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6/13/2012 6:22:34 AM
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Am i the only one disappointed in Cortana's Halo 4 makeover?
I mean, they made her all.. sexified. i mean, bigger boobs, dark hair and dark lips? i for one don't like it. She was never supposed to have any sex appeal in my opinion and to go and give her that kind of makeover was really just unnecessary, probably just a ploy to sell the game to a wider audience. And i'm pissed, because she was my favorite character. She's like the girl next door who was your best friend until she changed herself for an audience who won't even appreciate her for who she is.
Hot Cortana is bad.
/rant
[url=http://i.imgur.com/dyLhF.jpg?1]Cortana from Halo 1 - Halo 4[/url]
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I am dissapointed of new Cortana's design and other new designs by 343, that's why I decided let Halo go, I just want to remember it a Halo game and not a compilation of several games in one, in order to survive.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Cmdr DaeFaron Cortana's look change is a minor detail. I really would be more annoyed if say, they changed the look of the Forward unto dawn, or put the new UNSC symbol on it. Or even neglected to include the MA5C sitting beside chief's cryo tube.[/quote] You do realize that they're probably going to end up doing all of the above, right...?
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Cortana's look change is a minor detail. I really would be more annoyed if say, they changed the look of the Forward unto dawn, or put the new UNSC symbol on it. Or even neglected to include the MA5C sitting beside chief's cryo tube.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog It's the aesthetic representation of her personality; every game she thinks herself more and more human, and every game she diverges more and more away from that original loosely-formed purple avatar with little definition and looks more real and like the 'aspirational woman'. [/quote] Except in Halo 4 her "aspirational woman" attitude seems more like "aspirational praying mantis" with her seeming desire to go insane. [/quote] It's the same thing. Her wanting to be a real person is her going insane.
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Well, she has had more than 4 years of doing nothing. Of course she would mess around with some things, her avatar included. I personally don't mind the new look, I think I might be more focused on other things about her, like her growing Rampancy or yelling at the Captain of the Infinity and stuff.
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I think she's hot, but I don't think she needs to be to be an interesting character. Personally I would've liked her better if they had moved more in the direction of the geeky scientist type, like Serina with her labcoat. But...eh, its not that bad. Could be worse, could be better.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog It's the aesthetic representation of her personality; every game she thinks herself more and more human, and every game she diverges more and more away from that original loosely-formed purple avatar with little definition and looks more real and like the 'aspirational woman'. [/quote] Except in Halo 4 her "aspirational woman" attitude seems more like "aspirational praying mantis" with her seeming desire to go insane.
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It's the aesthetic representation of her personality; every game she thinks herself more and more human, and every game she diverges more and more away from that original loosely-formed purple avatar with little definition and looks more real and like the 'aspirational woman'.
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each game she looks different..
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I agree. Halo 2 Cortana FTW.
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I actually like it.
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Honestly, Cortana isn't losing any of her "Cortana-ness", for lack of a better word. She is still going to have great banter with the Chief, and all of her complexities and flaws that have been developed in the previous games will become if anything, more evident than they have been in the past. To me the added sex appeal of Cortana almost completes her; if she were an actual woman she would be entirely desirable... extremely intelligent, witty, compassionate, perhaps even brave. It only seems natural in my mind to have such a desirable persona take on an equally desirable form for its physical manifestation.
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No, just no.
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Personally, I can't wait to see her deliver that "planet" line in-game.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ajw34307 Why don't you compare Cortana in Halo 2/3/Reach to Halo CE before you start pointing the finger at Halo 4, this attractiveness is NOT a new concept.[/quote]Exactly. Also while obviously the "attractiveness" has risen with each new iteration of the game I don't think it's simply that, it's also in large part because with the power that the new game systems have 343 and Bungie have the ability to make her more realistic. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TGI Skuldier [url=http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/microsoft/343industries/halo4/Cortana610.jpg]Halo 4 Cortana[/url] [/quote] You realize Halo 4's Cortana doesn't look like that? It's a concept piece, which I'm not even positive was provided by 343. She looks similar, but the in game one looks more real, imo.[/quote]Also Roberto with a dose of truth. [Edited on 07.20.2012 8:51 AM PDT]
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I think you're correct saying that they're going for sex appeal. After all making a game is about making money, so the more sex appeal, the more buyers. I personally don't like the change. Many have been saying she has changed in every game. But it was touches to make Cortana look more emotional, to help with the story. As 343 are making her look sexy for sales.
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I rather wish they kept her how she was in Halo: Combat Evolved. She was a helpful, snarky and well written AI character. Afterward... well, holographic AI breasts.
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I think there is way more analysis here than needs be. Sex sells.
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The fourth visage in the image to which the OP linked is, in my consideration and terminology, an "acanonicum" by the most obvious and simple standards, and one that literally prompted laughter when I first saw it, which was when I saw the OP's image... Let me ask a serious question here (I have used this analogy before): if all the sudden we have Microsoft depicting Cortana as a unicorn, are we going to close-mindedly and unquestioningly accept the canonicity of the depiction, just because "the people in charge say so"? Not me. The Halo Canon is written and defined - any such depiction would be a complete departure from the true canon we have been shown through and by the "Great Window of The True Halo Canon" - the Halo Trilogy. It's gradualism - before you know it, Cortana will be a dancing unicorn in a few more "Halos". I could just laugh it off and move on if I didn't know that there are people who actually acknowledge the canonicity of Halo 4. Words that describe the visage I mentioned above are fanciful, interpretive, meretricious, iconoclastic, and disrespectful. It's like comparing classical Greco-Roman art/architecture (Halo Trilogy) to modern abstract art (Halo 4 Cortana). I agree with the OP's disappointment.
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Yea i agree with the "bloated" statement, plus i just dont like that hair, it just looks bad. It was fine the way it was.
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I think Halo 3s Cortana was the most attractive, but I agree with OP.
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Hold on, let me ask my -blam!-. You like it? *Nods* -blam!- says yes.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The Notyalc Has anyone ever met somebody with double D breasts[/quote] Yes... They're not uncommon.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RaMpAnT__117 I half-support your rant, but only appearance-wise. They should have kept the same overall facets of her character and changed perhaps the patterns on her skin, the little details on her. I don't mind the "sexified" appearance. In fact, she looks much more human now, even if she is a bit more... well, more. I do like the premise on her character development, and her ongoing struggle with rampancy, it will certainly be a very interesting plot element. In this light, her appearance seems almost trivial. Don't forget she also doesn't show her holographic body 90% of the time. Her voice and character define cortana, not her looks. PD I don't mind the boobs :D[/quote] That's about all there is to say really.
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I just think they went overboard. I actually liked having a female character with little to no sex appeal (CE). Some of you guys are saying they're trying to make her more human and sympathetic. First off, THAT'S what they think a regular woman looks like? Has anyone ever met somebody with double D breasts and a tiny waist like that? I find it hard to be sympathetic towards something that doesn't even resemble a real person. Not that it's a HUGE deal or anything, but I did prefer CE or H2 cortana.
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I´m fine with it, although I have noticed her color has changed from Halo 3 to Halo 4.
