> In the past games, forerunner buildings were desolate, empty places. In halo 4 all the lights are on and it really ruins any feeling of discovery that one may have. Whilst extremely advanced, i never got the feeling that Forerunner technology was ‘magic’ in the bungie games. Solid light’s an interesting concept and i think there may be a paper or two about such a thing. Solid light making bridges is fine, Bullets/beams made of solid light seems sound (they should probably use a battery like covenant weapons, but i’d let that slide) Solid light making whatever it touches disintegrate… That’s magic. Forming a cube of solid light hundreds of metres away from any hard light emitter and having the avatar of a character move around freely within the cube… Magic.
I don’t see how the Forerunner structures being active ruins exploration, but that’s me, I guess. From the moment Halo 4 was announced, Frankie and 343 made it clear that Requiem’s architecture would be active, not dormant like in the Bungie games.
Now, I have to ask what about hardlight disintegrating something is magic. Light and heat go hand in hand. Where there is one, the other is there. Seeing how advance Forerunner technology was, I doubt it would be that hard to make a hardlight “bullet” heat up and disintegrate a fallen enemy.
Finally, I’ll quote Arthur C. Clarke:
> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
> The didact just isn’t a solid villain. Tactically he’s a moron. He doesn’t need a smart ai for EVERY unit in his army and he could probably duplicate anyone’s conciousness that is composed a few times. Also you could probably put more power to shields if you don’t give someone power-inefficient floating limbs too.
The Didact wasn’t a villain, he was an antagonist. And yes, there is a major difference between the two (though most media does not make this distinction, sadly).
Now, you assume that every unit is driven by a single AI, but we don’t know if this is true. It could be that a single AI (or Promethean Soul) drives multiple Knights. Even if this is not the case, and a single AI drives a single knight, duplicating AI is not as simple as you seem to think. In Halo media, duplicating an AI is rarely simple, and can come with consequences (as seen in First Strike)
> But it’s his motive that bugs me: revenge. Not only is his genius wife an absolute moron for putting all that effort into locking him up when she could have just killed him… but attempted genocide for something that happened so long ago is just… WHY? I mean i could totaly understand the Prophet’s motive for attempting a genocide, they’d be reduced to nothing if the humans joined the covenant. The didact is just being a child. How did someone like that get into a position of power in the most advanced race in the galaxy?
The Didact choose Humans because of their actions against the Forerunners. The Didact is a very old Forerunner, and his and the Librarian’s children were killed in the war with Humans. I would also point out that being sealed in his Cryptum was likely similar to going into cryo, meaning that, for him, the 100,000 years gone by would be an instant.
And then your accusations about the Librarian. She loved her husband, so it’s not so easy as “just kill him.” She hoped he would learn and help the Humans, and if he didn’t, it’s clear she put in place some plans to ensure Humanity’s survival.
> There’s loads more. I could probably go into detail on things like how Glassman’s suicide bomber vest was overkill and a dangerous move for the covenant, how thorn would realy have found his fight easy with gek due to having enough strength to be able to punch through gek’s neck with ease or at least outmatch the scarcely armoured elite when it comes to strength. Perhaps the profesional behaviour of majestic after that fight. Loads of stuff to complain about, LOADS.
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The bomb vest was more to keep Glassman in line than anything, a psychological ploy, if you like.
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Thorne was exhausted, and had been beaten up by Elites already. Even Spartans have their limits. You also seem to think that Sangheili bone and muscle structure is similar to Humans, but it is vastely different. Sangheili would have denser bone and muscle due to their homeworld having a higher gravitational pull. It’s not just a “punch him through the throat and be done with it.” A better complaint would be something like “why didn’t get just kill Thorne?” His cut was clearly aimed for the gun, not Thorne. Either Gek’s an idiot, or a terrible swordsman.
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Not sure what your issue with Majestic’s behavior after rescuing Thorne is.
