12 Dumbest Video Game Plot Reveals Since 2010

10. The Reason Master Chief Is Being Hunted? Insurbordination

What's that, 343? You've framed an entire advertising campaign around some mystery event in Master Chief's past? One that puts him in direct opposition against relative newcomer Spartan Locke? Oh, you've shot contrasting adverts showing the pair aiming guns at one another, and you've kickstarted a hashtag too?

"#HunttheTruth" is it? Well I'm sure the fans will snap up Halo 5 in hot pursuit of exactly what happe- ah, so the Chief disobeyed a simple order and Locke had nothing to do with it?

Yes, after only a few hours into Halo 5, it's revealed that the big 'mystery' behind why Master Chief was being hunted, was simply because he told the top brass at UNSC to shove it, as he wanted to track down Cortana instead of his primary objective. Locke was assigned to bring him in out of sheer duty - nothing personal whatsoever - the two have one short tussle for a couple of moments, before Chief explains his actions to Mr. Locke, and they become friends for the rest of the game.

So, that "Truth" we were hunting? Yeah... sort of just a big ol' lie, that.