: I found the inclusion of another crazy Monitor to be disappointing. I was
: hoping the Ark's monitor would be different. Man, those poor things do not
: age well. I really liked the inclusion of the playable Elites from Halo 3,
: and both re-visiting familiar parts of the Ark as well as exploring new
: parts.

David really did his best to make fans who played Halo 3 reminisce on the Citadel area.

: I still think all the animals should have been dead from the replacement
: Halo's activation. Maybe they aren't sentient, but couldn't they still
: provide the Flood with biomass and act as combat forms?
: Maybe the activation did kill all the animals, and 000 re-seeded them. Oh
: well. I was very happy about the Blind Wolves :)

The blind wolves seen was amazing to imagine. Of course their luck would run out immediately afterwards though. :P

: Oh, but were the "armatures" Promethean Soldiers? They sounded very
: similar. Why would they have been on the Ark?

The way they were described were was a lot like soldiers. In Halo 5 they seem to use all the same armaments as Knights and these are the same weapons used. I would imagine these constructs are used in situations where Sentinel Aggressors aren't the best tool for the job.

: Lastly, the way Henry died was stupid. Granted, people die in stupid ways all
: the time.

Pretty much. People can die trying to accomplish the most significant things in the simplest ways possible.

: Even more lastly (lastlyest), I am once again very excited for the
: re-appearance of the Rubicon and Guitly Spark. Excited, I say!

I'm glad the story will go on for them. Find your girl, Chakas!