On our journey, we would get these occasional holographic calls where he menacingly stares down and taunts us in a deep baritone. (Screenshot – Halo Infinite)Īnd then we have Escharum, the prime antagonist and new leader of the Banished. A menacing hologram of Escharum appears every now and then to taunt you. But as the plot progresses, their bond strengthens, and things start getting personal where he can’t help but share his feelings. The script does a great job of establishing their character dynamic as well, where at first, the Chief is a bit closed off and sees her as just another AI. She offers solid advice on the arena and seems genuinely concerned about his well being. You can see her constantly bantering with the Chief, whipping out cool one-liners, and acting clueless on purpose at times. The Weapon is an equally well-meaning and interesting character, though. The Master Chief teams up with his new AI, The Weapon, to find the missing pieces of Cortana. Teaming up with his new AI, he then embarks into the vast terrains to find those missing pieces, and if possible, bring her back whole. So, the Chief finds out that Cortana is still alive, though as visions or fragments of residual data. Not because it was obnoxious or anything, but it brought up a lot of material that could seem foreign to new players. During her introduction, there is a lot of exposition dump from previous Halo games, which is something that annoyed me a little bit. Stepping into the ancient ringworld of Zeta Halo, our first objective is to retrieve “The Weapon,” an AI companion that imitates Cortana in many ways. But in this iteration, his emotions start clouding his judgements. He is a genetically engineered supersoldier, after all, a pure killing machine. Due to the slight sluggishness in his voice and overall movement, you can tell that he’s done with hurting others but has no other option. And the game tries to hammer in that “humanity” aspect from the first mission itself, where we are forced to kill a group of small, adorable aliens as they squirm and beg for mercy.ĭuring these sequences, there is no background audio either, adding to the pain and deeper connection between the player and Master Chief. A sense of sadness and disbelief is felt in his voice following his AI partner, Cortana’s deletion.
(Screenshot – Halo Infinite)Īs promised by the developers, the moment Master Chief opens his eyes, we get to see a new, humane side of him.
Following his humiliating defeat, the Master Chief is found aimlessly floating around in space.
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