Halo: Campaign Evolved, Halo Studios’ remake of the first Halo game, is in the wild and already setting up a possible Halo 2 remake in the same style. That’s probably not a surprise, given that Halo is one of Xbox’s marquee franchises and remakes tend to be quite popular. Games get sequels and Halo’s had plenty of them.
But a new version of the original game’s ending does offer something new to longtime Halo fans. An alternate ending in Halo: Campaign Evolved appears to finally address a major in-game plot hole in the Halo game franchise that’s been bothering some fans for nearly 25 years.
Halo: Campaign Evolved, just like the original game, features a special ending sequence for players who complete it on Legendary difficulty. In the original game, that ending inclde a scene in which Sergeant Avery Johnson is wrestling with an Elite, just as explosions on the Halo ring start to destroy the structure. Johnson says to the Elite, “This is it, baby. Hold me.” They embrace. Master Chief and Cortana are safely on board a Longsword ship, having escaped the exploding ring.
In 2004’s Halo 2, Johnson is alive and well, with no real explanation as to how he survived what appeared to be certain death. He appears completely unscathed, leaving many Xbox fans confused. Johnson’s fate after the events of Halo: Combat Evolved is actually addressed elsewhere in Eric Nylund’s 2003 novel, Halo: First Strike. That book explains that Johnson and a handful of other survivors escaped the ring’s destruction in a Pelican.
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