Halo is a first-person shooter computer game series, whose first part was designed as a reference product for the Xbox. The individual parts were developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft. The first part, titled Halo: Combat Evolved released in Europe in March 2002 for the Xbox game console and 2003 for both Windows PCs and Macintosh computers. The game title Halo 2 (2004 and 2007 for the Xbox exclusively for Windows Vista (PC) sold) and Halo 3 (26 September 2007 for the Xbox 360) are the sequels to date. The offshoot Halo Wars (2008 for the Xbox 360) and Halo: Reach (14th September 2010 for the Xbox 360 [1]) are settling in time before the game Halo: Combat in the future.
The game Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack (2005 for the Xbox) and Halo 3: ODST (22 September 2009 for the Xbox 360), however, play time between Halo 2 and Halo 3 The game of "Halo" series have been sold worldwide so far at least more than 34 million copies. [2] Halo 4 was announced at E3 2011 for the winter 2012 for Xbox 360. [3] also published a new edition of the first Halo for the 10 . Birthday of the Halo series for Xbox 360 under the name of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary in November 2011.
The Halo series has a detailed back story, which will be intensified even outside the actual game action, inter alia, in its own book series. The first part of the series when it was released in 2001 contained some innovations that were influential for the first-person shooter genre. In addition to Red Faction and Tribes 2 (both also published in 2001) belonged to Halo: Combat Evolved to a series of first person shooters, where the use of different vehicles were involved in the game. The halo in this advanced control scheme in which the perspective changes from the first-person view to third person view, was the model for many subsequent conversions of vehicle controls in the first-person shooter. Another difference from the current standard is the lack of armor components for collection. Instead, there is in Halo a protective energy shield that regenerates itself by itself, once the player is out of fire. This results in a separate game dynamics, which plays at the prospect of regular coverage during the campaign, a greater role.
The player can not collect (as usual partly common) all the available weapons in the game, but has to decide for every two weapons that he carries with him, but can exchange freely with appropriate opportunity against other weapons. In addition, regardless of the particular weapon being thrown grenades. Through the melee with the function of the piston can be worn weapon struck. These concepts were not inventions in detail for Halo. They created their connection, however, a new type of gameplay, which became the inspiration for many first-person shooter.
Graphic details, such as individually identifiable grass stalks were used in this scope on Halo for the first time. In earlier computer games, they were just on the soil texture aufgemalt.Die action begins 100,000 years before the events of the game series. At this point, the Forerunners, the dominant species in space, which use advanced technology and the protection of all life prescribe. However, the rise of the Forerunner to an abrupt end when the flood occur. Wants the Flood, an aggressive parasite who recklessly spread over the whole galaxy, runs over the existing civilizations in a short time.
After the Forerunner too late to recognize the extent of the threat posed by the flood, they developed if all the tactical options fail, the ark. The Ark is an installation that produces the so-called halo. Halos are circular energy weapons. To win the war than the flood threat and this has led to fathers blood halos forced to activate. This is the extinguished until rescued by the blood of fathers, species, all life. Soon after disappearing the Forerunners, they probably did not survive the disaster.
Several thousand years later, humanity has colonized under the United Nation Space Command, with the use of the Slipstream, many worlds outside the solar system. However, there are among the colonists and the UNSC stresses, which in a civil war in the "inside" - and ends "Outer Colonies". In order to master the situation, which relies on the UNSC SPARTAN-II super soldiers. 2525 breaks off contact with the planet Harvest. It turns out that the theocratic alliance is behind the attack, an alliance of several alien races. The leadership of the alliance declared an enemy of the people of the Alliance - as people as an insult to their gods to be understood - and begin their systematic extermination. After the UNSC has tried in vain to fight off the alliance, the Cole Protocol will enter into force. It prohibits any ship, in case of defeat to fly a human planet. The SPARTAN-II soldiers themselves turned out to be extremely efficient in the fight against the Alliance, but are too few to be decisive for the war.
When the interior colonies in 2552 in front of their extinction, ordered it, all surviving SPARTAN-II soldiers to the planet Reach, which is not only for science and technology, but also the main yard of the UNSC forces and the last bulwark against the earth. The plan of the UNSC was to board a Covenant ship, find out the homeworld of the alliance and taking their leader prisoner, and that to force them into a truce.Two days before the start of the mission, however, the Alliance forces attack unexpectedly Reach. By the bombardment of the planet's surface melts into glass. The UNSC Pillar of Autumn escapes, but in time the alliance and fled, in accordance with the Cole Protocol, unknown in the room. The Autumn is here probably the last SPARTAN-II soldier, Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 on, board. She finds a Halo installation, which is immediately covered by heavy fighting between the Alliance and the people. Due to an oversight in the investigation of the installation, the flood set free, which immediately try to escape from the ring to spread again be able to. With the help of 343 Guilty Spark then try the Master Chief and the Illuminati, as called Spark itself to activate the halo structure. In the control room, however, warns Cortana, an AI of the UNSC, from activation of the ring and tells the Master Chief, that the activation of the ring, the extinction of all life in the galaxy does. To keep the flood contained nevertheless, decide both - against the wishes of Spark - Autumn of the reactor to overload, resulting in the destruction of the ring. The two later returned as the seemingly sole survivor on earth.
Just one month after the defeat to Reach attacking the alliance under the leadership of a hierarch, the Prophet of Regret, the earth. The small attack force, however, defeated in the orbit of the earth, except the carrier regrets - which landed in New Mombasa. Shortly afterwards it disappears even in hyperspace. However, the UNSC ship In Amber Clad - which also houses the Master Chief is - follow regret. The crack causes another Halo ring, creating the Master Chief on it to kill the Prophet. The death of the Prophet lead the civil unrest of the alliance into a civil war between the various races of the Alliance. The principle that the activation leads to the rings of transcendence - the so-called "Great Journey" - is now the elites, who until then dominant caste of the Alliance, questioned and split from the alliance from under the guidance of the lord Thel 'Vadam. Thus, the activation of the halo by the combined forces of the Alliance with the help of people and elites are prevented. The halo, however, put into a wait state, making them out of the ark, according to Spark, can be fired at any time.
The Master Chief can hide on a ship, which is leading the largest ever invasion fleet against the Earth, and lands in East Africa. There, the Alliance tries to recover an artifact. It turns out that it is looking for the portal to the ark. Using the ruler, it creates the Master Chief, but in time the last hierarchs, the prophet of truth, to prevent them from activating the rings. With the knowledge that the Ark is located outside the Milky Way and thus may escape the effect of the halo, the flood reached with the help of their central intelligence, the Gravemind, is also the Ark and try from there to spread further. Coincidentally, the Master Chief discovers that the ark is to build the first Halo ring destroyed again. He turned the ring, resulting in the incomplete ring itself is destroyed and the Ark will be seriously damaged. The portal to the world collapsing, and only the master escape in time. The Master Chief is destroyed and eliminated in the back of the spaceship's flight, which is now drifting uncontrollably through space. Cortana set off a distress signal, while the Master Chief can be cryogenically frozen. In the last picture you can see the wreck of flying on a mysterious planet.
Both in the Halo series of games and in the paperback series is a great deal about the alien alliance. In the levels of Delta Halo (Halo 2), the Prophet of Regret speaks during holographic sermons about the origins of the alliance. Accordingly, elites and prophets were in a protracted and violent war. As the elite have always been a warrior people, the prophets had to find a way to end the futile war. One day she came across relics of a lost civilization, the Forerunner been hot (in the game "Forerunner"). Understood as a prophet, a very intelligent breed, the significance of the artifacts and writings, they shared their information with the elites. From now on, it was the aim of the Alliance, to follow the Forerunner - to the divine. For by so-called Great travel seemed to have made the Forerunner this and thought the prophets, they are also capable of it. The prophets were the brains of the alliance, the elites in charge of the military and the protection of the prophets, who alone know about the Forerunner know.
The alliance was now on to conquer new worlds and subdue. During this phase, the caste system was formed from the alliance. There were many races and recorded the integrated technology. The elite had their own caste system. A distinction was made between newcomers and field champions (Zealot). The goal is halo, the ring world to find and compete through the activation of "The Great Journey" was able to. Those who insisted on a different faith, was probably wiped out. However, there were periods when it would be within the alliance nearly came to civil war. As a long time just empty words from the mouths of the prophets came to great doubts raised on the promises of the founder breed. Apparently it came here to Gruntaufstand. In this phase, the so-called rulers were always important, heretics, criminals, usually elites, who secured suicidal missions in the existence of the alliance. It was only found as Halo, peace came again into the league.
The "Covenant Writ of Union," according to the history of the alliance can be divided into sections. Towards the end of Halo 2 final war breaks out within the alliance. The trigger was the prophet who saw a threat to the elites and therefore designated as an enemy of the great journey. As a result, all the elites-offices were sold. Then the Brutes were made on the position of the elites who began to wipe the elites. The elites joined later under the guidance of the lord of the struggle of the people.
The Alliance has a special attitude to the Forerunner technology, which they mainly use. They worship the technology left behind as a kind of sacred gift, but to see it as heresy to further develop these technologies. It is also clear from this that UNSC AIs without strain captured alliance technology can improve. Thus, for example Cortana, the efficiency of the plasma guns of a Covenant cruiser, with simple modifications significantly increased.
Grunts are the lowest class. They have a high voice and remember easily to small monkeys, but are arthropods. They breathe methane, which is why they always come with a breathing mask and a triangular methane tank on your back in appearance. Grunts alone are not a big threat, but in a larger group and with an Elite or Brute warriors at the top they are dangerous opponents. The Grunts are the great majority of soldiers of the alliance and therefore represent also the infantry due to the high proliferation urge the grunts they are primarily used as cannon fodder in order to prevent overpopulation.
In Halo: Combat Evolved, the Grunts use plasma pistols, grenade launchers and needle. Your rank can be seen in their armor color: orange for the standard infantry, red for sergeants, green and white for their support for the so-called ultras.
The Kig-yar vultures are similar in appearance, but actually sauropods. They put the fight on either a combination of a portable shield and plasma pistol, a particle gun (Halo 2), or as in Halo 3 on a carabiner. Jackals are probably somewhat higher than Grunts, but they have still not right. Originally they were to replace the grunts as the backbone of the infantry, which, due to lack of discipline (the jackals were before accession to the alliance a pirate people) but it was not possible. Instead, they are now set as a scout and sniper, because they have exceptionally good eyesight and a keen sense of smell. For the first time in Halo Reach appears a new class of jackals, the so-called skirmishers. They form a new force in the Alliance army and take most of the focus in the gun battle. Skirmishers are different from normal in their dexterity and jackals in the characteristic Armschultern which they are intended to prevent injuries. Skirmishers are more dangerous than ordinary jackals because they open up with a higher accuracy and greater distance from the fire.
Winged, usually occurring in large flocks insectoid aliens who use only the plasma gun or the needle launcher and because of their agility and the confusion that arises from the hectic movements in the air, can be seen as a serious threat. The drones are excellent fighters who are very difficult to defeat. In the first part does not exist. In the novels they occurred partly as a mechanic. They have a strong dislike of the race of Huragok as these mechanics are better and are generally preferred.
The Lekgolo are a species of semi-intelligent worms that live together in colonies. The Alliance has tamed the Lekgolo to use them for military purposes. For this purpose we created a special combat uniforms, as they may find a colony of Lekgolo place and so handy is a unit. These units are called Mgalekgolo.
The fatigues of Mgalekgolo consist of a metal alloy that is normally used for the hull of heavy cruisers. At the points where they should normally be the hands that are on the right side and a plasma cannon on the left side of a metal plate built into the armor. The defense of conventional infantry weapons can not be penetrated, so that infantrymen have only one chance, if they concentrate on the bare hips, back or neck of the Mgalekgolo. They always fight in pairs. If a Lekgolokolonie is too big for a defense to the superfluous inserted into a second armor. Between the two is a great attachment. There are also a few golden Mgalekgolo, which are also used individually. They are much stronger than the smaller blue Mgalekgolo and have a stronger weapon.
In addition, they are also used in larger systems as a replacement for artificial intelligences. They are also capable of more robots, how to control the Scarab.
The elites are the co-founder of the Alliance and one of its strongest members. They are, like the jackals sauropods. A single warrior elite may well be life-threatening, especially if he is supported by some Grunts. Elites have, like the Master Chief, a regenerative shield that protects them from harm of any kind is limited. Alternatively or additionally, they can do this still an active Tarnaggregat carry, making them almost invisible. Like the Grunts are the ranks of the elite through different colored armor defined. Thus, normal blue of warriors, veterans of used red, silver / black of the so-called "ship or fleet masters", the most battle-hardened among them, and gold generals. In Halo Reach first occurs, a new ranking system. Here we must distinguish between the subordinates, the spec-ops, the Rangers, the ultras and the Zealots. In online multiplayer mode also still appear (translated into German name), the ranks of generals and field marshals. After the outbreak of civil war in the alliance, the elites saw the frightening truth about the destruction in galactic scale, which cause the rings were activated, and fought on the side of the UNSC.
Here, specifically the twentieth ruler Thel 'Vadam is treated as all previous rulers not essential for the progress of the Halo story, and he, except in Halo Wars, the only master's, which is found in appreciable Halo universe.
This commander was a Sangheili Supreme Commander and Fleet Master of the "rising equity". This was around the fleet, the facility was 04 and discovered it all began to drive away the people. First he lost the first ring of the human world as they wanted to destroy them. The surviving men hijacked the "ascending justice" and the ship was later destroyed by a suicide squad to a Covenant fleet based in space. However, this could destroy many enemy ships and an attack on the earth will be delayed for the time being. This was also the reason why the Prophet's former commander, known as "heretics" and tortured. However, he was not, as usual, was executed in public, but used as a master. From then on, he should perform as a "tool of the Prophets" in its official mandate, the Alliance to victory and destroy all heretics and unbelievers. As the game Halo 2 will be moving the ruler of the Brutes in the order of the last prophet to death over a precipice. Thus the Prophet would be the last "unnecessary baggage" thrown off. However, the master is by Gravemind the Flood saved from death and to prevent with his greatest enemy, the demon (Master Chief), sent to the activation of the Halos. Since then he stands on the side of the Chiefs, since he was betrayed by the Prophet and his entire species is now at war with the Prophet and the Brutes.
The Brutes are the "madman" of the alliance. These muscular, partly to gorillas, bears some reminiscent of late are being joined into alliance, but they take during the Civil War, the role of elites to protect the Prophet. They are not very intelligent and have many animal characteristics, but this is by the same force and speed. You do not have an energy shield, but they are due to the strong physique at least as strong as an Elite. They generally use Alliance weapons, but are afraid the only member of the alliance not to use human weapons, if it presents itself. Brutes are when provoked, they fall into a kind of rage, throwing away their weapons and try to kill their opponents an astonishing pace with their claws.
The chief of the Brutes is equivalent to the master. In the past there were many disputes.
"A bloody fate awaits you and the rest of your incompetent race ... And I, Tartarus, Chieftain of the Brutes, will send you there! "
- Tartarus: in conversation with the master Thel 'Vadam
Tartarus was the chief of the Jiralhanae and successor of his uncle, Maccabeus. After the first contact of people with the Brutes Maccabeus was seriously wounded in the leg. Tartarus has always been a very power-hungry brute and called simply the injured Maccabeus to battle. Maccabeus had to accept because it would be a shame to refuse to fight. Would normally despise the other Brutes Tartarus, but since no one was as strong as it could not be prevented the fight. Maccabeus was killed and Tartarus was the fist of Rukt, a legendary symbol of hammer and domination. That is passed down from generation to generation.
Tartarus was the last known chief of the Jiralhanae, he was killed in 2552 by Thel 'Vadam. After the death of a chief named Tartarus, never again, the fist of Rukt lost. [4]
Chiefs before Maccabeus are not known.
The three prophets of "truth," "regret" and "grace" are the leaders of the alliance. This relatively harmless creature sitting in a moving or flying armed throne, which enables them to teleport even small distances. Undoubtedly, the prophet is by far the oldest race of the Alliance, and probably developed the furthest. The prophets belong to the alliance in an absolute minority, because their home planet has been devastated in the period before the founding of the Alliance.
At the beginning of the conflict between the Alliance and the people there were, according to "truth" 2 million San 'Shyuum, which have developed only about 1000 survivors of the destruction of their homeworld. This has also meant that inbreeding is a pervasive problem of race. They have spread their erroneous interpretation of ancient scriptures, called the Forerunner, in which they came, the faith which is confirmed by the activation of the rings given to them divinity. "Regret" preaches a Holokonsole for example, "I stir the purifying flame and burn a path to divinity!"
Were once the San 'Shyuum allied with the people and fought against the Forerunners. After long years of war, people lost the war and were punished by the blood of fathers classified them back in their development. The San 'Shyuum arose shortly before the defeat, which is why they were not demoted, instead they were allowed to continue to build more weapons, and the rest of the universe were closed off. Several centuries later, their home by "the chief architect" of the Forerunner means of a halo was destroyed because they are illegally armed rebels have again. [5]
The engineers of the alliance are mentioned several times in the novels and plays an important role in the assimilation and imitation designed to caste system of the alliance. They appear, however, only in Halo 3: ODST. You are able to explore technologies by breaking the appropriate device and put it together again, which is done by its many tentacle-like arms in an incredible speed to the human eye. While waiting for the engineers, the most weapons of the alliance and develop, they are even entirely peaceful nature that would not even attacking the alliance hostile forces of the UNSC.
The Flood (flood) come for the first time in the level "343 Guilty Spark" from the first halo part. You are a kind of parasite that attacks organic beings and controlled.
The only known case that has survived the Flood infection without mutate itself, is Sgt Johnson. The accounts show that it probably damaged by his Boren's Syndrome nervous tissue (brain tumor) is connected. The Boren's syndrome is caused by a higher dose of radiation, which was triggered by Johnson in the fight against the Alliance through the use of multiple plasma grenades. After infection by the Flood, the tumor disappeared and since then has Sgt Johnson increased resistance to all diseases and injuries, and his body regenerates faster than normal people. The UNSC is going to investigate this condition in order to develop an antidote to Flood infection (The books are the record of Johnson's immunity is not transferred to the UNSC intelligence, but destroyed by the Master Chief).
First appears in Halo 2, is the greatest form of flood and flood the brain, the mushroom. Presumably, it consists of a large biomass, with the ability to speak. He saves the Master Chief, when he, after he killed the Prophet of Regret, fell into a lake of Delta Halo. Then he tried to unite the Master Chief and the Master, so they keep the other two prophets thereof, to enable the Ringworld 04th Meanwhile, the Gravemind goes with the "In Amber Clad" for "High Charity", the Holy City of Alliance. He thus goes beyond the Master Chief and the Master, to escape from Delta Halo.
The Flood-virus is spreading, after a flood spore a host has a tentacle rammed into the spinal cord. The spore creeps into the body of the host, turn off the mind and then stretched its tentacles into the body of the host (through veins, arteries, etc.). The landlord called the mutated form of struggle. The Flood Spore strengthened the muscles in the body of the host well beyond its natural measure out, so this is more effective and more particularly in the melee. Although the muscles tear over time, as the form of struggle but feels no pain, can be ignored that fact.
The "Ringworld" Halo is much smaller than the Ringworld by Larry Niven. While the diameter of Larry Niven's Ringworld the Earth's orbital diameter of close to 300 million km is, the diameter of 10,000 km halo "only" the earth's diameter of 12,756 km similar. Larry Niven's Ringworld has a Sun-like star at the center of the ring-world Halo orbits a planet, but it is not the center.
In the sky of Halo is depending on the viewing angle is a Sun-like star, a moon (his name is basic, it has 26,000 km in diameter), a gas giant planet (his name is the threshold, it has 175,000 km in diameter and the display of the assault rifle displayed (like a the compass pointing north)) and watch the tape of Halo itself.
The apparent size of the base and threshold is not shown in the game all right. During the game can be reached neither on nor threshold based, but it moves only on or within halo.
Halo is located in the Lagrangian point L1 on the threshold and below, at the connecting line between the threshold and base, but, because of the reduced mass of the base, slightly closer to base than at threshold. At Lagrange point 1, raise the threshold of gravity and base, and shared by the rotation of all three body centrifugal force generated, exactly. The rotational axis of Halo is located approximately on the line of threshold and base, so that seen from halo of threshold and base are exactly opposite and both are always about 90 degrees left and right side of the ribbon halo. All three bodies revolve with the same angular velocity around their common center of gravity, although situated in the interior of the threshold, but not exactly in its center of gravity. The common focus of all three bodies orbiting a sunlike star.
In contrast to the Lagrange points L4 and L5 are the Lagrangian points L1, L2, and L3 unstable, similar to a ball in the center of a saddle-shaped surface. This suggests that Halo would stabilize its position actively, if it would exist in the real world that would otherwise fall after some Halo time, either at threshold or at the base. The Master Chief should have asked the Illuminati of device 04, why the blood of their fathers have no fortress world built in the L4-L5 or the position, but still running on its energy systems are familiar. One possible answer would be that Halo should be along with the flood germs if and destroyed by the crash, when the energy systems fail.
If one accepts the Threshold density of Jupiter and the basis for the density of Earth's Moon, then the focus of Halo by focusing on the threshold distance 214,784 km far from the center of gravity and base of 35,716 km. The calculation of the Lagrangian point L1 of Halo can be found at the links.
As part of the image accuracy to scale, of the angle of Halo for Threshold and Basis:
Because the centrifugal force on Halo 10 m / s ² is, it must be its peripheral speed 7071 m / s. This results in a rotational period followed by 1 h and 14 min.
The entire system of Threshold, Halo and Basic rotates in 14 hours and 15 minutes to their common center of gravity. This is within the threshold, at a distance of 2,178 km from the center of gravity of this planet in the direction of base hin.Im October 2005 announced 20th Century Fox, a film adaptation of Halo. As executive producer and creative consultant Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh have been announced, which would question their effects company Weta Workshop is available. The screenplay was written by Alex Garland (Sunshine, 28 Days Later), was a release date of the 100-million-dollar production originally announced summer 2007th Director Neill Blomkamp should lead (District 9), who already was in charge of special effects in Dark Angel, Stargate SG-1 and Smallville, and was awarded for the promotional film "Alive with technology". The filming was due to problems with the sponsors put on hold.
It should also Bungie employees during the filming to be present to ensure that the film is not against the violation of Bungie in the Halo Bible specified details about Halo world. Also, Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp Halo fans and both have claims to the games played by himself several times.
The two U.S. studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox are surprisingly stepped out of her deal with Microsoft to fund the video game adaptation "Halo". Rumored to be concern about the rising cost of production is the reason for the retreat. The filmmakers behind the project came to be understood, however, that pressing the studios profit sharing for Microsoft and the producers wanted. [6] Fox and Universal had secured in 2005 the rights to the successful video game for five million dollars and ten percent of the takings [7].
In July 2007, 20th Century Fox announced that they are a licensee for the brand halo. This is true but so far only for the Merchandise range. A film version is not currently scheduled. Microsoft released the "E3" a short film by director Neill Blomkamp.
In October 2007, however, aware that the film was postponed due to lack of investors for an indefinite period. [8] in 2008 won the commercial range Believe in Halo 3, a prize at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (Silver in the category "Other Consumer Products"). The firm AKQA in San Francisco, created the spots. [9]
At Comic-Con International 2009 Microsoft announced that the works newly formed studio 343 Industries together with Japanese animation studios on an anime titled Halo Legends. [10] [11] The episodes 1 to 3 (The Origins Part1 & Part2, The babysitter) were animated by Studio 4 ° C, Episode 4 (Prototype) from Bones, Episode 5 (Homecoming) at Production IG, Bee Train, Episode 6 (The Duel) by Production IG, Episode 7 (The Package) by Shinji Aramaki and not yet published Episode 8 (Odd One Out) by Toei Animation. In February 2010, published the first seven episodes of the anime series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc
In June 2009, Peter Jackson announced that he will no longer produce the film. As a reason for the non-appearance, he called internal affairs at Fox and Universal. Announced for Steven Spielberg to take over the production. As one reason is the recent cinematic successes "Transformers" and "GI Joe - The Rise of Cobra" on. Director Neill Blomkamp is still under discussion. Template was the novel "Halo: The Fall of Reach." By Eric Nylund [12] [13] According to the IMDb is scheduled to start the film in theaters in 2012. [14].
