Favorite Halo Character

[katsumoto03]

Sargent Avery Johnson. He survived Halo alone and he wasn't even a Spartan.

(Well, he is supposedly a Spartan- I...)

 

[Terminate421]

Caboose.

Church > Caboose

And on topic, The Arbiter.

Grif > Caboose = Church

Second on the Arbiter but also throw Master Chief and Mickey (From ODST) in there.

 

[Theron Julius]

Well, most Halo 'fans' nowadays probably dont know who the hell I am talking about, but Captain Keyes is definatly one of my favorite. No, not Miranda, but her father.
(to explain, most people who say they are Halo fans are either multiplayer only people or never played the first thus would not be familiar with this Halo 1 only character)

I'd agree, but mainly because of his role in the novels. Anyone else on this thread apart from me and Kiutu ever heard of Sigma Octanus IV? That's where it's at, baby! Oh yeah!

Ahem. Anyway, yeah, Jacob Keyes. Also, probably the Arbiter (underrated, yet as seen in Halo: The Cole Protocol he has such an intersting backstory) and Cortana (she's smart, sassy and a pseudo-naked holographic hot chick. What's not to like? Ahem.).

Quit prejudging us. You're not the only one who's heard of the Keyes loop. Well I gotta say the Spec ops commander (A.K.A. half jaw). He was always pretty damn awesome. He's the reason why I respect Elites.

 

[Squaseghost]

Foe Hammer

 

[Tim Coombs]

brute guy from halo 2

Tartarus I think his name was. Anyway for me Arby all the way!

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

Thel 'Vadam. Without a shadow of a doubt, he is the coolest fucking character in the entire series. And he's also the best developed. And the best voiced, by Keith fucking David, no less. And he usually has a sword. Or a Plasma Rifle. But those are my number 1 and 2 favorite guns in Halo, so I don't care which. When I play him he has both, anyway.

 

[Dango]

Captain Keyes was definitely my favorite, he was the only character that I never disliked for a second. I would have picked Cortana I didn't hate her so much in the third game.

 

[dancinginfernal]

Dr. Halsey

The real Cortana. Of course, we've gotta all ignore the fact that she kidnapped dosens of children in the name of science...

This. Halsey has always been my favorite in the series.

 

[Judgement101]

Captain Keyes was cool.

Spoiler

Shame he died.
Really weird how he was engulfed by the flood.

Fixed it for you.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

I've only played 1-3 and do not read the books, so the only character I particularly liked was Captain Keyes. He stood out on his own, was a motivational figure to go after in the rescue mission, and seemed to have the most personality among everyone else (that wasn't annoying). MC didn't have any qualities that appealed to me, basically an empty shell. Cortana was best in the first game, but afterward she seemed less "artificial," which I think gave her more charm in the first game (because she is an AI). I particularly recall the fun yet short back-and-forth between her and the chief, which I think was a nice touch that could have been used more in the later games for some more intelligent humor rather than listening to twit humans make you want to go turncoat and join the aliens to wipe out their inane one-liners.

So who else did I like? Well, I have to say the grunts from Halo 1. They balanced fun amusement with a real sense of latent capability. Plus they didn't finger each others' bums like in Halo 2 (seriously....).

 

[Hybridwolf]

Actually from what I understand, originally he was going to be much more prominently featured but because of the angry response he got from the end results of Halo 2, Bungie reduced his role.
Plus I think the main reason he just dropped in and out whenever they felt like it was because it probably would have been difficult to have him in there as full on NPC support like Dom was in Gears of War and that players wouldn't like having him stay the whole time because again they cry about how it is 'Masterchief's story'.

Still, you requested to become an enemy of the mighty Vrex, thus you shall face the consequences with a swift brutal murder*.

*I am only semi serious about this.

Ah, fair enough. The thing was, he was an alright character, just not developed enough for my liking. As for this brutal murder...Plasma pistols at dawn?

 

[Berserker119]

Obviously Guilty Spark. He's just awesome.

 

[Nouw]

Either Sarge and Grif or...

Hmmm... what characters are there from the books...
Aaah screw that, I read all of them anyway.

Ahem... The Arbiter would like some lemon grenades.

 

[Vrex360]

Actually from what I understand, originally he was going to be much more prominently featured but because of the angry response he got from the end results of Halo 2, Bungie reduced his role.
Plus I think the main reason he just dropped in and out whenever they felt like it was because it probably would have been difficult to have him in there as full on NPC support like Dom was in Gears of War and that players wouldn't like having him stay the whole time because again they cry about how it is 'Masterchief's story'.

Still, you requested to become an enemy of the mighty Vrex, thus you shall face the consequences with a swift brutal murder*.

*I am only semi serious about this.

Ah, fair enough. The thing was, he was an alright character, just not developed enough for my liking. As for this brutal murder...Plasma pistols at dawn?

Possibly... although I might deal with you the same way we dealt with the last guy who questioned the might of the Arbiter:

 

[ultrachicken]

Dr. Halsey

The real Cortana. Of course, we've gotta all ignore the fact that she kidnapped dosens of children in the name of science...

Actually, it was in the name of protecting... what was it? Millions? Billions? Trillions? Bah, I don't know the number, but a few hundred kidnappings to stop [insert large number here] deaths is well justified. And the kids didn't hate their new life.

I'll say Master Chief. I know, not original, but I really like the guy for some reason.

Except that they didn't know about the Covenant at the point the Spartan II project was starting. They were originally created to crush rebel factions which wanted to be independent from the big human federation which the UNSC represent, which is a somewhat less noble motivation.

Also, convincing a bunch of six year olds that they're happy with being taken away from their families and being trained to kill isn't really that great either.

I don't recall the kids being told they're happy.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Dr. Halsey

The real Cortana. Of course, we've gotta all ignore the fact that she kidnapped dosens of children in the name of science...

Actually, it was in the name of protecting... what was it? Millions? Billions? Trillions? Bah, I don't know the number, but a few hundred kidnappings to stop [insert large number here] deaths is well justified. And the kids didn't hate their new life.

I'll say Master Chief. I know, not original, but I really like the guy for some reason.

Except that they didn't know about the Covenant at the point the Spartan II project was starting. They were originally created to crush rebel factions which wanted to be independent from the big human federation which the UNSC represent, which is a somewhat less noble motivation.

Also, convincing a bunch of six year olds that they're happy with being taken away from their families and being trained to kill isn't really that great either.

I don't recall the kids being told they're happy.

Oh come on, they weren't literally told 'you are happy now' but when they start thinking of their kidnapper as a mother figure it's not exactly emotionally healthy. They were taught a fair bit of UNSC propaganda and generally trained in a way that made them forget about their previous life.

 

[Sneaklemming]

Master Chef - aka Gordon Ramsey

 

[Holyeskimo]

Johnson

"Dear Humanity...we regret being alien bastards. We regret coming to Earth.
And we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy-ass fleet!"