Locke being in the H2A opening is an insult to its legacy

[Serrated Silver]

Seriously, why is he there? He was only in the original H2A to advertise H5, a game you cannot purchase for PC (excluding forge). He has nothing to do with H2A, and his presence in the beginning is unnecessary and confusing to people who don't know who he is (since he never appears in H2), and he spoils the entirety of the big twist of H2 to people new to the series. It also reminds the rest of us of the cancer that fireteam Osiris is.

Nobody at 343 had the 30 seconds it would take to cut the opening minute out of the Blur cutscene? Really?

[DethMerchant2001]

This has to be one of the nitpickiest things I have seen when people complain about halo 2. It detracts from the experience in no way. Its not like Locke commentates over the entirity of the game while you play it. Jeesh

[largo933]

Just press ENTER when it starts playing lmao

[Pyrocitor]

The whole framing of the MCC in 2014 was to bring Chief's story onto the Xbox One in the leadup to Halo 5.
It's evolved beyond that, now, to being a collection of all of the FPS Halo games before the Xbox One - but some of that original concept is still there.

Part of that is in reintroducing The Arbiter - hence Halo 2 Anniversary is bookended by 2 cinematics that frame it as a flashback or retelling by him.
Similar to how the terminal cinematics were added.

they don't appear when you start or finish the game in classic graphics.