I’m really hoping that kelly linda and fred get some actual screen time this time around, but at the same time I agree that an outside perspective is the best. Even just looking at Forward Unto Dawn, it’s clear that looking from perspective can be used to great effect.

I dont think the comment meant anything about length of play time for each character. What he was saying is it makes no difference to the story how long you play as one or the other as the whole point of Locke is to flesh out the chief and give players another side of the story. Trying to answer who the Spartans were from someone who isn’t a spartan. Humanity saw them as a mysterious force with no history. They saw them as living tanks, tools, weapons… Not people.

You are missing the point. Locke was outside the spartan universe. He’s already human where as the Spartans were treated as machines, tools. They were dehumanized as children so other Spartans can’t give you an outside perspective of master chief. It wouldn’t work the same way. Locke and humanity see Spartans as a mystery, some secret force with no background. Its a totally different perspective.

That would have been awesome! 343i could still add them to the game as more side characters, but i can see why it probably was easier to create a new character instead of pulling in characters from the books.