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Edited by Tartan 118: 1/21/2014 10:02:43 PM
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What was wrong with Spartan Ops' CG episodes?

I just rewatched the second half of the CG series, and it was pretty good. So let's ignore the horrific repetition and dull objectives of the gameplay (even if, as always, pure Halo gameplay is sublime), and how poorly it was connected to the narrative. Aside from 343's former demonisation of Halsey (which, for once, cast a harsh, refreshingly moral light on Halo), what was so bad about it? And, uh, Palmer. There was great back and forth with Requiem, mystery, Forerunner goodness tying to Campaign, Storm Covenant insight, spectacle, internal conflict with the UNSC... What did Brian Reed do wrong? Besides shitty missions. Or is it the missions everyone hates about it all? Edited to make the question more precise.

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  • The cutscenes barely having any impact, influence, or connection with the missions we played as Crimson for one. Continuing the Halsey bashing trend and continuing to piss and stomp all over canon with her story arc (both by skewing the facts to fit their own agenda or ignoring what contradicts it, and the whole entire storyline being one that'd be impossible to happen and relies on everyone being completely out of character and ONI being a Mary Sue organization in order to happen), there is nothing refreshing about it in the least. Characters were one-dimensional (Palmer) or very poorly developed (Majestic) with barely any characterization at all. The fact that the plot almost completely [i]relied[/i] on everyone being a total moron to continue or progress the story. Lack of internal consistency, such as bog-standard Marines emptying whole clips of weapons at things like the Promethean Knights, and then characters like Palmer one-shotting them with pistols or Lasky one-shotting them with a shotgun (slightly more acceptable considering its a shotgun and fired at point-blank range, but still unrealistic for how powerful/good the Promethean Knights are supposed to be). Just Palmer in general though especially in the final two episodes with her blind hypocrisy and then complete incompetence. The whole entire thing was just plain bad, what's listed up above is just scratching the surface and the tip of the iceberg.

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