- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
To further prove my point, the books aren't always equivalent to the game. For example, they say a Spartan can run 100 meters in 4 seconds. We couldn't do that in the game. The books also say the a Spartan is capable of dropping from outer space onto a planet and survivng. In the game, we couldn't survive a 20 meter fall!
Something else is that the manual WAS written by Bungie, meaning that everything it says is DEFINITELY right. Well, the manual was written as if by the military. Notice how the Flood, Brutes, etc. aren't mentioned, because "the military" doesn't know about them yet. But they have a full description of an Elite. How is that possible, if, according to the books, only MC, James, and Linda, ever saw an Elite before Halo? And even that wasn't really too well, Linda was only revived after Halo, and James died. So, only MC could tell the military the specs of an Elite, but he was frozen for the trip! I would take the manual as being correct and a priority over the books.