: I actually liked the cryo tube. Yes, it was a test your inversion settings
: trick (if you look the wrong way does Cortana complain or anything? I've
: never tried that) but I thought it was a subtle one that was well
: integrated with what was happening.
There was no such test, but yes, it wasn't all that bad. I just wish there was a way around it.

: Yeah. It was unnecessary to have me push a direction with a huge margin of
: error all to avoid some silly pieces of debris. I do like the first person
: view part when the vacuum and debris knocks you into the elevator though.
: That felt immersive.
It could have worked if there were more variables. I'd still rather see it as a cutscene though.

: Yep. Press X to twist Elite was very silly. Bungie showed that even
: standardish enemies can be very interesting, like that Brute Chieftan at
: the end of the Ark level in Halo 3. His custom animations in wanting a one
: on one battle and his pack's standing on the sidelines while the battle
: occurs is pretty neat. The Elite at the top of the elevator could have the
: same sort of novel custom actions applied to him to make him a fun and
: unique initial challenge.
That is an excellent point. On Tip of the Spear, there was an Elite you could chase, although it was very brief. On Reclaimer, at sniper alley (rally point bravo), there was a Knight that was seen giving orders before teleporting away. I think having him as a side-objective would have made the push through sniper alley a lot more tense.

: Agreed. Perhaps not so much in having more enemies come out of the same
: phantoms, so as not to make them hold more than they should, but having
: additional phantoms attach would have been neat. Bonus points if they had
: one attach to the main front window that you just opened.
Yeah, exactly.