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Re: A for effort?
Posted By: Jillybean <jillybean@bungie.org>	Date: 9/18/10 5:19 p.m.
: I think we actually agree, I just didn't spend a heck of a lot of time : explaining how well done the "atmosphere" of Reach was done. The : planet feels like it's hopelessly about to fall, and that's because of : that ruthless nature of The Covenant that you describe. : It's the incoherence of the plot and the lack of characterization that's the : deal breaker for me. : Gah! One of the things I really disliked about H3 brought to light. Put that : back, I'm trying to pay no attention to it. : But while we're on the topic, one of the worst things about Halo 3 is the : gross mishandling of the Prophet of Truth. He went from intriguing : antagonist to bumbling bungler faster than you can say Great Journey. The whole Covenant - this amazing story of the schism - all completely swept under the rug to prey on masculine desires to go chasing after a naked chick being threatened by a bunch of tentacles. You want issues with Halo 3 - oh I have plenty for you discuss. Truth? Nah. He just gets to shoot Miranda in the back. Ugh! : And yeah, yhe damsel in distress thing is a bit cliched, but hey, it gave us : a sense of urgency; we needed Cortana to save the whole damned universe. : It's that sense of urgency that I felt lacked in most of our actions on : Reach. : It might have been nice if they played up the notion that the characters : truly felt that they, by stopping the cruiser for example, could : potentially save the whole planet. : Their failure would hold so much more weight, but instead you really only : feel like they're... we'll puppets of the officers or ONI spooks who : actually are trying to save the planet. That would have really helped - definitely agree there : Again, great story if it were condensed a bit more. I felt it was : unnecessarily stretched out, and as a result became a little disjointed... : but I was more forgiving of that because I got the sense that there were : external factors forcing the game's length... : Again, great atmosphere, tons of potential to weave together an interesting : set of events, tension, conflict, etc. : Squandered? To me it feels that way. : Enjoyably different player-characters imo. : "I aim to please." : But what if you miss? : "I won't." Can you really end a story at the beginning? Reach was always doomed to fail, and I think storywise, it can't be satisfying.

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