I'm rather saddened that "Take That" didn't move on, though not entirely surprised. Kampy himself is probably one of the bigger Halo personalities, his name carries a lot.
This is probably a rather odd part to enjoy of that Take That, but 3:52 - 4:45 was absolute bliss to me. I love the firing animation at 4:21 and flying through the bloodspatter at 4:34. The angles at the beginning of it and going through the shield door. It almost reminds me of that Halo 3 Believe trailer where they are showing you around the diorama.
The blur warping effect (whatever it is) was also just fun to watch and fit the music perfectly. Some of the clips were also really cool to watch, I wasn't huge on H3 content so IDK if its been done before, but the ovk ninja on guardian lift was awesome to see, even the first kill in that being on the slope and still making it over him. The falling pit double kill and the rocket jumps on sandtrap.
The only thing I dislike were the opening clip, it just didn't set the tone for the rest of the montage (clip wise) for me at all, I think understand why it was put there, it just didn't appeal to me at all.
As far as JC/Fatal (even though this isn't the correct thread). I think its a very solid entry with small shortcomings that seem larger than they are. JC's gameplay is stellar, there is no question about that. The music however puts me in this kind of consistent pace that doesn't have huge moments or deep lows (if that makes sense) and it makes the gameplay feel less stellar than it can be at times. It definitely took me two or three watches to appreciate some of the clips a little more, but like I said its a small shortcoming that seems larger than they actually are. I typically believe that you should take two looks before you objectively throw out opinions, so its not like they went unnoticed. The editing is great, I think it fits the songs really well, but again because it feels consistent I notice smaller things that I normally would have overlooked, I feel more nitpicky. Like a couple of the triples it just leaves me wondering why or there was a transition that just felt slightly off.
Evadurs montage is very different tunes than JC for me. It's one of those montages that makes me want to play halo. Like after the first song I was so pumped I wanted to just hop on halo and start hitting clips and thats a huge thing for me. Editing had a few weird moments and its commendable that he did a great job for a first edit after having so much trouble with editors, but I can't just over look those things because of that reason. Anyways like I said he sets a great atmosphere for his montage. His gameplay is a complete blast to watch, even the questionable clips where its like ehhh its just fun. I dunno how else to explain it. I adore almost everything about it.
In the end if it honestly came down to Evadur and JC it would be a hard thing to pick. JC seems more consistent and polished, but lacks charm. Evadur is a complete blast to watch and his clips stand out more in my memory. They both have different things going for them and against them. I hate to repeat myself one more time, but this is just from the eyes of a guy who didn't put a ton of time into H3. Who knows how well I'm judging the clips and I sure as crap ain't a good editor. Just calls it like I sees it.
