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Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.
By:Chewbaccawakka
Date: 4/27/13 10:49 pm

So recently I got a hankering to see the ending of Halo 4 again. Since I really disliked actually playing the campaign I pulled up videos of the end cutscene and epilogue on U-Tub.

I remember at the time of completion being rather dissatisfied with the ending of Halo 4. Unlike some, I felt no emotional distress with the apparent passing of Cortana. The lines of dialogue between Chief and our girl Blue during the course of the game were so ham-fisted and awkwardly paced that I found myself hoping the game would end so that I could be done listening.

But all of this falls to the wayside after having watched the end in retrospect. I've found that the sentiments and setup for the future games stand fairly well on their own. Listening to the final words of the Didact I found myself genuinely interested in the future progression of the series.

Though most, if not all, of Halo 4's main dramatis personae were wooden and poorly constructed facsimiles of characters that one would actually find interesting, I have hope that 343i will take a cue from others. Others who have helped establish that the Halo Universe can have drama that we care about, people like Nylund, Bungie, and Bear.

Halo 4 wasn't my cup of tea. But I still love Halo, and I believe that with just a few lessons learned the coming games may be able to recapture the elements that made the earlier titles so engrossing.

tl;dr I like where things are headed.


Messages In This Thread

Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Chewbaccawakka4/27/13 10:49 pm
     Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.GrimBrother One4/28/13 12:32 am
     Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Apollo4/28/13 5:27 am
           Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Mixmasterchief4/28/13 9:01 am
     Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Leviathan4/28/13 1:14 pm
           …and she'll feel "fine." *NM*Ragashingo4/28/13 5:46 pm
           Took the words right out of my fingers *NM*Grizzlei4/28/13 6:01 pm
           Holy shit Levi, your post rocksAvateur4/28/13 10:07 pm
           Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Kermit4/28/13 10:31 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.ZackDark4/28/13 10:59 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/29/13 2:07 am
                       I love you, Cody Miller.Kermit4/29/13 11:58 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.RC Master4/29/13 6:01 pm
                       Hot damn, Cody.GrimBrother One4/29/13 6:41 pm
                             Re: Hot damn, Cody.Cody Miller4/29/13 7:13 pm
                                   Re: Hot damn, Cody.Kermit4/29/13 7:54 pm
                                         Absolutely.GrimBrother One4/30/13 1:39 am
                                   Re: Hot damn, Cody.Flynn J Taggart4/30/13 5:43 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.TTL Demag0gue4/29/13 11:37 pm
                             I was just going to say the same *NM*thebruce04/30/13 9:37 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.TheSparbiter5/2/13 11:42 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.General Vagueness5/3/13 8:06 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Leviathan4/29/13 2:24 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.General Vagueness5/3/13 8:07 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.uberfoop4/29/13 2:29 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Leviathan4/29/13 3:52 am
                             Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.uberfoop4/29/13 4:07 am
                                   Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)4/29/13 6:39 am
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.uberfoop4/29/13 9:40 am
                                               Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)4/29/13 10:53 am
                                                     Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Ragashingo4/29/13 12:56 pm
                                                           Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)4/29/13 2:37 pm
                                               Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Leviathan4/29/13 1:26 pm
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Chewbaccawakka4/29/13 1:57 pm
                                               Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Ragashingo4/29/13 2:12 pm
                                                     Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Chewbaccawakka4/29/13 4:04 pm
                                                           Well… Idealistically, we did. :p *NM*Ragashingo4/29/13 6:32 pm
                                               Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)4/29/13 2:41 pm
           Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/29/13 1:58 am
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.bluerunner4/29/13 10:11 am
                       [rimshot] *NM*Kermit4/29/13 2:54 pm
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.General Vagueness5/3/13 8:14 pm
                 Agree 1000% *NM*Kermit4/29/13 12:01 pm
                 I prefer this version immensely. *NM*Chewbaccawakka4/29/13 1:59 pm
                 I had no problems with the original.bryan newman4/29/13 7:44 pm
                       Re: I had no problems with the original.Buttskunk4/30/13 12:40 am
                             CodyMiller'sEndingIsNotCanon.netbryan newman4/30/13 1:20 am
                             Re: I had no problems with the original.Kermit4/30/13 1:31 am
                                   Re: I had no problems with the original.Miguel Chavez4/30/13 2:07 am
                                         Re: I had no problems with the original.Kermit4/30/13 8:37 am
                                         Re: I had no problems with the original.Cody Miller4/30/13 1:00 pm
                                               Re: I had no problems with the original.Monochron4/30/13 2:58 pm
                       Re: I had no problems with the original.TheSparbiter5/2/13 11:37 am
                       Re: I had no problems with the original.asa5/3/13 3:20 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.uberfoop4/29/13 7:52 pm
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.davidfuchs4/29/13 8:38 pm
                 Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Miguel Chavez4/30/13 2:15 am
                       Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/30/13 3:10 am
                             Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/30/13 3:52 am
                                   Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.thebruce04/30/13 9:47 am
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Kermit4/30/13 10:43 am
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/30/13 12:01 pm
                                   Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Miguel Chavez4/30/13 4:14 pm
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.Cody Miller4/30/13 5:16 pm
                                               Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.kidtsunami5/1/13 4:28 am
                                         Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.General Vagueness5/4/13 1:37 am
                                   Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.TDSpiral4/30/13 8:07 pm
                                   Re: Halo 4 Ending thoughts. Heh, spoilers.General Vagueness5/4/13 1:25 am

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