Editing Brian Reed

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[[File:Brian Reed.png|thumb|250px|Brian Reed in the [[Halo 5: Guardians ViDoc: A Hero Reborn|''Halo 5: Guardians'' ViDoc: A Hero Reborn]].]]
'''Brian Reed''' was the ''Halo'' franchise lead writer at [[343 Industries]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/BrianReed '''Twitter:''' ''Brian Reed'']</ref> Previously employed by [[Marvel Comics]], his first ''Halo'' work was ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', a comic book adaptation of the [[Eric Nylund]] novel ''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach|The Fall of Reach]]''. He served as a writer for ''[[Halo 4]]'' and was the lead writer of ''[[Spartan Ops]]''.<ref>[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/03/04/Spartan-Ops-Episode-Review.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''Spartan Ops Episode Review'']</ref> Reed later wrote the comic miniseries ''[[Halo: Initiation]]''<ref>[http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/04/26/Dark-Horse-Announces-Halo-Initiation.aspx Dark Horse Announces Halo: Initiation]</ref> and subsequently issues [[Halo: Escalation Issue 7|7]] through [[Halo: Escalation Issue 10|10]]  of ''[[Halo: Escalation]]''.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-707/Halo-Escalation-7/ '''Dark Horse:''' ''Halo: Escalation Issue 7'']</ref><ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/22-710/Halo-Escalation-10/ '''Dark Horse Comics:''' ''Halo: Escalation #10'']</ref>  Reed also wrote ''[[Rossbach's World (story)|Rossbach's World]]'', one of the short-stories in ''[[Halo: Fractures]]''. 

Reed was the lead writer for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'',<ref>[https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-8-27-14 '''The Halo Bulletin 8.27.14''']</ref> before moving to the position of Lead Narrative Director of the Halo franchise.<ref>'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''': ''About The Authors''</ref> Reed was an additional cinematic writer for ''[[Halo Wars 2]]''.<ref>''[[Halo Wars 2 credits]]''</ref> In early 2017, it became known that he had stepped down from the position.<ref>[http://www.dbltap.com/posts/4668281-brian-reed-no-longer-narrative-director-for-halo?a_aid=41135 Brian Reed No Longer Narrative Director for Halo]</ref>

He needs to stop writing for Halo entirely. The evidence of this being the trope-filled, convoluted mess which is Halo 5: Guardians' story. A story which failed to produce any meaningful conflict between Master Chief and Jameson Locke (which was the entire basis of the marketing campaign), a completely redundant and dull antagonist in the form of the Warden Eternal, a lack of character development for Osiris bar a few 'Buck buys the drinks' quips, and a woefully cliche 'created vs creators' plot 'twist', which appeared from literally nowhere and makes Cortana's sacrifice in Halo 4 meaningless.

Halo 5: Guardians is otherwise a pretty enjoyable game and a solid Halo title; however Brian Reed's amateur writing spoils the otherwise fun gameplay and beautiful environments of the campaign. Replace Reed with Christopher Schlerf, for the franchise's sake.
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