As epic as it was watching Jul Mdama get defeated in that cutscene… Why couldn’t we have actually done any of that instead of watching it? That could’ve been a cool first boss fight and intro to the game overall. It would’ve added variety with the stealth aspect as well sneaking up and listening to their conversation and taking out the other enemies with assassinations, and then fighting Jul Mdama.
Also, why couldn’t that first intro cutscene had been gameplay? It would’ve been badass to start out on the Pelican in first person watching Lasky’s mission briefing like in ODST, and then running off the pelican dropping all the way down dodging debris, and then running down the mountain similarly to running down the guardian in that later mission with a few quick time events, and each players’ perspective could’ve been unique like most of the game.
Just a thought.