"Let's thaw him out" Cast your mind back to before first-person shooters were the norm on consoles and we were about to have our heads collectively blown apart thanks to the emergence of Halo, and the stoically-iconic Master Chief. The Chief's inclusion so far up the list is due almost entirely to a sense of mystery surrounding the unveiling of his character, rather than any particular dialogue choices. Being that he doesn't actually speak very much until he comes upon Commander Keyes and Cortana, it's over to the two random grunts getting MC out of cryo-stasis to provide some commentary on the events leading to his un-frosting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfN8ycE_NIQ#t=251 Much hype was laboured on the first Halo game back in the day, and as we finally got our hands on the - at then gargantuan - newly minted Xbox controller to see what the fuss was all about, that iconic score started up underneath - and we were hooked.