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Posted by: Slothful Koala
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Posted by: xBADMAGIKx
I really have no idea why people don't like it. It's awesome. That's because you've historically had a problem with reading other people's posts.
The Halo 4 Campaign has it's fair share of gems from a gameplay standpoint, but the midgame is held back by a certain terrible character (*Cough* Del Rio *Cough*), and forgetable levels like Reclaimer and Shutdown.Why the hate on Del Rio? He's an incompetent prick, but he certainly didn't ruin the game.He, along with levels like Reclaimer and Shutdown, definitely ruined the midgame for me. Luckily Composer did a nice job of picking up the pieces with a very nice portrayal of Tillsman to make up for the terrible writing and acting for Del Rio, and my favorite level of the campaign to make up for the previous two levels.
Posted by: Zomechin
I thought Del Rio was very believable given the circumstances, context, and of course his character.Everyone I've shown him to in real life has said otherwise.
Posted by: Wolverfrog
Lasky was intended to be Infinity's real commander from the very beginning. Del Rio did make some sound decisions, though; Cortana was clearly displaying rampancy and so he obeyed UNSC protocol and moved to destroy her. That we're emotionally invested in John and Cortana doesn't matter; he was just doing his job. His decision to return to Earth was a sound one also - he had no information about the Didact outside John's claims; for all he knew, the orb could have been just a machine. Rather than risk the UNSC's most valuable ship and its tens-of-thousands strong crew against an unknown quantity, he decided to return to Earth and inform HIGHCOM of the situation.
There were some daft moments, like sending John and company to destroy the particle cannons without recon, but in fairness Infinity was in hostile territory with no means of defense - it's understandable he'd want to change that as quickly as possible.
Del Rio was a fine character, and I can understand all the decisions he made. Technically, John committed treason against the UNSC when he defied him. Wouldn't be surprised if he got in trouble for that.Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that he is unsalvageable as a character, in fact I agree with you that he, despite poorly articulating them, made a lot of good decisions overall. However, since he reeks of incompetency, insecurity, and general doucheyness every single time you interact with him, it's hard to see him as a deeper character when you are facepalming at how hard 343 Industries is trying to make you hate the guy.
They could have EASILY wrote him to be 20 times more subtle. At first, portray him as a decent person, then over time, let his distrust of Chief and Cortana come out as the stress of their present situation builds, and then finally at the end of Reclaimer, have the tension break and have a confrontation between the two over what should be done to protect humanity. Perhaps at this point, make him go over the line a little bit, to sour the player's view of him rather than having him be blatantly dancing across the line on your mother's grave the entire campaign. Have him glare at you, have him say something along the lines of "Fine. You can pursue the Didact, but there is no reason for me to waste the lives of my crew members on such a hasty assault." and have him walk away.
Campaign believeabillity preserved!
Posted by: Cortland_Brewer
I don't get the hate for placing Cortana. Between that, and her story in the game, she really felt like a character and not a voice in your head that magically fixed things..
Haters gonna hate I suppose, but it's sad that all the complaining are likely going to remove that element from Halo 5.Um, perhaps I simply don't understand your post, but aren't they not going to put her in Halo 5 because she... you know... died?
Posted by: Metalignus
Posted by: xBADMAGIKx
I really have no idea why people don't like it. It's awesome.
I'd tell you, but your threads have a habit of you going all aggressive and name-calling if someone disagrees with your opinion.More often than not I find that he simply ignores people who are right :D