I think we could see characters like Arbiter, Sarah Palmer, Thomas Lasky, Blue Team and Roland coming back in the upcoming Halo Infinite. At the same time, I also think that 343 Industries want to keep their return as a surprise. The reason why I am saying this is because they don’t want to show too much in the next trailers or gameplay footage.
I really hope arbiter makes an appearance. More than anything. He’s such an interesting character and i would love to see how he would look in 343’s updated art style.
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> > > > > Pnly character know coming back is the Master Chief. Every other chracter revealed is new. No Laskey, blue team, Osiris, Palmer, Halsey, old Cortana, AI Roland, Arbiter, ect.
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> > > > > I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters.
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> > > > I’m sure the fan faves will be around (Arbiter etc). Hopefully Osiris have been killed off!
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> > > Killing off the members of Fireteam Osiris would be monumentally lazy and a sign of piss poor storytelling. There is no good reason to do so. If you legitimately care about the story, you should sugggest 343 give characters like Locke, Tanaka, Vale, and Buck something to do and improve them.
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> > > I always shake my head at things like this, especially when the Arbiter is brought up as a fan favorite. Had fans had their way with H2 he’d probably have been killed off. But instead, and it’s almost crazy that such a thing would work, the Arbiter was kept around and his story continued and gasp improved over time. Imagine letting characters grow.
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> > I was being facetious really, but I am not a fan of any of the Osiris members (except for Buck but I can take him or leave him). It wouldn’t bother me if they were written out of the story.
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> I’d care and I’d actually rather see characters grow and develop rather than have a revolving door of constant new characters because fans keep asking for characters they don’t immediately like to be killed off.
Agreed.
Halo 4 gave us some new and interesting characters, albeit for only about half of the game.Then Halo 5 comes around, and they kill off the remaining primary antagonist in 5 minutes, and then shove most of 4’s characters aside to make way for WAY more new ones.
Im sick of being introduced to characters, learning who they are over their scenes, speculating on where they might grow and be challenged in the following game, only to have them swept aside and forgotten about.
Like you said, back when Halo 2 came out, there was a vocal potion of the fan base that cried for his removal, which likely played a part in his downgrade to ‘sidekick’ in Halo 3. And look at him now, he is essentially GOD-TIER beloved by most of the fan base.
343 faced a similar rescission with the Didact following Halo 4, and sadly their lack of resolve lead to him getting thrown in the story deep-freezer.
And as the years have gone on, he has developed a bit of a cult following of fans that want him back.
I don’t want to be sitting here in 2027 seeing people bash 343 for killing off most of 5’s characters in the first half of Infinite, haha!
Letting the characters grow and evolve is the meat on the bones of the story. Without it, just just have one-dimensional drones walking though the plot. My hope is that relevant characters from 5 show up in small doses throughout the story and in situations that challenge them as a character. Whether that’s through direct encounters, cutscenes, or terminal like vignettes.
Anyway, I think 343 are probably playing Infinite’s marketing very close to the chest. 5’s marketing was a disaster, and they probably don’t want to get us hyped in the wrong direction by showing to much. And the lack of 5’s characters is likely due to more of a ‘bad taste left in the mouth’ situation, and the wanting to showcase the more Chief V Banished, and ‘spiritual reboot to CE’ side of the game.
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> I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters. Its like pulling another Jul’Mdama first mission on us…
Palmer voice actress confirmed she’s in it, and arbiters voice actor hinted he will be as well. I’ll bet the majority if the main characters of halo 4 and 5 return. Some will probably be killed off, but I’m expecting most of them to at least make an appearance.
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> > > > > > Pnly character know coming back is the Master Chief. Every other chracter revealed is new. No Laskey, blue team, Osiris, Palmer, Halsey, old Cortana, AI Roland, Arbiter, ect.
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> > > > > > I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters.
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> > > > > I’m sure the fan faves will be around (Arbiter etc). Hopefully Osiris have been killed off!
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> > > > Killing off the members of Fireteam Osiris would be monumentally lazy and a sign of piss poor storytelling. There is no good reason to do so. If you legitimately care about the story, you should sugggest 343 give characters like Locke, Tanaka, Vale, and Buck something to do and improve them.
> > > >
> > > > I always shake my head at things like this, especially when the Arbiter is brought up as a fan favorite. Had fans had their way with H2 he’d probably have been killed off. But instead, and it’s almost crazy that such a thing would work, the Arbiter was kept around and his story continued and gasp improved over time. Imagine letting characters grow.
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> > > I was being facetious really, but I am not a fan of any of the Osiris members (except for Buck but I can take him or leave him). It wouldn’t bother me if they were written out of the story.
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> > I’d care and I’d actually rather see characters grow and develop rather than have a revolving door of constant new characters because fans keep asking for characters they don’t immediately like to be killed off.
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> Agreed.
> Halo 4 gave us some new and interesting characters, albeit for only about half of the game.Then Halo 5 comes around, and they kill off the remaining primary antagonist in 5 minutes, and then shove most of 4’s characters aside to make way for WAY more new ones.
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> Im sick of being introduced to characters, learning who they are over their scenes, speculating on where they might grow and be challenged in the following game, only to have them swept aside and forgotten about.
> Like you said, back when Halo 2 came out, there was a vocal potion of the fan base that cried for his removal, which likely played a part in his downgrade to ‘sidekick’ in Halo 3. And look at him now, he is essentially GOD-TIER beloved by most of the fan base.
> 343 faced a similar rescission with the Didact following Halo 4, and sadly their lack of resolve lead to him getting thrown in the story deep-freezer.
> And as the years have gone on, he has developed a bit of a cult following of fans that want him back.
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> I don’t want to be sitting here in 2027 seeing people bash 343 for killing off most of 5’s characters in the first half of Infinite, haha!
>
> Letting the characters grow and evolve is the meat on the bones of the story. Without it, just just have one-dimensional drones walking though the plot. My hope is that relevant characters from 5 show up in small doses throughout the story and in situations that challenge them as a character. Whether that’s through direct encounters, cutscenes, or terminal like vignettes.
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> Anyway, I think 343 are probably playing Infinite’s marketing very close to the chest. 5’s marketing was a disaster, and they probably don’t want to get us hyped in the wrong direction by showing to much. And the lack of 5’s characters is likely due to more of a ‘bad taste left in the mouth’ situation, and the wanting to showcase the more Chief V Banished, and ‘spiritual reboot to CE’ side of the game.
Yeah, I’m not keen having to meet new characters and basically have the game be a pitch for whether or not they have a right to exist or not. Many a character has started off “badly” only to be improved as the story developed.
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> > > > > > > Pnly character know coming back is the Master Chief. Every other chracter revealed is new. No Laskey, blue team, Osiris, Palmer, Halsey, old Cortana, AI Roland, Arbiter, ect.
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> > > > > > > I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters.
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> > > > > > I’m sure the fan faves will be around (Arbiter etc). Hopefully Osiris have been killed off!
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> > > > > Killing off the members of Fireteam Osiris would be monumentally lazy and a sign of piss poor storytelling. There is no good reason to do so. If you legitimately care about the story, you should sugggest 343 give characters like Locke, Tanaka, Vale, and Buck something to do and improve them.
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> > > > > I always shake my head at things like this, especially when the Arbiter is brought up as a fan favorite. Had fans had their way with H2 he’d probably have been killed off. But instead, and it’s almost crazy that such a thing would work, the Arbiter was kept around and his story continued and gasp improved over time. Imagine letting characters grow.
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> > > > I was being facetious really, but I am not a fan of any of the Osiris members (except for Buck but I can take him or leave him). It wouldn’t bother me if they were written out of the story.
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> Yeah, I’m not keen having to meet new characters and basically have the game be a pitch for whether or not they have a right to exist or not. Many a character has started off “badly” only to be improved as the story developed.
Case in point; Palmer.
Post Spartan Ops, you couldn’t even whisper her name in the forums without bringing your fire extinguisher. But they kept her in 5, toned her down a little, and nowadays the hate isn’t nearly as bad as it was.
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> > > > > Pnly character know coming back is the Master Chief. Every other chracter revealed is new. No Laskey, blue team, Osiris, Palmer, Halsey, old Cortana, AI Roland, Arbiter, ect.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters.
> > > >
> > > > I’m sure the fan faves will be around (Arbiter etc). Hopefully Osiris have been killed off!
> > >
> > > Killing off the members of Fireteam Osiris would be monumentally lazy and a sign of piss poor storytelling. There is no good reason to do so. If you legitimately care about the story, you should sugggest 343 give characters like Locke, Tanaka, Vale, and Buck something to do and improve them.
> > >
> > > I always shake my head at things like this, especially when the Arbiter is brought up as a fan favorite. Had fans had their way with H2 he’d probably have been killed off. But instead, and it’s almost crazy that such a thing would work, the Arbiter was kept around and his story continued and gasp improved over time. Imagine letting characters grow.
> >
> > I was being facetious really, but I am not a fan of any of the Osiris members (except for Buck but I can take him or leave him). It wouldn’t bother me if they were written out of the story.
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> I’d care and I’d actually rather see characters grow and develop rather than have a revolving door of constant new characters because fans keep asking for characters they don’t immediately like to be killed off.
The problem is that the games are designed around appealing to as many people as possible, it’s easier for ‘generally’ disliked characters to be removed and expanded upon in books and other media - keeping the games free to deliver more likeable characters to the general audience. This is what I can see happening for Palmer and Osiris.
You could argue that the characters need time to be liked, but this wouldn’t be an issue if they were written well to begin with. Take Halo CE - most of the characters were loved prior to Halo 2 even being announced, which they played on (Johnson, 343 etc). Some of the current batch have already been around for 2 games and several books but are still not liked by many - how long do you keep them around for?
I think Blue Team will be in Halo Infinite.
If Blue Team was not meant to be in Halo Infinite, 343 would have separate them from Chief during Shadows of Reach, that was the perfect opportunity, they could have them stranded on the planet like other UNSC forces or they could have follow the Ferrets through the portal for the Ark, instead 343 opted to have them stay with Chief on the Infinity, less than 2 months before the battle with the Banished at Zeta Halo.
We also have the 3D models on the cover of Shadows of Reach, I don’t think that 343 would have made them just for a book. Plus we have Fred toy model for Halo Infinite using a VK78 Commando.
343 knew very well how much fans care for Blue Team and yet they mees them up in Halo 5. I think 343 should take responsibility and do them right in Halo Infinite as an apology to fans.
The open-world nature of Halo Infinite and the side-missions are perfect for Blue Team to shine. Maybe you can choose which member take with you in side-missions one at the time.
I also hope the game will put at good use each member particular ability like Fred close-quarters combat skills, Kelly speed and Linda sniper-skills.
At this point we’ve gotten more info on multiplayer then campaign. But I think that is the point. They don’t want to throw all their cards on the table, we arent supposed to know the story before we play the story
I was hoping theyd show us more returning characters in e3 but I can understand wanting to keep quiet till release so we are pleasantly surprised to see our old fave characters appearing
Just look up actors working on infinite
Soo happy to see this. The characters from halo 5 were so bad they basically ruined the game. Why does every new game have to feature so many unrealistic soldiers.
Halsey and Roland were in that audio teaser that was hidden in an inside-infinite article some time back. Might be a sign.
I think if anything, previous characters like fireteam Osiris will be mentioned in passing and that’s it. We’ll probably get the core characters like Chief, Carbiter, Cortana and Halsey.
I don’t even care. I just want them to write whatever characters they have well. If they can do a good job with what they present then I won’t mind.
I’m certain there will be plenty of returning characters, they’ve just intentionally decided not to reveal them all in the marketing which I think is a good thing. That’s what I’m hoping at least.
Wait, infinite has a campaign? I almost forgot, it feels like 343 has forgot to tell us about it.
“No sign” is relative. We just haven’t seen an actual trailer yet.
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> “No sign” is relative. We just haven’t seen an actual trailer yet.
Well- then its still relevant?
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> I know this Halo takes place a year after Halo 5. But when they said they wanted to revive the Halo legacy and focus on Chief, I hope they didnt just cut off every other character in the previous games to make room for all these new characters. Its like pulling another Jul’Mdama first mission on us…
We’ve also only seen four characters in the game so far mate, be patient. Of course they wouldn’t want to spoil it!