SHOW ME the story! CONNECT with the characters! (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 00:48 (3951 days ago) @ Hoovaloov
edited by Ragashingo, Sunday, September 28, 2014, 00:52

A few things:

1. The Covenant in Halo didn't speak english. Ok, the Grunts did, but they had nothing story worthy to say. We never heard anything understandable from Jackals, Elites, or Hunters and that was just fine. Tone and animation were more than good enough for Halo and I think they work ok for the enemies in Destiny as well.

2. I disagree that characters need a human face to connect emotionally. The Ghosts are the best example of this in Destiny. Their single eye and moving outer shell do a surprisingly good job of conveying fear, surprise, uncertainty, and even deadpan humor. Likewise, the Exo Stranger has a few good facial animations during her Vex cutscene that do a good job of showing what she is thinking.

3. Sarah Palmer met the Chief in person, in game, as he got to the door that Lasky and his Spartan IV guards were hold up behind. She was also in at least one cutscene with the Chief, on the bridge with Cortana, Lasky, and Captain Screamalot. I think the Palmer hate is more the community's hatred of the Spartan IV dude bros focused to laser like levels on the most Spartan IV with the most screen time.

As for the rest:

It's extremely disappointing coming from the Halo universe where the games where chock full of memorable and engaging characters. But there is hope that later expansions and games will fix these shortcomings.

Yep. :)