343’s ‘Halo’ Trilogy No Longer Just A Trilogy, Here’s What That Means

More ODSTs and Reaches

I felt like Reach was a bit of an odd parrot and I didn’t get to play ODST, but I enjoy the idea of playing in side stories to this larger universe. This new game that 343 and Microsoft presented may be one of those side stories. Halo feels so much smaller if every iteration has to involve Master Chief at every step (it doesn’t, but you know what I mean), in much the same way that including gratuitous references to the sequel trilogy put an odd binding on the Star Wars prequel trilogy – no doubt one of the least of its issues. Still, as someone who wanted Halo 4 to be far more than you in a Warthog versus the Covenant again, I hope this allows them to create new, weird things that wouldn’t normally exist.