Despite knowing her for this one game, I did feel a bit tears-eyed. She did tell some cheesy jokes, she told us to push buttons, but in the end, it felt like you were partners. Especially in Midnight, when she is holding herself together for the sake of John-117’s safety, and to save the earth, she sacrifices herself. She bids a tearful goodbye to the Chief, and then POOF. There goes a crucial bolt that kept the Chief much more human. Is he going to killing machine or not? That got me worried. What did you feel like when Cortana supposedly died?
Decline and ascension.
Dude… I was crying when Cortana died. That doesn’t happen to me often. But that scene, with the music, and Cortana’s final words… I couldn’t help myself.
I felt kinda sad, but not as sad as I probably should have. I was sad, but not to the point where I was crying or even felt like it. It was sad, but I feel like they could’ve done better somehow. That’s just me, though.
Gears of War 3 was the only game that made me almost cry because a character died. They did an amazing job with that. I kinda figured Cortana dying wouldn’t be that good.
> Dude… I was crying when Cortana died. That doesn’t happen to me often. But that scene, with the music, and Cortana’s final words… I couldn’t help myself.
Ditto. Green and Blue is one of the best tracks in a Halo OST.
I was distraught… Then “Never Forget” started playing… I cried.
That she didn’t die. That would just be a little too convenient; for the Librarian to have a private conversation with Cortana only for her to die without us hearing the obviously important details of that conversation.
I was waiting for Master Chief to be like
“Wake up, Cortana”
Because that’d be great with the whole
“Wake up, John” thing.
Nothing. It wasn’t like her death could be avoided and wasn’t inevitable.
I wasn’t invested at all in her character.
I didn’t feel a thing when she died.
Happiness! I always hated Cortana. Why I like the Arbiter’s missions in Halo 2. No Cortana shouting in my ear.
> Happiness! I always hated Cortana. Why I like the Arbiter’s missions in Halo 2. No Cortana shouting in my ear.
Was that the only redeemable thing about the Arbiter’s missions? I never played Halo 2, and I’d like to know. People said that Arbiter’s campaign missions were some of the worst in Halo history.
> … What did you feel like when Cortana supposedly died?
I went digital and watched Red Dawn… other than the fantasy that North Korea still existed at all after invading Washington state, it was a good movie.
> When Cortana died, what did you feel?
Recoil.
No, wait, that doesn’t work. Err… myself?
I felt nothing. I felt more sorrow at the time she was trying to override the hardlight bridges by multiplying herself. It seemed painful …
Dieing by a nuke explosion did not give me this dramatic death sad feeling lol.
More like meh … she’s gone, could’ve been better ways for her to pass away.
> > … What did you feel like when Cortana supposedly died?
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> I went digital and watched Red Dawn… other than the fantasy that North Korea still existed at all after invading Washington state, it was a good movie.
I’m not sure how to respond to this…
Was it horrible?
I was incredibly saddened because of my long history with Halo. I do hope they make a Cortana 2.0 because, even though it’s not the same Cortana we grew up with or came to love, it is almost impossible to think of a Halo universe without Master Chief and Cortana side by side as a team.
> > Happiness! I always hated Cortana. Why I like the Arbiter’s missions in Halo 2. No Cortana shouting in my ear.
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> Was that the only redeemable thing about the Arbiter’s missions? I never played Halo 2, and I’d like to know. People said that Arbiter’s campaign missions were some of the worst in Halo history.
Arbiter had probably some of the best campaign missions in my opinion. I loved fighting the heretics. His missions were the only time the Flood ever got in vehicles which made it more fun. And the fight with Tarturus was really great. His active camo added different layer of strategy to the game. I really loved Arby’s missions. Never kill humans though.
I was mad because I was thinking, Who is going to play power forward for me? - Back that thing on up!
I felt hungry and sad