We frankly know nothing about the Brute besides his origin story. He doesn’t even do anything in Halo Wars 2 besides make an entrance and join SoF comms channel. He also wasn’t even the one that took down the Flood. Not to mention if he is actually in Halo Infinite.
Why do people want him in the game? Jul’Madam had more time for him at least…
EDIT: People should know I am not trying to compare Atriox to Jul’Mdama. I am just stating that someone so insignificant to a story had more screen time than the ones we truly want and I find that confusing.
Atriox was written better than juul mdamama. He single-handedly fought 3 spartan 2’s and won putting 1 in the hospital. He actually got an origin story. His origin story was actually alright. And he leads the faction that they’re putting in the game. All juul did was show up and kidnap some people.
Even though we dont know much he just has little but cool things about him at least for me
I always thought his character was badass, and I would love to see Master Chief fight him along with Red team.
People prefer Atriox, because Jul was only ever expanded on in the comics, we foiled his plans in Spartan Ops. He was also just a blue Zealot variant with a glowing key on his forehead. Not particularly interesting like the designs of Atriox, the Didact, Arbiter, Tartarus, or even the Prophets. He really had no presence, and the one story line the set up for him, lead no where. He was also a Halo 4 elite, and as such, looked both inelegant and stupid.
It’s definitely not Atriox we’ll be facing in the game. Most likely it’ll be a lieutenant left in charge of the main Banished force while Atriox went to plunder the Ark, who then took control after contact with the Ark was lost.
As for why people want to see him in the game, it’s probably because, unlike Jul, Atriox has much more presence in HW2, unlike Jul whom only appeared once in the main Halo 4 campaign (when the Didact is released, Jul is the Elite wrestling with the Knight) and then died immediately in Halo 5. Atriox has agents spread throughout his armies that report only to him. He’s been shown to lead from the front on occasion. The guy fought off THREE Spartan IIs and managed to hospitalize the biggest and strongest of the three. Unlike all previous Halo villains, Atriox has shown himself to be a pragmatist more than anything; he dislikes Elites and holds little love for humans, yet he’s recruited both into the Banished despite the prejudices some his troops feel. He looks for ability and loyalty first.
To sum up, Atriox and the Banished in general are a breathe of fresh air for the series, because they’re not zealots, insane or tyrannical. They’re pragmatists trying to survive in a galaxy that’s becoming less and less friendly to those that stand alone.
I’ve always hated the name “Atriox”. It’s a real mouthful. Feels like I’m stretching my jaw and lips in every direction to say his name. Doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
His origin story in HW2 is weird. How does Isabel know all that stuff? Did Atriox tell her? Did she access the Banished computer and click on the origin story file on the desktop? If she just accessed some files, why tell his story with such reverence? Just feels forced and out of character. Feels like a real, “Hey, player of this game, I’m talking to you!” moment.
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> I’ve always hated the name “Atriox”. It’s a real mouthful. Feels like I’m stretching my jaw and lips in every direction to say his name. Doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
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> His origin story in HW2 is weird. How does Isabel know all that stuff? Did Atriox tell her? Did she access the Banished computer and click on the origin story file on the desktop? If she just accessed some files, why tell his story with such reverence? Just feels forced and out of character. Feels like a real, “Hey, player of this game, I’m talking to you!” moment.
ONI has been following Atriox for some time, even before the war ended. They’d intercept transmissions from bases raided by the Banished, interrogate prisoners that knew of them, sometimes agents and troops behind enemy lines would encounter them. It was proposed a few times that the UNSC try and make contact with the Banished and perhaps make an alliance, as they shared a mutual enemy, but none of these plans came to fruition.
It would make sense that an A.I. like Isabel to have access to that information, so that if any teams she’s with run afoul of a hostile group they’d have an idea of who it might be. Also, she is filling in the Spirit of Fire’s crew, which would include the player in this case.
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> Atriox was written better than juul mdamama. He single-handedly fought 3 spartan 2’s and won putting 1 in the hospital.
Eh…thats not that good writing.
The things that make Atriox better than Jul are:
1: Juls story was okay in the books but cut waaaaaay short in the games. H5 did him dirty. His story was also all over the place. It’s the transmedia curse of H4/5 I guess. You need to read too many snippets in different media to get the full picture.
2: Jul like Atriox is a Covenant replacement…except that Jul was actually just the Covenant in game with inferior looks and motives. The Banished are also more or less just the Covenant but at least they look different and their power structure is different which you will also see on the battle field where Brutes will be in charge instead of Elites.
3: Atriox has personality, and a good voice actor to bring that across. He’s a grumpy almost tired looking dude that seems like he is just looking for a challenge. Jul is… Just another Elite.
And you can go on.
I don’t think people necessarily root for only Atriox to return per se but what he represents. HW2 was the first real good Halo under 343i supervision. The Banished were an interesting foe. They have that menacing feel that the Covies also had which the Prometheans and Jul lacked. So bringing in Atriox means bringing back some of that HW2 vibe to Infinite.
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> > Atriox was written better than juul mdamama. He single-handedly fought 3 spartan 2’s and won putting 1 in the hospital.
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> Eh…thats not that good writing.
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> The things that make Atriox better than Jul are:
> 1: Juls story was okay in the books but cut waaaaaay short in the games. H5 did him dirty. His story was also all over the place. It’s the transmedia curse of H4/5 I guess. You need to read too many snippets in different media to get the full picture.
> 2: Jul like Atriox is a Covenant replacement…except that Jul was actually just the Covenant in game with inferior looks and motives. The Banished are also more or less just the Covenant but at least they look different and their power structure is different which you will also see on the battle field where Brutes will be in charge instead of Elites.
> 3: Atriox has personality, and a good voice actor to bring that across. He’s a grumpy almost tired looking dude that seems like he is just looking for a challenge. Jul is… Just another Elite.
> And you can go on.
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> I don’t think people necessarily root for only Atriox to return per se but what he represents. HW2 was the first real good Halo under 343i supervision. The Banished were an interesting foe. They have that menacing feel that the Covies also had which the Prometheans and Jul lacked. So bringing in Atriox means bringing back some of that HW2 vibe to Infinite.
Dont quote me wrong and not put what I completely said. I said he was written better as a bullet point. Not because he beat 3 spartan 2s.
It’s like Boba Fett from Star Wars. When he was introduced he was such a minor character and he gets killed very easily, but he was a fan favorite and for some reason looked at as a badass though he mostly stood around just looking cool.
The conversation between Captain Cutter and Isabelle from Halo Wars 2 sold me on Atriox.
Imagine the hatred that he feels!!! Watching his people get put on the front lines to die for something that they don’t believe in… Ugh! The lies that they’ve been fed by the Prophets.
If you haven’t seen the Halo Wars 2 cut-scenes yet, then I would strongly suggest playing Halo Wars 2 or catching them on YouTube.
He’s a cool looking/sounding, intimidating villain, that’s why I’m excited. Though I’m not sure if he’ll even be in Infinite. I’m just excited for Brutes in general and he seems cool, I don’t think it’s confusing.
Because he’s just a cool character that looks tough. Just like people need heroes, people need villains for the heros to fight.
Also because he’s the one who has defied the covenant and won, much like chief.
Atriox is a Brute, and I like Brutes.
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> Atriox was written better than juul mdamama. He single-handedly fought 3 spartan 2’s and won putting 1 in the hospital. He actually got an origin story. His origin story was actually alright. And he leads the faction that they’re putting in the game. All juul did was show up and kidnap some people.
…But all he did was fight 3 spartans and put one in hospital. Then he got an origin story that was told in less than 2 minutes. His faction had more screen time than he did.
You’re going to fight Warden Eternal 500 times and you’re going to enjoy it and if you don’t then you are not a true spartan.
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> The conversation between Captain Cutter and Isabelle from Halo Wars 2 sold me on Atriox.
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> Imagine the hatred that he feels!!! Watching his people get put on the front lines to die for something that they don’t believe in… Ugh! The lies that they’ve been fed by the Prophets.
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> If you haven’t seen the Halo Wars 2 cut-scenes yet, then I would strongly suggest playing Halo Wars 2 or catching them on YouTube.
No hurt, but I am not sold on a single cutscene, they spoke about him before Halo wars 2. I wanted to know what he did during Halo wars 2.
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> Because he’s just a cool character that looks tough. Just like people need heroes, people need villains for the heros to fight.
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> Also because he’s the one who has defied the covenant and won, much like chief.
But Chief was given an actual fleshed out story for himself. Even for someone like the Prophets, they still played a role in Halo 2 and 3 doing nothing but standing around and die. Atriox could at least be given his own cutscenes to do that.
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> > The conversation between Captain Cutter and Isabelle from Halo Wars 2 sold me on Atriox.
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> > Imagine the hatred that he feels!!! Watching his people get put on the front lines to die for something that they don’t believe in… Ugh! The lies that they’ve been fed by the Prophets.
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> > If you haven’t seen the Halo Wars 2 cut-scenes yet, then I would strongly suggest playing Halo Wars 2 or catching them on YouTube.
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> No hurt, but I am not sold on a single cutscene, they spoke about him before Halo wars 2. I wanted to know what he did during Halo wars 2.
You asked people why they like Atriox.
People have given you their reason as to why they like him.
You respond to everyone’s reason with but…
This whole thread is pointless.