Halo 4 was bad. Not necessarily the actual gameplay, although there were at least some bad parts there. The lore. A core idea of the original trilogy was that you’re in the shadow of giants. The Forerunners existed on a scale so far beyond humanity and the Covenant that it’s laughable. There’s a throwaway line early on when you meet 343 Guilty Spark about how the Chief—wearing the pinnacle of human engineering—is in something like a level three combat suit, and should really upgrade to at least an eight. The Forerunner technology we run into in the little drone guys, the Flood as it exists in modern times, these are all remnants of a long dead glory and a long-passed war.

And then in Halo 4 you fight the superweapon robots created by the most fervent warlord the Forerunners had, and they die no problem just like everything else. It’s lame.

Also, I know that it was at least alluded to before and the possibility of Cortana going insane was not completely out of left field, but man, we didn’t need to see it. We didn’t need confirmation that sorry, that character you like, your near-constant companion, really does die like that. “Wake me if you need me” was the perfect ending, they didn’t need to fuck with it at all, but they did.

Maybe I was harsh on it, but I didn't like the new alien robot things much at all. The graphics were great though.