![]() ![]() Something that fans noticed around the time of Halo 3 was that Cortana seemed to be falling into rampancy, a state where an AI at the end of its seven-year lifespan has its mind fracture, leading to death. ![]() Cortana can only communicate to the Chief through brief visions in the beginning of Halo 3, but is eventually rescued and stays with Master Chief stranded in deep space after the two have completed their mission of stopping the Covenant and the Flood. That's one more reason why players were so anxious to see what came after Halo 2's ending. Regardless, it made for a potent low point in the original trilogy when Cortana is captured by the Flood near the end of Halo 2. Master Chief and Cortana grew close over the course of the original Halo trilogy, with the games making it vague as to whether this was a close sibling relationship or romance. It evidently succeeded, as Cortana became popular enough that Microsoft named its Windows digital assistant after her. Bungie designed Cortana as a way to direct players through Halo’s fairly open levels while feeling like an organic element in the world that would not come off as annoying. Halsey to gather information, she was placed inside Master Chief’s armor for protection. Being an especially potent AI that worked directly with her creator Dr. Her first chronological game appearance was as a fragment that needed to be transported by the player in Halo: Reach, setting up for the events of the original game. RELATED: Every Halo Game You Need to Play Halo Infinite Cortana in the Bungie Halo TrilogyĬortana was introduced to players in Halo: Combat Evolved. It seems that Cortana will still be relevant in Halo Infinite in some way, so it’s important to remember just what Cortana’s role has been thus far. Cortana has had as much of a storied history as the unstoppable space marine himself, serving with him in countless battles even as she fell to rampancy. Joining the Spartan soldier on his journey this time are a yet-unnamed Pelican pilot and a new AI known as “The Weapon.” Notably absent is the Chief’s old AI partner Cortana, a series staple since her initial appearance in Halo: Combat Evolved. Even this far off, it really feels like Halo Infinite is a revival for the series. ![]() The Grappleshot also follows series protagonist Master Chief to the campaign, where he must face The Banished: a splinter group from the Covenant Empire, on the open-world map of the Zeta Halo. What has been seen of the multiplayer already looks promising, resembling a refined and expanded version of Halo 5’s multiplayer with an intriguing new Grappleshot ability worked in. Fans are hoping that this is a return to form for Halo, both in terms of gameplay and story. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.Halo Infinite is coming soon, and it’s bringing plenty of expectations with it. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. I think I can get past the Chief voice, but I would not be surprised to see a more modified Cortana the next time something airs from the show in promotional materials.įollow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. I thought the trailer, outside of Cortana, looked mostly okay, but we’ll have to see how it all works in late March when it actually debuts. This was always going to be a hugely risky gamble, as all video game adaptations are. That’s a big no-no for Halo fans, but it seems like the most likely explanation, especially given that the show is fine using a game voice actor in a different context with Cortana. So, the fact that actor Pablo Schreiber is both the physical body of chief and his voice implies that yes, we’re probably going to see him without his helmet at some point. If you are going to have a guy in the suit with his helmet on 100% of the time, there would be no reason not to simply use Master Chief voice actor Steve Downes. Jen Taylor being cast as Cortana is great, but yes, the look probably needs to be modified further.Īs for Master Chief’s voice? I think the explanation is probably more clear cut, and again, something that fans probably will not like. Granted, we only had a two second clip of her in the trailer, but I think the show is determined to get everything “right” to satisfy gamers. My money is that after this debut, there will probably be more post-production work done on Cortana so she doesn’t debut in full meme mode.
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