Why Bungie, why would you do this?! - Halo Community
Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
Halo, up until Halo 4, had zero character development. Bungie's series felt like it was a constant struggle between MC being a silent protagonist that just spouted one-liners occasionally and giving him subtle emotions and a relationship with Cortana. Now we have a tangible character and a universe to explore. Halo sort of blew its load with Halo 2...by the third level of the game, we knew everything we needed to know about the plot in general: There are multiple Halos, and we need to stop them. With Halo 4, we're in the 'Halo 1' moment where we've discovered something new (the Forerunners) in the already established universe (i.e., the Halos from the first game), and now we get to see where that goes. Halo 5 will really determine the success of the Reclaimer trilogy.
Halo 4 plot in a nutshell:
MC: Am I broken at my core? Am I a human or a machine? If I were given the order to not obey the mission to not obey the mission, what would I do? How is it racecar can be spelled backwards as racecar?
Cortana: I don't know, but sometimes I feel like AIUNVNAVBUISEBVUBSBRVUBSIBBUBVRUSBIVB.
Seriously, all Chief's philosopher dialogue stems from Cortana's "I R CRAZY, U CONVINCED YET? which felt pushed and overdone. It merely pretended to be a complex plot because its dialogue nobody even understands what they are babbling about.
Oh, and the Infinity. LolInfinity.
[Edited on 01.03.2013 12:27 AM PST]