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In halo 4's cortana's entire facial structure is different from prior games, and she kinda just looks like a thicc bimbo. I think her actual facial anatomy in 5 looks better, see pic, even if it's still not that in line with H2/3, and even if I think the obvious ulterior motive of covering her up is dumb (which I'll also blame on Halo 4 for overdoing how obvious her nakedness was), I think in context the forerunner bodysuit works fine and I think her overall physique is closer to how it should be

In terms of writing I think 4 and 5 both are mid at best, but Halo 4 has what are good ideas in concept mostly executed badly, wheras Halo 5 has bad ideas that have pretty good execution (except for Locke who is sort of both bad and good in concept but bad in execution), and this applies to Cortana, too: The plot setup in 4 of Chief and an increasingly Rampant Cortana trapped alone on an alien forerunner world is a great hook, but in practice chief acts like he's dumb and doesn't understand the gravity of the situation or what rampancy is, and Cortana acts like a demure damsel, with both being very out of character, and rampancy is just shown as cringy tantrums (none of which landed even half as well as the Cortana visions in 3) rather then an AI gradually becoming unstable and more controlling, violent, etc over time without them realizing it. The UNSC showing up again also ruins the atmosphere

Halo 5 never should have revived her, but both Chief and Cortana actually act how they should: Chief tries to save her but is clearly in a position of knowing what he has to do if he can't, and Cortana not even realizing what's wrong with her and wanting to trap chief to keep him safe, with rampancy exaggebrating her existing overprotective and sassy personality traits into something toxic is pretty much how she should have acted in 4.

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