Thought about this topic all day today. It all just comes down to two things I haven't jived with from 343's take on Halo.
1. Dr. Halsey as a villain. Yes, she headed the program to abduct children for the Spartan II program, but she's not alone in the blame. She had a superior who had to write off on this project who had his superiors who also had to ok it all. The whole UNSC brass are really in collusion here and to have members of the military not support its own programs is unbelievable to me. Yes, the public would have something to say about this program, but the military, even a fictional one, would protect it's own. It's just what they do. Also, in light of the fact that the program created Master Chief who was the single most important force that led humanity to victory over the Covenant. I think that has to be taken into account.
2. Master Chief's "romance" with Cortana. This appeared at key moment in Halo 4 and I nearly laughed myself silly and then got angry at what was happening to Halo. I get it that they have to try and make Halo more appealing to the mainstream and so they need a romance, but with MC and Cortana? Cortana is an AI construct and occupies no physical space other than electricity and the circuits that transmit her program. It's absurd! MC had a romance going in Nylund's Fall of Reach book with a female Spartan. Now that makes sense. I even thought it made a strange kind of sense for MC to have a gay relationship with The Arbiter. They're two of a kind but from different alien races. But to Cortana? I guess 343 had no choice because they are such major characters, but I think it's the dumbest, most rediculous thing I've seen in gaming lately.
