Voice Actor Wants Reclaimer Trilogy to end with Heroes Death

<p>If you are like many fans of the Halo franchise&comma; you are excited for the upcoming <em>Halo 4<&sol;em> and the pending trilogy&period; You probably already have ideas of where you’d like to see the trilogy go and end&period; Steve Downes&comma; the voice actor who plays Master Chief&comma; has his own ideas of were he would like things to go for John-117&comma; and they are not pretty&period;<em> <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>In a recent interview with <&sol;em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shacknews&period;com&sol;article&sol;75214&sol;interview-master-chiefs-voice-on-a-more-personal-story">Shacknews<&sol;a>&comma; Downes said he was very pleased with how things were with <em>Halo 4<&sol;em> and the story of Master Chief and Cortana&period; &&num;8220&semi;This is where I always hoped we would go with <em>Halo<&sol;em>&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Downes&period; &&num;8220&semi;So when they said that the idea on<em> Halo 4<&sol;em> was in many ways Master Chief&&num;8217&semi;s story&comma; and his relationship with Cortana&comma; and with the other people he comes in contact with&comma; I was real excited that we were going to go a little deeper in that regard&period; We did a lot more in the studio this time than I&&num;8217&semi;ve ever done before with him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;All along&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s been trying to sort out what his relationship is with this AI&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Downes added&period; &&num;8220&semi;He doesn&&num;8217&semi;t really know where to put these feelings that he has for her&comma; so there&&num;8217&semi;s a lot of that in this game&period;&&num;8221&semi; Even though Cortana and Master Chief have a stories past&comma; that story has not been explored in depth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Downes did not limit his thoughts on the franchise to <em>Halo 4<&sol;em> exclusively&period; He stated that he hopes that by the time the Reclaimer trilogy ends&comma; the career of Master Chief will follow suit&period; &&num;8220&semi;That would be the end for him&comma; rather than riding off into the sunset&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period; &&num;8220&semi;If that was it&comma; then that should be it&period; He should die a hero&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; If it were up to me&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s the way I would finish it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;oxmonline&period;com&sol;voice-actor-wants-see-master-chiefs-story-end-heros-death">OXM<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;