Wow, this has gotten kinda off topic. Anyway in my own two cents, I personally think Movie Bob spent a little too much time bitching about Halo than actually reviewing the bloody thing. First off, Movie Bob, how about a little Reviewing 101. Rule #1: Check all bias and your ego at the door. I really don't care to hear your personal views on Halo and I definitely don't want to sit through watching you ejaculate your opinion on how Western games are all the same: Space Marines shooting shit and Japan is some amazing God-country that is so super speshul in what they make in games. It's almost as if you seem to forget that Japan is just a freaking landmass with people that are just as fallible as anywhere else in the world.
As to Halo Legends itself, I find it to be...polarizing at best. Some of the animation was kinda tired and boring which is not helped as Halo doesn't have the most energy filled of stories. I'll admit, I do like Halo and I especially like the lore of the universe it's set in. that being said, Halo Legends has a bad habit of disregarding canon in favor of pretty pictures. Some of it out right blatant. I'll give some examples.
If you've seen the Babysitter you were treated to Forerunner structures that look nothing like the familiar angular structures from the game. No instead, the forerunner where fond of making building in the same style as ancient Japan. Complete with a statue of Buddha. Pretty stupid huh? Guess what? The Babysitter wasn't the worst offender.
In the Duel, which was very artistic, but also very hard to watch (for me atleast. Something about the animation just made my eyes hurt) It had problems with Halo timeline. Mainly in that if it was supposedly set right after the Covenant had formed then the only members of it would have been the Elite and the Prophets. All the other races such as Hunters and grunts had yet to join. I did like how it did flesh out the Arbiter rank more and the elites in general, though the appearance of the elite female was so bad that is was declared non-canon.
The Package is one of the worst offenders. While a very cool episode, it just had little bits that left gaping holes in the universe's canon. For example the Booster Frames. In the Halo universe one of the things that made the Covenant so formidable was their immense fleets of extremely powerful warships armed by dangerous plasma weapons and protected by shield so powerful nothing short of a nuke or 2 consecutive blasts from a ship-mounted BFG would drop them. However in the episode the Booster Frames breach these shield which have given UNSC cruisers and destroyers immense problems with no trouble at all. If such tech was available to the human race why the hell were they losing? Also the whole blowing up the Covenant Seraph's which had shields capable of blocking missiles with a fucking Warthog gun was a bit of a wallbanger. Aside from that only minor details like all of the covenant having neon green blood really stood out. If you've played Halo to any extant then there as pretty good chance that you've looked behind you at the trail of destruction you just wrought and noticed it looks like a someone had a rave complete with the neon paint. From the Hunter's neon orange blood to the grunt's fluorescent blue blood to the jackal's purple blood and the Elite's blue-purple blood and the brute's dark blue blood, it's simply amazing the animator's managed to give them the one color of blood that non of them have. Also it was kinda sad that they couldn't even get the weapons shown on a spartans HUD to match the weapon they were carrying.
Still an interesting episode to watch even if your not into Halo as the 3D animation is top-notch. Resist the urge to pound the "Skip cutscene" button as it does evoke that kind of feeling even if you're watching it on YouTube. The other Halo Legend episodes I haven't seen so I'm not going to pass judgement on them yet.
As for the Halo hating, I find it funny and yet kinda sad so many people say it sucks completely disregarding the fact that a ton of people love playing it so Bungie must being doing something right. I always try to give games and their creators some credit because as long as people love what they do, it's pretty clear they're doing a good job at something. If I don't like something for some reason, I don't assume it sucks. I acknowledge that it just doesn't fit my personal tastes and move on.
As for those saying Halo rips off Aliens and Starship troopers, tell me. Does something having definate influences from other media make a game bad. If so I'd like to point out a successful, but little-known game with an immense amount of such influences including some from those very movies. It's name is Starcraft. If having such influences is bad then why is such a game tournament-played to this very day?
As to Halo Legends itself, I find it to be...polarizing at best. Some of the animation was kinda tired and boring which is not helped as Halo doesn't have the most energy filled of stories. I'll admit, I do like Halo and I especially like the lore of the universe it's set in. that being said, Halo Legends has a bad habit of disregarding canon in favor of pretty pictures. Some of it out right blatant. I'll give some examples.
If you've seen the Babysitter you were treated to Forerunner structures that look nothing like the familiar angular structures from the game. No instead, the forerunner where fond of making building in the same style as ancient Japan. Complete with a statue of Buddha. Pretty stupid huh? Guess what? The Babysitter wasn't the worst offender.
In the Duel, which was very artistic, but also very hard to watch (for me atleast. Something about the animation just made my eyes hurt) It had problems with Halo timeline. Mainly in that if it was supposedly set right after the Covenant had formed then the only members of it would have been the Elite and the Prophets. All the other races such as Hunters and grunts had yet to join. I did like how it did flesh out the Arbiter rank more and the elites in general, though the appearance of the elite female was so bad that is was declared non-canon.
The Package is one of the worst offenders. While a very cool episode, it just had little bits that left gaping holes in the universe's canon. For example the Booster Frames. In the Halo universe one of the things that made the Covenant so formidable was their immense fleets of extremely powerful warships armed by dangerous plasma weapons and protected by shield so powerful nothing short of a nuke or 2 consecutive blasts from a ship-mounted BFG would drop them. However in the episode the Booster Frames breach these shield which have given UNSC cruisers and destroyers immense problems with no trouble at all. If such tech was available to the human race why the hell were they losing? Also the whole blowing up the Covenant Seraph's which had shields capable of blocking missiles with a fucking Warthog gun was a bit of a wallbanger. Aside from that only minor details like all of the covenant having neon green blood really stood out. If you've played Halo to any extant then there as pretty good chance that you've looked behind you at the trail of destruction you just wrought and noticed it looks like a someone had a rave complete with the neon paint. From the Hunter's neon orange blood to the grunt's fluorescent blue blood to the jackal's purple blood and the Elite's blue-purple blood and the brute's dark blue blood, it's simply amazing the animator's managed to give them the one color of blood that non of them have. Also it was kinda sad that they couldn't even get the weapons shown on a spartans HUD to match the weapon they were carrying.
Still an interesting episode to watch even if your not into Halo as the 3D animation is top-notch. Resist the urge to pound the "Skip cutscene" button as it does evoke that kind of feeling even if you're watching it on YouTube. The other Halo Legend episodes I haven't seen so I'm not going to pass judgement on them yet.
As for the Halo hating, I find it funny and yet kinda sad so many people say it sucks completely disregarding the fact that a ton of people love playing it so Bungie must being doing something right. I always try to give games and their creators some credit because as long as people love what they do, it's pretty clear they're doing a good job at something. If I don't like something for some reason, I don't assume it sucks. I acknowledge that it just doesn't fit my personal tastes and move on.
As for those saying Halo rips off Aliens and Starship troopers, tell me. Does something having definate influences from other media make a game bad. If so I'd like to point out a successful, but little-known game with an immense amount of such influences including some from those very movies. It's name is Starcraft. If having such influences is bad then why is such a game tournament-played to this very day?
