For over two decades, the Halo franchise has defined the sci-fi shooter genre. Centered on the Master Chief, a super-soldier known as a Spartan, the series chronicles humanity’s desperate struggle against a collective of alien races known as the Covenant.
The series blends high-stakes military action with deep mythology, drawing inspiration from Greek classics and 20th-century sci-fi like Aliens and Starship Troopers .
From the revolution of console multiplayer to modern additions like the grapple shot in Halo Infinite , the series continues to evolve its "sandbox" gameplay.