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Geemer
Nov 4, 2010



I'm not really sure what they even accomplished. If the Flood are a hive mind, who's to say there's not several Grave Minds?

There being multiple would mesh with the line about defeat only adding time to the sentence.

Or is the idea that it'd survive the firing of the ring right in its face? And if so, why bother firing it?

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Geemer
Nov 4, 2010



On the one hand I think it's neat how they made the city AI only speaks in stock voice clips or traffic signs.

On the other hand you, this is a world where fully sapient AI exists and it seems weird for the city AI to be limited like that.

I think it'd fit better if Cortana hadn't already been an established character, or had been some kind of forerunner relic.

Geemer
Nov 4, 2010



Carbon dioxide posted:

Different topic but I was thinking about a funny concession basically every FPS including Halo makes.

The plot tells you "go do the thing at place it's very urgent otherwise hundreds of people will die".

Then after you clear an area of enemies you can just stand around, admire the graphics, smell the flowers (or whatever Grunt blood smells like), as long as you like and nobody minds and the game doesn't progress until you go to the next section of the map.

It's always funny when a game does actually include a hidden timer that makes you fail (optional) objectives if you gently caress around too long. Deus Ex Human Revolution's first real level comes to mind.

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