PlexVanguard Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 In the previous installments, chief would only ever speak to deliver a one-liner or something. Now, he can't seem to shut up. Why? Did all the years in cryo make him lonely? And do you like this new character dynamic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. X Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 lol I wouldn't describe it as "can't seem to shut up" by far. The only line that fell into this category a bit and bothered me slightly was when Chief was saying "asking is not my strong suit" in response to something Cortana said in the second mission. This was the only line that I remembered as objectively unnecessary and something pre-Halo 4 Chief never would have said - not to mention that the Chief never displayed an affinity for "ironic" statements. It sounded more like something Marcus Fenix would say ^^ But yeah, I really liked that the Chief was talking more. First, this is exactly the point of the Man vs. Machine theme in Halo 4 because it serves to humanize him. Second, it can be justified by the story itself, because Cortana gets worse and worse and the Chief one one hand needs to comfort her and on the ohter hand is also affected personally by her state, which makes him talk more of course - you never had such intimate problems in the previous Halos, it was just all or nothing, complete your mission or everyione dies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noxus Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 lol I wouldn't describe it as "can't seem to shut up" by far. The only line that fell into this category a bit and bothered me slightly was when Chief was saying "asking is not my strong suit" in response to something Cortana said in the second mission. This was the only line that I remembered as objectively unnecessary and something pre-Halo 4 Chief never would have said - not to mention that the Chief never displayed an affinity for "ironic" statements. It sounded more like something Marcus Fenix would say ^^ But yeah, I really liked that the Chief was talking more. First, this is exactly the point of the Man vs. Machine theme in Halo 4 because it serves to humanize him. Second, it can be justified by the story itself, because Cortana gets worse and worse and the Chief one one hand needs to comfort her and on the ohter hand is also affected personally by her state, which makes him talk more of course - you never had such intimate problems in the previous Halos, it was just all or nothing, complete your mission or everyione dies. I completely agree with you. Having Chief speak more adds a lot to his character and is a welcoming addition to the Campaign. I think Nintendo should take note of having a character speak and implementing it into a story. They tried this with Samus in Metroid Other M and well... it didn't exactly go too well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Element Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 hes going against orders and so on, so you would expect him to stick up for himself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteSniper Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I think Chief speaking more (but not a lot) makes him more "sociable" to Humans. Why would he be silenced anyway? Soldiers aren't machines; we're just people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 the reason for this was becase in this trilogey 343 ant to make chief have humanity more human so this is only the start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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