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all the games of the saga in order, characters and details

Halo.

It is a scenario that will sound familiar to you from the first game. That Halo that is present in some planetary systems of the game and that they are practically the cause of the Covenant’s determination to conquer them. Behind this objective is the religious significance that these structures have for the invaders, who believe that it is the door that opens the “Great Journey”.

Master Chief

Halo Master Chief

What to say about the protagonist of all the games that are part of both the first original trilogy and the later one known as the “Reclaimer saga”. He is a space marine with an amazing ease to get into the lion’s den but always come out unscathed (thanks to our help, of course). It will be the main bulwark of humanity to face the threat of species They are trying to annihilate us.

Cortana

Cortana Halo

What to say about the Siri that the Master Chief carries with him everywhere. Cortana is the voice of conscience for our hero, the one that maintains the deepest and most important conversations in some games and the one that provides us with valuable information in the missions. It became so popular thanks to video games that for many years it was the virtual assistant of Windows.

United Nations Space Command (UNSC)

USNCHalo.

The defensive force that Earth and Humanity can display against invaders is a group of elite soldiers equipped with the latest technology and weaponry. The Master Chief belongs to this body, although there will be times when he chooses to go quite free, specifically to the so-called Spartans, who have been genetically modified.

Covenant

CovenantHalo.

Although there are other named threats in the franchise (Prometheus, Flood, Banished, etc.), Without a doubt, Covenant’s is the original and the one that we all relate to the saga. Halo. It is about a series of peoples and races that fight in an almost suicidal way for the glory of the leader, who is practically a religious chief. His threat will spread across multiple games, planets, and star systems with factions shaping Mankind’s cadre of adversaries.

Halo Main Saga

Of all the titles that have hit stores, only six can be considered as main, of those that tell the story of humanity’s struggle against the Covenant and other hostile peoples… with the opposition of the Master Chief. These are.

Halo Combat Evolved (2001)

As we have told you, Bungie broke the mold of the genre shooter on consoles with a great game which stands out above all for the gun play, for the inclusion of vehicles to move or fight through the gigantic stages, and for a plot consistency that left us glued to the screen. Over the years it has undergone remastering and is available on all Xbox consoles that have hit the market, as well as PC.

Halo 2 (2004)

After the success of the first, a continuation could not be missing takes us to Earth, where the Covenant storm the planet seeking revenge. for the loss in the first episode. Not even the trial of one of the captured alien commanders will stop the hosts who want to annihilate all of humanity. As in the previous case, you have the game available on all Xbox consoles that have reached the market as well as PC.

Halo 3 (2007)

The battle continues with Covenant forces invading Earth, where a new species of enemies known as the Elite arrive. The Master Chief will have to stop the plans of the invading forces They will be joined by the Flood, a race that manages to cross a mysterious portal that has opened right under the noses of the UNSC Marines. East Halo 3 You also have it available to play on PC and all Xbox consoles, and it marks Bungie’s farewell to the original trilogy. Moment that, for many, is a before and after within the franchise.

Halo 4 (2012)

The trilogy of “the saga of the Claimer” begins, which is in charge of developing 343 Industries and the truth is that they change some important things that did not leave the fans with a good taste in the mouth. Now, the Master Chief has just woken up from a cryogenic sleep aboard a ship that ends up crash-landing on a planet dominated by Requiem. A new conflict knocks on the door of the franchise leaving behind part of what had become Halo in a planetary phenomenon.

Halo 5 Guardians (2016)

in this installment we will know that the Master Chief and all the blue team of the UNSC have decided to defect, so the Osiris group will go out looking for him. The problem is that this small reckoning between old companions will be affected by an even greater conflict that, once again, puts humanity in danger.

Halo Infinite (2021)

Following what 343 Industries has done in the past, the story never connects with the original trilogy, moving between enemies that remind us of the old Covenant but without becoming them expressly. Now, the Master Chief will have to face a horde of enemies that belonged to those original Covenant but call themselves “the Banished” and that many fans will remember from his games in halo wars 2 or from the pages of some of the novels that are considered canon.

Halo spinoffs

Apart from those titles that, on paper, develop the main story of the Master Chief, there are others who take advantage of that universe to offer us the same action from another perspective or with the eyes of soldiers who were fighting in other places against the same threat. Are these:

HaloWars (2009)

Microsoft decided to make an adaptation of the universe Halo to the genre of real-time strategy and product of that intention is halo wars. Here we go 20 years into the past, before the events of Halo Combat Evolved and to the planet Harvest, where the Covenant are harassing UNSC forces.

Halo 3 ODST (2009)

Originally conceived as an expansion of Halo 3, Microsoft opted to release it independently as a standalone game.. The action takes place at the same time as the events of Halo 2 and the protagonist is not a Spartan but an ODST, that is, a orbital drop shock trooper called Rookie. The Covenant will once again be the mortal enemies of Humanity.

Halo Reach (2010)

East Halo tells us events that occurred on the same days that the first game of 2001 takes place, only that brings the action to planet Reach, where the Covenant have eliminated most of the Spartans and seem to be making their way unopposed. Obviously, we will be the ones in charge of removing that idea from their heads.

Halo Spartan Assault (2013)

How could it be otherwise tablets and mobile devices had their share of Haloonly in this case within an action game in aerial perspective, controlling soldiers and vehicles in a development that Microsoft defined as tactical combat.

Halo Spartan Strike (2015)

Two years later we had a new installment of tactical combat only landing on consoles to delve into the missions and game mechanics. The battle against the Covenant returns to Earth. Again…

Halo Wars 2 (2017)

Microsoft once again takes the franchise into real-time strategy development, narrating the events that take place nearly three decades after the first halo wars. The crew of the UNSC ship Spirit of Fire wakes up near the Ark to face the Banished, that dissident faction of the Covenant that we already saw in halo-infinite.

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