Halo 4: The Backstory

For those who grew up playing the original Halo: Combat Evolved into the wee hours of the night, this may seem a bit redundant, but Halo has one of the best detailed story-lines in a game franchise and i would be doing it a disservice to not explain it before "diving in" to halo 4. (If you had to surgically removed from your xbox as a child, or if you a PhD. in Halo-ography, feel free to skip on to the next post where we'll be going over Halo 4 news.) The Halo titles are as follows: Halo: Combat Evolved(2001), Halo 2(2004), Halo 3(2007),Halo Wars(2009), Halo 3: ODST(2009), Halo Reach(2010), Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary(2012) and Halo 4(set to release in 4 days)(2012), Putting these into chronological order within the halo universe, Halo Wars occurred first with its own separate storyline, Then Halo: Reach, as the prequel to the main trilogy, With Halo, Halo 2, and Halo 3 occurring in order, But with Halo 3 and Halo:3 ODST happening simultaneously. Halo: Anniversary is a remake of the original Halo, with upgraded graphics and digitally remastered sound. Humanity is on the brink of annihilation, a group of alien races known as the covenant is decimating every form of resistance humanity can produce.

The covenant posses greater numbers and superior weapons and technology, but humanity has one last hope, the spartan project. Spartans are super-soldiers, proficient in every area of war, capable of turning the tide in even the most unwinnable situations. The spartans were proving a match for covenant forces, slowing their domination across the universe, until Reach. Reach is humanities fortress among the stars, a civilian world with military facilities, and headquarters to ONI; and the SPARTAN program. Reach falls to the Covenant, but not before the UNSC Spartans all give their lives to protect it. Well, almost all the Spartans. One lone spartan escapes Reach aboard the Pillar of Autumn. This spartan just happens to be the Master Chief, one of 2 Spartans with a "Hyper-lethal" rating. This means he is a super bad-ass. The Pillar of Autumn jumps to hyperspace and reaches an uncharted ring-world. This "halo" contains the parasitic species called the flood. Some DUMBASS decides to release the flood, thinking that it is a weapons cache. You learn that halo is the only weapon capable of killing the flood, so you get the key to fire it. You turn it on, but it doesnt start, like an old pickup. Turns out Halo kills EVERYTHING, not just flood, and Cortana just saved you and all the people on Halo. The only way to kill the flood is to blow up the Pillar of Autumn. You barely escape the ring-world, and there are no other survivors....... Until Halo 2 starts, turns out sergeant Johnson survived, and he's almost as cool as you. Oh, and the most lethal Elite in the covenant army survived too, and now he wants to kill you, and then he can die happy. He finds out that the rings were built by the forerunners as weapons to destroy life, he turns on the covenant. You become best friends. you kill a ton of covenant, and then they introduce Brutes. The flood comes to earth and all three factions engage in a super battle royale for the universe; until you kill everything, again. You find the facility that makes the halo rings and destroy it, barely escaping, and ending up stranded in space, where you enter cryo-sleep until Halo 4 begins.

Halo 4 was released TODAY at 12am! It is available at Sam's Club for $54.86. You won't be disappointed.