Admittedly, the ENTIRE reason I give Halo flak in the first place is because I was a child of Doom and Unreal; and I’ve always had an axe to grind about how Halo not only slowed down, but simplified multiplayer gameplay. Beyond that, I hold Halo responsible for giving CoD and Battlefield a blueprint to explosive popularity, further burying arena shooters-- so if I’m slagging CoD and Battlefield, Halo’s never far behind because I see it mechanically closer-related to CoD than Quake or Unreal.
tl;dr super-strong bias and a distaste for human-focused sci-fi. I’m never comfortable when an alien race is presented as genocidally-minded, it feels like projection of the Amerikan condition to me.
I can understand feeling uncomfortable at fighting an alien race presented as genocidally-minded, but in Halo’s defense, the story shows that most civilian Covenant have no idea about the truth of the actual war, and are misled by the Prophets. And many of the combatants later turn against the Prophets and join humanity’s side, so I don’t think the point it’s true that all members of the Covenant are evil.
But I can understand the bad taste it might leave in your mouth.
Admittedly, the ENTIRE reason I give Halo flak in the first place is because I was a child of Doom and Unreal; and I’ve always had an axe to grind about how Halo not only slowed down, but simplified multiplayer gameplay. Beyond that, I hold Halo responsible for giving CoD and Battlefield a blueprint to explosive popularity, further burying arena shooters-- so if I’m slagging CoD and Battlefield, Halo’s never far behind because I see it mechanically closer-related to CoD than Quake or Unreal.
tl;dr super-strong bias and a distaste for human-focused sci-fi. I’m never comfortable when an alien race is presented as genocidally-minded, it feels like projection of the Amerikan condition to me.
I can understand feeling uncomfortable at fighting an alien race presented as genocidally-minded, but in Halo’s defense, the story shows that most civilian Covenant have no idea about the truth of the actual war, and are misled by the Prophets. And many of the combatants later turn against the Prophets and join humanity’s side, so I don’t think the point it’s true that all members of the Covenant are evil.
But I can understand the bad taste it might leave in your mouth.