Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Opening Cinematic

Watching this zoomed-in on the iPad to get the old 4:3 aspect ratio back.

I can accept the awkwardness of the new character skins, since 343i and Saber had to work with the old Bungie skeletons. I’ll let them go on how the cutscene starts with a view of the Pillar of Autumn rather than the Halo ring, because that’s the way Reach ended.

What I don’t like are the new animations and the new camera angles. All we wanted was a visual update, new textures. Now Keyes has lost his rigidness. Cortana used to be bigger. The marine with the glow sticks didn’t wave them like that before. Johnson yelled at and commanded his guys, not beckon them over. And he would shoo them away by gesturing with his AR, rather than just talk. Subtle things. I miss those marines’ unnatural feet movement too.

Also: Cortana looked weird, and I’m not talking about the new haircut.