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Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean Problems
By:Avateur
Date: 12/6/13 7:29 pm

: I think that the most powerful reason that the Prometheans are a lost cause
: is that there is nothing to relate to. What does a technologically
: illiterate proto-human trapped in a robot body for 100,000 years think
: when compelled to kill humans?

: Do they recognize us as kin? Do they remember their proto-humanity? What is
: it like to be a 'deevolved' human?

: And then how is this expressed during combat?

: Would it be like head-crab zombies bemoaning their fate?

: Would it be like fighting legions of Marvin the Paranoid Android? (only
: infinitely less intelligent)

: Would this make fighting them fun?

I'm thinking it would need to go the route of them somehow beginning to remember or recognize their humanity, showing some sort of hesitation or outright not murdering you once they have you down. It would probably be portrayed in cinematic form, and then some random "other" character (usually Cortana) would verbally express the observation that it was odd how they just left you alone or seemed conflicted. Then it would be a matter of, is there a way to reverse this? Can they be brought back? If you did, would they be completely insane and unstable? Is it worth the risk? Unfortunately, this story is about the Chief and getting Cortana back and really bad writing on 343's part, so the odds of the Prometheans getting any kind of detailed or caring story that isn't half assed or all together broken seems highly unlikely.


Messages In This Thread

Enemy Personalities and Promethean ProblemsApollo12/5/13 10:24 pm
     Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean Problemsdavidfuchs12/5/13 11:32 pm
     Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean ProblemsRagashingo12/6/13 1:31 am
           Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean ProblemsApollo12/6/13 6:54 am
     Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean Problemsscarab12/6/13 9:45 am
           Important reading material.uberfoop12/6/13 11:58 am
                 Re: Important reading material.scarab12/6/13 12:58 pm
     AI personality = possibly best thing about HaloDervish12/6/13 1:33 pm
           And a note on PrometheansDervish12/6/13 1:44 pm
                 Re: And a note on Prometheansscarab12/6/13 2:20 pm
                       Re: And a note on PrometheansDervish12/6/13 4:41 pm
                             Re: And a note on Prometheansscarab12/6/13 7:05 pm
                 Re: And a note on PrometheansRC Master12/7/13 2:27 pm
     On diagloue, localization and last-gen problemskornman0012/6/13 4:05 pm
           Re: On diagloue, localization and last-gen problemAvateur12/6/13 5:55 pm
           Do they HAVE to localize it ?RC Master12/7/13 12:13 pm
     Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean ProblemsAvateur12/6/13 5:52 pm
           Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean Problemsscarab12/6/13 7:00 pm
                 Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean ProblemsAvateur12/6/13 7:29 pm
                       Re: Enemy Personalities and Promethean Problemsscarab12/6/13 9:45 pm
     General thoughts.Quirel12/6/13 10:24 pm
           Re: General thoughts.Avateur12/7/13 12:26 am
                 Re: General thoughts.Quirel12/7/13 3:36 am
           Re: General thoughts.scarab12/7/13 4:03 am
                 I forgot about the terminalsscarab12/7/13 4:20 am
                       Re: I forgot about the terminalsClarion12/7/13 9:41 am
                             Re: I forgot about the terminalsRC Master12/7/13 12:53 pm
                 Re: General thoughts.Avateur12/7/13 1:23 pm
                       Re: General thoughts.thebruce012/10/13 10:11 am
                 Re: General thoughts.Quirel12/7/13 3:36 pm
                       Re: General thoughts.scarab12/7/13 4:17 pm
                             Speaking of which...uberfoop12/7/13 4:23 pm
                             Re: General thoughts.Quirel12/7/13 5:02 pm
           *Like* *NM*thebruce012/10/13 10:07 am
           Well-articulated, good sir. *NM*The Lionheart12/11/13 12:35 am

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