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Posted by: ilovetotinos
I think I already posted on this theory, but I think that phearmaker is dead on. The coincidences between the two games are so overwhelming.
Are there continuity errors? Yes. That doesn't mean that the two games aren't related, though. Plenty of stories have some continuity errors, and to be honest Halo to Marathon doesn't even have that many. "What happened to Cortana?" could be one, etc, but these could be easily explained.
There is precedent for the concept of time travel in Halo. The books include it, and it was debated at HBO for a while whether or not the Halo 2 story contained some amount of time travel in it (I think this was disproved, however, when people realized that Bungie's storytelling in H2 was crap, and there was merely a period of time that wasn't accounted for. In fact, I forget the specifics of this altogether, so let's just drop it.)
No, the fact that there are Marathon symbols all over Halo doesn't PROVE that the two games are linked - heck, tons of developers put in easter eggs relating to previous works in their games. But the prominence of the symbols - they are displayed copiously, and obviously - cannot be ignored. It certainly supports the theory.
Bungie also has put in a lot of congruences in Marathon and Halo. The concept of AI works almost identically in each game - either they aren't creative at all, or this implies a link. Hunters are based directly off an enemy in Marathon. The enigmatic protagonist is a feature of each game. List goes on.
I don't care if Bungie said there wasn't a link between the games. People deny stuff like this all the time. Bungie is well-known for their secrecy, and they have lied about other things of similar nature (ie, "our next game won't be Halo 3." Lol." I've also never seen a cited source that said Bungie said there was no link between Halo and Marathon. NOTE THAT PROVIDING ME WITH A SOURCE STILL WON'T PROVE THAT THEY AREN'T LINKED, I'm merely stating my uncertainty on the topic.
I think that in time, this will be explained. I'll be giving my props to phearmaker when it turns out that Halo = Marathon, and I hope you all will too.
The question is that is Marathon in the same universe as Halo or are they in PARALEL universes. If they were in PARALEL universes the continuity errors can be fixed. So mabye MC got sent to the Marathon Universe. If they are in the same universe the timeline will be PiD, Halo Series, Marathon Series.