[achtung]

Finally - a high(-er) res full body shot of the chief.

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/Halo3/wallpapers/h3_e32006_Announce_1280.jpg

I was wondering when I saw the trailer, what exactly is that ring-shaped wreckage in the background?

Looks like a human made support structure.

[GodisanAtheist]

^The ring structure from the Zanzibar MP map.

[Setekh]

Bungie's official word is that wreckage is from the space elevator that used to rise above New Mombasa.

[Mefustae]

It looked a lot like the supports for one of the Bridges you cross in Halo 2...

[Turnsky]

Bungie's official word is that wreckage is from the space elevator that used to rise above New Mombasa.

from what i can gather, when regret's ship went into slipspace right in the middle of new mobasa, the area was effectively obliterated.

[Deepblue]

Finally - a high(-er) res full body shot of the chief.

http://www.bungie.net/images/games/Halo3/wallpapers/h3_e32006_Announce_1280.jpg

I was wondering when I saw the trailer, what exactly is that ring-shaped wreckage in the background?

Some of the rungs on the space elevator formally operating in New Mombasa.

EDIT: Shoot... Note to self, check the next page.

[Deepblue]

It's also worth mentioning The Hollow Man, the poem referenced in the first Cortana letter.


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

And of course the Cortana letters say:

Quote:
Oh, and your poet Eliot had it all wrong:
THIS is the way the world ends. 

So we should expect a pretty explosive ending to the series.

[aldo_14]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

[Turnsky]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

System shock 2 

[aldo_14]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

System shock 2 

RPG.

[Mefustae]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

Holy crap, I honestly can't think of one! Why have I never noticed this before!!

[Turnsky]

alright, Doom 3.

[aldo_14]

alright, Doom 3.

Did you not have to kill (blow up) a big enemy demon thing at the end?

[Turnsky]

alright, Doom 3.

Did you not have to kill (blow up) a big enemy demon thing at the end?

nope, soulcube minced the crap outta it, but no 'splodey.

[aldo_14]

alright, Doom 3.

Did you not have to kill (blow up) a big enemy demon thing at the end?

nope, soulcube minced the crap outta it, but no 'splodey.

Hah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEmlu7jOWY (24s) It's a crap lava explosion, but it's still an explosion.

[Deepblue]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

Halo 2. Not that it really counts as an ending.

[aldo_14]

Name me one non-historical FPS that doesn't end with some form of explosion?

Halo 2. Not that it really counts as an ending.

Yes it does (end in an explosion; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2diJm7U55U - 43 seconds).  I checked; the, er, woman runs over, pulls out that key thing, and a energy bolt is fired into another glowy thing in the middle of the Halo, causing an explosion.  not to mention that the last 30 seconds show a battle with lots of explosions.

[Deepblue]

Uh, that isn't an explosion at all. That's a discharge of energy. And little explosions do not count. We're talking BIG explosions.

[Turnsky]

it does release a shockwave, however.   and thus, an explosion

just a thought, duke nukem 3d ended with a kickoff, no 'splosion 

[achtung]

Didn't DooM 3 just end with that portal getting filled with lava?