: And then 343 gave us their redesigns, and it was all just because the artists
: wanted to put their own personal touch into everything (it served no
: function), and then 343 was all "well, the other designs that you
: know still exist, but these are different variants! BTW you'll never see
: the other "variants" ever again... but they're canon, just not
: as canon as these new ones."
: If they were straight up honest, I doubt it would have been as much of an
: issue as it became, and they wouldn't be forcing themselves to dig further
: into the hole.

: That said, this does give them a chance to make Halo 6 their
: "Reach", where they handwave what they've done before in service
: of a more cohesive experience. Bring on the Brutes!

I think for better or worse 343 isn't going to retcon their own designs as heavily as Bungie did theirs or 343 did when it took the mantle. But visual consistency has been their weakest element whereas they care much more than Bungie did about the story implications of what they do.