I'm in love with Jesus and proud of it!
Honestly I felt the characters were taking on roles that were too stereotypical. Emile's constant flaunting of his pseudo-badassery gets on my nerves, too, as if the damn helmet didn't already scream "I'm trying too hard to be a tough guy".
The animation and rendering WAS much better than other Halo titles, but I felt no lasting connection to any of the Characters because I felt they were terribly cliche' and unmemorable.