| pezus said: What's the verdict on the story? Any good? |
Yes very impressive. Gamersyde said the following:
The single-player campaign sets the tone quite rapidly. Cortana is in danger and her protector for the past 8 years cannot give up on her and abandon her to her faith. The pretty AI has been alive for 8 years, such a short time for a human being, but already the dawn of life for the artificial being she is. We soon learn that AI start to deteriorate after seven years and the events which follow rapidly prove that Master Chief's precious ally is no longer in full control of herself. This new fragility of the character is all the more poignant as 343 Industries' work on facial expressions is very impressive. Thanks to performance capture, the same technique used in Avatar, each human character manages to convey such a vast array of emotions that the impact of cut-scenes gets even stronger. It becomes impossible to resist the charms of lovely Cortana, whose face shows a moving mix of determination and resignation. Some sequences will mark you, because one cannot remain indifferent when seeing that even Master Chief seems pretty shaken by what's happening to his friend. Little by little, the war hero realizes there is still a trace of humanity in him, something he actually owes to the one who's been guiding him for so many years. Suspense, pace, the single-player campaign is tastier than the best dessert you have ever dreamed of.
