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Halo 5 A Hero Falls TV Commercial
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EVA UNIT 01
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Is there a follow up?
Or an alternate not what it seems take?
Underwhelming so far.
Or an alternate not what it seems take?
Underwhelming so far.
Bear Force One
Banned
Ummm....no. Not a decent one.
Nesmaster75
Member
Wow, that was just as awful as Halo 4's Launch tv ad.
They just don't make em' like this anymore
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEFe3CHuuY
They just don't make em' like this anymore
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEFe3CHuuYLegalEagleMike
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I liked it, not my favorite one but still effective. Hope theres an extended cut.
FunkyPajamas
Member
Were it so easy.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
bring back the action figures from halo 3
Aflyingbanana
Banned
Very Meh trailer.
That opening cinematic still has me hype tho
That opening cinematic still has me hype tho
LegalEagleMike
Member
Yep, advertising campaigns are always honest.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
Xzilerate1690
Banned
It certainly wasn't the hype material that "All Hail" and "The Cost" were.
But someone on the twitter already said there is only 1
Rebel Leader
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ehhhhh..... underwhelming
and coming from someone who didn't expect anything
and coming from someone who didn't expect anything
Nothing will ever top this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPEn19PgR4
SpartanSlayer117
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That ending was bad. Somehow i don't picture 117 surviving the flood, covenant and prometheans only to be crushed by a building, even if it was fake (ONI propaganda). A death like Kurt's, George's and many other heroic Spartan deaths are more fitting...but 117 isn't just a Spartan, he is THE Spartan.
The Sarcastic Dude
Banned
No gameplay I see.
There's plenty of gameplay available.
a Master Ninja
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Cheat Code
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Lol killing off the Xbox mascot.
Good try Microsoft.
Good try Microsoft.
Altered Juice
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were it so easy
Rebel Leader
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I fucked up the first post where I wrote it wrong, lol. I amended the post like 10 seconds later! The edited post of what I said is the correct version. In the novels they're not listed as killed for reasons pertaining to morale, mostly. They list them as missing, but never as dead.
Though Halo 3 changed some of this i s'pose.
In this case, lore wise, it seems like they want to martyr/remove him rather than MIA him as per the propaganda of the past that Spartans "Never Die". Chief going MIA means Chief can come back, showing Chief get killed means Chief is not coming back.
I think the whole concept of Spartans "Never Die" was propaganda for positive reinforcement during the Covenant War. That war is over, and now Spartans are largely mooks after the Spartan-III and IV program compared to the Spartan-II program.
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But MC is a Spartan-II. Either way, it was mentioned at the beginning of Halo 4 by dr. Husly that MC was MIA, not KIA. So maybe its the same here? Or perhaps MC went rogue from the USNC, and this is just propoganda from them.
CambriaRising
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How many times are they going to retread the "I remember the master chief" sentimental crap. As if they would ever have the balls to really kill him off in the first place.
I know he is, but the whole myth of "Never Die" was for the now-over Covenant War, and what I meant was that the phrase with regards to Spartans has lost its meaning. The new Spartan corps is entirely replaceable and disposable, and they aren't the beacon of hope that the original Spartans were since there's not "humanity ending war" on your doorstep anymore.
Well Spartans don't die they just go MIA (stuck under buildings with their bodies crushed)
How was the masterchief disposable? He single handedly won the war for humanity by successfully defending Earth, killing the Prophets, and making sure the elite's joined humanity. He did all of this, had just one of these things not happened, humanity would have LOST! Either way, killing off a war hero would be terrible to the entire UNSC, chances are this isn't a real video. But if 343 had the balls to kill him off, well then...
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Chief didn't play any part in the Elite-Human alliance at the end of the war.
He was a second away from blowing the Arbiter's head off in the intro to Halo 3
He himself isn't, I'm not sure where you read that from what I wrote. I was speaking of the new Spartans and that the myth of "Never Die" has lost its meaning with the loss of the original program of Spartan-IIs. (Also Chief has nothing do with the Elites aside from befriending some of them, the actual alliance there and the, now, brooding war behind the scenes is the doing of the UNSC and a common enemy in the Flood and Prophets.)
In this case, as per this commercial, its propaganda to remove Chief from the public mindset by martyring him. He's dead and that gives them recourse to claim any other Chief to be an impostor to the dead hero who now, seemingly, opposes or stands against the goals of the UNSC.
I don't think a Spartan II will ever be disposable.
VincentMatts
Member
Very meh
Do you think he would have learn't the truth if it weren't for the masterchief, I doubt it. In case you need a backstory, the only reason he became the arbiter was because he failed to destroy the pillar of autumn (which held the "demon). After this, we all know the series of events which lead to the elite betrayal, and the eventual civil war. So in an indirect way, MC did lead to the alliance.
This is how I feel.