- SweetTRIX
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- Exalted Mythic Member
Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"
One thing to keep in mind however is that while the novels are considered canon, that does not mean that any will be a direct translation to pixels what was already on paper. There are things that can be written about that simply cannot be made into a game as it would ruin gameplay.
Example: MC and all Spartans in the novels have some pretty amazing abilities, least of all are their shared improved reflexes and speed, not to mention enhanced vision including the ability to see at night. In the game however these things would ruin balance. So MC is given awesome armor with a shield and that's about it. All of the Spartans true abilities are pretty much downplayed for the sake of gameplay.
So lets say that hypothetically this game was to be an exact adaptation to The Fall of Reach, it would not be able to do so and remain 100% truthful to the novel. Otherwise individual Spartans would have insane abilities (Kelly) not to mention size differences (Will, Sam) as well as different expertise (Will, Linda). Add on to that the shared abilities brought on by augmentation like night vision, enhanced reflexes (think bullet-time) and the change in strength, and the game would be entirely unbalanced, not to mention change all the rules set in the Halo games thus far, even though that would not necissarily be a bad thing.