- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
That's exactly how I felt too.
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Fighting alongside hunters in the final level brought back waves of nostalgia. ^_^
If you want backstory there's plenty to go around. The novels, Conversations from the Universe (facinating), I love bees and plenty others. Marathon had the advantage of displaying the plot in entirely text-based form, making it immediately apparent of the story's depth. Halo never had that luxury. If you want the full plot, you have to dig it up yourself, but it's still there regardless.
Halo also seems to mirror Marathon at another level too. Marathon 1 and Halo 1 were both excelent games with lots of backstory and tons of potential. Marathon 2 and Halo 2 both featured entirely new engines with better graphics, physics and multiplay. They also expanded their respective stories exponentially.
Marathon: Infinity took the alreaday established M2 engine and finished off the amazing plot with arguably the best maps in the series. Following this pattern, could a Halo: Infinity (again, figuratively, not literally) be close behind? It would make sense, given that they have this incredible engine already done. They could create the finale they want and be totally free to focus on the creative aspects, and we wouldn't have to wait for xbox 2!