: I will say that Cortana's appearance change really stuck out to me as well
: (and to probably everyone for obvious reasons), but it goes beyond the
: MC's armor changing just because graphics capabilities are better and can
: do better things.

: I think it served as a very obvious indicator that this is not Cortana as
: we know her. As you said, it's a copy or a fragment or a highly
: manipulated broken version of Cortana or something. Whatever the case,
: it's not the same Cortana that sacrificed herself at the end of Halo 4.

I mean, Chief himself actually says"you've changed"