Its a shame because I was open about the game and was looking forward to it after reading and watching some rave reviews. But honestly the story and characters was such a major let down it kinda dragged down the whole experience. Like I would rank it well below Reach and that story almost bored me to sleep. Whats worse is the poor explanation of what was going on and what lead to those events especially for people who haven't been keeping up with the story.
And true some of the faces and animations are straight up poorly done and whats worse is that they zoom in so close as if it didn't stand out already - not for the right reasons. IIrc even Halo 4 had better animations and cut-scenes.
Idk it just feels like 343i still don't know what made the older games and characters so memorable so they focus on everything but what made and they've been working on the games for 13 years! The fun gameplay, the tight level and multi level maps and memorable fights. Like Bungie intentionally made MC a blank slate, a super solider to fight against aliens. Trying to characterize him to give him more character and emotions just falls flat. They should've just focused on the combat and maps instead of the story and just kept it simple.
Also whats the deal with MC VA change? I digress, think its time to bury the hatchet again for the franchise again. At least until MS gives the reins to someone who can do the franchise justice. Actually.. I think I'm done, the fight was already finished at H3.
Last edited by hinch - on 17 December 2021
