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Subject: Why sgt. Johnson?

Now I am not an uber fan of the halo series and may not remember much of the storyline and may not know if anyone else has said this but tell me if I get this right. halo: 3 ODST comes in between halo: 2 and halo: 3 when master chief is gone. so the rookie... blah blah blah. well the reason we cant have chief in firefight or obviously story is because he is away at the time so why why why if we pre-order the game can we use sgt. Johnson? isn't he with master chief? AND plz dont flame me if im wrong i dont remember much of the storyline i havent played halo in a while...

[Edited on 08.05.2009 12:32 AM PDT]

  • 08.05.2009 12:31 AM PDT

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FIREFIGHT =/= CANON

  • 08.05.2009 12:32 AM PDT

Firefight is NOT CANON.

  • 08.05.2009 12:32 AM PDT

How to spell "space"?

S-P-ACE! SPACE!

It's FireFight. None of the missions really happened, so you can make t up. Master Chief can't be there because he's a Spartan. This game does not have Spartans.

  • 08.05.2009 12:33 AM PDT

"We had a stick, two sticks and a rock... AND WE HAD TO SHARE THE ROCK!!!"

Its to ensure that people pre-order the game (a marketing tool) and was a realy well thought idea to give fans such as myself an extra insentive to buy the game. But yes, in the time of ODST Johnson should be on the ring fighting.

  • 08.05.2009 12:35 AM PDT

Posted by: Man from Halo
Its to ensure that people pre-order the game (a marketing tool) and was a realy well thought idea to give fans such as myself an extra insentive to buy the game. But yes, in the time of ODST Johnson should be on the ring fighting.

im not saying that they should or anything but in that case can you imagine how many people would preorder it if you got master chief instead $$

  • 08.05.2009 12:37 AM PDT

Posted by: MrGoodBottomm
Posted by: Man from Halo
Its to ensure that people pre-order the game (a marketing tool) and was a realy well thought idea to give fans such as myself an extra insentive to buy the game. But yes, in the time of ODST Johnson should be on the ring fighting.

im not saying that they should or anything but in that case can you imagine how many people would preorder it if you got master chief instead $$

Later when they fire up the game and wants to play as MC. They realise that is was a total rip-off because then they got no shields, run slower, doesn't jump so high and cannot dual-wield.
That's why Sgt.Johnson is better.

  • 08.05.2009 12:51 AM PDT

Keiran Lovett

They only chose Johnson because he is probably the second most awesome character in the Halo franchise.

Also, firefight is like multiplayer, you pair up with some buddies and shoot stuff...that's all it is, you don't see 16+ spartans fighting against each other in the halo universe...only in matchmaking...it's an added bonus of awesomeness!

  • 08.05.2009 12:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: MrGoodBottomm
Posted by: Man from Halo
Its to ensure that people pre-order the game (a marketing tool) and was a realy well thought idea to give fans such as myself an extra insentive to buy the game. But yes, in the time of ODST Johnson should be on the ring fighting.

im not saying that they should or anything but in that case can you imagine how many people would preorder it if you got master chief instead $$

Later when they fire up the game and wants to play as MC. They realise that is was a total rip-off because then they got no shields, run slower, doesn't jump so high and cannot dual-wield.
That's why Sgt.Johnson is better.

hey i just said it would bring up sales i never said it would be better. ;)

  • 08.05.2009 12:56 AM PDT
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Cuz he's black. Ever since Obama has been elected you must have a black man or woman as a main/supporting role in videogames.

And what's canon?

  • 08.05.2009 1:15 AM PDT

Does anyone even read these?

I think Urk answered a question like this very well in an update a while back.

IT'S A F***ING VIDEO GAME!

  • 08.05.2009 1:16 AM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

firefight =/= story.

Out of curiosity, why would you think that?

  • 08.05.2009 1:21 AM PDT

Johnson will be awesome once we get to play as him. You will be surprised to hear what he'll say during Firefight. His lines are pretty funny. I heard some of them already.

  • 08.05.2009 1:34 AM PDT

Posted by: Baph117
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LOL No the reason the Chief isn't in Firefight is because the gameplay is from the point of view of a Marine, so a Spartan wouldn't fit, and they would have to change the gameplay. Putting in Johnson is just changing the skins.

  • 08.05.2009 1:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: Leader AleX
Posted by: MrGoodBottomm
Posted by: Man from Halo
Its to ensure that people pre-order the game (a marketing tool) and was a realy well thought idea to give fans such as myself an extra insentive to buy the game. But yes, in the time of ODST Johnson should be on the ring fighting.

im not saying that they should or anything but in that case can you imagine how many people would preorder it if you got master chief instead $$

Later when they fire up the game and wants to play as MC. They realise that is was a total rip-off because then they got no shields, run slower, doesn't jump so high and cannot dual-wield.
That's why Sgt.Johnson is better.

hey i just said it would bring up sales i never said it would be better. ;)
You implied it, though. And besides, we already get to play as the chief in the main series. A few fans would figure out that the chief is now underpowered and not bother with the pre-order, and those who did pre-order and found the chief under powered would probably get made and return the game. That would result in a lose of sales.

  • 08.05.2009 1:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: BlackKnightKanos
Johnson will be awesome once we get to play as him. You will be surprised to hear what he'll say during Firefight. His lines are pretty funny. I heard some of them already.

We ALL heard them, bungie posted them, you aren't special

  • 08.05.2009 1:53 AM PDT