i think the ending should be along the lines of a great sacrafice to save earth. i also like the idea of great emotion. if you have ever played prey, you will recall that when your girlfreind dies, you appear infront of loads of enemies, the charactor shouts loads of words, and you blow them to hell. it would be fun to see the chief watch people retreating to ultimate safety (ark, onyx etc) and seeing one of them get killed by covenant/flood/heretic (im thinnking spartan/child/dr hasley or even his real mom/dad), and he tells remaining survivors (could be lead by the arbitor, as would leave opening for new game)that they should leave, he seals it shut, and then fights to the death. he uses up all the ammo (for EVERY weapon in the halo series), then changes to sword. kills loads. then a boss like general ramm (from gears of war) comes up, stabs MC, but MC kills him. sword depletes, gets shot, falls to ground. arbiter watches as he gets back up. brutes decend on him, start beating the crap outa him (im thinking 'superman returns' film style) but he keeps getting up. he is nearly finished, gets up, takes off helmet and chucks it. arbiter picks it up. door to safe place closes. chief nods, smiles and then flicks a little switch, activating a HUGE mother of a bomb. flash backs happen, showing 3 second clips of childhood-training-operations-other spartans-halo 1-halo 2-halo 3 and then shows a big explosion, engulfing him in flame!
now THAT would rock! I LOVE MC!!!!
they stand atop a hill, surrounded by fog. death whispers their name, but they do not answer. they defy gods, deamons and the mighty enemy. they will not fall.....they are spartans!