Topic: Big issue concerning Master Chiefs fate in HALO 3: SPOILER WARNING!!

[Gamebasher]

I would love to know what any of the forum members thinks of the fact that one gameplay video at GameSpot.com shows that Master Chief, contrary to what everyone I spoke to, doesn´t die at all at the end of the game. He survives, with Cortana. I should like to add, that all of the people I spoke to had played the game through to the end on all of the difficulty settings, and they all got just one ending: the one where the UNNSC chief salutes the fallen soldiers and farewells Arbiter. However, in the video which I have just seen, which I will give you a direct link to below, a quite different scenario is "tagged on" to that ending after we see Arbiter flying away in their ship to their home. To me, this is a great relief, as I wanted Master Chief to survive (of course, after going through hell to save humankind). Here is the link (Click on "The complete ending to Halo 3" to the right at the bottom of the page you see next):

The REAL fate of Master Chief

Where did they get that ending from, if others who played on the highest difficulty setting didn´t see it?  

[Nick DiMola]

Of course Master Chief didn't die. Wouldn't it be pretty foolish for Microsoft to kill off the only character they have?

[Maverick]

You see the REAL ending after you view the credits on any difficulty.

[Smash_Brother]

Some people have speculated that Master Chief = the protagonist of Marathon, a Mac-only series which was Bungie's greatest legacy long before Halo arrived.

In the start of Marathon, the player arrives aboard the derelict colony ship Marathon and proceeds to start clearing the alien invaders of the ship out of it. Both MC and the Marathon hero are Mark IV-VI cyborgs and the player arrived in an escape pod which he was hibernating in.

In the end of Halo 3's video, though, we see MC's ship heading toward a planet, which seems to indicate that MC may have further adventures yet.

[Nick DiMola]

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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
In the end of Halo 3's video, though, we see MC's ship heading toward a planet, which seems to indicate that MC may have further adventures yet.

I can't wait! to hate on his next craptastic adventure!

[Maverick]

Shame on you Mr. Jack.  Hating on Halo nowadays is like making Bush jokes.

Anyway, I don't remember seeing the Chief heading towards a planet.  He is just floating in space in half of the ship and he goes to sleep in his chamber thingy while Cortana watches him.  

EDIT:  Unless you were talking about the thing behind the ship in space, but I believe that's just the remains of the Arc.

[Smash_Brother]

I'm pretty sure that was a planet. Sunlight creeps around the edge of it, meaning that it's solid, whatever it was.

[Gamebasher]

"Of course Master Chief didn't die. Wouldn't it be pretty foolish for Microsoft to kill off the only character they have?"

It could easily be that they had chosen to kill him at the end of HALO 3, since there has been no new announcements on the continuation of the series after this chapter. All that I have heard points to them ending it entirely with the third part, which we are all playing now. So to me it could be a probable, though sad, ending to a great videogame franchise. But then again, you never know what they really decided for next, deep within Bungie headqarters! I repeat that all I have read indicates a definitive ending to HALO. I hope there will be a fourth chapter, as I can vividly imagine even greater conflicts arising from sudden unexpected encounters with surviving members of the Flood, controlled by an even more angry Gravemind.

It might seek to throw an even more deadly enemy at Earth, or somehow provoke the Brutes into attacking the Earth. "One strain can destroy a species" one of the Elite´s leaders remarked during the course of the game. Would seem odd, though, since they have in effect killed them all (or so it would seem by all means) through the detonation of the Ring. However, Flood starins could have been blasted into the Ark through the open back of it, and attached itself to the insides of the ship without Cortana knowing it. She was corrupted by the Gravemind, wasn´t she? It is going to be interesting to see what Bungie comes up with next. But videogame story telling makes virtually anything possible,

[SixthAngel]

Why does it matter if Master Chief dies?  He is a faceless soldier who wears a mass produced armor suit.  He is easily the most replaceable character possible.  Another spartan would look exactly like him and only have different voice.  Just give him a name like Sergeant Major and have his intro be bad ass.  Master Chief had no personality traits to love, his fans just loved his ability to kick ass.  A new character like this is essentially the same character and could easily be the player for a Halo 4.

I think that sequels to Halo depend on who owns the rights.  If it is MS they will come in droves (already have an RTS coming) and if it is Bungie we might not see one for a long time,.

[Smash_Brother]

I dunno.

I think a whiny, irritating spartan would probably turn a lot of players off from the franchise.

Just imagine Woody Allen's voice coming out of a spartan and you have the right idea.

[Nick DiMola]

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Originally posted by: Maverick
Shame on you Mr. Jack.  Hating on Halo nowadays is like making Bush jokes.

I'm sorry I couldn't resist, I just hate the game far too much for far too many reasons to pass up the opportunity for a dig.