: Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed Reach's cinematic direction for the most
: part as well. Some of the best in the series, actually, and part of that
: had to do with the close-in shots as if Noble was being followed by a
: camera crew on foot or in a vehicle. Going back to my critiques of Reach,
: there were a number of scenes that were rather jarring and took me out of
: the experience as a player, as Lehto noted for Halo 5. Often times the
: same type of direction was used as with the middle cutscene for Winter
: Contingency, which I did not like, and the opening cinematic for Nightfall
: which was done really well.

: I totally agree that some cutscenes were things that we should have
: experienced ourselves in gameplay. For the most part though I'm satisfied
: at the very least with what we got in terms of cinematic direction. I
: wouldn't want to personally assassinate Jul 'Mdama in the same setting
: because I know he's not that great of a fighter and because he would
: probably just be a damage sponge with nowhere to go, just like the Heretic
: Leader. However I'd totally love to fly that prowler from the end of Blue
: Team that the Chief comandeered. :)

Yeah boss fights just aren't that much fun, which makes me think that if we got to fight Jul it would have to be in the context of a H3 Chieftain-like fight where he's mostly just a slightly tougher Elite Zealot you can't just noob combo, and the difficulty comes more from the environment and his supporting enemies.