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ResumePlay: The History of Halo

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The Halo franchise has become one of the most renowned in gaming today. Master Chief has become 'the face' of the Xbox brand and is now a staple video gaming icon; Microsoft has even stated that Halo is the centerpiece of their first party portfolio. The Halo games have become some of the best selling games of all time and the online community continues to grow. ResumePlay is taking a look back at the origins of the Halo series from its inception to what it has evolved into today.
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Published: 31 days 20 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360 | Xbox | Gaming
 
 

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lil_krazzie - 31 days 20 hours ago
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Nice little read up on the history of HALO. I should go find Halo CE and Halo 2 to add to my Halo collection.
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BadboyCivic360 - 31 days 20 hours ago
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I just wish they gave the Chief some personality,even the ODST's has some life...nobody knows whats going on in his head(beside Cortana ofcourse),what he is feeling or anything...Halo devs should put more work in the story next time...
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socomnick - 31 days 20 hours ago
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Master Chief not talking is intentional, they want the player to connect with the chief, and somehow feel like he is him. Thats why the rookie also had no personality or even lines in ODST, meanwhile everyone else was fully fleshed out. Lots of games used to do this, Half Life series is another big franchise that does the same.
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ReservoirDog316 - 31 days 18 hours ago
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@ above

I'm sure you do know that Master Chief does talk right? I guess you could've meant that he doesn't talk during gameplay but you compared it to Half Life. And we all know Gordon Freeman never utters a syllable.

Just an observation.
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MrAnonymous - 31 days 13 hours ago
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@BadboyCivic360 and socomnick

hes faceless, not speechless...hes talked in every single game during the cutscenes...the thing ppl dont exactly know about him is what he looks like, apart from a brief description in the fall of reach when he was being scoped out by dr halsey and the lieutenant keyes, which is that he has brown hair, a gap between his front teeth, and a few freckles (not exactly good imagery for a hero in that brief description, in my opinion, but thats what they describe his facial features as)

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btw lil_krazzie, what kind of halo "collection" do you have if you dont even have the first 2 games (which are widely considered better than the other games after those releases) unless you got halo starting with the 360, then i would understand why you dont have those games, since they came out for the first xbox console
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DrPirate - 31 days 20 hours ago
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It really shows that Halo isn't a new "fad" in gaming and deserves its rightful place amongst gaming lexicon.

Great article.
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Cocksmokingclerk - 31 days 20 hours ago
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smokeymcpot is awesome and drunk halo is win.
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JackBauerIsHIGH - 31 days 20 hours ago
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And I will go and play ODST right now, which added more lore to the Halo universe.
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NathanGra - 31 days 20 hours ago
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5 - Interesting
I'm not the biggest fan of the Halo Series STORY, honestly, but when it's all laid out I find myself appreciating it more than I thought I would. Good article.
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Timesplitter14 - 31 days 19 hours ago
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Halo was the first game.
Halo invented graphics, vehicles, dual-wield, aliens and electricity.

Everyone knows that
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HDgamer - 31 days 19 hours ago
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LMAO I guess Doom, Unreal, Duke Nukem and the rest were just imitators even though they were born before Halo.
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Timesplitter14 - 31 days 18 hours ago
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Jesus, can't you guys detect sarcasm? I thought it was pretty clear with "Halo invented graphics and electricity".

"Halo was the first game to have _______" is an ongoing meme used to make fun of 10 year-olds who think Halo invented vehicles and dual-wield.
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Kalowest - 31 days 19 hours ago
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A great series, i hope Halo:Reach can live up to the hype its going to creat next year, new engine, more devs, upping the multiplayer.
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Tex117 - 31 days 19 hours ago
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It never ceases to amaze me how much I don't give a flying eff about any First Person Shooter. On any console or PC...ever.

Truely...Amazing.
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MrAnonymous - 31 days 13 hours ago
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and yet you "wasted" your time reading up on one...you're truly living life to its fullest
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TotalPS3Fanboy - 31 days 13 hours ago
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8.2 - I truely live my life to the fullest
to the point where I even use my precious time to comment on you guys. No need to thank me.
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Tex117 - 31 days 5 hours ago
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Didn't read it.
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Lance_Leon_Lionheart - 31 days 19 hours ago
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9 - ummmm kinda incomplete history of halo
Halo: CE started as a first person shooter on the Playstation 2, not a third person shooter. It was also being published by Rockstar Games at the time.

source with the only video preview(quicktime) of Halo:CE running on the ps2:
http://ps2.ign.com/objects/...
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Lt_Skittles - 31 days 19 hours ago
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Do you mean started as a third-person, and not a fps?
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Lance_Leon_Lionheart - 31 days 18 hours ago
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you are right lol! it was a third person shooter on the PC first. Then it was being ported over to the PS2 and Dreamcast.
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Serial_EDX - 31 days 17 hours ago
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Truth it was Mac and PC not the ps2/dreamcast.

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/...

Read the First Trivia Marker.

http://www.youtube.com/watc... (history of halo)
About a minute from the end it explains it.
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godoftime - 31 days 19 hours ago
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10 - Great summary
Good interpretation and representation of the Halo series. Made me wanna get on my exbox 360 and play through all of halo right now. lalws
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TotalPS3Fanboy - 31 days 13 hours ago
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10.1 - Reading about Halo is very interesting
Actually playing it, not so much...
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