I too dislike the makeover process. The more human a computer begins to look, the more I start to associate human behavior with it, and thus the less I subconsciously believe it's a computer. The feeling of working with a Smart AI is much different than working with an intelligent human. There are a ton of subtle things that come into play. Computers are incredibly more rational, immeasurably faster at thinking, have a near perfect memory, can calculate things faster than you can provide the numbers, don't let emotions fog their view, and so on. When working with humans, you have to [i]trust[/i] that they know what they're talking about. With super computers, you [i]know[/i] that they know what they're talking about. I can appreciate the simplicity of the original Cortana model. It wasn't even on par with the human models of the game. Virtually a simple outline with a handful of textures which resembled a 30ish year old woman. I don't want to work with a naked sex-icon when I'm killing aliens. I'd rather work with a smart-ass 30ish year old woman looking super computer. Really, though, it's just a minor detail. I'm still going to get the game eventually.