De av dere som spiller Killer Instinct på Xbox One vet at det skal dukke opp en velkommen gjest i form av Arbiter fra Halo-universet. Arbiter gjorde en opptreden i en trailer nylig, og der la mange til at den vante stemmen til Keith David ikke låt fullt så kjent. Dette har nå utvikler 343 Industries forklart nærmere.
Det er ganske enkelt ikke den samme Arbiter som i Halo-spillen, noe de utdyper på Halo Waypoint:
"We get it, we get it. The answer is that from pretty early on it was decided that to both make things easier from a fictional explainability perspective, as well as take full advantage of all the cool opportunities available in the Killer Instinct ecosystem, that it would be best to create a versatile "could be anyone" Sangheili warrior for the role, while leveraging the obvious advantages that the familiarity of the Arbiter title and characterization might afford us. Just as countless Arbiters have faced impossible odds to represent the honor and glory of their people, this Arbiter was created to represent the glory and honor of the Halo universe against an impossible new challenge"
Hvis du synes forklaringen virket en anelse tynn, så er du ikke alene. 343 Industries ser imidlertid ut til å gardere seg mot reaksjoner ved å ty til humor:
"How can we say all that with a straight face? Shut up is how. How does this explain why he's fighting a cyborg dinosaur in a Mediterranean oasis? Silence fool! How does this explain some very cool easter eggs on a Sanghelios-inspired level? Shut your noisehole is how."
Det er uansett ingen grunn til å frykte at Keith David er ferdig som Arbiter i Halo-spillene, for utviklersjef Frank O'Connor sier følgende om stemmeskuespilleren:
"[Keith] David of course, IS 'The Arbiter' from the Halo game universe for all intents and purposes, and will continue to be as long as he'll have us."
Takk, Gamespot.