{"id":2469,"date":"2014-11-11T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=2469"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:03:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T17:03:46","slug":"relive-halos-finest-moments-in-honour-of-the-master-chief-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/11\/11\/relive-halos-finest-moments-in-honour-of-the-master-chief-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Relive Halo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Finest Moments (in Honour of The Master Chief Collection)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Halo<\/i> is the world\u2019s greatest FPS&#8230;is something you\u2019d say if you wanted to start an endless argument amongst a group of irate gamers.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t really fancy doing that, so we\u2019ll just say that it\u2019s a classic, and that we\u2019re incredibly excited about the release of <i>The Master Chief Collection <\/i>\u201d\u201c which collects remastered versions of the 4 main <i>Halo<\/i> games \u201d\u201c today.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re so excited, in fact, that we\u2019ve decided to take a bullet-riddled trip down memory lane and pick out our favourite moments from the series. Enjoy, and share your own favourite moments in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>(Oh, in case you hadn\u2019t guessed yet, this post is jam-packed with <b>SPOILERS<\/b>.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>The First Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved)<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halo-combat-evolved.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2470\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halo-combat-evolved.jpg\" alt=\"Halo\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halo-combat-evolved.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/halo-combat-evolved-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah, how we long for the innocence of 2001. After years playing tightly-packed maps on <i>Unreal Tournament<\/i> and <i>Quake III<\/i>, stepping out onto the first Halo (that\u2019s the space station the game is named after) in <i>Combat Evolved<\/i> was a revelation. Look at all that space you have to run around in! Holy cow, the floor rises up and loops over my head!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the first Halo\u2019s sheer size was only part of the fun. It was also <i>Halo: Combat Evolved\u2019s<\/i> main plot point, leading to one of the greatest video game twists of all time as the space station\u2019s true nature is revealed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Giving the Covenant Back Their Bomb (Halo 2)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A_HxlekWWN0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Master Chief and the Covenant, an evil race of space aliens, have had many tussles over the years (and a couple of uneasy alliances too), although this is undoubtedly the best moment of their conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In case you can\u2019t watch the video above, here\u2019s what happens: the Covenant have planted a huge bomb on a human space ship. Instead of panicking or trying to disarm it, as one would normally would, Master Chief takes an entirely different tack: he rides it out into space and plants it on a Covenant ship.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s everything that\u2019s brilliant and ridiculous about the <i>Halo<\/i> franchise in 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Meet The Flood (Halo)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YAZzCrLUiyo\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re halfway through <i>Halo: Combat Evolved<\/i> and you think you\u2019ve got it all figured out: run around, blast a few aliens and figure out what that big ring-shaped space station does.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the game throws a massive curveball at you in the shape of the Flood (cheerily described as \u201d\u02dcthe only race the Covenant fear\u2019), a charming group of space critters want to take over the galaxy by turning everyone into zombies. <i>Halo <\/i>suddenly becomes a survival horror game and you\u2019re on the back foot again.<\/p>\n<p>The Flood returned in the sequels to similar effect, although nothing beats the first time you encounter them.<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Farewell, Master Chief (Halo 3)<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VybS1C-4CAk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After hours of blowing up aliens, <i>Halo 3\u2019s<\/i> ending is unexpectedly unstated. Master Chief and Cortana (who, incidentally, would later go on to become Microsoft\u2019s equivalent to Siri \u201d\u201c never see that guy fighting evil aliens, do you?) are adrift in space on half a spaceship, with no-one to save them.<\/p>\n<p>Chief decides to go into a deep sleep, asking Cortana to \u201d\u02dcwake me, when you need me\u2019.\u00a0 It\u2019s an unexpected ending to a brilliant trilogy, and a fitting farewell for original developers Bungie too.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Halo Parties (All of Them)<\/h4>\n<p><i>Halo<\/i> arguably kickstarted the online console FPS craze, but the best multiplayer experience came from getting a few mates round, hooking up your Xboxes and playing <i>Halo <\/i>all night. As much as we love <i>Call of Duty<\/i>, sitting on your own while 12 year olds scream expletives at you doesn\u2019t quite match up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>What are your favourite <i>Halo <\/i>moments and memories? Share them us in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re planning to buy <i>The Master Chief Collection<\/i>, why not <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/trade-in-games\/\">sell your current copies of <i>Halo<\/i> with musicMagpie<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halo is the world\u2019s greatest FPS&#8230;is something you\u2019d say if you wanted to start an endless argument amongst a group of irate gamers. We don\u2019t really fancy doing that, so we\u2019ll just say that it\u2019s a classic, and that we\u2019re incredibly excited about the release of The Master Chief Collection &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[593],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}