She is, after all, his only friend. ?As the game progresses, the story appears to be leading towards an eventual?rendezvous?with Cortana s creator, and the writers go out of their way to make it appear as if Cortana would be saved from destruction. ?Except, she isn t. ?In the game s climax, she sacrifices herself to save Master Chief, saying goodbye in a beautifully staged, but utterly heartbreaking scene.
Not just heartbreaking, but maddening. ?Maddening in that the writers led me to believe there was a chance at salvation for Cortana, only to yank that chance away at the last possible moment. ?Maddening in that I had to watch two beloved characters get put through a meat grinder for 10 hours with absolutely no payoff for either of them. ?One doesn t survive the experience, and the other just gets tossed back in the meat grinder.
I suppose it s possible that there is some grand Search for Spock style rebirth planned for Cortana in a future Halo game, but honestly, I don t think there is. ?For whatever reason, 343 wanted to end Halo 4, the first game of a trilogy, on a tragic note. ?It soured the entire experience for me, and has made me reluctant to play through the campaign again.And so I m left with the feeling that, in many ways, Halo 4 is both a beginning and an end.
It is the start of a brand new trilogy, being developed by a new studio. ?But it is also a goodbye to Bungie, the series creator and caretaker for over ten years. ?It is the beginning of a new era for mankind, and a new mission for Master Chief, but it could be at the expense of everything he once cherished. ?So how harshly do I judge it? ?How do I pare it to the other games in Halo s long history? ?Halo 4 is an all around wonderful game, with game play that is at once evolutionary and reverent to its past.
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