Welcome to the Skilled channel and today we're talking about a few interesting tidbits of
trivia and facts regarding Halo 5.
The production of a Halo game is always a complex process and that creates a lot of
interesting action behind the scenes.
So let's take a look at 8 interesting trivia facts about Halo 5: Guardians.
8 New ESRB Rating Every traditional game in the main Halo series
has been rated M for Mature, but Halo 5 will be the first game that is rated T for Teen.
Does Halo 5 really have much less violence to allow it to sneak under the Teen rating?
Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 were all rated mature due to Blood and Gore.
The specific reasons cited even in the first Halo game was:
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary: "Frequent blood-splatter effects occur when enemies
are shot, sometimes staining the surrounding environment; aliens often break into bloody
fragments when killed
But Halo 5's description is the following.
�This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a super soldier
(Locke) searching for a missing character.
Players use pistols, machine guns, grenade launchers, and futuristic weapons to kill
alien and human enemies in frenetic combat.
Battles are highlighted by realistic gunfire, explosions, and occasional blood-splatter
effects.
Characters can also use "assassinations" to kill characters by snapping their necks, or
by stabbing them with bladed weapons.
The word "a*s" appears in the dialogue, as well as occasional taunts/insults.�
Regardless Halo 5 opens itself to a bigger audience with a Teen rating.
7 First Trailers The first two trailers for this game did not
feature gameplay or even computer generated graphics.
They were actually both live action trailers and they premiered on March 29, 2015 during
the season finale of The Walking Dead.
One trailer is Jameson Locke pointing a gun at Master Chief and the other trailer is almost
identical but with the situation reversed.
Master Chief pointing the gun at Jameson Locke.
It's the first time in the Halo series that we get to play as a protagonist other than
Master Chief and it presents an interesting twist to the Halo story.
6 Blue Team Halo 5 is also the first in game appearance
of Spartan-II Squad known simply as Blue Team.
Blue Team is comprised of Kelly-087, Frederic-104, Linda-058, and led by John-117.
Blue Team was originally introduced in the novel Halo: The Fall of Reach and has played
a key role in the expanded Halo universe.
5 Fireteam Osiris Origins Fireteam Osiris is a team of Spartan-IV's
lead by Jameson Locke to hunt down the Blue Team.
It's comprised of Locke, Edward Buck, Holly Tanaka, and Olympia Vale.
But Fireteam Osiris originally had Gabriel Thorne in their lineup who can be seen on
the cover of The Art Of Halo 5: Guardians.
He was replaced with Edwards Buck after Nathan Fillion agreed to reprise his role.
4 AI Companions Halo 5 is the first game to feature tactical
squad commands with AI companions in the game.
Funny enough, the internal development code name for the AI companions was "Musketeers."
3 Reprising Voice Actors Many fan favorite voice actors have made a
return.
Keith David reprises his role as the Arbiter and can be seen assisting Spartan Locke in
gameplay footage.
Nathan Fillion is reprising his role as Edward Buck from Halo 3: ODST.
However, he is no longer an ODST he is now a Spartan.
Returning from Halo 2: Anniversary is Travis Willingham as Fred-104.
Travis' wife, Laura Bailey, plays Olympia Vale.
The funny thing is, this isn't the first time Travis and Laura have portrayed characters
on opposing sides.
Vale was also created in the likeness in Laura Bailey, and Holly Tanaka closely resembles
her voice actress, Cynthia McWilliams.
2 Mister Chief Mister Chief.
Yes Mister Chief, not Master Chief, is the community icon that first made his appearance
back in 2004 on a Bungie Weekly Update by Frank O Connor.
Now Mister Chief finally gets a speaking role and he's voiced by Nick Offerman.
Mister Chief explains how the Requisition system works in Halo 5 Guardians.
1 Locke's Likeness Mike Colter starred as Jameson Locke in the
Halo: Nightfall mini series.
And he provided his likeness and performance for the motion capture of Jameson Locke's
character in Halo 5.
The original intention was obviously to voice Locke in Halo 5, but he was casted as Luke
Cage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which caused scheduling conflicts.
Mike Colter and 343 Industries mutually agreed to accomadate his Marvel schedule and cast
another actor for the character's voice.
Ike Amadi, who was a runner up for the role originally, was brought on to voice the character
for the Halo 5 game.
The Halo series has tons of trivia, facts, and lore that we can't even touch on in one
video.
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Or do you know of any new Halo 5 facts that should be included?
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