The Banished have had free reign over this Halo ring for long enough, and now that we’re here it’s time to turn things around. To that end, we know they’re searching for something in an old ruin, excavated by a Forerunner laser.
Whatever it is, it can’t be good for us if they claim it. Let’s beat them to the punch.
We’re starting to unravel some of the pieces of the story, and what’s at play, but we still don’t have a complete picture, if one even exists. To be honest, the villains still don’t appear to have anything particularly interesting going on, and all I can gather is that they’re after some form of “Ascension”.
I freely concede that this might be because I’ve not played Halo 5, but shouldn’t there be some form of Covenent-aligned allies here helping us fight against the Banished. I have a difficult time believing that they would allow a splinter group free reign to just demolish all of the forces of their newfound allies in half a year. It feels like something that was just forgotten by the writing team.
I’m not happy with the pilot yet, but I appreciate character growth and development. Depending on where they go from here, I can forgive someone starting out from a point of abject, crippling fear and slowly growing more confident and assured in their bearing. Even better if it can be done while also giving the Chief a rare moment of humanization. It’s genuinely pretty good.
It’s a mixed bag, but so many stories in the medium are. I look forward to seeing what else the team at 343 has for us.
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