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Halo: The Return
by Vigil Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:46 pm
Halo: The Return part 1 and 2 review.
Well showing their outstanding originality, the waypoint team comes at us again with another slideshow animated story from Halo; Evolutions. As usual I sat down and watched them and I’ll give you my opinion, and to be honest, I think you’ll be surprised.
To conclude, I came in with very low expectations and I was shocked at how good this was, as it was a nice insight into the Covenant side of the war and well told and a tale of war and atonement. I’m looking forward to the next two and I highly recommend watching it, as it doesn’t have any real canon problems (Except maybe the atmosphere is intact, but I can forgive that as only really the glyph was made and it wasn’t a full planetary bombardment.) But other than that it was a truly good piece of work. Now I’m off to read the story in the book. I know I’m shocked too.
Well showing their outstanding originality, the waypoint team comes at us again with another slideshow animated story from Halo; Evolutions. As usual I sat down and watched them and I’ll give you my opinion, and to be honest, I think you’ll be surprised.
- Spoiler:
The thing starts with a battle on the human planet Kholo. We pan around the battle seeing Elites, Hunters and Grunts as they decimate any surviving marines, as the sky burns. We then cut to 20 years later to a single Elite standing on the surface of the planet, now dead and barren. He narrates that he was breed for war to please their gods and the Prophets. He explains that he was one of the strongest so he was picked by them to do their divine work. He explains that he captured a human ship that told them the location of Kholo, and he was picked to destroy the planet in the Prophet’s name. And so they entered orbit and slaughtered them. He looks round at the remnants of the battle he recollects how while the humans fought bravely, their victories were costly, and in the end, they didn’t change the outcome.
We then cut back to the present and he continues to walk the surface of the planet and explain why he has come back to this world after 20 years, which is after Halo 3 and no longer a member of the Covenant because he seeks forgiveness for his sins and is trying to atone, as he walks the surface of the planet to reach a strange smoke plume on the horizon.
We then cut to Part 2 and the Elite explains the battle in more detail. When the ground forces had been crushed, he was ordered to begin the orbital bombardment, and burn a glyph into the surface, to serve as a message to the humans, and to finish of the survivors. The Prophet on board tells him to burn ‘Faith’ into the planet and so he does, wiping out all around in the beam. The rest of the fleet then burnt the rest of the planet and left it the way we see it now.
He contemplates all the men he’s killed and how the guilt hangs over him like a shroud, but all he can do is keep walking, to the smoke where the burnt scar of his glyph remains, so he can discover what this other remaining spec of life is. The sun is setting and he decides he needs to find some cover before nightfall, he sees some decent cover; an old UNSC bunker and enters looking at horror at all the skeletons littering the floor. He quickly leaves and sleeps in a bomb crater, thinking how his past has come back to haunt him.
To conclude, I came in with very low expectations and I was shocked at how good this was, as it was a nice insight into the Covenant side of the war and well told and a tale of war and atonement. I’m looking forward to the next two and I highly recommend watching it, as it doesn’t have any real canon problems (Except maybe the atmosphere is intact, but I can forgive that as only really the glyph was made and it wasn’t a full planetary bombardment.) But other than that it was a truly good piece of work. Now I’m off to read the story in the book. I know I’m shocked too.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by PiEdude Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:08 pm
I stopped watching after they took them off Youtube (cheap bastards, like I'm going to pay to essentially watch a TV show), so I have no interest in them until they come back to it.
It sucks though, because Prototype looks pretty good.
It sucks though, because Prototype looks pretty good.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Vigil Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:12 pm
PiEdude wrote:I stopped watching after they took them off Youtube (cheap bastards, like I'm going to pay to essentially watch a TV show), so I have no interest in them until they come back to it.
It sucks though, because Prototype looks pretty good.
It isn't legends. That shit is out and dead to me.
This is some exclusive stuff for waypoint which was originally a Halo Evolutions story.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Divine Virus Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:16 pm
The internet does wonders PiE. See what happens when I type in Halo Legends Protype.PiEdude wrote:I stopped watching after they took them off Youtube (cheap bastards, like I'm going to pay to essentially watch a TV show), so I have no interest in them until they come back to it.
It sucks though, because Prototype looks pretty good.
http://dubhappy.com/halo-legends-prototype/
Doing the same for any of the others lets you watch them as well. I like Homecoming, Origins and Prototype the best. Odd one out is actully pretty damn funny. Reminds me of FLCL and DBZ.
Also this new motion comic one looks pretty cool as well. I'm curious as to what the story is sence I have yet to read Evolutions.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Ringleader Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:11 pm
Krazy, I am sold on the idea that you could do something 10x better in 15 minutes.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Rasq'uire'laskar Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:19 pm
Meh.
"The Return" was one of the better stories in Evolutions, but I just wish they'd back off on the merching.
"The Return" was one of the better stories in Evolutions, but I just wish they'd back off on the merching.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by KristallNacht Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:20 pm
I still think Odd One Out was the best legends chapter
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Divine Virus Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:21 pm
It was pretty damn funny.KristallNacht wrote:I still think Odd One Out was the best legends chapter
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Rasq'uire'laskar Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:26 am
Huh.
The ending in the book was completely different...
So, how was the comic-book style animation? That may be why the final battle wasn't shown...
The ending in the book was completely different...
So, how was the comic-book style animation? That may be why the final battle wasn't shown...
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Vigil Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:38 am
Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:Huh.
The ending in the book was completely different...
So, how was the comic-book style animation? That may be why the final battle wasn't shown...
It's only about halfway through.
For some reason they split it into 4 bits, which I reviewed the first two.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Onyxknight Mon Apr 12, 2010 9:48 am
both were pretty good (both the return and prototype) and im waiting for the next two parts 
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Vigil Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:40 am
I hated Prototype, I thought it was full of canon holes and emo character who was just insufferable.
Looking for too the next too bits of this.
Looking for too the next too bits of this.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Rasq'uire'laskar Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:33 pm
Be as it may, Prototype was still better than everything else except "Homecoming".
Could have benefitted from ten more minutes of exposition.
Could have benefitted from ten more minutes of exposition.
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Re: Halo: The Return
by Vigil Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:44 pm
Indeed. It would be nice to know who his platoon died, where this uber crazy gundam mech came from, and why he the code for it.
A bit of an explaination would of been nice.
A bit of an explaination would of been nice.
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