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MC was never believed to be the last living Spartan-II, let alone Spartan period. The books made that clear, and the games never even addressed the question. MC is considered to be the greatest among all of the Spartan-II's, but a handful of them were always still alive.

One thing I will agree on, is that Halo 5 should have explained what Blue Team were doing on Infinity with the MC again all of a sudden. As far as I recall, there wasn't a word about it.

Halo 5 is half of a story, which makes it disappointing until Halo 6 comes out. At that point I''ll judge whether it's a *good* story or not.

Did you play this fight on Legendary?

If you did, and you found it this easy, then I salute you. I sure didn't. Legendary in Halo 5 is a bitch.

You don't need to know exactly who Team Osiris are, same as Noble Team's origins didn't matter for the overall story of Reach. You learn more about them if you listen to the dialogue and pick of the datapads.

The same goes for Blue Team. If you've read the books (specifically Fall of Reach) you already know who they are, but even if you didn't, Osiris have more than one conversation about their history together.

Maybe. But after my tenth time being forced to fight the same irritating boss fight, I was just about done with this guy. And when you're fighting 3 of them on legendary, it becomes controller-throwingly frustrating.

If you're like me and you've just about had it with fighting you-know-who, I've found a method for skipping this fight entirely. Did it successfully myself, so I can confirm it's doable. Might take a couple of tries though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nbst_83txk

Your example with the whale hunter is exactly what I'm talking about. "Having a different view on things" doesn't somehow make wanton, completely pointless (beyond "tradition") slaughter of whales any more defensible.

I don't think my culture is universal. I DO think all cultures have aspects to them that are flat-out atrocious, in moral terms. Trotting out the old canard of moral relativism doesn't move me; nor does pretending that at any point I claimed my opinions were "obviously right".

"Well, human sacrifice isn't right or wrong - I have to be open minded here. I could have been part of this culture in another life!" Your moral relativism leaves you completely powerless to criticize such a practice.

Your counterpoint to this was to point out they might not be LEGALLY underage, because it's Japan? Do I have that right?

The "you don't get their culture" thing at some point ceases to be a compelling argument as well. Some cultures slaughter whales for no reason every year. Some cultures advocate female genital mutilation. "Culture" doesn't inoculate skeevy things from all criticism.

Plenty of things I love about Japan, but this kind of shit isn't one of them. Unless it's Jeff making fun of how gross it is.

If a goofy-ass cover on Time magazine was all it took to lose a "good deal" of your respect, then he never had it in the first place.

There was a time when I was pretty interested in the WoW lore, but they kind of burned through the last of it with Wrath of the Lich King, and the conclusion of Arthas' story line. Now it just seems like they are flailing around, by comparison.

After this expansion comes out, I think their best bet would be to start work on a WoW 2, and reinvent the genre again.

KOTOR 2''s story lost a ton of steam toward the end. It was clear that Obsidian didn't have enough time.

Still enjoyed my time with it, but a mile behind the first game in storytelling.