*SPOILERS*How do you think halo 3 should have ended*SPOILERS

[{GR}Ender]

Your ending sucks because a big fight in the sands of Africa could only involve less than one percent of the population of both species. It would take decades of infantry fighting in Africa to kill enough people/brutes on both sides to make a difference. This isn't Lord of the Rings.

I whispered to myself, when the chief looked at Cortana in the back of the frigate..."not like this."

Because T.S. elliots poem ended

This is the way the world ends
Not with a whimper but a bang

The destruction of the arc was one hell of a bang, but the chief was not meant to be lost in space.

The best hope there is now is that he is watching over us, the god that he is.

[Tural]

Because T.S. elliots poem ended

This is the way the world ends
Not with a whimper but a bang

Wrong. You have it backwards.

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

In the Cortana letters, as well as the hints in the E306 video, Cortana is stating that the world ends opposite to what the poem states, meaning she is saying it will end with a bang.

Before the release of Halo: Combat Evolved, a series of emails were transmitted to a gaming website. The emails contained what would later be known as the Cortana Letters. In the first transmission, the letter makes reference to Eliot's last stanza when it states: "Oh, and your poet Eliot had it all wrong: THIS is the way the world ends." Although cryptic at the time, the game Halo would become one of the most popular games in history, and the cryptic message would be elaborated upon in the game's sequels. The oft-quoted final stanza made another appearance in promotional material for Halo 3, spoken by the character Cortana. The aforementioned scene was included in the final version of the game with Cortana speaking the line at a critical moment in the story when all hope seems lost. Also, the character Gravemind is heard speaking broken-up lines from this poem in the background at various points in Halo 3. Towards the end of the game, Sgt. Johnson states "Take me out with a bang" as he dies. Lastly, the final section of the last level is titled "The Way the World Ends".

[The_Dark_One555]

I think it should've ended with a very graphic love scene between Masterchief and Cortana.

How the hell can a Guy, in a 2,000 Pound Suit, fuck a hologram? I doubt a kiss would be possible, let alone an entire sex scene...

Though Cortana looks hot as HELL. I mean...damn...

If you notice, look at 3 pictures of cortana side by side, one from each halo (1, 2, and 3) and you notice, as each one gets more detailed, Her boobs get bigger over the series, as does her ass...

But damn, she is HOT.

[GametagAeonFlux]

It ended the way it should have ended.

[jeremy900]

Your ending sucks because a big fight in the sands of Africa could only involve less than one percent of the population of both species. It would take decades of infantry fighting in Africa to kill enough people/brutes on both sides to make a difference. This isn't Lord of the Rings.

if you read it....the flood had taken over the earth killed/turned everyone into flood...THE HUMAN POPULATION IS GONE...even those that survive would have been turned into flood.... chief was just trying to stop the flood from destroying more planets and all life.... and its not lord of the rings i know....i was talking about all the brutes/covenant stationed on earth or around earth...... and it was meant to end the john story..... they could do another game on another spartan....maybe a prequel to the halo series...such as the beginning of the spartan project. or maybe they are going to redo marathon...nobody knows yet...

[kibito87]

I think the ending was just fine. It worked and suited the end of MC's story.

Guilty Spark on the other hand was a fucking shitty boss. It was lame, short and pathetically easy. To be honest, i'd rather be fighting Tartarus in Halo2 then 343GS.

[ScottyGEE]

The way that the story went, it ended fine.
However, I didn't like the total blank spot on cleaning out Earth whilst I (MC) was gone...
It just seemed weird that in that short period of time the tiny amount of forces on Earth wiped out all the flood and got rid of the covenant forces...And then we are to believe that without truth and the ark the covenant would completely disbandon. Like sure they wouldn't have a clear path but I doubt the trillions of aliens in the covenant would just go "zomg he dead, drop everything and run or something"

[GametagAeonFlux]

The way that the story went, it ended fine.
However, I didn't like the total blank spot on cleaning out Earth whilst I (MC) was gone...
It just seemed weird that in that short period of time the tiny amount of forces on Earth wiped out all the flood and got rid of the covenant forces...And then we are to believe that without truth and the ark the covenant would completely disbandon. Like sure they wouldn't have a clear path but I doubt the trillions of aliens in the covenant would just go "zomg he dead, drop everything and run or something"

They have a cutscene where some of the Covenants' ships glass the area where the Flood landed (I think). That would explain why the hill is so barren when you return there at the end. Also, I'd assume all Covenant forces were sent to Earth, quite a few ships were probably taken out in space by the MAC cannons, and the rest went to the Ark when the portal was activated (after all, their whole purpose in life was to get to the Ark...they wouldn't want to be left out of the Great Journey, would they?)...and we're killed by the activation of Installation 04.

[jeremy900]

i think that its got an ok ending...just....they could have made it better...WAY better...and as Scotty wrote....how does the flood and covenant forces just disappear? i think if they would have ended it my way it would have been better for the following reasons....

1. it gives you closer that John is gone...no more stories about john...nor cliffhangers...(bungies typical way to piss us off)
2. it would explain how all the covenant races got killed off.(on earth)
3. it gives you that epic feel you've been waiting 6 years for.
4. it makes one hell of a fight....

idk thats what i had envisioned when i first heard "this is the way the world ends" and there slogan "Finish The Fight". that would sure end the fight and it would be a way the world ends.....

how about you guys post how you would make it end....even if it is just a couple of things...such as chief makes it back to earth...

[Tural]

There's a reason they have professional writers, rather than just fans who think they know how to make a game.

[ScottyGEE]

No there isn't...

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Also I forgot about how high charity got infected so that might be something in terms of covenant numbers...My bad.

[jeremy900]

There's a reason they have professional writers, rather than just fans who think they know how to make a game.

yes true.....but just cuz you have a piece of paper that qualifies you to be "professional" does not make your writings instantly amazing nor it make what they write entertaining . although i did enjoy the overall series of halo i just didn't think that it had that epic ending that it was hyped to have.... but that is my personal opinion.... and every one has one.

[Tural]

You don't think there's a very good reason why they ended it the way they did? It wasn't incompetence, it was deliberately set up in a specific manner to serve a specific purpose.

[Veegie]

jeremy900 has no idea what the fuck...

[jeremy900]

You don't think there's a very good reason why they ended it the way they did? It wasn't incompetence, it was deliberately set up in a specific manner to serve a specific purpose.

and.... what is the purpose..... if it is for another game... they could do it over the start of the spartan project and how we first went to war with the covenant... although they would contradict them selfs if they made another game...for one..they said finish the fight..(and i know they meant the john story which we finished) but, if the war is over...what other story are they supposed to come up with if the war is over....there is nothing left to fight about.

[Novaizhere]

what other story are they supposed to come up with if the war is over....there is nothing left to fight about.

There are other Halos in the Universe, and other forerunner installations ( onyx, other bunker planets... ), many places to discover, like the planet where John is going to land.

[shadowkhas]

they said finish the fight..(and i know they meant the john story which we finished) but, if the war is over...what other story are they supposed to come up with if the war is over....there is nothing left to fight about.

Surprisingly, the Master Chief is NOT the only human who matters. They could do something within the same basic 25 year time frame, or who knows? They could do something 250 years from the end of Halo 3.

Also, Finish the Fight was just a marketing tagline. It's to get the people who have played Halo 1, 2, and 3 casually, and that probably don't analyze the story as much as us.

[Veegie]

yeh, i know that most of you guys out there are prob... well your a nub cuz you didn't like the ending... well honestly... i think that it should have went out with a bang(EVERYONE DIES.) this is how i envisioned it instead of that crappy halo 1 knock of of an ending. Here is the way i envisioned it

Thankfully you don't work for Bungie.

i think that it should have ended a little diferently when they have the funeral they should have showed one of the trailers from halo 3 afterwards
the one where they have that mural with john 117 in the middle of it

But that would imply that John died. Which is completely wrong.

Master Chief should have died in the beginning of Halo 3 during his fall. That's where it should have ended.

I'll calculate the MC's terminal velocity later tonight, but until then I'll point out he survives those distances in the novels, too.

Masterchief should have died. Making him live just adds another *** cliffhanger to a ENDED trilogy.

Just to that story arc. Nothing more.

i was just wondering.....why does it suck.

Becuase it's a damn clich

[INSANEdrive]

The game ended perfectly.

...but there is nothing wrong with more cowbell.

I demand more cowbell.

[Spammy]

Also, I'd assume all Covenant forces were sent to Earth, quite a few ships were probably taken out in space by the MAC cannons, and the rest went to the Ark when the portal was activated (after all, their whole purpose in life was to get to the Ark...they wouldn't want to be left out of the Great Journey, would they?)...and we're killed by the activation of Installation 04.

This is somewhat related, and I've been thinking about it since I finished the game...if the new Installation 04 was activated at the end, how come the blast(which is supposed to kill all sentient life within its radius)didn't kill John who was trapped on the wrong side of the portal?