"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

[Amit]

MC is a Reclaimer, so it could be tied to that. There are multiple explanations you could make, but I think the fact that he is a Reclaimer saved him from the instant incineration. I wondered that too for a minute and I think that's the answer, plus the Elite's shield was down or too weak to survive the incinerating beam? Maybe it's another weapon not seen yet?

So being a reclaimer, that saves him from a quicker death? The fact that they are trying to kill him at all should set off some alarms about the intentions of the enemies. That's what an enemy is...something that tries to kill you.

Hate to point this out to you.
but Crysis had this before CoD4 was about.
Crysis came out September 07 and CoD4 came out in November.
You want to point fingers, point em at Crysis.

Actually, Crysis came out in November...