HALO 5 SPARTANS FREE

And, we know, listing a bunch of things that the writers hinted at but never fully developed does not a good game make, but it shows progress at least, that can hopefully be expanded upon in Halo Infinite.Īpart from the long list of wasted potential, here’s what Halo 5 actually did right:įirstly, Jameson Locke, a new badass protagonist. And finally, the ethics of using AIs and then killing them once they deteriorate beyond usefulness, which leads to Cortana’s revolution.Įven the creative director at 343 called it “overwhelming”.new’ soldiers, shown through Chief’s Mark II Spartans and Locke’s Mark IV Spartans. To explore the rift between UNSC soldiers and ONI assassins.To go into Chief’s psychology regarding Halsey’s experiments on the Mark II Spartans as children.Catherine Halsey, a figure who’s previously only been an evil shadow lurking in the background. The opportunity to give Chief the reverence and legendary status he deserves by seeing him through the eyes of other characters.Hunting down the franchise lead for reasons unknown.Playing as a cool new main character, a ruthless and cunning Spartan on par with the Chief.Halo 5’s story had a lot of interesting ideas going into it:

Even if we can’t defend it entirely, we can favour it by saying it was ambitious, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s no secret that 343 didn’t quite stick the landing with Halo 5’s story. Halo 5: Guardians is not only a passable or acceptable game, it’s a great one, and we’re gonna tell you why. Let’s get one thing straight – Infinite ‘fixing’ Halo isn’t possible, because Halo wasn’t broken.

HALO 5 SPARTANS FREE

Chief’s new bright green, chunky armour is gorgeous, reminiscent of the old days spent playing the free Combat Evolved demo after school, and the return to the original Halo ring is certainly interesting, but we’ve got one major problem with the rhetoric around Halo Infinite: the idea that 343 Industries is ‘fixing’ Halo, that this signifies a ‘return to form’. Halo Infinite is approaching faster than a Flood-infested Covenant cruiser, and yes, it looks cool from the trailers we’ve seen.

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