[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] mcmhockey92 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ninjakenzen I for one, preferred it when the forerunners where faceless and mysterious. Now in my mind I keep seeing a hybrid of a Human/San 'Shyuum [Prophets] lovechild with a new kind of Mass Effect mixed with Halo Wars kind of atmosphere. The Didact was disappointing and the Forerunner tech was underwhelming on a galactic scale [lol]. Halo 4 isn't a bad game. It's just overrated in many areas. For a change in direction. It could have been worse I guess. I'm just to a large extent disappointed with the followthrough. I've never been so bored/meh at playing a campaign level with forerunners as the focal point of interest. There was no motivation whatsoever, no intrigue or curiosity. Just more of the same forerunner architecture, on a larger scale and don't forget the portals![/quote] THANK YOU for writing this. You've expressed exactly what I've been feeling. I've been telling my friends about my dislike of this shift from mysterious forerunner to mass-effect-esque forerunner. Halo isn't ruined for me yet, but I'm certainly worried about the direction this series is heading...we'll see[/quote] You guys need to understand that what you're seeing of the Forerunners is from a balanced gameplay perspective. If Forerunners were made to be as powerful as they are in the books, none of us would make it past the first level. And in reply to earlier things: 1. The Didacts ship IS a warship. Look at the terminals. In addition, it is a far cry from a "weak ship". It survived MAC bombardment from Earth's orbital defenses AND home fleet battle group. 2. The weapon used by the Infinity to punch a hole in Didact's ship was not a "super-mac". It was a 100% Forerunner energy weapon. Most likely introduced by the engineers taken from Onyx. (The Forerunner energy weapons ARE on the Infinity. It was mentioned in either Glasslands or Thursday War). 3. And the red "pool" that the Didact fell into was a Slipspace Rupture. Cortana confirmed so in her dialogue. The Prometheans are weak because they have to be, otherwise, gameplay would be horribly broken. If you'd like a more accurate depiction of Forerunner military prowess, I suggest you play the entire campaign on Legendary without dying once. Then you'll realize that Prometheans may be more powerful than you think.