Halo 2 had an amazing cliffhanger at the end of the game but what if that cliffhanger wasn’t there and the story had actually had an ending? Well, at one point it did. In a recent IGN interview with Marty O’Donnell, he said that originally the game had a much clearer ending but they just couldn’t finish it. The cut ending was Master Chief finding the Ark of the Covenant and working with the Arbiter to chase the Prophet of Truth through the Ark and finishing the fight right there in a grand and glorious conclusion. After they had to cut the ending there was a lot of disappointment at Bungie but it was absolutely necessary so they ended up making the cliffhanger that we have now. The old ending sounds really good but the cliffhanger is a part of gaming history now so I think it worked out in the end.
What do you think? Would you have rather had a complete ending or did you like the cliffhanger? Honestly, I never played Halo 2 (yes yes I know I’m a terrible person) but I did look up the ending for it and I loved it. We will probably never see the true ending but you have to wonder how it would have changed gaming history and if it was the better choice in the end.
Source: IGN
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