343 wants to be really, and I appreciate this, respectful of (Destiny)

by kidtsunami , Atlanta, GA, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 11:12 (2823 days ago) @ Durandal

Says Max Hoberman. And of course, Halo 4 comes out where the only things they are respectful about are Cortana's death and Master Chief.

Everything else goes to standard "moron" mode sci fi shooter land. Idiot Admirals like Del Rio, who ignores the Savior of Mankind because …. not sure really. Wimps out and ends up promoting ascendant fanboy Lasky.

Hallsey goes from respected scientist to war criminal with no in-between. Palmer does what she can to be Chavez from aliens. The Didact acts like a abject idiot repeatedly, even his back story is terrible. The Forerunner's tragic sacrifice to rectify the hubris of thinking they alone could defend the galaxy is undone by unearned and unreasonable animosity and idiocy. If robots could solve the Flood problem, the Forrunner already had millions of robots. What good does patterning their AI after humans do? They are never shown to use any intuition over what the standard sentinels do.

Ok, I gripe, but the Halo 4 and 5 stories really killed the franchise for me. I was a Bungie/Mac fanboy from Pathways Into Darkness to Halo Reach. Those games defined my childhood. So it still gets me a little raw, even after all these years.

I had a hard time taking any Halo story all that seriously ("Where should we rally to?"... "... To War") so I guess I was relatively immune to how 343 ruined Halo... Halo 5 with 60fps, super balanced, 4v4 CTF action. Also Warzone FF has been silly good fun. If only Rocket League didn't exist... otherwise I'd have put many more hours into it.

And this is from a Bungie/Mac fanboy as well. Different tastes I suppose.