Halo is a futuristic war "simulator" that takes place in the year 2552, with vistas ranging from various planets.You play as an advanced super soldier referred to as Petty Officer Master Chief-117, or just simply "Master Chief".
Chief has been tasked with taking the entire Covenant army, a large militia of sentient aliens hellbent on destroying anything and everything they see. Their primary target; Earth. But Master Chief isn't alone. His companion, the sassy but trustworthy Artificial Intelligence "Cortana", is always "in his head" (as she's actually housed in a chip that is placed in the receiving port in his helmet).
Master Chief is part of an advanced military experiment known as the Spartan program. Spartans are both biologically and mechanically enhanced to be the very best that mankind can offer. There have been four separate Spartan programs, all numbered numerically based on their induction into the UNSC (United Nations Space Coalition).
Spartan-I's were the test subjects and guinea pigs. Only one ever truly lived to survive.
Spartan-II's were the very best of the best. Although their conception wasn't exactly "moral", they are the best that mankind has to offer. Possible candidates for this program were observed as children. If they had the abilities and mental capacity required for becoming a Spartan, they were "conscripted" (forcibly taken from their homes and replaced with a flash clone, that died shortly after of "natural causes". I enjoy using quotation marks, also.) These children were then trained ruthlessly for around 6 years before they could finally enter the really difficult phase: Augmentation. They pumped them full of so many chemicals and various enhancers that they really could no longer be considered human. Very few survived this process, and even fewer were actually combat capable. John, or Master Chief, was one of the "lucky" few.
Spartan-III's were canon fodder. Much less extensive than Spartan-II's, and were meant to go into to combat for distractions. They were meant to die.
Spartan-IV's were the first volunteers. Somewhere between II's and III's, these were almost as capable and fearsome as the Spartan warriors of old.
Halo, itself, is a first-person shooter. You take the role of Master Chief (as stated before) in various worlds that you've been sent to for one purpose or another, such as the Covenant getting their hands on a weapon of mass destruction, or they've taken over a major human installation. You're there to stop them and either take back or take out your objective.
And, of course, I've only begin to scratch the surface of the marvelous world that Bungie Studios spent over a decade crafting. (Lore is a wonderful thing.) These games have continuously impressed me, and shall forever remain one of those games close to heart. If you wish to play one, pick up an Xbox console and go for it. You won't be disappointed. This, I can assure you.
Couple of questions can you number numerically? or live to survive? Seems like you might re craft these sentences.
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