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"Nintendo Needs To Cut the Link Saga Loose and Explore Other Stories in the Universe"​

Almost every Link is a different Link though

 

[VAVA Mk2]

For me, the Master Chief arc was done with the first three games. Then 343i wanted to expand the lore with stories from the books, but imho it wasn't a great idea.

The game is called Halo, not MC. At some point MC should cope with his life, retire and grow flowers before the story jump the shark and turn in a bad Sonic-like fanfiction.

They tried with Halo 5 to not focus on him as much and it failed miserably. Halo 5 arguably has the worst campaign of any of the games and the worst story.

 

[Leyasu]

Perhaps an RPG in the Halo universe could work

 

[SpokkX]

No

just no

were you living under a rock these last 10 years??

expanding Halo was the reason we got the shitty Halo 5 canpaign.

343 seems to be on the right track with infinite!

 

[VectorVictor]

What’s interesting about all of these “no” responses is that Halo: Reach and Halo: ODST are the two best games of the franchise (outside of Halo…Library withstanding) and they don’t have much, if any (depending on title) Master Chief involvement in them.

So yeah, there’s room to do what the OP suggested. It doesn’t mean you can’t do MC-focused stories. Just that 343 needs to come up with something that fleshes the universe out more.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

No

just no

were you living under a rock these last 10 years??

expanding Halo was the reason we got the shitty Halo 5 canpaign.

343 seems to be on the right track with infinite!

I don't agree with this. Halo 5 was shit, but Halo 3 ODST, Halo Reach, and Halo Wars 1/2 both explored other stories and were great.

It can be done well, but I don't think 343i can do it.

 

[Razvedka]

I definitely agree with the OP. The Halo universe is much bigger than just Chief. Open it up a bit more like Lucas did with Star Wars, though admittedly alot of the fiction does revolve a bit too much around the Skywalker line.

 

[Caffeine]

sure just dont make it like 5.

 

[lh032]

they could introduce another female protagonist called Mistress Chief.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

They need to fork after One, but keep the Chief. I think most people would get it.

 

[Balducci30]

What is with the revitalizing of these threads

 

[Naked Lunch]

Everytime theyve tried to go beyond Chief in the games - the internet shit on them.
Thankfully theres still a steady stream of books and comics for that end of the Halo spectrum.
2 new novels just got announced and they are reprinting the original Halo graphic novel (the one with the Moebius story) for the first time in a decade.

I would say the Halo universe deserves to be explored more in the games but the gaming fanbase just isnt into it for whatever reason.

 

[YukiOnna]

For me, the Master Chief arc was done with the first three games. Then 343i wanted to expand the lore with stories from the books, but imho it wasn't a great idea.

The game is called Halo, not MC. At some point MC should cope with his life, retire and grow flowers before the story jump the shark and turn in a bad Sonic-like fanfiction.

The protagonist of Halo is Master Chief. At some point, people should realize that not every game needs the protagonist replaced or some ground breaking shake up. Just because you have a big ass universe doesn't mean there's a plethora of characters that can work as the main character. What they did in Halo 5 missed the entire point of why it worked in the original trilogy where Arbiter is built up and eventually links up with Chief's story. Even Reach made sure it was something that had significance to Chief's incoming adventure and only emphasized some of things he goes onto do/has done have such a big impact.

I couldn't care less if they tackle other stories, but the continuing main saga should always be Chief's.

 

[St0pThatGuy]

Master Chief is the Xbox mascot like Mario is to Nintendo. He's not ever going anywhere and that's how it should be.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I don't agree with this. Halo 5 was shit, but Halo 3 ODST, Halo Reach, and Halo Wars 1/2 both explored other stories and were great.

It can be done well, but I don't think 343i can do it.

That was different in that they were side stories that didn’t try to replace the Master Chief. Halo 5 did, and it backfired.

 

[Danknugz]

Master Chief is the Xbox mascot like Mario is to Nintendo. He's not ever going anywhere and that's how it should be.

Which is a shame because he was always a blatant shameless doom guy rip off. I’m an Xbox / pc guy but never played / interested in halo

 

[Hawke502]

No, 343 continues with mainline Halo games with MC, meanwhile MS hires third party (or even first party, if they are interested) studios to create other Halo titles focused on other stories, this way we can get multiple interesting games on the Halo universe. Imagine a Halo RPG made by a third party or one of the Xbox studios, or a Halo immersive sim made by Arkane, maybe they would hire IoI to create a stealth game on the Halo universe, this is much more interesting.

 

[VectorVictor]

they could introduce another female protagonist called Mistress Chief.

Judging by the work done for Lady Dimitrescu, Mistress Chief would be a Rule 34 bonanza.