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8/12/2013 1:53:02 PM
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Wow, can we move on from the Covenant now? They've been done to death, and they were barely necessary in H4.
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Edited by IVI1CR0S0F7: 8/12/2013 3:02:43 PMThey do play a huge role, especially in Spartan Ops when they are the ones pulling the strings for the Prometheans. The latch key part will certainly play a big role later in the series, and would not have happened without their intervention. Edit: And they did send Requiem into the sun, almost killing Crimson, Majestic, and Commander Palmer, along with the Infinity.
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Pretty much everything was orchestrated by The Didact. Any role that the Covenant did have could've easily been fulfilled by more Promethean's. They were basically on the sidelines really.
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[quote]Pretty much everything was orchestrated by The Didact. Any role that the Covenant did have could've easily been fulfilled by more Promethean's. They were basically on the sidelines really.[/quote] But would it have been as effective for the story if they were kept out and every action they did was instead done by Prometheans? Debatable. As for gameplay, they play completely differently from Prometheans, and maybe 343 didn't want to take a gamble and potentially have an enemy that no one liked fighting. So The Covenant was thrown in to help the story and have an enemy we are used to fighting. Plus, both factions would offer a good variety together.
