Deadguy
Well-Known Member
I know this is a lame topic in that no one is gonna' know what he'd look like, but a few points about it I wanted to bring to your attention to see what you all thought.
#1- Waaaay back in Marathon, there's a reference to Mjolnir Mark 5 Cyborgs. There's been only idle speculation that these cybogs have anything to do with the Spartan program. The main reason the speculation fails is because the Cyborgs in Marathon were dead folks, rather than 6 year olds plucked away from their families.
What if the "plucked away from their families" thing is a coverstory made-up by Oni? What if the John-117 is actually dead? Could he looked zombified under his helmet?
#2- John-117 is a cyborg, which can take many forms. Is part of his face metal?
#3- Bungie once described him (at the time of Halo 1) as a 41 year old tall very pale guy with a piercing gaze yet a bland expression. Did they omit the metal in his face? and/or is his paleness due to the time spent in the suit? or is he dead thereby also explaining the bland expression?
#4 - A post I saw over on Bungie.net forums raised an interesting point..:
".. If he's black, then the whites, cubans, asians, and american indians will complain... If he's White, the blacks, cubans, asians, and American Indians will complain.. etc, etc.. Do you guys think this might be the reason we haven't seen his face?
Obviously Bungie knows that folks want to see what the Master Chief looks like under his mask, so why not just deliver? Is it a big plot revealling secret? Are they afraid of alienating players?
Will they say, 'well.. since this is the end of the master chief storyarc, we'll throw his face up there just before the end credits?' Or will we never know what he looks like?
Another thought that's been thrown around a bit.. Does John-117 die at the end of this game? It's the end of his storyarc.. is it the end of him?
The Halo franchise will continue past the end of this game, even though this storyarc will be finished with Halo 3.. there are other time periods and events being looked at for future games.. Like the foreunners series for example.
However, revealing his face could affect the franchise if they get fancy with it.
What do you guys think?
#1- Waaaay back in Marathon, there's a reference to Mjolnir Mark 5 Cyborgs. There's been only idle speculation that these cybogs have anything to do with the Spartan program. The main reason the speculation fails is because the Cyborgs in Marathon were dead folks, rather than 6 year olds plucked away from their families.
What if the "plucked away from their families" thing is a coverstory made-up by Oni? What if the John-117 is actually dead? Could he looked zombified under his helmet?
#2- John-117 is a cyborg, which can take many forms. Is part of his face metal?
#3- Bungie once described him (at the time of Halo 1) as a 41 year old tall very pale guy with a piercing gaze yet a bland expression. Did they omit the metal in his face? and/or is his paleness due to the time spent in the suit? or is he dead thereby also explaining the bland expression?
#4 - A post I saw over on Bungie.net forums raised an interesting point..:
".. If he's black, then the whites, cubans, asians, and american indians will complain... If he's White, the blacks, cubans, asians, and American Indians will complain.. etc, etc.. Do you guys think this might be the reason we haven't seen his face?
Obviously Bungie knows that folks want to see what the Master Chief looks like under his mask, so why not just deliver? Is it a big plot revealling secret? Are they afraid of alienating players?
Will they say, 'well.. since this is the end of the master chief storyarc, we'll throw his face up there just before the end credits?' Or will we never know what he looks like?
Another thought that's been thrown around a bit.. Does John-117 die at the end of this game? It's the end of his storyarc.. is it the end of him?
The Halo franchise will continue past the end of this game, even though this storyarc will be finished with Halo 3.. there are other time periods and events being looked at for future games.. Like the foreunners series for example.
However, revealing his face could affect the franchise if they get fancy with it.
What do you guys think?