- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I voted The Fall of Reach, because it seemed to be the best story. The Flood, of course, is heavily scrutinized, but I think that has a lot to do with the fact that it is a retelling of a story that Bungie already did a fantastic job of not only telling, but letting us live through in the game.
First Strike was pretty good, but it just seemed like Nylund made a huge guess as to what was coming next. I doubt that any of the info in First Strike will be incorporated into Halo 2, even though it does make a pretty good story that explains how the Chief got back to Earth. Also, as cool as it would be, I do not believe there will be other Spartans in Halo 2.
The Fall of Reach was just a great story about humanity's struggle to survive against a ruthless and superior enemy. The fact that its endorsed as the official backstory for Halo makes it that much better, just because I know that anything in that book is sure to be true about the characters and places that could be mentioned in Halo 2.