: Contrast this with the scene directly afterwards. Lasky has been somewhat
: established now and his conversation with the Chief is written as a
: natural reaction to the events that preceded the scene. I wish that's what
: the whole game felt like!

The Chief's last two lines ruined it for me. They were so cheesey and absolutely unnecessary, that they took a nice moment and really messed it up. We're not stupid. When Lasky says 'we're not machines' and the chief turns his head, that's all we need. We know what he's thinking. If I were editing this cutscene I would have done away with the lines. In fact, why not edit them out now?

I like my version 10x better. Went from cringeworthy to kinda cool. What do you guys think?

http://halo4.isnotcanon.net/video/ending_recut.mov