[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] DecepticonCobra I'm with you ajw, I think too many people just have their preconceived notions clouding their judgement. What does it hurt if humanity was once a greater interstellar empire? What does it care if the Flood is more sinister than initially thought? Why is depth looked down upon?[/quote]For me it's not about this added [i]depth[/i], it's about how it's presented. Outright telling/explaining what happened through a linear narrative was boring. It's just so blunt, doesn't matter that Bear managed to tell a good story, when I step back and look at the whole picture, I'm just not trilled, intrigued, encouraged to think. Halo had an amazing premiss; we saw the Forerunner myth and heritage through the eyes of Master Chief. They could have told the entire story that way, it was the IP's style. That's the reason Bungie chose to start the story there instead of during the Forerunner era, after all. Lord of the Rings style, [i]Heroics[/i] led to [i]Legends[/i] which in its case turned to [i]Myth[/i]. Now it's lost [i]depth[/i], expanded the lore, but lost a layer of in terms of storytelling methods. Everything is clear-cut, it's like [i]midichlorians[/i] vs [i]the force[/i]. [i]Must know everything now![/i] No mysteries, only questions. Halo 4 had the Librarian suddenly enter the picture and straight-out spoon-feed us two minutes of exhibition! The terminals weren't even logically integrated; instead of reading loggs or receiving the backstory in a plausible way, we have direct video footage from the events i.e meta, unless it was an [i]interpretation[/i] of what happened... There's much to say, this is not more than one out of many elements, but whatever... Some like to know how the magic trick was done, some want to be fooled. [Edited on 12.03.2012 12:50 PM PST]