Frequently Asked Forum Questions | ||||
Search Older Posts on This Forum: Posts on Current Forum | Archived Posts | ||||
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | |
Posted By: General Battuta <seth.dickinson@gmail.com> | Date: 10/26/10 12:20 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. (Druke) : One thing I think I should point out. I read something in an article that : makes the whole Cortana visits creepier. Think: The Gravemind has Cortana, : yet hasn't been able to wring the index from her. This suggests that : Cortana is fighting him, yet the whole tone of most of the Cortana visits : show that she either dislikes you "this place will become your : tomb" or is wanting to guilt trip her for leaving you behind (Some : notable exceptions are when she shows you the Halo forge). Especially the : level Cortana, when she seemingly goes nuts. : The article suggested that most, if not all of the Cortana visits were
: While not on par with Halo 1, that brings the level of creepy and grim up a
I agree with it, very much so. Unfortunately it doesn't pay off meaningfully in an any way in the narrative itself. Which makes sense as I think I saw hints that the Cortana flashes were implemented very late in development. You'll note that Bungie was clever enough to only allow those flashes to happen at times when High Charity was conceivably in some kind of super-Floodtech FTL comms range of the Chief.
|
|
Replies: |
Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | General Battuta | 10/26/10 9:51 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Louis Wu | 10/26/10 10:38 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:41 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 10:57 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | bluerunner | 10/26/10 10:49 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Mazz | 10/26/10 11:06 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 11:12 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | bluerunner | 10/26/10 11:19 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Archilen | 10/26/10 11:38 a.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 12:46 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Bry | 10/26/10 1:35 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 2:06 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Bry | 10/26/10 2:13 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 5:56 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | tucsonbatman | 10/26/10 3:06 p.m. |
agh frontpaged | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:50 a.m. |
Hey what the hell?! | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 10:55 a.m. |
Re: Hey what the hell?! | General Battuta | 10/26/10 10:56 a.m. |
Yeeeaaahhh. THAT'S what I'm talking about. ;-) *NM* | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 10:57 a.m. |
that's better, we forgive you. *NM* | GrimBrother IV | 10/26/10 11:43 a.m. |
Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | uberfoop | 10/26/10 11:38 a.m. |
like this point | General Battuta | 10/26/10 11:39 a.m. |
Re: like this point | bluerunner | 10/26/10 11:42 a.m. |
Re: like this point | General Battuta | 10/26/10 11:44 a.m. |
Re: like this point | ManKitten | 10/26/10 11:57 a.m. |
Re: like this point | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:01 p.m. |
cannot spell | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:02 p.m. |
Re: like this point | Leisandir | 10/28/10 9:34 a.m. |
Re: like this point | Druke | 10/26/10 12:08 p.m. |
This, very much :) *NM* | thebruce0 | 10/26/10 1:12 p.m. |
Ah, indeed. | ZackDark | 10/26/10 5:08 p.m. |
*pictures home alone moment* *NM* | thebruce0 | 10/27/10 8:33 a.m. |
Alien vs Aliens | Wayward Spleen™ | 10/26/10 1:24 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:33 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 1:44 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:51 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Wayward Spleen™ | 10/26/10 1:56 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | General Battuta | 10/26/10 2:06 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 1:58 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Beckx | 10/26/10 2:14 p.m. |
Re: Alien vs Aliens | Tex | 10/26/10 2:53 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:18 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:20 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:20 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Druke | 10/26/10 12:29 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | thebruce0 | 10/26/10 1:14 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 10/26/10 1:18 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 1:22 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | Archilen | 10/26/10 1:27 p.m. |
Re: Halo 1 is more suggestive, too. | uberfoop | 10/26/10 3:45 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | 0postmortem0 | 10/26/10 12:05 p.m. |
You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | RyanTheHeretic | 10/26/10 12:14 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:17 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | GrimBrother One | 10/26/10 1:53 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | Bry | 10/26/10 2:08 p.m. |
Re: You know what I'd love? Covenant Commando. | topleybird | 10/26/10 1:54 p.m. |
I think I love you. | padraig08 | 10/26/10 5:08 p.m. |
My Views... | Leviathan | 10/26/10 12:21 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | General Battuta | 10/26/10 12:41 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | mattroe | 10/27/10 4:27 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 7:04 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | thebruce0 | 10/27/10 8:32 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | General Battuta | 10/27/10 8:45 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 9:03 a.m. |
Re: My Views... | SonofMacPhisto | 10/27/10 1:32 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 1:40 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | JDQuackers | 10/27/10 12:53 p.m. |
Re: My Views... | Bry | 10/27/10 1:10 p.m. |
Re: Comparative Grimdark Levels, H1-Reach | Archilen | 10/26/10 12:39 p.m. |
Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | Hikaru-119 | 10/27/10 3:12 p.m. |
Re: Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | General Battuta | 10/27/10 7:01 p.m. |
Re: Halo as a whole lacks grim dark | Hikaru-119 | 10/27/10 7:50 p.m. |
The HBO Forum Archive is maintained with WebBBS 4.33. |