How many cut scenes would it take? This amount of back story and lore is more than in all the halo games combined.
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it would work if we had all the story but we don't
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It's the beginning, your not supposed to have the whole story. They need to improve storytelling and add in cut scenes but functionally it takes away from the idea that we are all a bunch of guardians, for me at least, when we are all having the same story. Personally I'd prefer story to be brought in via public event tie ins (finish one and have a chance for a NPC like a vendor or the stranger to contact you, telling you about an issue and asking you to complete a task for them. Doing so reveals part if the puzzle). My .02