: He could have been referring to the introduction scenes for Blue and Osiris
: and I still can't see how that would have worked outside of giving free
: reign, which seems almost mindbogglingly impossible given the scale of
: that setting. The only reasonable method I could see is working is similar
: to ODST when we fell in the drop pods with limited use of the camera. That
: might have been a little weird considering the scale of the battle and the
: limited ways you could control the character throughout the scene. I'm
: totally fine starting off where we did and seeing the amazing scenes we
: did from a third-person perspective.

The Guardian run section came pretty close. It's just that it was too short and easy. Had they made the section longer and included more enemies and attacking vehicles, it would've been almost like playing the opening cutscene.