That was quite an ending. I'm kind of disappointed in that when Cortana sacrificed herself to hold the Didact (which was kind of cheesy in the manner it was done), you simply did not go up to him and beat the shit out of him, then follow-up with shoving the grenade into him. Otherwise, I thought the ending was alright, but it is pretty weird that there's little cliffhangar afterwards like in all the past games. It is a wonder what will follow next. Is the Didact really dead though? Why are the Prometheans still active if he's dead? Wouldn't they change back to blue if he did die? Is Cortana really gone too? What of the Storm Faction? Jul 'Mdama? Arby? The other Spartan II's? Spartan Gray team? Reach's fate as a colony world that we saw at the end of Halo Reach? There is also the fact that the Didact's sentiment about humanity being the biggest curse in the galaxy at the end of the game is still present. What will the Chief do next? All those questions need to be answered within the next two games and media centered around those games.
I feel like 343i can do a LOT with the series and take it to some great places. They just need to answer more questions than they are creating. I'd also like to see the Halo Arrays flushed out more since the Halo seems like its only a "cameo" sentiment now. I think we all can agree that the Prometheans in general need some redesign to refine their gameplay aspects. At times they are laughable and at times they are too frustrating. Headshots are irritating to pull off with non-Human weapons against the Knights. The Suppressor feels like an SMG in the hands of the player and an auto-Light Rifle in the hands of the AI. I'm glad the Sentinels still made an appearance. I would also like to see Mendicant Bias make an appearance, perhaps as an important part of the plot.
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