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Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP* | |
Posted By: sharpsniper99 | Date: 11/7/09 7:56 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Everything I've Come to Expect *SP* (scarab) : I've just seen it. It was bad. : OK, it was a story about a character learning a life lesson, or a character
: But the character's starting point was so unbelievable. : Armies recruit youths, all soldiers start young. but they are expected to
: Are we to believe that ODSTs are boys? Almost prepubescent, gamine, pretty
: That may describe some of the people on xbox live who play the part of ODSTs
: We expect them to be battle hardened, mature, toughened, and competent! : This was typical anime fare, the sort of stuff that people were afraid they'd
: What is the target audience? is it non-gamers? Is it children? (Even as a
: A pivotal part of the story has a Spartan sacrifice herself to save an ODST.
: But its not only that: she was the lead sniper in a team sent to kill a
: There is no way that she would have sacrificed herself and the mission to
: This was just an example of 'not how real people behave' that plagues most
: But its worse! No gamer would ever sacrifice himself to save an NPC. You
: Can we have a show of hands? Is there anyone here who has never killed a
: I've done the lot. : Frankie, don't forget that this is Halo fiction. Your core audience are
: That story was a bit of an insult. : Helljumpers are not gamine boys, Spartans are serious soldiers. : moving on... Look at the main character's hair. UGH! : Frankie are you too much in awe of these animators? If they said that hair
: I could live with the hair, accept it as a limitation of the medium but its
: Maybe you didn't want to rock the boat, maybe its better to be politically
: OK... : I'm a Halo fan: I'm not happy with the hair and what it signifies. Well personally I really liked it, the story was really good in my opinion and thats what matters most, art style is something that im not too worried about as you can pretty much fill in the blanks yourself. Its the storys I like to see, and this was a REALLY good story based on the conflict between odsts and spartans
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