Halo is a franchise that has spanned over the course of two decades. Being Xbox's flagship franchise, Halo has cultivated a fanbase that has persisted for as long as the series' existence. With each game in the series possessing so much material for fans to pull from, this has culminated into some engaging pieces of fan-made content. The most recent of which being a TikTok video that depicts an unconsidered facet within the Halo series.
While much of Halo's primary narrative centers around the Master Chief, the Spartans, and the ODSTs, the UNSC, as a governing body, are integral parts of Halo's worldbuilding. Whenever players initiate a new mission, there tend to be UNSC marines accompanying the player, along with other important NPCs. One fan managed to capitalize on this in-game detail and make a rather humorous video out of it.
A TikTok user by the name of Jackson Field made a sketch comedy skit about a UNSC marine that trained to be an expert sniper. While on his first mission with the Master Chief, the perspective shifts to the Chief's first-person view and conveys how players sometimes treat marines. In order to take the Halo sniper rifle for himself, the Chief melee's the marine played by field and steals the sniper rifle.
This video hilariously juxtaposes how the Chief behaves during cutscenes, as opposed to what happens when players take control of the character. Marines will often times have better weapons equipped than the standard Halo assault rifle or the Magnum that the player is typically given at the start of each mission. Upon occasion, instead of asking to trade weapons with the marine, the player will just kill the marine and take the weapon off their corpse.
While it's not something that most players would give much thought towards, it's impressive that the interactive marines have existed since the release of Halo: Combat Evolved. From that vantage, this video is truly relatable to numerous players who have likely done something like this during their playthrough of any given Halo installment.
It will be interesting to see how this series staple carries over to Halo Infinite. While it was confirmed that weapon swapping between NPCs will still exist within Halo Infinite, this might provide a chance for 343 Industries to expand upon what came before. After all, one player recently discovered that marines in Halo 2 react differently when given certain weapons, so it's possible that Halo Infinite might offer something more dynamic as far as user interactivity goes.
Halo Infinite releases December 8 on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The multiplayer beta is available now.