- PainRelief1
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Sent the map 11/27. Hope it all goes well.
By the time you play as the Master Chief in Halo 1, a good number of GOOD soldiers are dead, toasted, MIA, PoWs, etc. The UNSC have to pull every man they can get to keep fighting a losing war. Some probably just went to boot camp and was sent to fight, hoping they hold their own and live.
The covenant don't really have to come down to fight. Just destroy the Orbital Defense Units, the naval fleets and just glass the planet. No ground combat required. The only reason they come down on Harvest, Reach and Earth (along with a couple other planets I can't name off the top of my head) was because a Forerunner Artifact was there, and glassing the planet would destroy it.
Also, you are the Master Chief, the only man that was capable to single handedly kill off an entire Covenant armada, stop a parasite from going out of control, and make it home in one piece. Wouldn't you feel a little inspired to fight when you are standing next to a guy that is more awesome than the entire arms forces put together?
Although the violence could be turned up a little, it is up to the developers how they want it to be. It's their style, and they ultimately create the ideas. You don't absolutely need dismemberments, pools of blood and tons of gore to make a good game.