MC is technically a reclaimed human now after halo 4.
Spartan 3 have better upgrades but their armor is not nearly as good as what the spartan 2's have. It's explained in one of the halo novels.
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MC is technically a reclaimed human now after halo 4.
Spartan 3 have better upgrades but their armor is not nearly as good as what the spartan 2's have. It's explained in one of the halo novels.
What is so special then about Master Chief then, why is he even called Master Chief if he is not the best Spartan? I'm about read all these Halo books
Leadership rating +343
Luck +343
(Fred was a contender for leadership as well, but he didn't seem to be as forthcoming)
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Master Chief Petty Officer is the highest enlisted NCO rank.
LordOfChaos
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Spartan 1s were experimental, Johnson is the most known one, their augs barely worked so they're just a bit stronger than normal.
Spartan IIs were picked at 5-6 years old from a supremely small genetic pool of near perfection, augumented to the highest degree on top of that, and trained from childhood to be perfect soldiers.
Spartan IIIs received augs that were in some ways improved, but in other ways not as good, such as most of them not being able to wear MJOLNIR (it would crush their bones), but a few of them could (Noble Team). They were picked from a wider genetic pool to reduce costs, and to increase numbers as they were meant for suicide missions. The armor they had (SPI) is nothing compared to MJOLNIR, but the few that survived and got MJOLNIR are now probably close to IIs, but IIs still have decades of combat experience over them.
IVs are a different lot. They are chosen from the widest gene pool, and generally former ODSTs or elite military of some sort. As their augs came when they were adults, they don't get as big or strong as IIs. Though by now medicine had advanced so much that some of their augs are better and they can all wear advanced MJOLNIR suits. Any II could probably still kick the ass of any IV, a III in MJOLNIR may be able to.
I'm going to say II > III = IV, conditional on it being the surviving IIIs with MJOLNIR. Is aren't even in the picture.
Take the analogy of humans vs each Covanant race. Humans aren't the best at anything, but they're good enough at everything. Being the fastest or strongest or smartest doesn't make you the best all around. MC is just good at everything, the best at none. He's also the luckiest bastard in the universe (well, for someone kidnapped at 6 and forced to fight all his life, anyways).
For sure. The lack of a skill-based ranking system from the start was one of Halo 4's many sins. I'll need a lot of other promising news to really get on board for this, hopefully we'll get good details at E3.
luck(seriously, it's a really important concept, and draws directly from nivens ring world from which halo takes a lot of inspiration)... also because cortana(the AI's pick the soldiers), and because he was the best natural leader.
VanquishUK
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I always thought master chief was the jack of all trades, master of none spartan and also incredibly lucky.
The Real Napsta
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It's not a bad idea. Most people don't even play campaign, most that do don't touch it after the first week.
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Not really the case with Halo.
Halo has a very strong SP base.
Hence why you see all SP and Story mode trailers, books, viddocs, TV Series, etc.
Yeah I can't think of FPS over last 2 gens that has strong SP and MP like Halo
This is crap. I and plenty of others buy Halo strictly for SP.
Master Chief is a standard navy rank. It's not so much "what Spartan is best" any more than you'd look at a military and ask "what soldier is best." It would be incredibly unusual for a Spartan to act on their own, they were trained for team operations. It was just the events before the first game that separated him from the rest.
LordOfChaos
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Same. It's 90% single payer story for me. I play online only when friends are in the same physical room as me, otherwise it bores the crap out of me, consistent killing for nothing. That's why I read the books.
I think Halo far more than other shooters is SP driven, sure there are a lot of people who play online more, but there's still a lot who are interested in the story and lore. And this dinky little bundled console shooter quickly became some of the best lore in video games.
listen to the madmonitor.
What in the world does that even mean?
LordOfChaos
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I wonder if we'll see some Spartan team gameplay in 5. You worked with some IVs in 4, but I'd love to see a few of Blue Team from the II generation get back together.
Maybe some of the surviving IIIs too.
squidhands
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He got his sex drive back.
During halo 4 the librarian restores master chief to a human stage prior to the first event. Hence why he was unaffected by the didacts lasers.
He's pretty much a fully evolved human, the kind that could not only battle the forerunners on equal grounds but did so while fighting off the flood.
My guess is that the didact produced a similar human, the guy on the cover, who's prime directive is the destruction of the human race.
Ohhh, is that where he sticks the Cortana chip now?
squidhands
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somethingsomethingcavenotnatural
So he is a Supreme Master Chief now
A Taco Bell evolution.
Twin Tails
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yeah that dude was a asshole. (that old looking dude)
Kibbles
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He's got Jack Bauer syndrome
Most male characters are seen as disposable, it's a huge issue in gamin narrative. The same goes with commander shepherd, so disposable that they just make clones of him when they need him.
Razgriz-Specter
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The best Spartans aren't even really mentioned in the games.
Chief considers Linda the best of the Spartans, Kelly is the fastest.
And so on.
Master Chief is simply his rank, he is ranked Master Chief Petty Officer
Razgriz-Specter
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So I made fun of Chief's giraffe neck in Halo 4, and back when I watched FUD I thought this was some terrible CG
Then today I see this
wtf
Ricky Ricardo
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Maaan. I really can't wait for another Halo.
Please Bring Marty on board.
Miss he's music
Chief, I miss you
I can't understand why folk are so quick to ask for Marty time and time again. He's gone guys, he chose to move on from Halo.
Now that Kazuma Jinnouchi is the one in charge of Halo music, I think we're in for some good stuff.
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Plus he did the Halo for Xbox One trailer music and that was fantastic and VERY Halo IMHO
Edit: OH! Get Tom Salta from Halo: Spartan Assault on the OST too! Hot damn
Legacy, starts 0:00
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Crossposting from Halo 4 OT.
I decided to jump on the halomusicGAF bandwagon and try my hand at a Halo 5 main menu theme mockup! Given the whole desert / dual-timeline themes (with the human-forerunner wars and whatnot) I tried to draw from Journey and Chrono Cross as inspirations.
It also solves the whole Halo 4 menu vocal thing pretty eloquently, imo.
I decided to jump on the halomusicGAF bandwagon and try my hand at a Halo 5 main menu theme mockup! Given the whole desert / dual-timeline themes (with the human-forerunner wars and whatnot) I tried to draw from Journey and Chrono Cross as inspirations.
It also solves the whole Halo 4 menu vocal thing pretty eloquently, imo.
Maaan. I really can't wait for another Halo.
Please Bring Marty on board.
Miss he's music
Chief, I miss you
If it means anything to you Phil started follow Marty last week couple days before Halo was shown
Am sure the guy is excellent, But:
Marty is Halo. He understands Halo.
Each scenario, level or situation had its own Halo feel. Its like someone is talking and telling you a halo story when you listen to Marty's music and play Halo
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvgHjWQcPQU
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lGYVlcx_I&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzrnw4niuTA&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
That's how I feel
Edit: Sorry, Am on my cell phone, can't embedded the video correctly.
Razgriz-Specter
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MS should throw every dime they can at him, not only is his stuff extremely iconic i'd say ODST's soundtrack was probably one of the all time best in gaming.
If he wants to change the soundtrack up a bit let him while maintaining the classics now and then.
I too would love Neil back, but I contacted him via Facebook and he said Kazuma Jinnouchi would be doing Halo 5. Him and Davidge did the Score for 4 together. Though one song was done by him alone I believe and that was this masterpiece.
I think it's in good hands.
Edit:
Quote from his facebook page.
"So, this is the game I've been writing music for. "Halo 5: Guardians" coming Fall 2015 to Xbox One."
Nice.
Missed this post.
This is huge news.
I wonder if he was supposed to say that...
Master Chief is like the highest rank a spartan can get right?
That's why everybody disrespecting him is so absolutely weird. He saved the whole of humanity three bloody times. But even if we forget that, he is still an officer. You treat officers with respect.
Such an odd, odd situation. No idea why the writers did that.
Because then Frankie turns around and he's like essentially "I think I really want to change how people view Chief -- how important he is rank-wise."
And I'm like WTF, then why on earth did your last game completely demean Chief as much as humanely possible?
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Am sure the guy is excellent, But:
Marty is Halo. He understands Halo.
Each scenario, level or situation had its own Halo feel. Its like someone is talking and telling you a halo story when you listen to Marty's music and play Halo
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvgHjWQcPQU
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lGYVlcx_I&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzrnw4niuTA&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
That's how I feel
Edit: Sorry, Am on my cell phone, can't embedded the video correctly.
Do you mean "am sure" as in you're not even going to give the tracks a listen? C'mon son.
Am sure the guy is excellent, But:
Marty is Halo. He understands Halo.
Each scenario, level or situation had its own Halo feel. Its like someone is talking and telling you a halo story when you listen to Marty's music and play Halo
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EvgHjWQcPQU
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v_lGYVlcx_I&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzrnw4niuTA&list=PLE247806E68BCF2AC
That's how I feel
Edit: Sorry, Am on my cell phone, can't embedded the video correctly.
Somebody please tell me why the ghost in the first link is flying.
Punchy4486
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To be fair, that was pretty much just one asshole... who IN-GAME gets removed from command specifically for screwing with the Chief. Everyone else that that dude orders to mess with Chief are hesitant at most, and let him do what he wants anyway in most cases.
Did it occur to you that this might be like "Some people want ADS so we added it. Also some people wanted dating minigame, so we added that too"?
I think they have enough sense not to do stupid things but... eh, i expect the worst. Can't be disappointed that way.
Lone Wolf
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Most of Noble team were Officers. Master Chief is the highest enlisted rank of the Navy/Coast Guard. Just google military rankings and you will see how it works.
Nope, Didn't mean it like that. I meant he is great.
Listen to Halo music all the time
Did you read my post?
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Caayn
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Of course. Be careful what you wish for still applies.
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This is what some guy said a while ago:
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