So, during a session showing off the Master Chief Collection at Tokyo Games Show, we asked Microsoft what it had gained from Scott's involvement fee. The Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator director is credited as an executive producer - a role that is often nebulous at best. Scott's name sounds good in a press release and will no doubt be plastered on the back of the Halo: Master Chief Collection box (a purchase of which will unlock the five-episode feature). For our review of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, which includes access to see Nightfall, head here.One of the first things Microsoft announced about its upcoming Halo: Nightfall mini-series was that it would somehow include the involvement of director Ridley Scott. Halo: Nightfall episode two will be available on the Halo Channel on November 17. It ultimately needs to pay off in a way that surpasses basic horror movie tropes, though. There is still room for Nightfall to angle in the right direction, especially if the exploration of the looming threat is handled correctly. The end result apes movies like Pitch Black, while conveniently robbing the soliders of their ability to safely use power armor and even their weapons. It's too early to say if Nightfall's horror movie-like threat is a neat nod to fans who dive deeper into the lore, or if it's a hackneyed way to shoehorn existing material into the series. I can assure you that isn't what's been teased. If you watched the preview for episode 2 after the premiere, you might suspect that remnants of the Flood survived. We move on from that quickly though, as the true threat of the Nightfall saga emerges. They aren't wearing protective gear, and the fear over the lethality of the material is completely absent. This makes little sense for a substance that supposedly only affects humans. I was expecting that we might get to see a new alien species digging for the material, but it turns out that it's two humans doing the smuggling. Immediately, something seems off as the ONI and Sedran troops note that the smugglers have opted for a primitive mode of transportation to get from their drop ship to the dig site. The lush green of the intact Halo has been replaced by char and rock. The remnant is as treacherous as it was described in the pilot. ( Note: It has since been pointed out that the ship is a Condor, and not a Pelican. I can't recall if Pelicans have always been able to enter FTL (and my research doesn't definitively debunk it), but it did catch my attention. The episode starts as the team's Pelican dropship moves through slipspace. At the end of the pilot, the team departs Sedra for a treacherous battleground: a remnant of the Alpha Halo. If you're caught up with Halo: Nightfall's first episode, you know that the ONI troops under Commander Locke along with a detachment from the planet Sedra under Colonel Aiken are headed into danger. Note: We've avoided spoilers for episode two, but this does assume you've watched the premiere installment on the Halo Channel ( our impressions). This week, my pragmatism weighs out, and I cant help feeling a bit disappointed in the saga's second act. Watching the Halo: Nightfall series is spurring a conflict between my sensibilities and my delight at seeing Halo realized in live action.
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