With all of the genetic enhancement drugs and gene therapy that John-117’s body has been subjected to over the years, he is bound to start degrading at some point. Real questions were asked about a character who has provided very few answers throughout the Halo series, which has begun to take itself way more seriously in terms of storytelling.Īlso concerning the age-how will his battle performance be affected, and how will this add to his mental state? Solid Snake’s body began to fail him in Metal Gear Solid 4, and players clearly saw how severely this affected his combat ability. Halsey included, began to question the Chief’s sanity and usefulness as a military asset. Chief woke from cryo sleep adrift in deep space to a Covenant splinter cell knocking on his front door. For the first time, we saw people who were clearly dear to Chief (or, at the very least, his mission directives) dying or being directly affected by the war.
Would someone who is just a cold, calculating killing machine do that? There was some seriously emotional stuff going on in that game. Chief went on what was essentially a suicide mission to save Cortana from The Flood. Once Halo 3came around, though, things got a lot more serious. Halo 2 not only took the spotlight off Chief with The Arbiter, but its crowning achievement was the multiplayer. Halo: CE was understandably more about showing off the tech and how well a shooter could work on consoles. It’s fair to say that Bungie wasn’t exactly focusing on character development with the first two games. Couldn’t we get more of this character-building in-game?Īs Halo poises to strike the gaming world once again in 2015 with Halo 5: Guardians, and with a new Spartan, Agent Locke, entering into the narrative equation, one has to ask-where does this leave Chief? What will be done with his character in terms of character development? If the answer is “not that much,” then maybe it’s time for Chief to retire.
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It’s crazy how much digging is required in the periphery of the series to get a grasp on just who this massive (both literally and figuratively) character really is and where he comes from, especially considering how much has happened throughout his four-game tenure. He has starred in animated features and live-action short films, and a large array of novels and comics that play their part in expanding on the enigmatic super soldier’s backstory and just a little bit of his personality. Master Chief has transcended video games. The character in that green armor represents not just the savior of the original Xbox, but hope, perseverance in the face of any adversary, and unimaginable bravery. Off-screen, Chief has become a symbol not just for Microsoft Xbox marketing, but for gamers as a whole. Whether you love him or not, Master Chief is a video game icon, and has been the face of the first-person shooter for a very long time (sorry, but I don’t think anyone remembers a character in the Call of Duty series.) But its become apparent after once again finishing Halo 4 that Chief can’t live forever. But what if it’s the Chief who has reached the end of the line? His story arc would certainly suggest that there’s not much left for him to do but go out with a bang…Īfter playing Halo: The Master Chief Collection, one thing has become clear: Microsoft’s flagship series stars one of the greatest heroes ever known to gaming. Could it be that death is fastly approaching for one of these characters? Locke is a brand new Spartan who doesn’t quite hold that much weight in our hearts, so we wouldn’t be crushed if he bit the bullet at the end of the game. In two trailers, which you’ll find below, we can even watch Chief and Locke execute each other.
Locke and Chief seem to be at odds with each other, one out of allegiance for the UNSC and the other out on his own to complete a personal mission.
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