I also wonder why Roland didn't join the Created.
if we had just listened to Captain Del Rio none of this would have happened
Quote from: A Cheese Potato on October 29, 2015, 07:04:36 PMif we had just listened to Captain Del Rio none of this would have happenedyeah, because everyone would be Promethean Knights
Good thing the Librarian seems to be hooking us up with a new plot thread to give us ships, otherwise we'd really be fucked Spoiler
Quote from: SpartanT on October 29, 2015, 08:54:53 PMGood thing the Librarian seems to be hooking us up with a new plot thread to give us ships, otherwise we'd really be fucked SpoilerSo the plan was for AIs to rebel, and for humanity to earn the Mantle by defeating them?I feel like the whole 'million year plan' concept is totally needless.
Everyone should just take a moment to thank Keith David and his plot armor for kicking the Warden Eternal's ass at Sunnion.
Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on October 29, 2015, 09:07:03 PMQuote from: SpartanT on October 29, 2015, 08:54:53 PMGood thing the Librarian seems to be hooking us up with a new plot thread to give us ships, otherwise we'd really be fucked SpoilerSo the plan was for AIs to rebel, and for humanity to earn the Mantle by defeating them?I feel like the whole 'million year plan' concept is totally needless."Ha, I planned it to happen" is such a cop out for shitty stories.
the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
You're welcome for planning 9/11, that was some funny-ass shit right?"
Quote from: Winy on October 29, 2015, 11:08:43 PMYou're welcome for planning 9/11, that was some funny-ass shit right?" I like the idea of Libby throwing in curveballs just to fuck with humanity. Most long-term trolling in sci-fi.
One thing that doesn't make sense. At the end of the Blue Team mission Infinity control says they've already dispatched a team to Meridian to "handle" Cortana. How the fuck do they even know she's there? Unless they were lying and just said it literally after Chief said he's going there.
SpoilerSince Jul 'Mdama was killed can we assume that the UNSC now has the full Janus Key now?
Quote from: Thrasher on October 30, 2015, 12:46:17 AMSpoilerSince Jul 'Mdama was killed can we assume that the UNSC now has the full Janus Key now?SpoilerThey didn't even mention the Janus Key. I think it'll either be a plot device in 6, or just lost in the void and will never show up again.
The idea that Chief is the "Culmination of a thousand generations of forerunner planning," or some shit like that, is retarded. "Dude like 100,000 years ago I planned out your birth, everything that would ever happen to you, and also Cortana, who had nothing to do with your birth, so I actually planned out all of Halsey's life, too. Also, this means I planned like hundreds and hundreds of generations of human family trees lmao. You're welcome for planning 9/11, that was some funny-ass shit right?" It's ridiculous, even from science fiction perspective.
Halo 5 's story for me is the equivalent of walking into the cinema, buying tickets for the latest James Bond 007 movie and then when you watch it it's the fucking Matrix. Ain't a bad movie but it's nothing even close to what you came expecting to watch.
Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 30, 2015, 01:45:05 AMHalo 5 's story for me is the equivalent of walking into the cinema, buying tickets for the latest James Bond 007 movie and then when you watch it it's the fucking Matrix. Ain't a bad movie but it's nothing even close to what you came expecting to watch.You know, I think one of the really jarring things about it for me is how they reveal some of this stuff. Like there's no consistency, primarily in how they choose to reveal the Forerunners as we go along.In the main trilogy, we got acquainted with the engineer and scientist constructs and technology. Largely automated machines, and monitors.Then, we meet Didact and the Promethians. And this seems to be where things get a bit messy. Most of the Promethians we see in Halo 4 are composed ancient humans. Something that was living, but turned into an artifical construct.Then suddenly out of nowhere in 5, we get another branch of Promethian soldiers. Are they composed Forerunners? Simple constructs? Or what? Why exactly are they suddenly different? And then, even further, we end up with Warden and the Guardians.Why exactly does Warden get a million bodies? Was he a Forerunner or just another AI? Why, specifically does he get a tomb at the entrance to a Guardian to house all those bodies?And the Guardians themselves. These machines were all buried far under their planets, so far down that you see lava. And they have the power to completely shut down an entire world of all its technology in one shot. Are you telling me these things weren't used to combat Flood infested ships or planets?Or just convienently reburied after the Halos fired? It just seems a little off putting that we have all of these scattered styles everywhere. The Warden is literally just a pile of floating metal and hardlight plates.Why do Promethians get semi-organic looking parts to them?It just seems a bit messy to me.