#New halo game review series#

The job of the Spartans is not to reason why, but Master Chief receives an order that causes him to question his purpose and perhaps his entire existence. The relic, a souped-up Trivial Pursuit pie piece, is inert most of the time, but when Master Chief touches it, it becomes a source of energy and nostalgic flashbacks to a time before he was augmented into an oversized killing machine.

Master Chief’s cargo also includes a strange relic that appears to have been the source of Covenant interest. The head of the Spartan squad is Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) - “Master Chief” to some, “Chief” to others, “John” to a random few - and he is entrusted with bringing Kwan back to the UNSC stronghold of Reach. Unlike the Madrigalians, the Spartans are at least capable of fighting off the aliens, but nearly everybody on this section of Madrigal gets killed, with the exception of Kwan (Yerin Ha), daughter of a local military leader. The residents of Madrigal are about to be wiped out entirely, when a group of USNC supersoldiers called “Spartans” come to the rescue. Covenant is an alliance of alien races, but for purposes of the attack, they’re a bunch of big, vicious aliens with armor and advanced weaponry. They’re already on the verge of revolt when the planet is attacked by Covenant forces.

#New halo game review series#

The series begins in the year 2552 on Madrigal, described as a “Tier 4 Heavy Water Extraction Planet.” Inhabitants of Madrigal are suffering under the lash of the colonizing United Nations Space Command (UNSC). Boasting no technological innovation to speak of, few performances to offer meaningful grounding and only limited action thrills, Halo is aggressively forgettable, which is at least several steps up from “bad.” 'Evil' Scores Speedy Season 4 Renewal at Paramount+Ĭreators Kyle Killen and Steven Kane have adapted Halo in a way that basically renders it - with the emphasis on “basic” - a clone of The Mandalorian (or Sweet Tooth or The Road or Lone Wolf and Cub).