User blog comment:Damac1214/Why Shooters Need Good Stories/@comment-1263839-20130513192906

I really value the story of shooters. In my opinion the best story for shooters specifically is one that's omnipresent yet for people who don't like the idea of getting absorbed into a game it can be ignored and it doesn't change much. Halo 2 and Half-Life 1 are good examples of this, there's story there but you can easily ignore it and clean infection form bits off your chestplate or shoot at the Aliens invading the science facility. Or you could shoot at the raving mad hairy monster trying to punch you to death.

On a different topic: I admit I was upset when Cortana died, but it was less sad because Halo 4's story made me want to vomit up all my internal organs, especially why Cortana dies. "Oh hey Chief, you want to die and you're cradling the nuclear device but whatevs I'm just gonna knock you out and save you in less than a second". One thing I'll say that I like is how Cortana brings up a solution but it becomes blatantly obvious that this solution isn't possible.