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::Were they so desperate to showcase their gimmicky second story feature that they purposefully omitted critical exposition from the main plot and relegated it into ancillary video clips? Not too happy with that. What do the second stories have to say about the element, the Lekgolo, and the convenient series of coincidences that were needed to make the plot work? That aside, I didn't hate ''Nightfall'', but it was certainly a step down from ''Forward Unto Dawn''. ''FUD'' gets flak for starting out slow, but I actually liked the way it took its time to establish the setting and the characters, which made me care when they start dropping in the later episodes. ''Nightfall'' rockets from one location to the next and the overall atmosphere feels foreign to the ''Halo'' universe. The whole business with the treaty, the new "element" toxic to humans (what a wonderful coincidence!), the superfast Lekgolo worms, the removal of Randall's augmentations... Even all that increased budget didn't really get to shine because they apparently got too excited with the CGI and slapped it everywhere, where ''Forward Unto Dawn'' used it sparingly and in the dark to hide its flaws. They shouldn't really attempt a film this CGI-centric without a blockbuster budget. And that ending felt ''very'' rushed; as I said in the above topic, I was expecting them to show Locke becoming a Spartan, not just... hanging out on Sedra. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:26, 12 December 2014 (EST) | ::Were they so desperate to showcase their gimmicky second story feature that they purposefully omitted critical exposition from the main plot and relegated it into ancillary video clips? Not too happy with that. What do the second stories have to say about the element, the Lekgolo, and the convenient series of coincidences that were needed to make the plot work? That aside, I didn't hate ''Nightfall'', but it was certainly a step down from ''Forward Unto Dawn''. ''FUD'' gets flak for starting out slow, but I actually liked the way it took its time to establish the setting and the characters, which made me care when they start dropping in the later episodes. ''Nightfall'' rockets from one location to the next and the overall atmosphere feels foreign to the ''Halo'' universe. The whole business with the treaty, the new "element" toxic to humans (what a wonderful coincidence!), the superfast Lekgolo worms, the removal of Randall's augmentations... Even all that increased budget didn't really get to shine because they apparently got too excited with the CGI and slapped it everywhere, where ''Forward Unto Dawn'' used it sparingly and in the dark to hide its flaws. They shouldn't really attempt a film this CGI-centric without a blockbuster budget. And that ending felt ''very'' rushed; as I said in the above topic, I was expecting them to show Locke becoming a Spartan, not just... hanging out on Sedra. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 00:26, 12 December 2014 (EST) | ||
:::The plot-relevant part about the Lekgolo was that they implied they weren't Covenant, but ones kept there far longer by the Forerunners, buried in the ring's many facilities. That's what I got out of the recon drone one anyway. None of the Second Stories are required per se, not to the degree that someone would have to have read multiple novel series to understand Halo 4, but they certainly help, like the little trailers and character bios for FuD do; two focus almost entirely on Wisner, first interrogating Axl, second having a "polite" discussion with Horrigan and Estrin right before the mission. [[User:Alex T Snow|Alex T Snow]] ([[User talk:Alex T Snow|talk]]) 06:44, 13 December 2014 (EST) | |||