This is the mysterious ring featured in the Forerunner trilogy books that were published before Halo 4 was released.
Chief being who he is though wakes up from his six-month-long space nap and immediately starts tearing apart The Banished’s operations on Zeta Halo. He claims that The Banished have won, and he is desperate to leave and get as far away from them as possible. The UNSC has lost to the Banished 6 months prior, and the newest character, featured in previous trailers quite heavily is The Pilot, who finds Master Chief floating in space.
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As previously mentioned, Halo Infinite starts a full 18 months on from the ending of Halo 5, and it kicks off in serious style, with everything going wrong. This is 100% a Master Chief story and the heart of it is his failure to save Cortana from the dark path she walked in Halo 5. Blue Team is not here, Team Osiris is never mentioned. Sierra 117īeing a soldier is all Chief has ever known, and whenever he comes across a fallen Spartan his sense of loss is palpable thanks to the incredible animation work. He somehow matches the menace and brilliance that Atriox displayed in Halo Wars 2, which was something I had been concerned about within the lead-up to release.
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The Brute Escharum is the main antagonist and Darin de Paul is his usual impeccable self, voicing the most satisfying and fully fleshed-out villain the series has offered up yet. The events of Halo 4 and 5 have weighed heavily on John 117, and his respect for his fellow soldiers and life in general is beautifully displayed. Steve Downe’s Chief is still stoic, and rarely talkative, but he’s much more the Chief from the books with a dry sense of humor and, for the first time, serious cracks in his emotional armor. Halsey, and The Weapon is some of the finest work the series has ever seen. Jen Taylor’s three-headed role as Cortana, Dr. Even knowing the major plot beats thanks to data mined spoilers I was still floored to watch how well it all played out.
I cannot overstate just how good the actors do here with the excellent dialogue they’ve been given. Despite an 18 month time jump from the ending of Halo 5, this game is 100% a sequel to that title.Īll the questions you may have had after Halo 5 are answered here with writing that far exceeds that standard of the series, and for gaming as a whole. Thankfully, Halo Infinite avoids the misfires of Halo 4, which featured an incredible backstory that you did need to read elsewhere to understand the game’s antagonist, The Didact and Halo 5 which went too far in the other direction and hilariously killed off The Didact in a comic book before it was even released.īetween Halo Wars 2 and a few novels that have been released recently, you can absolutely gain a greater appreciation and understanding for the new big bad threat, The Banished, but it’s not necessary at all to enjoy this proper ending to 343’s initial Halo trilogy. Since 343i was created and took the reigns, they have attempted to bridge that gap and fill their titles with references and nods you can only fully appreciate by immersing yourself in the additional fiction available, be it books or graphic novels. There was a disconnect though – between that world-building lore and depth found in the novels, versus the campaigns that Bungie created in the first 5 games of the franchise.
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With a TV show launching in 2022, Halo has been Xbox’s biggest transmedia IP that originated (following the acquisition of Bungie before the launch of the Original Xbox) and has stayed fully within Microsofts shifting ecosystem. It is the main reason I have owned every Xbox console, and a bit embarrassingly is by far my most read collection of books. Xbox owns a number of the world’s biggest gaming IPs, but no series makes people think Xbox more than Halo.
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