Anyone else think that shattered helmet, with different users thoughts on the Chief (“he taught me to be brave…”, “Spartans never die…”) is fantastic promotion? The closer we get to Halo 5 the more I believe we’re going to have a similar situation to that of the ending of Halo 2… a bomb is going to be dropped in our collective gaming laps and a cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers… why else would they be going all out with this Master Chief stuff? Virtually everything points to him dying. Obviously he can’t as he’s the face of the franchise, at least through Halo 6, but 343 has said that things are going to get dark with saga in Halo 5 before it’s resolved in Halo 6, so maybe he somehow DOES die and is brought back by the Librarian or something crazy? It’s all ONI propaganda so far, I realize that… but man, they are really trying to sell that the Chief has gone rogue and / or is dead. Surely there will be some payoff for that message they’re sending us, one that we’re NOT expecting?
I really like the promo as well. However, I honestly can’t shake the feeling that nothing that is being promoted is going to make it in the game. First it was “Chief is a traitor”(quickly disproved early on in HuntTheTruth season 1), and now it’s “Chief is dead”.
It’s a completely different message?