[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BubbaBishop21 Just wanted to thank some people for agreeing with my earlier post. also, if he does die, I want it to be like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPz7qPAxxxc halo just isn't funny enough these days. [/quote] That be really funny. In some weird way.

But if he just died in cyro, that would not satisfy the communities attachment that has come to be around the Chief. Having us play all of those games just for him to die a simply death like that would just outrage the community. I feel as if chief needs not die where we see him, but just fade. Have it be a mystery almost like his face. He is remembered in statues everywhere, but nit seen again.

Just wanted to thank some people for agreeing with my earlier post. also, if he does die, I want it to be like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPz7qPAxxxc halo just isn't funny enough these days.

I dont think Chief should die. That would kill the legend for me. There should be an ending similar to that of Halo 3s, where Chief if left with questions unanswered with an unknown future. The legend of master chief should live on, making him die would just ruin that imo. I dont want it ending with him on earth in peace either though, I want it to be mysterious and imaginative as to what happens, but still alive.

I could see a last cutscene with him destroying the last Halo and knowing he wont make it off just take his helmet off, with the main enemy dead in the background and have a 2-3 minute long recap of his life in a flashback perspective including all the Halo games. Then when his flashback is over it finally shows his face as the Halo blows up and he slowly lifts his head up and sighs then widens his arms and braces for his own death while silumtaneously saying something emotional that could bring a grown man that has played Halo since the start to his knees crying.

I am sorry to say this but this is something that should never happen ever.I really do not think it will ether.He is this kick butt warrior and then he dies some dum way no.He has done3 way to much to get killed some silly way.

Why does he have to die? Isn't he different from all other Spartans and humans? I thought he was the next level of humanity, the guy saved humans in each game, why do you think it will end by his death? There is so much more to explore in this universe, even after Halo 6. And killing the hero really ends the franchise, do you think M$ wants to stop making Halos after the 6th? Nope, it's xbox's main title! It's like saying Nintendo will stop making Marios. Like he said, it's just the beginning!

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] spartan120 Or, perhaps as a sort of sneaky twist, it may be deemed that John becomes the new Didact, inheriting his 'birthright' and the Mantle, which might imply that John and Cortana live forever as the guardians of the galaxy. [/quote] I very much like that idea, much like them being the new Didact and Librarian. Especially so, since they would be together at the end. Good one. :)

I think John's death would evoke so much more emotion if it occurred during a quiet moment of respite, say after a large battle or something to that extent, sort of like at the end of Halo 3, where John and Cortana's fate was quite ambiguous. I'm thinking something where he can definitively state that 'it's over', you know? Or, perhaps as a sort of sneaky twist, it may be deemed that John becomes the new Didact, inheriting his 'birthright' and the Mantle, which might imply that John and Cortana live forever as the guardians of the galaxy. I'd like either.

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no and yes thare is a way to make both happy see ceff die and just saving the erth and to top it off when some one goes to bary him he walks over a hill to whare he landed and thares his red blud and a imprint of feet and driping blud going off and in water sagesting he ether dround himself or swam away to never be sean untill needed and the man says whell i gess thats the end or a new begining and then it fades off leving you wander

one the end of this 1st post it shold be only cortana and cheef and 2 when she infoms him he shold say nuthing but leve us asoming thats what he duseas he changes dersvkotns and speeds off c that i think cheef sholdnt die but finds some teck to live for ever+

I have to admit my self i don't really want chief to die but, my idea would be something like he gets stabbed by The arbiter and chief falls onto the floor then cortana Shouts no etc...and the game ends with the camera zooming away from the bleeding body of the master chief. If he dose die then R.I.P Master chief sierra- 117 (also while the Chief dies the music from the last ep of F.U.D. when laskys running to make a distraction, the music from that is playing)

I think it would be cool a lot like another person said ( I'm not trying to copy you or anything) when all his allies fly off, then he runs into a control room, stares at the self destruct button, then takes off his helmet then drops it. He stares at it, then you hear like an elite or promethian. he looks down at it, looks up, then punches the button with a curled fist. lights start beeping, and a door opens behind him. Promethians rush in, and he turns his head to look at them. he -blam!- his pistol while they rush at him, then he slowly turns, and hefts up his AR. Dramatic music starts. The fisrt promethian/ other enemy runs at him, and he elbows it in the chin. then he raises he AR, says something like "journeys end." or something really epic and starts firing as the place blows up behind him, and you see his face before the lights cover him, and everything is destroyed, you see his allies in a pelican in space, then they say something, and the jetsam Chorus " Halo music" starts as the screen blacks out.

I think at the end of Halo 6, he should arrive at earth or another major human colony be awarded new medals and then retire(or forced to retire). Then he is sent to an underground ONI/UNSC facility where they put him in cryo sleep saying "if we need you, we'll wake you" or something similar. It gives him peace, and he doesn't need to find a place in civilian life. Also allows him to fight another day. Depending on if Cortana lives they could exchange a few words. Lastly before he is laid to rest he has to say "Halo" and then either cortana or her voice says "is finally finished". [Edited on 10.29.2012 1:45 AM PDT]

For lols he should die like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O9Ez-11Sio&feature=related]this[/url] But seriously: [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BubbaBishop21 Just wanted to start off saying that I love the intellectual conversation you guys have carried(or at least as much as you can talking about video games). My personal opinion is that no matter what happens, there will be a group of people that dislike the ending, and that the group will get more gaming publicity. Look at it like this: 1. If Chief Dies, no matter how they do it, people will say that killing the hero was cliche, and they will pick at every little thing in the plot that could have pointed in the other direction. 2. If he lives with a happy ending, the nitpickers will complain that ONI will never let that happen and that the ending doesn't fit canon. People will get angry and again, every lttle thing will be found that could point to a different ending 3. He lives with a Dark Knight Rises ending, and people will complain that again, ONI will do something to find out what is going on. You're not just going to hide when what will be the most powerful organization in the universe, with the Covenant and the Prometheans gone (pretty sure that's what the new guys are called), and the Spartan that saved the universe isn't going to just leave. 4. He lives with bad ending, and you have people whining like with ME3, where people just didn't like the real life ending of nothing going right for one side. Ending a large franchise that is based off of one character, and having that character die in a pretty bad way, will inevitably have an issue later on. ME3 had potential for an epic ending, but was stopped short by the fact that the RPG element of those games was ignored. Halo has no real RPG element so the comparison stops there. So, to sum up everything I just said, there will always be a group that isn't pleased with said ending. 343i, being a people pleaser, like other businesses, will go with an ending that will keep the most people happy. that ending will probably be a climatic show stopper, with either him dying in a way that is "special", which means it will eventually be copied and turned into a cliche, or in another ending that is like Halo 3, where there is an element that the player decides wether or not the protagonist is dead. Which will feel, to some people, like a rehash of the same ending that, for the most part, was pretty good. So, we reach the point where we realize there cannot be a "good" ending, because there will ALWAYS be unsatisfied parties involved. So we reach the old phrase that is universally true. "Beauty (art) is in the eye of the beholder." -Plato The ending will be whatever the H*ll 343i wants it to be, and the individual will decide wether or not it was good. But when the ending comes, it will be THE END, wether we like it or not, so you have to live with what happens.[/quote] This guy is right. No matter what, someone is going to be upset with the ending. If MC is going to die, make sure he does it with so much epicness that everyone is left speechless. Sure, someone will complain about the ending later, and a huge forum war will ensue. But as long as I feel like I just saved the whole -blam!- universe/dimension at the end of it all, I'm happy.

I do not care if Chief lives or dies, either way I will probably love the story. However if he does die I really want his last words to be something like, "Haven't you heard, Spartans never die." as he leaps into the reactor to detonate the core manually or whatever the situation is. I know it is cheesy but I have come to appreciate cheese lately.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] KaneXX12 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shahrose10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ThunderCavaler7 While I do hate the fact that people do bring up valid points that Spartans do not have any place in the galaxy beyond their role in the UNSC (especially since the Insurrectionist threat has probably long-since faded due to the Human-Covenant War), I do also agree with some people saying that it would suck if 343i pulled the cliched 'hero dies at end of franchise' ending with John. We can't have anything corny, but hilariously unexpected? We can't end the series with Master Chief sipping drinks with an ODST on a beachhead, looking over the sunset, or something like that? I think condemning John as a tool of war, and implying entirely that he simply has no place in society outside of the UNSC, is entirely disrespectful to him as a character... because doesn't everyone enjoy a peaceful reprive? Hell, Thel 'Vadum fricken got his happy ending, at least in Halo 3. Why can't John? He's had his whole life dedicated to saving this world and bringing this galactic peace. Doesn't he deserve a piece of it?[/quote] I agree with this.[/quote] I also agree with this.[/quote] I also concur.

^I think it would be an interesting complication if he had set himself up for that stereotypical hero's death, but then started to connect with the civilian/ normal human populous over the course of the second trilogy. By the end of the whole thing, he'd be swinging to stay alive. [Edited on 10.28.2012 3:51 PM PDT]

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] shahrose10 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ThunderCavaler7 While I do hate the fact that people do bring up valid points that Spartans do not have any place in the galaxy beyond their role in the UNSC (especially since the Insurrectionist threat has probably long-since faded due to the Human-Covenant War), I do also agree with some people saying that it would suck if 343i pulled the cliched 'hero dies at end of franchise' ending with John. We can't have anything corny, but hilariously unexpected? We can't end the series with Master Chief sipping drinks with an ODST on a beachhead, looking over the sunset, or something like that? I think condemning John as a tool of war, and implying entirely that he simply has no place in society outside of the UNSC, is entirely disrespectful to him as a character... because doesn't everyone enjoy a peaceful reprive? Hell, Thel 'Vadum fricken got his happy ending, at least in Halo 3. Why can't John? He's had his whole life dedicated to saving this world and bringing this galactic peace. Doesn't he deserve a piece of it?[/quote] I agree with this.[/quote] I also agree with this.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ThunderCavaler7 While I do hate the fact that people do bring up valid points that Spartans do not have any place in the galaxy beyond their role in the UNSC (especially since the Insurrectionist threat has probably long-since faded due to the Human-Covenant War), I do also agree with some people saying that it would suck if 343i pulled the cliched 'hero dies at end of franchise' ending with John. We can't have anything corny, but hilariously unexpected? We can't end the series with Master Chief sipping drinks with an ODST on a beachhead, looking over the sunset, or something like that? I think condemning John as a tool of war, and implying entirely that he simply has no place in society outside of the UNSC, is entirely disrespectful to him as a character... because doesn't everyone enjoy a peaceful reprive? Hell, Thel 'Vadum fricken got his happy ending, at least in Halo 3. Why can't John? He's had his whole life dedicated to saving this world and bringing this galactic peace. Doesn't he deserve a piece of it?[/quote] I agree with this.

I want him to become friends with a suicide grunt... boom the end

IS HE RELIY DEAD

The thing is, while I agree that MC would find it difficult if not impossible to integrate into mainstream society. I just feel like after living a life of war, he deserves to find peace somehow, to settle down and enjoy life rather than fighting for it. Again, I don't really see how the Chief could take that, but I feel like he deserves a chance.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BubbaBishop21 Just wanted to start off saying that I love the intellectual conversation you guys have carried(or at least as much as you can talking about video games). My personal opinion is that no matter what happens, there will be a group of people that dislike the ending, and that the group will get more gaming publicity. Look at it like this: 1. If Chief Dies, no matter how they do it, people will say that killing the hero was cliche, and they will pick at every little thing in the plot that could have pointed in the other direction. 2. If he lives with a happy ending, the nitpickers will complain that ONI will never let that happen and that the ending doesn't fit canon. People will get angry and again, every lttle thing will be found that could point to a different ending 3. He lives with a Dark Knight Rises ending, and people will complain that again, ONI will do something to find out what is going on. You're not just going to hide when what will be the most powerful organization in the universe, with the Covenant and the Prometheans gone (pretty sure that's what the new guys are called), and the Spartan that saved the universe isn't going to just leave. 4. He lives with bad ending, and you have people whining like with ME3, where people just didn't like the real life ending of nothing going right for one side. Ending a large franchise that is based off of one character, and having that character die in a pretty bad way, will inevitably have an issue later on. ME3 had potential for an epic ending, but was stopped short by the fact that the RPG element of those games was ignored. Halo has no real RPG element so the comparison stops there. So, to sum up everything I just said, there will always be a group that isn't pleased with said ending. 343i, being a people pleaser, like other businesses, will go with an ending that will keep the most people happy. that ending will probably be a climatic show stopper, with either him dying in a way that is "special", which means it will eventually be copied and turned into a cliche, or in another ending that is like Halo 3, where there is an element that the player decides wether or not the protagonist is dead. Which will feel, to some people, like a rehash of the same ending that, for the most part, was pretty good. So, we reach the point where we realize there cannot be a "good" ending, because there will ALWAYS be unsatisfied parties involved. So we reach the old phrase that is universally true. "Beauty (art) is in the eye of the beholder." -Plato The ending will be whatever the H*ll 343i wants it to be, and the individual will decide wether or not it was good. But when the ending comes, it will be THE END, wether we like it or not, so you have to live with what happens.[/quote] On a serious note, I agree with this guy 100%.

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] halo3f3ak Personally, I think the Master Chief should have a not so heroic death, his mind has got to be totally -blam!- after all of the terrible things he's done and seen. Gravemind has picked at his mind, he has seen so many people he cares about die, he has experienced the flood, etc. I know Spartans are supposed to be mentally superior as well, but not being affected by all of the things that he has seen is just unimaginable. He sees hallucinations in Halo 3, so who's to say that he isn't still having hallucinations, and that they haven't gotten worse? I think that, in the last installment, that we should witness the Chiefs mental breakdown. We should see (through cut-scenes and in-game Occurrences) his mental state steadily going down hill (hallucinations, nightmares, things of that nature). In the very last mission there should be an event that finally triggers his breakdown. The very last scene of the game should show the Master Chief removing his helmet, thus finally seeing his face (which should have a look of finality upon it). There should be lots of radio traffic heard in the background trying the reach him. Finally the player sees him putting a magnum to his head, the screen fades to black and a shot is heard. Cue credits. TL;DR Chief goes crazy and commits suicide. [EDIT]: I just remembered Kurt adding his name to the MIA list shortly before his death, so I think that Chief should also do that before he removes his helmet. [/quote] I hate this idea.