Note: Minor spoilers in this thread. They have been tagged.
Halo 5:
Halo 4:
Thoughts:
1. Locke name dropped in the synopsis but not Master Chief! Interesting tidbit, even if we shouldn't read too much into it.
2.
3. Rated Teen, suggesting that it is similar to Halo 4. I'm assuming that the Composer cutscene in Halo 4 was the cause of that game's M rating, along with what appears to be more obvious blood-splatter effects.
4. Those insults, lol.
Halo 5:
Rating Summary: This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a super soldier (Locke) searching for a missing character. Players use pistols, machine guns, grenade launchers, and futuristic weapons to kill alien and human enemies in frenetic combat. Battles are highlighted by realistic gunfire, explosions, and occasional blood-splatter effects. Characters can also use “assassinations” to kill characters by snapping their necks, or by stabbing them with bladed weapons. The word “a*s” appears in the dialogue, as well as occasional taunts/insults (e.g., “I have copulated...with your genetic progenitors!”; 'Your father was a filthy colo and your mother was a hole in the wall!').
Halo 4:
Rating Summary: This is a first-person shooter in which players control futuristic super-soldiers who engage in military campaigns against alien forces. Players use pistols, scoped rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, and futuristic weaponry to kill enemies in ranged combat; battles are highlighted by cries of pain, realistic gunfire, and large explosions. Stealth moves (i.e., “assassinations”can also be used to attack enemies from behind (e.g., snapping their necks or stabbing/impaling them with bladed weapons). During one cutscene, a human character cries out as her body disintegrates, exposing layers of muscle tissue. Large blood-splatter effects occur when humans are shot; some sequences depict bloodstained environments.
Thoughts:
1. Locke name dropped in the synopsis but not Master Chief! Interesting tidbit, even if we shouldn't read too much into it.
2.
Alien and Human enemies. Likely to be the Insurrectionists mentioned in HTT, or even ONI/UNSC later on in the campaign. If you exclude friendly fire incidents, the two marines in Sacred Icon and the Insurrectionists in Halo Wars multiplayer, this marks the first time we will encounter human enemies in a Halo game. That's quite surprising, considering how important the Innies are in the lore and how prevalent they are in the extended universe.
4. Those insults, lol.
