Talk:Halo: Heroes All

Review on Matt's behalf
So the action begins with a log of a discussion amongst ONI officals discussing the SPARTAN Laser; before being rudely interrupted by those evil covenant, though written well enough, it became boring, and this pattern seemed to follow the Log segment of the prologue, after finishing the second log, I was horrified to find more of them; so I procedded to skip the log segment until I found the beginning of the actual story in Sydney, things picked up, but this trend did not continue...I was soon bogged down by a list of Ships and Personnel taking part in the campaign. I skipped this again.

Finally, we get into the story. So here it is- sydney's under attack, we are attacking on all available fronts, the ODSTs are coming down, my excitment begins to rise. And it starts off well, we're introduced to Leo Simmons, a grizzled ODST on his way down to sydney; and we hear a discourse between ODSTs also on there way down, however, the writing often becomes filled with jargon, and the story loses its impetus, and I soon find myself wanting this part to end. However, things pick up whenever he touches down, and the scenario is explained to us, we soon find ourselves, reluctantly, agreeing with Leo's views on his CO, such cynicism is gained with experience.

The story changes to another ODST - Smoke. The story begins to get better from this point on, with characterisation becoming better; and we truly begin to get a feel for our brothers in the field. Smoke is a true, grizzled, son of a gun, who knows what he is doing, his gun'ho attitude adds some depth to the character, but we find this attitude is a facade, and we find a complicated individual underneath. After saving a corperal's life, he gives him a memento which, obviously, is held dear to Smoke. The minor thing I can say about this part, is the distinction between Church and Bishop is not made clear, though after talking to Matt, I found out they were the same person.

From here on out, I'll explain my views on the writing.

The prose is OK, and consistent; which is odd considering two authors are involved, however, some sections have better written segments, and glimmers of brilliance, though at times it becomes sluggish, and dull. The characterisation in some segments, is fantastic, truly brilliant stuff; they feel believeable, and more importantly: real. While at other times, they feel like cardboard cut-outs.

All and all, I'd reccomend Heroes All to read; however it's not brilliant...Not yet.

3.5/5.

 Joshua  (Talk)  (Contribs) 19:08, January 4, 2011 (UTC)