I went ahead and merged together some of the Terminals of Halo 4 and the cutscene from Halo 4 where the Librarian tells Chief a story of the past to carefully explain the Didact’s events up to Halo 4.
Wow, watching that made me understand what was happening much more than the terminals themselves.
Haha, great, that’s what I was aiming for.
I’m still not really following.
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So the ancient humans noticed that the Flood was infecting Forerunner planets, and their solution was to just wipe all of them out? That’s hilariously excessive. It would be like if our solution to the -Yoink!- epidemic was to nuke Africa. Why not warn the Forerunner about the Flood so the two races could work together to impede its progress?
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What exactly was the purpose of the Librarian keeping the Didact alive after she shot him? If I was in her position, I would have been concerned that he would be released only to continue his campaign against the humans. And, surprise, that’s exactly what happened. The events of Halo 4 could have been entirely avoided if she had just killed him, which was the more sensible course of action in the first place.
And so forth. Either I’m still missing something (in which case this game has some of the worst storytelling I’ve ever seen), or my points are completely valid (in which case this game’s story is laughably juvenile).
Have you read all the books?
> - So the ancient humans noticed that the Flood was infecting Forerunner planets, and their solution was to just wipe all of them out? That’s hilariously excessive. It would be like if our solution to the -Yoink!- epidemic was to nuke Africa. Why not warn the Forerunner about the Flood so the two races could work together to impede its progress?
The ancient humans couldn’t warn them due to how fast the flood were spreading. If you know anything about the flood at all, then you would know that they evolve from technology and can basically just spread even further when ships start trying to leave the planet. As far as your -Yoink!- statement goes that’s just plain ignorant.
> - What exactly was the purpose of the Librarian keeping the Didact alive after she shot him? If I was in her position, I would have been concerned that he would be released only to continue his campaign against the humans. And, surprise, that’s exactly what happened. The events of Halo 4 could have been entirely avoided if she had just killed him, which was the more sensible course of action in the first place.
She kept him alive because she wanted him to learn from his mistakes. Sure a lot of things could have been avoided if he was just killed but honestly would you be able to kill a loved one of your own?
Lastly, it’s a game. Enjoy it for what it’s worth and if you still find you don’t understand what’s happening then go pick up one of the books and read them. You’ll understand things better. I for one thought the video was a really nice go at the story and very easy to follow. Thank you friend
> The ancient humans couldn’t warn them due to how fast the flood were spreading. If you know anything about the flood at all, then you would know that they evolve from technology and can basically just spread even further when ships start trying to leave the planet. As far as your -Yoink!- statement goes that’s just plain ignorant.
It would have taken no time at all to warn the Forerunners. In fact, it probably would have been faster than organizing a fleet of ships to murder them.
Regarding your last line, it would appear that you’re unaware of how to construct a valid argument.
> She kept him alive because she wanted him to learn from his mistakes. Sure a lot of things could have been avoided if he was just killed but honestly would you be able to kill a loved one of your own?
If said loved one was committing genocide, then yes, I absolutely could. Besides, the Librarian evidently had no qualms about shooting the Didact (twice), which easily could have accidentally killed him, so she clearly wasn’t overly concerned with keeping him alive. Otherwise she would have chosen a nonlethal method of incapacitating him.
> Lastly, it’s a game. Enjoy it for what it’s worth
This is essentially what it boils down to. People have the attitude that video games are “just video games,” so they shouldn’t be held to the same storytelling standards as books and films. And to be honest, I can see where they’re coming from. I just think it’s hilarious whenever someone on this forum claims that Halo 4 was some sort of gift to storytelling when it has glaring flaws like this.
Great vid. I love the forerunner trilogy so far, can’t wait to get the third book.
To the guy above my first comment, The humans and the forerunners have been at war with each other as well as fighting the flood. “The Forerunners were unprepared to deal with the Flood, as the humans had destroyed every piece of evidence about the parasite and the cure they had invented, possibly as a final act of vengeance. The Didact later regretted the devolution of humanity, as he had been unaware that the Flood was the reason for humanity’s earlier aggression.”
I find it hard to believe that in 1000 years of war, no human managed to get the message across to the Forerunners that they were running from the Flood. Totally poor story telling there…
Awesome man, thanks!
> - What exactly was the purpose of the Librarian keeping the Didact alive after she shot him? If I was in her position, I would have been concerned that he would be released only to continue his campaign against the humans. And, surprise, that’s exactly what happened. The events of Halo 4 could have been entirely avoided if she had just killed him, which was the more sensible course of action in the first place.
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> And so forth. Either I’m still missing something (in which case this game has some of the worst storytelling I’ve ever seen), or my points are completely valid (in which case this game’s story is laughably juvenile).
Well it is a game, so 343/Microsoft are the ones who tell the story, so Halo 4 could not be just “avoided” unless they didn’t want to make it. -Yoink!- isn’t powerful enough to destroy entire races, but I know what you mean.
> I’m still not really following.
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> - So the ancient humans noticed that the Flood was infecting Forerunner planets, and their solution was to just wipe all of them out? That’s hilariously excessive. It would be like if our solution to the -Yoink!- epidemic was to nuke Africa. Why not warn the Forerunner about the Flood so the two races could work together to impede its progress?
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> - What exactly was the purpose of the Librarian keeping the Didact alive after she shot him? If I was in her position, I would have been concerned that he would be released only to continue his campaign against the humans. And, surprise, that’s exactly what happened. The events of Halo 4 could have been entirely avoided if she had just killed him, which was the more sensible course of action in the first place.
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> And so forth. Either I’m still missing something (in which case this game has some of the worst storytelling I’ve ever seen), or my points are completely valid (in which case this game’s story is laughably juvenile).
The Librarian kept the Didact alive so he could learn to be compassionate towards humanity, but that would only be possible until his meditation was complete. In Halo 4, the Chief and Cortana thought that his Cryptum was a means of communication with Infinity, but it wasn’t. So Chief opened the Cryptum before the Didact completed his meditation. Another thing was when the Chief was making his way to the Cryptum, the Prometheans under the Librarian’s influence (blue) were trying to stop Chief from reaching it, hence why they were attacking him. They were trying to prevent the Didact’s release.
Very nice work, thanks. I have only watched the terminals once, and only read Cryptum so far, so I was still a little unsure of his past but it makes more sense after reading that.
I commend you for the great work. I truthfully didn’t learn anything new, but this would be invaluable to those who would be confused about the story or who haven’t watched the terminals.
In all, great work!
My only gripe with that video was the subtitles on the part with Chief in it, as the rest of the video didn’t have subtitles. Other than that, the video was great, it helped to explain the Didact’s past much better than the cinematics we got in game.
Cool story bro. Tell it again.
Thanks for the support. I’ll add general subtitles soon.