I am sure everyone heard Eschraum's mention of "The Harbinger" and how the Banished are aligned with whatever that is in goal. I for one, really hope this is a return of the Didact, as while I didn't think his portrayal in Halo 4 was the greatest it could have been, I think he is one of the coolest characters lore wise we have ever seen, and the parallels he shares with Chief on a thematic level are super exciting to me. Unfortunately, I am not as much of a lore head as I would like to be, so what do you guys out there think about how the Didact could potentially fit into Infinite's story as "The Harbinger"?
I worry that his inclusion might make the game very complicated due to the whole spiritual reboot aspect and the fact that we already likely have two villains in the Banished and Cortana's created (Unless the Created are not featured in the game), and I have been trying to think of cohesive ways that all of these characters could be integrated in a way that makes sense and ties together the 343 era of games a little better story wise. If that could be done well, I could see this being one of the greatest Halo campaigns of all time, taking the good aspects of all the games.
Side note: Would love Arbiter return too, if possible? Maybe epic final 3rd Act of the story a la Avengers Endgame featuring battle between Created, Flood, Swords of Sanghelios, and The Banished? Crazy thought, I know.
I worry that his inclusion might make the game very complicated due to the whole spiritual reboot aspect and the fact that we already likely have two villains in the Banished and Cortana's created (Unless the Created are not featured in the game), and I have been trying to think of cohesive ways that all of these characters could be integrated in a way that makes sense and ties together the 343 era of games a little better story wise. If that could be done well, I could see this being one of the greatest Halo campaigns of all time, taking the good aspects of all the games.
Side note: Would love Arbiter return too, if possible? Maybe epic final 3rd Act of the story a la Avengers Endgame featuring battle between Created, Flood, Swords of Sanghelios, and The Banished? Crazy thought, I know.