Just finished the campaign *Halo 5 Spoilers* (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, November 02, 2015, 15:35 (3404 days ago) @ Kermit

It's pretty obvious to me it's a bridge narrative to Halo 6.

Oh, totally. It reminds me of "Empire Strikes Back" in a few ways. I thought the story worked just fine within the context of a videogame. I got to go to amazing locations and fight a bunch of bad guys, and I always knew why I was doing what I was doing. But I also understand why some people would say the story doesn't hold up on its own terms.

I actually think the writing stands up to the best of the series, without the almost predictable clunker lines present in most entries--"To War," "Were it so easy," "TWSS." At least nothing jumped out at me in one playthrough.

I do have a joke, though, about Halsey telling a Knock Knock joke.

Knock, Knock

Who's there?

It took you long enough.

I think the moment-to-moment writing is mostly great. My favorite moment is the cutscene on the Infinity where Halsey reveals that Cortana is a threat, and Roland loses his temper in the process of defending Cortana. There's a lot of subtle character motivations and reflections going on there. It's a level of writing that Halo has never really dipped in to before.