Most of the background is explained in game for players who haven't read/seen the material covered in the books and movies, and what isn't is explained via terminals (such as why the Covenant are still enemies). The amount of lore referenced in the campaign is astounding. Master Chief's new ally, while not the gung-ho personality that Sergeant Johnson was, feels the most human of the characters and yet can still sympathize with the Chief. The show stealer is Commander Thomas Lasky, a character just introduced in the miniseries Forward Unto Dawn (which I still need to watch). Though not in too many scenes, the major villain has the presence of a true threat to the galaxy, something that no single villain (save perhaps Gravemind) has been able to achieve. Captain Andrew Del Rio, though somewhat bland, defines the new thinking of the UNSC, one which doesn't look kindly on the Chief. Catherine Halsey, both in the campaign and in Sparta Ops (more on that later) is always a vivid character. Characters new and old to Halo lore for the most part add to the experience. The epic action sequences now have emotional, thoughtful scenes to really examine the relationship between the Master Chief and Cortana, who spend much of the game alone with only each other as company. 343 Industries, however, has managed to not only design their game around the expanded lore, but create the best Halo story to date. Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars, and Halo Reach attempted to do this, with varying levels of success (depending on who you ask). The problem in years past has been bringing this lore to the video game medium. Detailed characters, including the Master Chief, litter the pages of the Fall of Reach, First Strike, and Ghosts of Onyx. Despite what many people would argue, the Halo franchise is filled with both story and content, especially from the books. The relationship between John-117 and Cortana is the focus of the campaign. Things of course go awry when the main antagonist is released after a 100 millennium imprisonment and his Promethean forces wreak havoc, tensions rise between the UNSC and the Master Chief, and the humanity of John and Cortana is brought into question. After defending the ship and crash landing on the planet (something the Chief seems to do a lot), the duo is left to explore a hostile and alien world in an attempt to contact the newly arrived UNSC Infinity, a massive 3.5 mile long vessel built using alien technology. Covenant ships, however, have discovered the ruined human ship, leading Cortana to awaken the Master Chief from his cryo-chamber. 343 Industries' attempt to separate itself from Halo's original guardian Bungie in many ways is both a success breakaway and a continuation of a few of Bungie's final changes, both for good and bad.įour years after the events of Halo 3, the remnants of the ship Forward Unto Dawn reaches the orbit of the Forerunner Shield World Requiem. But new faces, and a new developer, will define whether or not the fight should have remained finished. Halo marks the return of familiar faces such John-117, AKA the Master Chief, Cortana, the UNSC and the Covenant. The franchise that colors the history of Microsoft's consoles returns to the fray once more, no longer content to release side stories and prequels. As TWC marches forward in this new era of VB4 we will hopefully be getting back to full visual splendor. PS: We are aware that the formating is less than satisfactory compared to previous issues. Oh, and once again I write on something about a console game. Meanwhile, newcomer frozenprince has brought his offering of an Epic Mickey 2 review to round things out. SturmChurro has diligently dug into the genre known as the MMORPG to bring us a review of Vindictus by Nexon (I used to play their game Mabinogi back when it was in like Generation 2. Also, Remlap from Gaming Staff has graciously allowed himself to be interviewed by Daily in celebration of the TWC Minecraft Servers' One Year Anniversary. Leonidas the Lion has begun a massive undertaking of playing and recording the Mass Effect trilogy, and he has seen fit to grace us with the very first episode. New writers with fresh new perspectives complement seasoned veterans.alright so we added some people. It's been a good long while since Issue 3 back in December, and boy do we have some excellent new content for TWC.
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