: But... but considering that under their armor all Sangheili look to the
: same to humans, the Arbiter's armor was part of his identity. Had I been
: shown a picture of his new armor with no context at all and no prior
: knowledge that the Arbiter had been redesigned, I would have assumed it
: was a new character. It would be like Darth Vader showing up at the
: beginning of Return of the Jedi with a totally new set of armor, say,
: something red with a radically different helmet and no fancy Lite Brite
: chest box. This is one reason why visual consistency is important. There
: are sci-fi universes that have been around longer and have more material
: than Halo, yet manage greater visual consistency. Bungie was bad about
: redesigning things on occasion, but 343I has taken it to a whole new
: level, with far greater artistic liberties granted to the art team.
Because a character in a franchise had a particular visual identity in one area, it's wrong for them to have another identity later down the road? To show growth/development? That doesn't ever benefit a franchise or character development?
