One of the hallmarks of Halo's multiplayer was the Announcer. The Halo Announcer is arguably the coolest multiplayer announcer ever and the familiar voice is most certainly on the list of the most iconic video game voices. What made this Announcer so special wasn't his constant commentary on the state of the game or angry remarks on how your team is performing. In reality, pretty much all he did was call out when you got a cool medal. But that, that is what made him iconic.
With Halo, Bungie was a little bit more tongue-in-cheek when creating medals. Killing five players by splattering them resulted in being rewarded a medal called Splatter Spree. And of course, this medal was accompanied by the Announcer humorously saying "Splatter spree!" Fortunately, that's only where the fun began. There were dozens of other humorous and creative medals. Vehicular Manslaughter. Slice 'n' Dice. Hell's Jerome. Inconceivable. Yoink. Dream Crusher. And the list goes on and on.
"So what does all of this have to do with Desinty?" you're probably asking right now. Well, with 2.0, not only does Shaxx now call out when you get a Double Down, Triple Down, etc. he's also got a small sense of humor now. What am I talking about? I'll just let you watch the video:
So is Shaxx now as iconic as the Announcer from Halo? No, not really. Not at all actually. Unfortunately, he's still a pretty generic multiplayer announcer. But, he got some much needed comedic dialogue, which is honestly something I never thought would happen, and I'm pretty happy about that. So maybe in a few years I'll think differently about Shaxx.
Good job Bungie, keep it up.
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