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Subject: A Completely Different Story?

Before reading this post, go youtube a little song by the name of 'The Siege of Madrigal'. Go on, I'll wait...

Heard it? Mmmmm, very sad piece. But it got my thinking: the problem with the Halo trilogy and it's story, is that it has a happy ending. 'The Siege' made me think about just how sad and hopeless the Human/Covenant/Flood war really is, and honestly, I don't think the Halo games quite gave it justice. What does this have to do with Reach? Well, the great thing about the events surrounding the fall of Reach is that its a story of defeat. Bungie has a chance to do something really amazing with the story here: think Pearl Harbour, without substandard acting. Think War of the Worlds, minus the happy ending. Think puppies being crushed en masse, plus sweet sweet interactivity. Bungie has the opportunity here to tell a sad, crushing tale of defeat and of failure, but also of human faith, determination and sacrifice. Halo: Reach could set the new benchmark for storytelling in the videogaming medium. So, Bungie, if your listening, blow us away with the story. Blow us all away!

[Edited on 07.14.2009 6:33 AM PDT]

  • 07.14.2009 5:45 AM PDT
Subject: A Storytelling Masterstroke?

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Johnson died! How is that a happy ending? The Chief is lost in space. How is that happy?

  • 07.14.2009 5:53 AM PDT

Remember,
It is easy to be male
it is another thing to be a man.

Yeah i agree that with the story being centred around an inevitable defeat Bungie really could make a brilliant story. Not that the other story lines they have come up with are bad.

  • 07.14.2009 5:54 AM PDT

Yes, those are not the most cheery of occurences, but look at the bigger picture: the human race is saved, the Flood has been destroyed and the humans have a new alliance with an advanced alien race. We may have lost many, but we survived, and [i]that[i/] is a happy ending. Reach, on the other hand...

  • 07.14.2009 6:02 AM PDT