Exploring the Halo Universe

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Skipping the theaters and going straight to DVD, Halo Legends was released February 16, 2010 by Microsoft Game Studios and depicts seven stories from the Halo game’s universe. Halo Legends pushes the game beyond what people could have ever conceived about the franchise. Xbox’s ace video game series has come a long way from your game console to your DVD player.

“Origins,” “The Babysitter,” “Prototype,” “Homecoming,” “The Duel,” “The Package” and “Odd One Out” all detail the history of some aspects of the Halo universe and reveal many significant events that tie in with the main story of the games. These episodes include the stories of what one has to endure to become and be a Spartan soldier, the world of Arbiters, and a comedic side of Halo with Spartan 1337.

Each one of these episodes gives you a piece of the Halo story never told in the game and is presented in a different version of sophisticated Japanese animation, such as anime, Japanese water colors, and regular cartoon computer-generated imagery. They were also directed by one of seven different directors, who are all leading animators of Japan, and produced by one of five different studios involved in the Halo Legends project.

“I thought Halo Legends was a great movie with cool animations and all, but I thought it was weird that they divided it into episodes. Also, I thought it was really weird that the Arbiter wasn’t anywhere in the movie while Master Chief was, which really doesn’t make sense because Arbiter is a main character after all,” said sophomore Matthew Taylor.

Apart from the seven episodes, there are bonus features that give you the first trailer of the Halo franchise’s next game, Halo Reach. Also, the directors and production teams of each episode were interviewed in “The Making of Halo Legends,” which shows the production process of how each episode was made, and “The Halo Story So Far,” which fills in the main storyline of the first three Halo games.

The first movie from one of the best selling games of all time is a thrilling sci-fi adventure through the Halo universe. However, it is recommended that violent content throughout may be inappropriate for children under the age of 13. Halo Legends is available anywhere movies are sold or rented in DVD single or two disk special editions and Blu-Ray, and digital download.

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