returned from Delta Halo on the Ark. You would think that when MC landed on earth he would have heard about another Spartan.
I am interjecting my opinion, take it or leave it.
9-25-2008 @ 12:52PM
Hawk said...
you missed the "Flood Zone" text when the thing reinitializes though, even if you found the Maddie thing :) I think "flood zone" might be a more important clue.
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9-25-2008 @ 1:01PM
Richard Mitchell said...
I get the feeling that was just a cheeky joke. I could be wrong though...
9-25-2008 @ 1:05PM
david said...
The flood does not reach earth until the events of Halo 3. Not to say you won't see it in the game, but keep in mind that the 'superintendent' is most likely the AI for New Mombasa, and he is throwing up random warnings, etc. Flood zone means flood zone (think water).
It was put in there for a reason, don't get me wrong, but given when this event takes place, I'd be very surprised if this expansion has The Flood (not water) in it.
9-25-2008 @ 1:02PM
Kryptinite said...
Great job guys!
I was waiting to see who would put this out first. Thank God for twitter.
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