User blog:Maslab/Halo Legends: The Duel

Yes, I'm watching it so you don't have to.

Okay, let's get this part over with:

I'll admit, the fight scenes are fairly nice to watch. I like seeing something of the art style that the Sangheili use with energy swords, even if the animation is dodgy. Although I must ask: where the hell did they get Gravity Hammers? And I still cant figure out what the hell the Arbiter did to those hunters.

Now for the part you all want to read: the bitching.

I almost thought it was a joke when we say the Kimono and Japanese armored Elites, but it goes all in to their architecture and everything. There's even a Japanese soundtrack.

The Female Elite just looks and acts foolish. The books for me showed that all Sangheili were fairly reserved in their emotions, whilst this bitch giggles at ever turn. She even looks more human than alien/reptilian. And don't get me started on the males...

The Hunters are eleven feet tall, not twenty! I understand the term "artistic license", but there is a limit.

Metal blade sounds when an energy sword is pulled out of flesh? Come on.

Again, fight scene with the Arbiter vs. an entire horde of Covenant? I am forced to admit that the end of the fight left me with a giggling. Just a bit, though. Awesome. I am forced to admit that the end of the fight left me with a giggling. Just a bit, though.

Immediately followed by a cheesy and predictable "Noooooooooooo!" sequence? Fail.

It would also appear that metal blades shaped like energy swords, yet even more illogically so, are just as effective as regular energy swords.

And this is Japanese anime, by the way. I shouldn't have to tell you the ending.

Apparently the rank of Arbiter used to be a rank gained by respect, and this is the story about how it became a mark of shame.

What a shame that they failed to include a backstory as to who these characters are and why this is happening, or why we should give a shit.

My general opinion? Keep to the fight scenes, 343, and work on the animation.

As for the artistic part: fuck off.

All in all, the story of Fal 'Chavamee is not at all "moving". Just pointless, inane, predictable, and hopefully forgettable.