Posted by: Acres 057
The behavior of Noble Teams Spartans is not faithful to the foundation that the novels laid.
The biggest indication of this is that in Ghosts of Onyx one of the SIII's vomits inside of their helmet, but doesn't dare remove it because she's still in a combat zone. Carter, on the other hand removes his helmet while piloting a pelican under fire.
I think Emile is the most faithful to the Novels, without considering Chief or Noble 6. He never removes his helmet even if they're taking a long break (note the final cutscene in New Alexandria, Emile is the only one with his helmet still on), has horrid social skills, and wants to kill everything but will stand fast if ordered to (note the cutscene in Winter Contingency when the Zealots attack and Emile requests to engage but stands at the front door as ordered)
I believe Noble Team feels more human than the Spartans of the Novels is because the Spartans of the Novels were not human at all. They were all killing machines, and nothing but.
I think Bungie made them more human to avoid making a group of disturbing individuals, because that's what the Novel Spartans were. Cold, thoughtless, heartless killing machines that lived and breathed for war.
I disagree. There are many times in the novels that Master Chief exhibits many human emotions. The way a part of himself died every time a Spartan body was jettison, the way Master Chief reacted in the visage of Marvin Mobuto's mangled body, the way he realizes his fear, and is not absent of it. The games as well. The scene in the Control Room of CE ring any bells? The way he carries himself when he realizes Cortana was not aboard the Flood Ship in Halo 3, and was merely a copy? The way he reacts when Guilty Spark spills the beans about the Forerunner? The way he clinches his fists as he fires the Halo ring after the death of Sergeant Johnson?
In my personal opinion, the Spartans each had their own personality traits that made them more human than the mind-controlled drone-like sheep that walk the streets of our metropolises day and night, that swarm like maggots as they consume all they can get their hands on.