Gi - Halo 5 fans wondering what The Arbiter has been up to since signing a peace treaty with Admiral Hood and returning to Sanghelios (the Elite homeworld) need look no further than the Halo novels. Imagine that after thousands of years of training an alien race for military positions, the system that required those positions collapses leaving the majority of those aliens jobless. Then imagine that as a result of that collapse, most of that race’s labor force, comprised of other alien races, dries up leaving no training manuals behind. So far not good right? Now imagine that these same aliens have been hard-core religious for thousands of years and they just found out their religion is bull. This sums up what has been happening with the Elites since the end of the Covenant war with the humans.
In Halo 4, 5, and Infinite, Master Chief became a more nuanced, human character.
In spite of the Halo series’ struggles, 343 deserves praise for adding nuance and characterisation to the ever-beating heart of Halo - The Master Chief. Playing through Infinite, it's abundantly clear that the events of the current and previous trilogies have irrevocably changed the iconic hero. He’s no longer the ‘blank slate’ that was previously presented by Bungie. He’s a fatigued, damaged and fallible protagonist, and one who is meandering through currents of grief, while reveling in his newfound agency. Giving the Chief a compelling and meaningful voice was no small feat, and 343 should be proud of that victory.
This article completely misses part of the appeal of the original iteration of character in the original game trilogy. It was the Chief and Cortana vs an entire alien collective. The blank slate Bungie displayed in their games was genius, he was an mysterious hero a wide audience could identify with because he wasn't as clearly defined as most characters.
The books added a lot of lore and backstory but most Halo players just want a fun game with exposition that doesn't get in the way of gameplay, it's why the Cortana level in Halo 3 was derided.
Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty.
The 343i Master Chief has is based on the books. However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion.
Daily Video Game writes: "GameStop is running a new pre-owned game sale on over 1000 pre-owned games that offers four pre-owned ($9.99 or less) games for $20 across multiple gaming platforms right now, including PS3 and Xbox 360!"
Given the nature of backwards compatibility on new systems, this is a great sale in case you missed out on some gems from last gen.
Most of the games on Xbox are on game pass. The Switch games in this sale are trash c'mon farming simulator that's laughable. The PS4 games should be cheaper. I can't wait for the GameStop going out of business liquidation sale.
These sales, while potentially great, really struggle to be valuable given you can't easily parse what games are in stock. You can't just say "only show what is online & what are in my nearby stores". Probably 60-75% of these games in these massive lists are out of stock for shipping, and out of stock locally. It makes it a chore to find anything you'd want, much less 4 of them, much less enough if you wanted to get to a free shipping tier. It's a bummer.
NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - There are many games in the famous Halo Franchise that are stellar titles and need to be revered. And some that do not. These games stand out from the crowd and deluge of colossal Halo titles. Games that made Halo great. We do need to iron out what qualifies the game for this list. They have to be in the Halo franchise… Obviously.
Halo 3 at the top is correct the only thing id change is swap infinite and halo ce around.
Arbiter, that would be wonderful. I liked to play as the covenant.
It would be brilliant but they must bring him in only for story based purposes, not just to appeal to the fans.
If they do bring him in, I'd be beyond happy.
Of course, though, he should have a key role, like CalamityCB said.
Read Halo Glasslands and Thursday War if you want a glimpse about what has happened to the Arbiter and the Elites after Halo 3, and why you were fighting them in Halo 4.
There was supposed to be another book to close that trilogy but I dont know what happened with it.
Overall they are not the best Halo books, but they are decent enough to warrant a read if you are interested in Halo history
I think we're missing the picture the next halo will be halo universe a mmo.