The game industry has seen some massive leaks over the past few years, though a few recent promotions may have unveiled some massive spoilers regarding Halo 4‘s storyline.
***Potential Spoilers ahead*** (ye be warned)
A few “eagle eye folks”, as NeoGAF user Slightly Live puts it, have noticed that in the Vidoc released at PAX Prime 2012 at the 3:55 mark an entire page of the game’s script can be seen.
From what can be deciphered, the page reads the following:
“In that case, you won’t mind…” Cortana appears behind the Didact.
at all of the Cortanas emerging from the Bridge
“Compassion for mankind is misplaced.” – Didact
“I’m not doing this for mankind.” Chief then charges thet Didact.
rushes towards Didact and jumps all over him (legs, arms, chest, back)
Several takes of “Cortana” tackling and climbing on random objects at full speed.
Didact is attacked by Cortana. He attempts to swat at Cortana as a means of self defence.
Didact unclenches his fist and drops Chief.
Cortana begins restraining Didact by constraining his limbs to the Bridge.
-Several takes of “Cortana” climbing on “Didact” actor and then…
a specific body part (head, back, waist, knees, ebows, shoulders)
-Didact struggle idle.
Chief is released
-Chief immobilised pose
-Chief falls, lands on edge
-Chief hanging idle
(A later page that can be seen in the video reveals the snippet “telekinetically flips”, leaving us to believe that a character in the game will have telekinetic powers.)
This pretty much confirms that the main antagonist in Halo 4 will be the Didact, though the spoilers do not stop there. Even though the upcoming Halo: The Thursday War is not due until October, the “Search inside” feature on Amazon.com lets you read the first 100 pages of the book.
Although there is certainly more to uncover in the first portion of the novel, Slightly Live has created a list of what can be said of Halo 4‘s story so far with this information:
When Master Chief awakes, the Forward Unto Dawn is boarded by a bunch of Covenant – they are looking for something, not the Chief.
The Covenant, a particularly religious remnant led by the Elites, have come in search of Requiem to find and look for a Forerunner weapon cache.
The Covenant also believe Requiem to be the place where a living god is being kept – they wish to find and wake him up to enlist his aid in fighting humanity.
Main antagonist is called Didact, an ancient Forerunner. He is the being the religious Covenant believe to be a living god.
Dr Halsey, who made a cameo in Reach, makes an appearance as the Chief wants her help to find a solution to Cortana’s “problem”
Cortana is able to project multiple versions of herself at once – multiple Cortanas
A climatic battle involving the Chief, Didact and Cortana takes place
A character has, or appears to have, telekinesis
With all of this coming from official releases, we are interested in seeing what 343 has to say about these “leaks”.
