>implying 117 isn't the greatest videogame hero of all time
>fucking implying
he was until November 6, 2012
You need to be over 18 to post here.
>>322551586
but hes just some gay space marine
how is he cooler than doomguy or gordon freeman?
cooler than kane?
better than fucking mario? nigga aint even as cool as luigi.
does master chief fucking fluttter his legs about when he jumps like he doesnt give a fuck?
Jinnouchis version of the Halo 5 theme is better than Marty's
>>322552257
Halo guy's armor is objectively better than doom guy's armor.
>>322551586
>implying that the Arbiter isn't a better protagonist than John
step up senpai
>>322552404
Doesn't halo guy die from a rocket launcher rocket?
Doesn't doom guy have the capability of catching up to his own rockets and getting hit by them and then surviving?
>>322551975
what does Obama's reelection have to do with Halo?
>>322551586
To be fair, if you actually look at the achievements of the character, he's easily one of the most successful heroes in all of fiction. He's pretty high on the list of heroes.
>>322551586
Look I like Halo as much as the next guy but honestly Master Chief is barely a character. He's nothing. No personality. No character traits. He is quite literally a self insert.
>>322552557
We're talking style wise.
>>322552557
>doesn't halo guy die from a rocket launcher
no, he's still alive
>>322552685
Yeah hes bland, mediocre, unoriginal and boring. Much like the entire halo franchise.
He's an emotionless soldier
I don't see what's great about that
>>322552685
He's not even that. He's just a hole you put your hand through to wreck the world.
>>322551586
pls.
>>322552865
Wouldn't halo guy die from a rocket launcher*
>>322551586
i think halos a pretty cool guy, eh, shoots aliens and doesnt afraid of anything.
Maybe someone here can answer why people tripfag? Or better yet why it hasn't killed itself yet if it needs attention on an anonymous image board?
>>322551586
The Arbiter is better.
>>322553330
Not even in canonically is that true. But hey, opinions are opinions after all.
>>322553330
>design a species
>has no lower jaw
>food drops out of their mouth whenever they try to eat
>guaranteed drowning whenever they get into the water, no way to block out the fluid
>no way to speak
>supposedly have SII-tier strength despite having no cybernetic augmentations to their bones or flesh or brains
>still lose to them despite having a numbers advantage of 10000000000 to 1
gg bungie
He kills aliens.
Not much to be said.
>>322553553
>Not even in canonically is that true.
Why not? He's actually trying to promote peace.
who watching qualfiers here?
>>322553587
Maybe they can close the hole somehow with a flap or something?
OP here. All of the reasoning I have seen against the MC is laughable at best.
>he like isn't a character
Sort of, but that's the point. YOU are supposed to step into his shoes and save the galaxy.
>can't he like die and stuff?
So can all believable heroes. This dude FUCKS. He jumps out of ships and space and lives (multiple times), he takes on entire armies by himself, he saves Humanity/the galaxy multiple times, and all does this by taking damage and getting back up.
>I don't like leddit Halo, hurr hurr fuck 343i
k cuck fuck back off to /vg/
>Doom guy
LMAO at least John is a believable character, doom guy is clearly bullshit. I could make my own game and make my hero invincible or OP as fuck and then say he's the best.
>arbiter was better
Arbiter is cool af, but he doesn't surmount the same odds as the MC
>>322554017
some other anon in a different thread was saying that the elites have some kind of xenomorph-esque second mouth that you just never see. the feelers are just for trapping prey while the little jaw goes to work. sounded like bullshit, but it would be cool
>>322553587
It was more the fact they were part of a zealotous and manipulative Covenant that deemed the Human species Heretics (Despite Humans being hinted at being favored of some sort by the Forerunners)...And the fact they have a massive technological advantage, giving them the capability to turn entire planets into glass from concentrated plasma fire.
It's stated in the ground war, Humans were at an advantage thanks to Spartan 2's, but when the Covenant gets their ass kicked on the ground, they just head to space to destroy the Planet from the Air. After a while, wars on colonies were no longer really called wars - most of the time, they bring in the Spartan 2's to evacuate the places and stall for time before the inevitable nuking.
>>322553945
Me m8
>>322552683
well let's take a look then
>stopped eradication of all life in the galaxy
>twice
>stopped all-consuming infection from devouring the galaxy
>twice
>stopped eradication of all life on earth
i think there's vidya heroes out there with better resumes
>>322554151
>>322552685
>Sort of, but that's the point. YOU are supposed to step into his shoes and save the galaxy.
But that's wrong you fucknuts, the Dude does indeed have a character. If you FUCKING READ THE BOOKS or paid attention to the game. He just doesn't have much to say because he was raised since he was young to be a military weapon.
>>322554275
Sounds kinda plausible.
>>322554151
>Arbiter is cool af, but he doesn't surmount the same odds as the MC
He did a lot of stuff in Halo 2 that's pretty extreme. Along with whatever stuff he's probably gotten into afterwards.
Hero of time is undoubtedly the coolest hero ever
>uses bad ass swords, shields, bows, boomerangs, bombs, hammers and other cool weapons
>can use magic, both invulnerable defensive magic and unstoppable offensive magic
>is impossibly durable
>can toss multiple ton obelisks with ease
>friend to all race leaders in his world without even having to talk
>fights off legion of undead without giving a fuck
>has a sexy princess ninja that wants his dick
>has a fish princess that wants his dick
>has a leader of sexy Arab thieves that wants his dick
>horse master
>can flip like a fucking gymnast
>can turn into different races
>can heal ghosts suffering with a song
>can turn into an unstoppable god of war
>goes about his business without being thanked, helps because he has to, cometh the hour cometh the man
>can control time
>has the most bad ass title ever, the hero of time
>>322554308
the point is that the Covenant should have never ever even got close to losing on the ground in the first place, if they can field hundreds of millions of SIIs whenever they want
>the UNSC spends trillions of dollars and decades of time creating the SII program
>the finest warriors in the history of the human race
>after all that work, they get... 3 or 4 squads of elite majors
wow it's fucking nothing
>>322554557
>has the most bad ass title ever, the hero of time
Can't argue with a title like that.
>>322554151
>YOU are supposed to step into his shoes and save the galaxy.
Theres plenty of characters that do that, and better.
>k cuck fuck back off to /vg/
>plays halo
>calls others cucks
Anyways, you're just spouting your opinion as if its fact.
Which is ironic, because you halofags get mad at other people for not liking halo.
Literally a religion, and halofags are missionaries.
>greatest videogame hero
That would have to be Solid Snake.
Step it up, Chief.
>>322554697
Yeah, I always thought that was kinda odd. It seems like Bungie wanted to make humans not completely worthless, but still made it seem weird.
>>322551586
Why is his armor now edgy green? I like it better when it was Jade or emerald.
>>322554848
>Anyways, you're just spouting your opinion as if its fact.
Don't you do that, too?
>>322554848
>LOOK I ME GUYS I MAKE POOOSSST
>>322554896
easiest way to remedy this is to say that that idea isn't canon. the elites are certainly stronger than humans, and strong enough to do shit like lift ghosts and warthogs. however, they can't do the absolute madman SII lifts without risk of injuring their own muscles (like a guy on an adrenaline rush tearing a muscle lifting a car), and they aren't nearly as fast
>>322555054
They made it greener in Halo 5 at least.
>>322555136
I can dig that.
>>322554848
Shiggidy Doo, here's your (you)
>>322555117
Nice counter argument, by the way shitposting is against the rules.
But I doubt someone who's home is leddit cares about a ban.
I'm annoyed that 343 said Halo 5 would explore John's humanity and stuff, and it never happened. I don't get why they'd just drop that.
>>322552180
Shut up and post ecchi.
>>322555054
How the hell can the color green be considered edgy? You mean Olive drab/green? Because for a long ass time that used to be the unofficial color of many military forces, including the U.S.
you halo fags sure are making a great case for
"people who like halo totally arent underage"
yet youve still got to answer the most important question i posited here
>>322552257
>does master chief fucking fluttter his legs about when he jumps like he doesnt give a fuck?
i think youll find he does not.
youll find hes weak willed and a man who was written within the confines of the game and story he had to live for. much like star wars prequels characters.
take that big coward out of his armor. what are you left with?
take him out and put him in overalls, and a green shirt.
will he be able to fucking leg it up in to the sky and flutter like his flow is out of control?
will he ever be a man that transcends the physical? or will he forever remain a template "hero" that is a faggot?
after all you agreed that hes a self insert, and since it appears only faggots care about him, he must be a faggot.
to prove this i defy you to find a faggot that enjoys doom?
every fucking time i come here i feel like im getting too old for this shit. and im fucking young
>>322555319
>Shitposting is against the rules
>Literally every post you make is a shitpost for whatever the topic is
>Calls other reddit when himself is a reddit tier faggot with a fucking trip
>Thinks his opinions matter when he's a pathetic tripfag
Nigger, I don't give a shit what your opinions are about any game ever, you're just a colossal fucking faggot. All I can think of is that thread where you were proven to be a newfag for not being able to spoiler, then got so assblasted you couldn't even trip right. Why haven't you killed yourself yet?
But yeah, newfag. Please use your hurr durr reddit defense against me, so we don't find out how much you "dislike" your homesite.
>>322555319
Says the redditor
>>322555742
I am humbled by your convincing and wise words of truth. I now truly see that Luigi is the greatest man in all of fiction. If only such a divine being could exist in the real world.
>>322551586
I remember when I was a kid I thought he was a girl because Cortana would always be talking for him
>>322552685
>>322552882
But he does have a character to him. He's just quiet and prefers to do shit rather than quip. Taciturn, a bit stoic, and not above doing crazy shit to get the job done.
Personally, it was a good idea to make him a bit more quiet, to avoid the issue of someone who never shuts up.
>>322556413
does he have a wicked sense of humor?
>>322554557
>uses bad ass swords, shields, bows, boomerangs, bombs, hammers and other cool weapons
All of which can be deflected by a normal human shield, as Link's doppelganger can attest. Also, they can't penetrate normal armor.
>can use magic
At a price. He can use it for a little while, then he runs out shortly. And he never has access to Chateau Romani as an adult, so no infinite mana bar.
>impossibly durable
AS long as the story permits it. He can be easily overpowered by gerudos should he attempt to infiltrate their base, and they're shown to be pretty weak themselves aside from some fancy swordplay.
>can toss obelisks
Only with special made gauntlets.
The rest are meh. Link's a man who relies on his tools. He can't do much against someone who's naturally competent and doesn't need toys.
>>322556517
>controlling time
>Meh
>>322556517
You could take all his stuff away and he'd still be able to withstand something like 80 sword blows or arrows to the face before fainting. The guy's constitution is legendary.
>All of which can be deflected by a normal human shield, as Link's doppelganger can attest
Dark Link gets his shit pushed in by the Biggoron Sword (as in he cannot block it), which is what you should be using at all times unless you're a limp-dick.
>>322555742
>hes weak willed
>coward
what
To get rid of a bomb he jumped into space with it
>>322555631
They tried, but they did it so hamfistedly bad.
'Hur hur who's the machine, oops, it's me'. Like, c'mon, I know Cortana and him were close, and that Cortana was going through Rampancy, but you'd think Cortana would be a bit more eloquent in expressing worry for John. Or you know, something more interesting than the 'man or machine' thing. Because the Chief ain't a machine, he's a SOLDIER.
I was pumped for 343 taking a crack at having John take a look at himself. It coulda been better. Been better if we didn't get introduced to Prometheans or anything like that Forerunner BS and stuck with Humans and infighting and shit. UNSC could have picked him up and said 'HEY, we got problems with the Elites. Elites respect power, so, congrats, you get to escort a dignitary to do negotiations'. Just ANYTHING than what Halo 4 and 5 was.
>>322557189
my point was he didnt do anything hes ever done without armor and guns
cowardly
>>322556507
He's not wicked, he's pretty dry. Hell, he's more come out of his shell around Cortana than even other Spartan 2's
>>322556975
He didn't control time though, he just traveled through it.
>>322552257
He kicks freeman's mute ass.
The combine are nothing to the covenant.
>>322555742
someone screenshot this please
>>322554848
Bottom character is literally who tier.
>>322557239
>They tried, but they did it so hamfistedly bad.
Maybe for the first 5 minutes of the Blue Team mission. But they dropped it completely after that. And now for Halo 6, they're saying the same thing they said they'd do for Halo 5. "It'll be a more human story."
I like Halo, but I can't trust anything 343 says. And I hope they take a serious look at their writing team. Like Brian Reed.
>>322557348
>can slow it down
>jump forward
>turn night to day and day to night
>can travel in time
He controlled time you dork, maybe not absolutely but he definitely did exert a certain amount of control
>>322557280
>being smart is cowardly
So let's say you walk out of some store and a bunch of guys outside suddenly decided they want to fuck your shit up. No one's around because it's like midnight and you're some faggot midnight shopper, you can see your car and easily make it there if you just ran.
Do you try to fight them or make a run for your car?
>>322557587
cnc renegade you fucking underage
>>322552180
Relatable or Reliable it's hard to tell who is more the meme
>>322555742
Pasta?
>>322557536
why don't you do it, you fucking faggot
>I'm on my phone
Kill yourself.
>>322557629
I haven't been able to play Halo 5, I'm speaking mostly of Halo 4's story.
The Chief has such an intriguing character to me, someone who's brave, takes initiative, a dry sense of humor but not really rude about it. He does his job, but thanks to upbringing and being made a weapon, he's just...well, he's defined as a soldier. He's hardened to fighting both humans and aliens alike.
The guy even heavily dislikes being called a hero, since he's just doing what's expected of him. But he's never expressed much discomfort at being a Soldier. It's interesting, having him be confronted with the fact that he can't fully connect with normal people - The dude is like a Militaristic NEET. He's not even an asshole, and is totally capable of being a bro in his own way (The Third book with him not handing Johnson over to ONI for dissection when he's revealed to be immune to the Flood's hijacking).
>>322557280
He only ever fought against enemies who also use guns and armor (ones more advanced than his)
Also he uses a sword and his fists to kill things quite often depending on how you play , not just guns
>>322557968
>>322557536
this is the fucking shit im talking about
i didnt make "le epic" post
i just fucking wrote something because i felt something
not everything is a rewrite of someone elses opinion, that is only acceptable by anons because its a pre approved post or some shit
it doesnt need to be held for posterity, not if people have the ability to use their brain on their own.
also if you disagree with me, gladly do so. youll find it wont be to my chagrin.
>>322558105
Phones can screenshot easier than PC's i don't know what you're on about
Takes about 5 seconds to screenshot crop and save something
>>322557465
>interdimensional empire that has conquered and then assimilated countless other species throughout other planes of existence
versus
>generic alien bad guys
>>322558293
John 117 is moe
>>322558293
I agree. I just want 343 to actually do something with that and take it somewhere interesting.
>>322558583
The Covenant is similar, except they're not interdimensional. And we know more of their motivations.
>>322558583
> Interdimesional empire can't pacify modern-era earth
So they just suck then?
The covenant would just glass us and be done.
>>322558664
Didn't they retcon everything interesting about him to be caused by being a reincarnated ayyy
>>322557867
> A cnc spin-off is supposed to be recognizable
He's still a nobody bruh.
>>322559082
Nope. That's just some fan theory some people are attached to for some reason.
>>322558664
>>322558606
>Saved a girl from drowning and promised to marry her
>Had two other girls he was friends with and hung out with a lot
>As a kid he was big, and would have definitely grown bigger
That fucker woulda grown into a ladies man if he wasn't kidnapped by the UNSC and emotionally stunted. The one promise he was never able to keep.
>>322559218
I despise everything that was revealed in books about the Forerunners. Or at least keep them vague and just say 'yeah, Forerunners entrusted the Humans to inherit the galaxy' rather than do any additional bs details.
>>322559218
Oh, well thank goodness for that.
Even so, the game itself isn't even recognizable now. I watched someone play 5 for fifteen minutes, and the only recognizable thing was a covenant cruiser far in the background
>>322559383
Eh, I thought the Forerunner books were pretty all right. Though I don't like the geas or the Librarian after it. The Mantle reminds me of the Mandate of Heaven and it's dumb that she'd be gungho for humans to inherit it. Nothing good could come of that. One good thing I could say about Halo 5 is that they portray the Mantle as a negative thing.
>>322559278
I wonder if that marine with the photograph survived? Fucking imagine that poor marines face being told the Chief was John, who she met.
There is literally fucking BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL in humanizing stories about the Chief, and 343 goes the direction of 'LOOK AT ALL THESE FORERUNNERS'.
This makes me unbelievably mad.
>>322552675
>>322557280
You would have a point if all he did was fight alien injuns using bows and arrows. But he was fighting other humans, and later on a group far more technologically advanced than humanity.
McAuliffe didn't bring swords and spears to Bastogne.
>>322559572
>Even so, the game itself isn't even recognizable now. I watched someone play 5 for fifteen minutes, and the only recognizable thing was a covenant cruiser far in the background
What level was it? 'Cause they were on Sanghelios for a good portion of the game, and I imagine it'd look at least a little unrecognizable to other stuff.
>>322559923
>nd 343 goes the direction of 'LOOK AT ALL THESE FORERUNNERS'.
Now it's "Look at all this (totally not evil guys) Cortana! Time for an AI revolt!"
>>322560021
>>322558380
at which point you idiots should ask yourself, is he any different than any other person with the same tools?
>>322559278
Worst part is they actually went completely public
If she's alive she wouldn't have to do much searching to find out John is alive. It's literally part of the public record
I nominate the Bearer of the Curse
>>322556517
>shit talking mai husbando
>>322560447
That's pretty bad, BUT SO MUCH STORY POTENTIAL
If the Chief was removed from the games now, or, I don't fucking know, give him a book about him in between games, or him being put in charge of the defense. Or at least a short story.
I want to see that Marine again. Not to shoe-horn in any romance (dear lord no) but just to have her confront him and just...Ask. Ask where he's been, what he's allowed to talk about. And have him ask her where she's been up to. If 343 wants to humanize him so bad, they can at least give him another character to speak with.
>>322560048
Think it was just the first level. It was all just glowy robots and guns that just float around in pieces.
(clearly I also skipped 4)
>>322561385
Oh, yeah, the new art direction for Forerunner stuff under 343 is separate pieces of floating stuff. Not much of a fan of it, really.
>>322551586
Oh look, a walking Mary Sue in armor that delivers 1-3 lines per game and takes orders from a bipolar woman that lives in his head.
>>322561617
Yeah, it doesn't matter how high tech or magic it is, it's a poor way to engineer weapons.
>>322561730
Don't you fucking shittalk my husbando
Also Cortana is a great character and was ruined after the original trilogy.
>>322560320
Yes. Because he overcomes absurd odds, routinely beating multiple deadly opponents with loads of experience with better gear than him because he's that resourceful and that good. And that's just a regular firefight. This isn't quicktime scripted shit either, this is all player-controlled.
Do you think Raiden could take on five other cyborg ninjas at once, each just as well-equipped as him and highly-skilled and experienced to boot, plus a dozen or more regular enemies? Could he do the same when a few UGs and a Metal Gear RAY are thrown in to that equation, with only some support from regular-ass cyborgs and a friendly UG?
Because the equivalent happens to Captain King regularly, and he STILL fucks shit up with remarkable efficiency.
>>322562005
It seems like 343 does this kinda thing just to make themselves different from Bungie, even though what they make in its place isn't quite as good as Bungie's art direction.
>>322562160
I can't believe Frankie actually said Cortana isn't evil. And that if you do think she's evil, you're obviously just part of "the younger audience". Lost a good amount of goodwill I had for him after that.
Halo 5s story isnotthatgreat
Halo 5s MP isExtremely good, but lacking content
That's all I wanted to say
>>322562530
Alright, I haven't gotten reading into what happened in Halo 5. What happened with Cortana? And what did Frankie mean by 'not evil', like, just saying 'oh she was just acting under different morals'?
>>322562759
I completely agree with you. I'm hoping gametypes like infection come soon. And maybe playable Elites at some point before Halo 6 comes out?
>>322562914
Basically, Cortana's rampant fragments she purged into the Didact's ship survived and landed of a Forerunner planet, Genesis. There, she got inserted into the apparently repaired Domain where she says she was "cured" of rampancy. She and a Forerunner AI called the Warden Eternal believe the Mantle belongs not to humans or other races, but to AI, "the Created." And to anect for imposed peace, she unleached Forerunner machines called Guardians to polic the galaxy. Even activating them caused millions of people to die, and when John asks her about it, he realizes she both already knows about the deaths and doesn't care.
When Osris tried to save John and the rest of Blue Team from Cortana imprisoning them inside a Cryptum for 10,000 years, she gets really vindictive against them and insults them a lot. She then broadcasts a communication to the whole galaxy, saying everyone will follow her rule, or else. One punishment she made for disloyalty was to use the Composer on them. She them EMPs Earth, probably causing even more death.
>>322563890
...
And what was Frankies explination and justification as to why Cortana wasn't evil?
>>322564154
http://time.com/4090404/halo-5-frank-oconnor/
>“But my hopes for the future of the universe are that we can tell a realistic story. I saw a complaint online, somebody had been reading spoilers, they hadn’t played the game, and they said ‘Why is this character evil?’ And my question back to them is, ‘What makes you say they’re evil?’ Certainly a lot of our younger players are going to struggle with that subtlety, that nuance, because they’re expecting Darth Vader.”
And he justifies Blue Team having no character in Halo 5 by saying they never had characters to begin with.
>>322562530
Cortana's got her heartor RAM or whatever a computer's heart isin the right place.
She saw a chance to create peace and took it. Sure, it's by forcibly subduing every race in the known galaxy, and saying "Give up all capacity to resist my goals or else me, my forces, and computer Quislings will fuck your shit", but the goal is noble. She just went about it in a fucked up way.
Cortana shouldn't have been surprised when in response to her faggotry every single species collectively says
>SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
>WON'T TAKE MY MA5 WHILE I'M STILL ALIVE
>I'LL TAKE MY GUNS OVER HOLOGRAPHIC BUNS
>>322562759
You're absolutelyright
>>322564741
Sure, though you can say that about a lot of other evil people as well. Unless that's what you meant.
>>322564741
>>322564672
>>322563890
You know, I wish that 343 foreshadowed this a bit better. They coulda even had an opportunity to let Johns character breathe a bit.
Imagine, if you will. After the whole 'hand Cortana over' business in Halo 4, you have Cortana talking about how all humans can be so selfish, or just being humanity hating in her rampant state, that everyone, when given a chance, can turn up like that commander, or like ONI...And then, after a pregnant pause, , the Chief just replies, his voice gentle and to the point.
"I don't believe that."
You coulda had him trying to remind Cortana that everything he's done and has been ordered to do is to keep humanity surviving. Even if he doesn't fully understand undisciplined civies, he's shown on multiple occasions, in books and in games, that he does have some amount of sympathy and care for them. Like a socially retarded older brother.
>>322564962
Bingo.
Most evil people have their hearts in the right place. They just go about shit in atrocious ways, and their end goals may not be that great in reality. For example, Stalin probably believed that he was justified in his purges that killed millions because he felt himself to be vital to a global socialist revolution.
Slap a pretty idea on a monster's methods and people will say they were right, or that they were the real heroes.
>>322565782
Yeah, they could've done more to make this whole plotline more palatable.
One thing I found odd was her talking about people treating AI like second-class citizens, even though we've never encountered that in the games. People have always treated Cortana with the utmost respect and people even elected an AI to lead them on Meridian. And she talks about AI having an expiration date, even though every biological being has one as well.
>>322566113
Something funny about what Frankie said was that she's not like Darth Vader, even though she's actually a lot like him. Just worse.
>>322551586
Has anyone here actually read the damn Halo Novels? They're great.
>>322551586
>gaylo
>>322566584
Yeah, I like most of 'em. Though the K-5 books weren't that good outside of a few parts, along with me not liking parts of other books out of personal taste.
>>322566584
First Strike Best novel.
Fuck I have to reread that trilogy one of these days.I'm so starved for good stories including the Chief, i'm tempted to look for fan fiction just to satisfy it.
>>322566584
I think my favorite one might be Broken Circle. I'd also love a book with a Kig-Yar main character.
Why does she wear a plug suit now?
>>322567135
nobody cared who she was until she put on the clothes
>>322567135
She's gonna pilot a Guardian.
>>322566349
Great observation m80.
>>322567384
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
>>322567135
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?
>>322567542
I'm not. You clearly highlighted a blatant inconsistency within the narrative, which is far more than I ever could've expected from /v/.
>>322567767
Oh. Thanks, then!
>>322567135
>plug suit
Made me imagine her with one of those horse tail butt plugs
Could never find good porn with those
>>322567384
now that you mention it, that scene with Roland pissed me off. I could never quite put my finger on it until you pointed it out. The fact that Roland gets butthurt at AIs having an expiration date IS total bullshit. Like organics don't? It's called death. it's a part of living. get used to it.
>>322567574
She had the best face in Halo 2, I feel.
>>322566349
sorry, responded to the wrong guy. i meant to respond to >>322566349
>>322568157
Don't worry, I got what'cha meant.
>>322565782
Yeah. 343 shit the bed, went for bombast over nuance when they could've had some of both.
Do we know much about Rampancy in the Halo universe, or is it still just the AI equivalent of senility/dementia?
I vaguely remember Marathon had these different stages of rampancy, with distinct effects on AI behavior and perception of the world. If the cure for Rampancy given by the Domain meant accepting some of the symptoms as permanent, it could explain Cortana going apeshit.
>>322566584
Nothing past Cole Protocol.
>>322566349
Anakin went to the Dark Side because muh Padme, and his unhinged burns-like-a-thousand-suns love for her made him go full Sith. When Padme kicked the bucket, he realized he fucked up, but he was balls-deep in the Dark Side, and its metaphorical vagina dentata meant he couldn't pull out without Palpatine ripping his dick off.
Cortana went in with the best intentions. You know what they say about the road to hell.
>>322568289
>that pic
/k/ and /his/ are magical places
>>322557280
I know this is bait but
You're definitely right, with that armor on the nuke he floated on top of wouldn't have killed him at all
The same nuke that disintegrated the entire mid section of an alien ship
Fucking moron
>>322568289
>or is it still just the AI equivalent of senility/dementia?
I think that's what it mostly is, for now.
>Anakin went to the Dark Side because muh Padme, and his unhinged burns-like-a-thousand-suns love for her made him go full Sith. When Padme kicked the bucket, he realized he fucked up, but he was balls-deep in the Dark Side, and its metaphorical vagina dentata meant he couldn't pull out without Palpatine ripping his dick off.
I was also thinking about Vader wanting to rule and bring order to the galaxy.
>>322567135
Because the concept artists are closet weaboos that don't even try to hide it.
>>322568289
Anakin's transition to the Dark Side was so fucking sloppy in the 3rd movie. they basically flipped the Evil Switch on his character.
>hey Anakin you wanna go do dark side stuff?
>b-but that's forbidden force!
>hey Anakin if you join my team I can save your wife
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>
>
>five seconds later
>I HAVE BROUGHT PEACE AND ORDER TO MY NEW EMPIRE
>FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THE JEDI ARE EVIL
>TIME TO KILL SOME CHILDREN LOL
Halo 3 had the best Cortana
>>322560320
Well, yeah
He has tons of augmentations and surgeries done to his body, and if a regular person uses Spartan armor it would rip them apart
The lore goes into great detail about how he's actually pretty average for a Spartan, he just has luck on his side
>>322558972
Yeah you're uh...actually not wrong at all.
To be interdimesional unstoppable juggernauts, the combine are kind of incompetent
>>322552675
underrated post
>>322568995
Which Spartan's your favorite?
>>322569238
>>322569106
>>322568974
we all know that Halo 4 Cortana is the best, stop lying
nobody ever mentions Halo 2 Anniversary Cortana from the Blur Studio Cutscenes
>>322568974
You're absolutely correct
H1 and 2 are also acceptable
Halo 4 cortana fags are delusional she looks ugly in that game and has weird eyes and a tooth gap
>>322569405
blur's cutscenes are GOAT. literally perfection. i don't care what the contrarian hipsters on /v/ have to say in opposition.
>>322569098
Linda is pretty based
>>322569405
H2A is pretty great, too. In-game H2A is kind of odd-looking, though.
>>322568995
He's also know for being brave and taking initiative, while also being able to show good judgement and critical thinking.
>>322569730
Looks weirdly round and puffy
Still looks better than h4 cortana
>>322569098
Kelly a qt
>>322570035
>Still looks better than h4 cortana
True.
>>322569405
>blur
You got that right ehehehehehe
>>322570203
What the fuck. I thought they were CGI in the movie.
I guess it was because of all the makeup they used to make them super pale. Fred especially looked cgi with his scars and shit. Wow.
>>322570860
There was a movie?
>>322571726
Technically it was a web series. They did stitch it together for a physical release though.
>>322571726
Halo: Forward unto Dawn
It came out a bit before halo 4 I think
>>322569238
Best girl right thereCortana's cute too
Halo's universe was wasted on such a mindless dude bro game. The fall of reach was such a great book, and halo's world really could have shined in an rpg or rts
Why does /v/ think 5's multiplayer is shit?
I played the fuck out of it and it's pretty fantastic, especially Warzone.
>>322572276
>dudebro
moviebob pls go
Why didn't they make more maps with Elephants? Those were fucking baller, especially with Pirate Customs.
>>322553330
He has a glorious voice.
>>322572115
Rtas and that other guy are manly men.
>>322573021
Nice try buddy, you're not fooling anyone.
>>322573021
skeletons get no opinion
>>322557465
Combine manages take over earth the day the arrive .
The covenant can't even find earth within 50 years
>>322573804
The Combine belong in the trash. They just look too silly, behave too stupidly (they run straight into your line of fire) and even sound ridiculous. Gmod didn't help their cause either.
In contrast, the HECU were intimidating as fuck, and when they showed up in Half Life 1, shit got real.
>>322573804
>The covenant can't even find earth within 50 years
It was implied that somebody or some organization within the Covenant took steps to ensure Earth wasn't found by them.
>>322573804
And while they do that they genocide colonies and kill billions
At the end of halo 3 there was only about 3 million humans left alive
All the old colonies completely vaporized and burned into glass
Covenant are hardcore
>>322573962
wew lad
>>322574185
actually the covenant didn't make a habit of glassing colony worlds. too time-consuming, too expensive, too many resources needed. they would orbitally bombard the 1 or 2 human settlements that were on-world and leave. glassing was reserved for "irretrievably" settled worlds like Reach.
>>322566847
K-5 books were great, imo.
Just finished Hunters in the Dark and First Blood few days ago.
>>322566615
Underage b&
>>322574185
Try 13 billion. Most of them were scattered refugees. Compare to ~40 billion pre-war.
Covies didn't fuck around, but they weren't totally genocidal either.
>>322574625
Sorry , I meant 300 million survived on earth
Overall 26 billionnwere killed, approximately 80% of the entire human population
I'd believe all you faggots talking about DOOMGuy if you were talking about the REAL DOOMGuy.
>>322575085
and how many of that number was Thel Vadam personally responsible for?
You know, for something that 343 has done, the Radio Drama, Hunt for the Truth, is pretty entertaining.
http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/tagged/s1
Episode 7, Who's Listening, is Particularily fun, with the Narrator speaking to an old, retired ODST who saw John during the incident with the ODST's ganging on him and getting the shit kicked out of them (And petrovsky's older appearance in a previous episode).
See, I want more of this, more Human, more insurrectionists, more Covie shit, more ONI stuff, this still is top notch
What was the consensus on Nightfall?
desu i used to think it was king of sad that a literally faceless humanoid wearing an ATV helmet was a really popular character
but then i played the fucking game, john spartan isn't "2deep4u" because he avoids that shit like the plague, he wants and needs to be as robotic as possible
>>322575530
>tfw ONI specifically targeted Outer Colonies (especially ones with Insurrectionist tendancies) for their child soldiers for the Spartan 2 program
ONI is full of scum-bags. Not even played up as conspiracy, age old stuff like the Illuminati, or stuff like that, just plain old shitty government Military hush-hush business that people know about but can't do much about.
If there's something Halo takes as an idea and runs with, is the approach they take to common people in this universe. Those Audio files you find in ODST are pretty fun too.
>>322575657
Did anyone even watch Nightfall?
>>322568974
Agreed.Anyone else get an Allie Sin vibe with H3 Cortana appearance-wise?
Why was Halo 4's multi so bad and what made 5's better?
>>322575530
>>322576437
>Chief getting smeared to take a jab at ONI
John...John had a rough life. I haven't even played Halo 5 or watched any footage, but it's just kinda heartbreaking. I know he's not the villain in this, but he's getting smeared and used as a tool. People decrying about the whole...monstrous soldier since childhood thing, but the guy doesn't get any sympathy - mostly because everyone who can stand and say 'Wait a moment, I know for a fact he's a soldier, and hyper-lethal, but he's not a machine' are all dead. Johnson, Cortana, most marines he's helped are likely also dead, almost all the Spartan 2's are MIA...
Only people who could probably defend him is Halsey (Who treats him less as a person who can feel and more like a science experiment), Mendez (Who trained him and see him as a soldier only) and...Well, the Arbiter (Who sees him as an equal in combat).
Poor John - If you think about it, it's kinda heartbreaking. Even if he did want to confide in someone, he doesn't really have that option.
>>322575530
Only just starting on the Radio drama, and this is some good shit. I'm always a slut for minor characters slowly fighting against ONI
>>322578016
Actually in 5 nearly everyone respects john. Even some covenant do. Lock just doing his job at first, thankfully nothing gets nasty in 5. Probably will in 6.
>>322578016
You realize he has all his Spartan friends as companions in 5?
>>322579424
>>322579928
I'm happy to hear this. I still need to catch up on watching playtrhoughs of that game, just to pick up on the story. And I'm still going through the Radio Drama.
>>322579424
the conflict with Locke and the Chief was such a fucking letdown, what a outrageous piece of false advertising
>there are people who unironically thought ODST was the best game
I hope that we get to play as the Arbiter in Halo 6.
It would be rad as hell to play as him again.
>>322581426
I hope we can even play as any alien ever again. 343 is pushing their Spartans really hard.
>>322574625
>>322575085
Oh vey! I meant 50 billion died by the covenant!
Fuck the arbiter and his new army, they must be destroyed. Remember the 60 billion goy..I mean humans.
>>322581426
>>322581895
>people despised playing as the Arbiter when 2 came out
>now this
C O N T R A R I A N S
>>322582034
I always loved playing as the Arbiter, even when other people didn't like it.
>>322576515
It's decent. Not what I was expecting. Not very halo like, but worth a watch as seeing some of the outer colony stuff was cool.
>>322577736
Halo 4 was continuing what bungie started with reach. Then 5 they listened to fans and found a good middle ground of classic halo, with modern mechanics.
>>322582034
Nigger, I always liked playing as Arbiter. He and the covenant in general, was far, far more interesting than Master Chief, and humanity.
>>322582014
how many people was the Arbiter responsible for killing during his covenant days?
>>322580338
All pre release videos for halo are like that, bit I agree. Though there's the chance it could happen in 6. Chief gets the damage to his visor half way in 5, and that's what he had in those videos. I doubt it though, as I think the bigger problem is ai and Promethean take over, compared to some absence without leave.
>>322582272
>He and the covenant in general, was far, far more interesting than Master Chief, and humanity.
Definitely agreed. There are humans everywhere else in real-life and other media, so it's always nice to encounter something else.
>>322582431
According to an H2A terminal, a little over one billion.
>>322582034
I loved playing as arby, and like playing as someone other then chief. I'm betting right now, in many years, people will look back and praise 343 for being bold and having a different mc to play as. But for now, it's Boohoo I want more chief and fuck other Spartans unless it's reach then it's okay when bungie does it.
>>322582431
Well he was a shipmaster, so probably millions AT LEAST
