Just finished the campaign (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Sunday, November 01, 2015, 19:21 (3405 days ago) @ cheapLEY

(a criticism that has been leveled against almost every Halo game)

Has it?

I do believe so. I've seen plenty of complaints about the fact that Master Chief doesn't make any decisions or have any agency in the games; he just does whatever Cortana (or Keyes or Hood or whoever) says he needs to do.

Which isn't exactly that same as the player not being responsible for things happening in the story, but it basically is. How much was Chief really responsible for in any Halo? He destroyed Halo, killed Regret, destroyed another Halo . . . all because Cortana told him to. Cortana has more agency in any of the games than the Chief does. It's not the Chief (or the player) deciding to do things, it's the Chief (and the player) following instructions.

EDIT: By the way, this isn't a complaint I have, just one I have frequently seen.

Oh yeah, the agency thing. No, you're right there. I haven't seen the "the character doesn't do anything to advance the story" complaint.