The Arbiter manages to defeat Tartarus, Chieftain of the Jiralhanae, by forming an alliance with the humans. The Covenant fall into a civil war as the Hierarchs order the Brutes to betray the Elites. Both end in the clutches of the Gravemind, the Flood's central intelligence, who tasks them to stop the ring's activation. The Chief sets out to kill the Covenant Prophet while the Arbiter is sent to retrieve the activation index to secure Halo's activation. On Earth, the UNSC In Amber Clad, with the Chief aboard, pursues the ship of the Prophet of Regret, only to arrive to a new Halo ring, Installation 05. Meanwhile, the deposed Elite becomes Arbiter and is sent by the Hierarchs to quell a rebellion against the Covenant. The Covenant finally discover and attack Earth, prompting the Chief to defend the city of Mombasa, Kenya. Meanwhile, the Covenant commander who failed to protect Halo is branded a heretic. The Master Chief has returned to Earth after the destruction of Installation 04. Halo 2: Anniversary adds Terminals and additional Skulls along with the possibility to switch between old and new graphics. There are fifteen levels (an introductory cutscene, a tutorial and thirteen full-fledged missions), playable on four different difficulties, and there are Skulls as gameplay modifiers.
Both players control the same character around whom the level focuses (ie: two Master Chiefs, or two Arbiters). Co-op allows a second player to join the game in split-screen or system link (or via Xbox Live in Halo 2: Anniversary). In Halo 2, the player alternates between the Master Chief and the Arbiter. Main articles: Halo 2, Halo 2: Anniversary After the battle degenerates into a four-way conflict with the outbreak of the Flood and the Forerunner constructs, the Master Chief detonates the engines of the Autumn in order to destroy Halo and closely escapes the ringworld's destruction with his AI companion Cortana.Ĭampaign promotional art for Halo 2. The Covenant consider Halo as a gateway to paradise, however it is revealed that it is in fact a superweapon capable of destroying every sentient lifeform in the galaxy if activated. With the Covenant at their pursuit, the Master Chief gathers the human survivors and engages the enemy on the surface of Halo while trying to uncover the ring's origin and true purpose. The plot revolves around the crew of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, a ship that has escaped the catastrophic Battle of Reach, only to stumble upon Installation 04, a Halo ringworld in uncharted space.
The campaign is set in September 2552, as the United Nations Space Command is embroiled in the twenty-eighth year of a genocidal war started by the alien collective known as the Covenant. Anniversary also adds Terminals, Skulls, and the possibility to switch between old and new graphics. There are ten levels, which can be played on four difficulties. In Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the second player can join via Xbox Live. Co-op play allows a second player (also playing the Master Chief) to join in split-screen or system link. In Halo: Combat Evolved, the player takes control of the Master Chief. Main articles: Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Halo: Spartan Assault and Spartan Strike are top-down isometric shooters.Ĭampaign promotional image for Halo: Combat Evolved.
#New halo game campaign series
The Halo Wars series are real-time strategy games, in which the player can take control of dozens of troops and units at a time. Most Halo games are first-person shooters where the player controls a single character. The additional Spartan Ops mode in Halo 4 is loosely based on campaign and continues the game's story. Different difficulty options ( Easy, Normal, Heroic, Legendary) and gameplay modifiers ( skulls, scoring) also exist. Cooperative play is available in most but not all games, but the number of players can vary. The events of the Halo campaigns focus on the confrontation between humanity and the Covenant, and also feature prominent interventions by other factions such as the Flood or the Forerunners.Ĭampaign levels usually consist in missions in which the player kills enemies while going through the level's areas and completing given objectives the story is established with cutscenes and in-game dialogues. The most recurrent character that players control is John-117, the Master Chief, although roughly half of the Halo games focus on other characters and stories. In each game, the player participates in various episodes of the Halo storyline.
The campaign menu in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.Ĭampaign is the single player aspect of the Halo games.
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