Stupid ass washing machine...
Posted by: ThePredkiller2
No, I mean something along the lines of exploding and beating somebody's (something's) ass out of pure rage. I think that would be pretty awesome. Or taking his helmet off (face offscreen) and just kneeling down at a moment where everything seems lost, and maybe saying something like... "I fought so hard... I tried... for this?", before gathering himself to continue on, just a little peak at the human behind the armor.
We're not Master Chief. You're not Master Chief. That is Noble Six. Noble Six is "our" role in the Halo universe. Halo 4 is going to revolve around Master Chief. (obviously)
Now, you see, you go on about how Chief's character is flat and corny, but those scenarios you just suggested have to be the cheesiest, most obvious and most cliche suggestions in the general genre of military/sci-fi fiction.
Chief's character might appear to be flat, but in the books (a much more in-depth experience of the Halo Universe. The games are more like snippets, for true characterisation you have the books) he's portrayed as, yes, having feelings and emotions. But at the same time, these emotions and feelings are only in his head. Having been raised as a soldier from the age of six and having been indoctrinated by the UNSC to keep his head in the game and not else-where, he doesn't express his thoughts or feelings, or if he does, it's in that "flat" way - because he doesn't know any better.
Chief's in-game character is actually totally appropriate for a SPARTAN-II.
I think that while Halo 4 is set to explore Chief's character more in-depth {the whole "destiny" thing), he'll remain the same as he always has been: stoic, reserved, professional.
[Edited on 06.07.2011 8:22 AM PDT]