: The only reason I’m a bit unsure about the direction 343 is heading is how it
: factors into gameplay. I don’t necessarily want to spend a game killing
: humans, on the other hand at some point if you shy away from it, you
: undercut your storytelling (like how ridiculous it was that the Arbiter
: never fought humans in Halo 2.)

: Certainly, I can’t imagine that fighting humans all through a Halo game would
: be that interesting, because the aliens and robots and Flood offer a lot
: of variety that you don’t get with “conventional” opponents.

I'm the same. One of the best things about Halo, IMO, is the lack of human fighting. I do hope, that if there are human 'bad guys', it's not us (or the Chief) who fights them. At worst, hopefully we'd have to weave through a battle with humans, perhaps even trying to kill us, but we're focused on another goal that is actually trying to save them. I've always loved the Halo has been about saving humanity, at least from the character standpoint. Having bad humans in play isn't a bad thing, but I really hope 343 keeps that standard.

I do have this feeling though that we may be playing for either (or both) the insurrections or ONI at some point. I really like the idea of civil war, but more from the political standpoint than game action.