- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Absolutely not. This question has been debated for a long time and I think that I know have a reasonable answer why not to show the MC's face in Halo 3.
It would ruin the game. Go up to one of your friends, even if they've never played Halo, start talking about Master Chief and they can envision him. If they showed his face it would be totally lame because then people would just imagine some pasty-white guy running around killing all of these aliens instead of some no-face bad-ass mowing down anything that gets in his way. Next, the voice. It's very, VERY hard to put a face with a voice. Seriously, listen to the radio and then try to put a face with whoever's talking/singing at that moment, especially if you've never seen a picture of them before. I know that Bungie could just create the perfect face but it wouldn't be perfect for all of Bungie's fans. Only those truly loyal to Bungie would be able to put the face with the voice, and even that would take some time to get used to. Next, it's sorta a cliffhanger, so to speak. Be honest, a lot of people bought Halo 2 to see if they showed Master Chief's face in it. They didn't, so those people will buy Halo 3. It keeps pulling people back in. Finally, Master Cheif is like Darth Vader. Talk to anyone about either of them and they imagine them with their masks on. For me, when Darth Vader's mask was removed, it sorta ruined the movie because now whenever I watch it, I imagine some wrinkled up, burned, old guy instead of the mask. I think that it would be the same for the Master Chief, if they showed his face in Halo 3 and then you went back and played Halo 1, wouldn't you imagine his face on top of his armor instead of the actual armor itself? I know I would. It's...symbolistic of the MC I guess that you could say.
I hope that my answer can satisfy at least some of the reason of why Master Chief's face shouldn't be shown. That's all for me right now.
EDIT: NOTE: I did NOT steal the Darth Vader comparison from the guy who posted right above me, apparently we were both posting at the same time and he got his done first.
[Edited on 7/24/2006]