the biggest tension deflater in fallout 4 was the devil's due mission, where you go to a spooky museum, it's all a bit eldritch horror, it's queued up as "what is in there?!" but if you have a companion with you they immediately yell "look out! deathclaw!!" when you go in. this reminds me of that
Joe WintergreenMaaaan the Halo remake is exhaustingly Modern in its bullshit... Cortana has all kinds of extra tutorial dialogue. The intro of invisible elites, instead of being a scary moment of guys suddenly dropping dead around you, is her going "Invisible elites!! Look for distortions in the air!" Christ alive