Every Halo Game Ranked By How Awesome The Cover Art Was
Every Halo Game, Ranked By How Awesome The Cover Art Was
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Video game cover art has been steadily de-emphasized over the years, but, twenty years on, the Halo franchise still delivers in this aspect.
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Bungie and 343’s seminal first-person shooter franchise, Halo has, for the better part of two decades, been one of the most beloved video games series of all time. To date, the Halo franchise includes Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: ODST, Halo Reach, Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, as well as the upcoming Halo: Infinite for Xbox One X and One S.
Over the years, fans, have ranked everything Halo-related, the games, the characters, the storylines, but one area which is seriously lacking in the ranking department is the cover art of each title.
10 Halo: Combat Evolved
To be fair, it was truly a challenge deciding on which of the Halo titles had the least-awesome cover art. Perhaps due sheerly to the time of the game’s release all the way back in 2001, Halo: Combat Evolved has the worst cover art. Could it be the razor-sharp polygons of graphics from the era? Who knows, but, while Halo: Combat Evolved is indeed a classic FPS, out of the nine entries to this beloved franchise, the first game has the least-awesome cover art.
9 Halo 3
Many fans hail Halo 3 as the last true Halo game, citing that Bungie is the only developer for the franchise. Halo 3 concludes the first trilogy story for Master Chief and begins approximately two weeks after the events that take place in Halo 2.
The cover art, however, does not really showcase the fact that this is the final installment in an epic trilogy; it features Master Chief holding his signature assault rifle, while, in the background, there isn’t much going on save for a silhouetted construct that could be of forerunner origin.
8 Halo Wars
After the release of the first trilogy in the Halo-verse which included Halo Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3, the developers at Ensemble Studios and Bungie decided to go the route of real-time-strategy with Halo Wars.
The game takes place two decades prior to the events of Halo: Combat Evolved and explores the first encounters that humanity had with the covenant. While Halo Wars was met with mostly positive reviews, the cover art just doesn’t live up to the epic battles players are able to engage in.
7 Halo: Spartan Strike
Halo: Spartan Strike is a mobile video game that challenges gamers to 30 missions that take place in the various cities and jungles of the Halo-verse. Players have a diverse arsenal of weapons, abilities, and vehicles, including the Warthog at their disposal to take on Covenant and Promethean enemies.
The cover art is badass and features a Spartan donned in rust-orange armor, while, in the background, a Warthog can be seen taking on a squad of Promethean enemies.
6 Halo: Spartan Assault
Halo: Spartan Assault is the first of the Halo mobile game in the franchise. Just like Spartan Strike, players have control of Spartans with an array of weapons and abilities as they lay waste to Covenant enemies.
The cover of Spartan Assault is ever so slightly more awesome than the sequel, boasting a Spartan clad in white armor, while, in the background, one can see the silhouettes of various Covenant enemies, including a colossal Hunter, complete with glowing energy weapons.
5 Halo 2
Halo 2 is often lauded as the best entry to the Halo video game franchise. After the smash hit that Halo: Combat Evolved was, many fans were nervous that Halo 2 would not even live up to the awesomeness that the first game was. It’s safe to say that both fans and critics were more than satisfied. Halo 2 continues the story of Master Chief, Cortana, the Covenant, and the Flood. However, Halo 2 was the first title to allow players to take control of Covenant forces in the form of the Arbiter.
While simple, the cover art features Master Chief wielding not one, but two new weapons, those being SMGs, which debuted in Halo 2. He’s dual-wielding the weapons while standing atop a building while the fires of a battle on Earth rage on behind him. It’s iconic and awesome in every sense of the words.
4 Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3: ODST is an expansion to the Halo 3 storyline where players take control of an orbital drop shock trooper, AKA ODST. As opposed to playing with Master Chief, players are not as robust as Master Chief; you can’t jump as high, and you definitely do not have the same power with melee attacks.
The game had a moody, almost film-noir feel to it as you’re thrown into exploring the city of New Mombasa as you hunt for your missing ODST teammates. The cover art itself is powerful, albeit moody, as it features an ODST standing in the rain, with the mostly midnight blue hue adding to that film noir feel.
3 Halo Reach
Following Halo 3, the developers at Bungie Studios developed Halo Reach, a direct prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Instead of suiting up as Master Chief, players got to play as five different Spartans, all with their own unique weapons and abilities. The story unfolds on the UNSC fortress world of Reach, mere weeks before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved. Noble Team, a squad of UNSC Spartan supersoldiers, is sent to investigate the sudden loss of comms from a key outpost.
The cover art is particularly awesome, featuring Noble Team in all their badassery and a cloud-shrouded skyline with a Covenant ship emerging from hyperspace, swarthed in lightning generated from the clouds.
2 Halo 4
Halo 4 was the first entry to the Halo franchise, developed by 343 industries. The game’s story takes place four years after the events of Halo 3. After an ominous energy passes through the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn, Cortana awakens Master Chief by activating his cryopod as unknown enemies board the ship.
While hardcore Halo and Bungie fans had a lot to say about 343’s approach to the Halo universe, the game was praised by both critics and fans. Halo 4’s cover art is exceptional, albeit simple, featuring Master Chief on one knee amidst what seems to some sort of wreckage.
1 Halo 5: Guardians
Halo 5: Guardians is 343’s second installment to the Halo franchise. The story features a new threat to the galaxy, while Master Chief is MIA and thus his loyalties are questioned, specifically by another Spartan, Locke, voiced by Mike Colter, who leads another team of Spartan soldiers.
Halo 5: Guardians allows players to the reigns as both Locke and Master Chief and introduced faster gameplay, playing more like a twitch shooter than any other titles in the series. Once again, less is more here, as the cover art simply features Locke and Master Chief facing each other head one, while, in the background, we can see a forerunner Guardian in all its ancient glory.
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