: Well, I watched it. I couldn't say I liked it. They put parts of Cowboys vs
: Aliens and Spartan Ops in to cover for some of the special effects. They
: also reused some of their previous videos to cover for it.
: I guess they ran out of funding for the special effects. It was a shame too
: as they kept on showcasing really good 3d models and assets on Facebook.

: Overall, I felt disappointed about it. It had great potential too.

I liked a couple of things. The Innie ODST, she was great. And the sniper-spotter pair were good. But overall, I thought it was...average. Like, if you were going to make a Halo fanfilm, this is what 99.99% of them would be - a lone Marine team on Halo before it blows up. The effects budget clearly ran out, which is a shame, though even the animation they managed looked very wooden. I mean, I know it's a fan-film, but it was just pretty clear about that.

I thought, if you wanted to tell a slice-of-life story about a UNSC Marine, a solution might be to set it during the Insurrection. That would cut down on the need for Covenant and plasma effects work, and probably costuming would be cheaper - just use normal civilian clothes for the Insurrectionists. Not that I had a problem with the prop-work in this, though I swear somebody used the sound effect of the Battle Rifle for the DMR.