Halo's NPCs are apparently ageing faster than the game

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Halo’s NPCs are apparently ageing faster than the gameCombat Superannuated, more like

Combat Superannuated, more like

Good oldHalo: Combat Evolved. It’s like that one character archetype from American bro comedies, of the guy who’s sailing rapidly into his thirties, but can’t leave behind his jock glory days and keeps showing up at frat parties, whooping and getting messy-drunk despite not really knowing anyone there. Actually, that might not be an archetype at all - I think it’s just the plot of the 2003 movieOld School. Well, anyway. Halo is that guy. With the difference being that everyone still kinda loves Halo regardless, and indulgently pours beers through its motocross helmet whenever it shows up.

And guess what?He’s just showed up at the party again. Only he’s still insisting on people calling him “combat evolved”, whichreallygives away the fact he graduated in 2001. And he’s wearing the same shirt he was wearing in 2011, whenHalo: Combat EvolvedAnniversary showed up to get trashed on jaegerbombs on the Xbox 360. So, yeah, this 19 year old game is looking a bit dated, even with its remaster. But what’s really weird, is the fact that the NPCs in the gameseem to be getting older too. And at an alarming rate.

Check out this young whippersnapper, hanging out on the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, back in 2001.

However. Fast forward to 2011, when the visuals used in yesterday’s Halo release came into play, and look what’s happened to the poor bastard:

Of course, if you want to read some more completely true things about the Halo series, then please go ahead and read this ludicrously in depth fanfiction I wrote about the various characters from the gamesgoing to the supermarket.