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I got serious classic ''Half-Life'' vibes from Operation D's final mission in the ONI facility. With the environment and the portals spawning left and right, it feels and plays like an homage to the finale of ''Lambda Core''. | I got serious classic ''Half-Life'' vibes from Operation D's final mission in the ONI facility. With the environment and the portals spawning left and right, it feels and plays like an homage to the finale of ''Lambda Core''. | ||
As I suspected the story is very barebones and disjointed. The idea of a Spartan replacing the ODST squad in the simulation felt awkward storytelling-wise, and I don't see why ONI's top secret research facility had to be in New Phoenix in particular (aside from name-dropping a known city) when the Didact's attack didn't come into play at all (unless it will in the classified final op). It feels a little like a "Halo: The Amusement Park Ride" with known locations as settings just because. I'm also not sure where in the timeline the Gamma Halo and New Phoenix segments are supposed to fall - is this before or after the events of ''Halo 4''? Kwon is familiar with the Prometheans, but then again she also refers to the player as a Spartan in the New Mombasa missions so it appears she's roleplaying as part of the simulation rather than being in charge of the original missions. | As I suspected the story is very barebones and disjointed. The idea of a Spartan replacing the ODST squad in the simulation felt awkward storytelling-wise, and I don't see why ONI's top secret research facility had to be in New Phoenix in particular (aside from name-dropping a known city) when the Didact's attack didn't come into play at all (unless it will in the classified final op). It feels a little like a "Halo: The Amusement Park Ride" with known locations as settings just because. I'm also not sure where in the timeline the Gamma Halo and New Phoenix segments are supposed to fall - is this before or after the events of ''Halo 4''? Kwon is familiar with the Prometheans, but then again she also refers to the player as a Spartan in the New Mombasa missions so it appears she's roleplaying as part of the simulation rather than being in charge of the original missions. Frankly it would've made more sense in the context of the greater ''Halo'' story if the entire plot was made-up ''in-universe'', being the concoction of the TACSIM scenario designers complete with the most archetypal Forerunner MacGuffin they could think of, rather than something that actually happened. | ||
While it's true that the story is just there to be wrapping for a fun little arcade game I wish it were more substantial. Even ''Spartan Assault''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s story, which was nothing to write home about, felt like it contributed more to the overall lore by at least using established characters. The story was also framed better, being grounded to a set location rather than centering on an inexplicable and interchangeable MacGuffin over many years. The credits tell us that the lead writer was a third-party contractor from a consulting firm which is a bizarre choice to say the least. Of course, this is all subject to change (to some extent) once I get around to playing Operation E, but I doubt it'll introduce anything so revolutionary as to turn the plot's presentation up until that point on its head. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 10:21, 17 April 2015 (EDT) | While it's true that the story is just there to be wrapping for a fun little arcade game I wish it were more substantial. Even ''Spartan Assault''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s story, which was nothing to write home about, felt like it contributed more to the overall lore by at least using established characters. The story was also framed better, being grounded to a set location rather than centering on an inexplicable and interchangeable MacGuffin over many years. The credits tell us that the lead writer was a third-party contractor from a consulting firm which is a bizarre choice to say the least. Of course, this is all subject to change (to some extent) once I get around to playing Operation E, but I doubt it'll introduce anything so revolutionary as to turn the plot's presentation up until that point on its head. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 10:21, 17 April 2015 (EDT) | ||