And in some ways IвЂ™m reminded of Return of the Jedi, where you have these perspectives that you switch between places and people, and each of the sets of people has a specific task in a specific place.вЂќ You canвЂ™t please everyone вЂњI think the difference is that instead of being Odysseus this time, itвЂ™s much more of an ensemble piece. But when ChiefвЂ™s with his team, thereвЂ™s enough information coming that it does work as a kind of surrogate for CortanaвЂ™s absence, for her Virgil role where sheвЂ™s leading you through the Inferno.вЂќ ThatвЂ™s in deliberate contrast to the much more chatty, less stoic Team Osiris. вЂњTheyвЂ™re not overwhelming you with things in the game. вЂњI donвЂ™t think any of Blue Team have particularly strong personalities,вЂќ says OвЂ™Connor when I ask about the challenge of maintaining emotional connection while jumping players between perspectives. So IвЂ™m not contradicting anything youвЂ™re saying, IвЂ™m just explaining the intent, and we certainly have got opinions contrary to yours, of people who enjoy that, and there are definitely Master Chief fans whoвЂ™ve been literally asking for this.вЂќ The ensemble cast exists partly to replace Cortana вЂњBut weвЂ™ve also got lot of other players who, maybe theyвЂ™ve read the books, maybe theyвЂ™ve just followed the games very closely, and theyвЂ™ve projected their ideals about heroism onto the Chief, and actually given him far more personality than we ever have. And I think thatвЂ™s a completely fair way to approach this character.вЂќ And sometimes thatвЂ™s meant, like in your case, holding him as a sort of paragon of useful emptiness. Over the years, people have grafted their own feelings about the Chief onto the Chief. вЂњThat said, this is a long running issue weвЂ™ve had with the Chief. And that meant, because it ends up being more of a social experience, we had to make sure that the characters were actually reflecting each other and not simply ignoring each other.вЂќ вЂњI think the difference in Halo 5 is that there are eight people you have to do that with, and for them to not simply be clones of the Chief moving around in that space, we had to properly characterize them.

вЂњItвЂ™s a tension that weвЂ™ve had, and something IвЂ™ve spoken about many times in the past, the fact that Chief is a vessel into which you pour your heroism.вЂќ

вЂњItвЂ™s totally a fair conversation to have, and I canвЂ™t disagree with how you felt about the game, you felt the way you felt,вЂќ says OвЂ™Connor, responding to my critique of Master Chief, the seriesвЂ™ icon, as an emotionally blank cipher for players. HereвЂ™s what he told me: OвЂ™Connor has no qualms with players who canвЂ™t relate to the Chief Halo franchise development director Frank OвЂ™Connor graciously engaged some of my criticisms after IвЂ™d finished the game.

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