Halo fans hoping that Halo 5: Guardians will be the game to finally unmask Master Chief and show his real face are out of luck. Halo 5 creative director Tim Longo said during an appearance this week at Microsoft Canada's X15 event that Chief will keep his helmet on for the duration of the game.
"I actually don't even know if I can talk about that," Longo said, as reported by Gamerant. "He doesn't take his helmet off."
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.
Good.
I hope we never do. Halo has always been about immersing you in the character. They mixed it up in Halo 4 where they made him talk in-game but still, the fact he's just a faceless person in the armour helps you take on the identity of the character, which in my experience has always made Halo a unique experience.
Plus he's a badass and convincingly taking on the identity of a badass is always fun
I'm fine with him keeping the mask on, they did it right in Halo 4 though its nice having a voice actor all through the game.
I just hope there's more Master Chief in the game than agent Locke, it's great having the other characters but, Master Chief is still the star of the show. IMHO
NOOOOO don't you dare unmask him.
I kinda expect his face to be the final goodbye to him, when he dies or whatever. That way, he can be whoever the players want him to be. but once he dies and the player no longer inhabits him, it's John. They made it incredibly obvious in halo 4 that they are more interested in him being John, the person, than the invisible "master chief".
I fully expect him and blue team to die at the end of their saga (not halo 5, specifically). They're kinda like the spartans in 300 in that they see their ultimate fate as to die doing great deeds against grand enemies.