WASHINGTON: Microsoft and 343 Industries have released new trailers of Halo 5: Guardians. The game will be available for the players on October 27 for Xbox exclusively.
in anticipation of the release, Microsoft ran a couple of advertisements that aired during the season finale of The Walking Dead last night. Microsoft also posted the same trailers on YouTube. In the first one, you see Agent Locke make his way through a decimated city that’s been reduced to piles of rocks and smoke. About the only thing left standing is a statue of Master Chief.
Locke appears to talking to the statue as he walks towards it, though as he gets closer and the camera zooms in, we see Master Chief on the ground leaning against the base, with a fresh hole in his shoulder. Locke gives him the third degree, blaming him for the city’s demise.
I have to hand it to Microsoft’s marketing people, the combination of the two trailers ought to be enough to get even casual Halo fans interested in what’s going on.
As a fan of Halo 4, I’m particularly interested to see where Master Chief’s story goes after the last game’s tragic ending. And I’m curious to see how Locke fits into all of this.
I only caught the first couple episodes of the not-so-great Halo: Nightfall series, and despite its shortcomings I liked Locke as a character. Actor Mike Colter, who plays Locke in the show and voices him in the game, revealed a while back not only that his character would be the primary protagonist of Halo 5: Guardians, but that the game would revolve around his hunt for Master Chief.
“What’s not known is whether I’m a friend or foe,” Colter told OXM UK (via Cinema Blend.) “The relationship between Master Chief and Jameson Locke is going to be interesting. Because, what’s the outcome? Is he dead or alive? Because that’s usually what a manhunt comes down to, dead or alive, but you won’t know what the purpose of finding Master Chief is [right away]. Or what will happen if we do find him, what condition he will be in, and where he’s at mentally. But I’m sure that’ll be a plot twist in Halo 5.”
The twin trailers fall right in-line with this cover-art for the game as well, which shows Master Chief and Locke as reflections of one another:
It’s all rather intriguing. I find the entire ad campaign and light drizzle of info, images, and video all very effective marketing for a game that’s already loaded with expectations.
