- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: googadude
5. On the topic of having the other spartans (linda, kelly, etc.) fight along-side you in halo 2, I have to admit, it would be inarguably cool. Unfortunately it would require an excrutiating ammount of back-story and cinematics in order for gamers who haven't read the books to follow. I mean if halo 2 started where first strike left off it would leave a lot of gamers scratching their heads ("wait, wasn't master chief on a longsword circling halo's debris? AND WAIT A MINUTE, THERE'S MORE MASTER CHIEFS!?!?") The easiest way to have a simple transition from halo to halo 2, while still following the books, would be to introduce a 4th book, still inbetween halo 1 and 2, to bring everything back to a norm (normal in halo standards, like killing off the other spartans, and putting the chief in an easy to explain situation).
6. wait, there is no 6. I hope i haven't made too many people angry with me. I certainly did say a lot. (and just for the record, the forerunners could very well be human, i just don't think the evidence is concrete)
To resolve the story line with the books, and Halo there is going to have to be either: some big explanations to be made in Halo 2 (like ingame cinematics or Cortana history lessons); assume people have read the books; have some explanations in the manual; or ignore the existence of the books alltogether. :)
Personally I would like the storylines to be integrated. The released cinematic of MC space diving a covenant ship, could suggest that the ship that the MC escapes the story of First Strike in is the one that delivers him to earth. From memory it was an earth ship, but I don't remember its name or if my memory is even correct :)
I agree that there is nothing explicitly said or shown that makes Humans the descendants of the Forerunners, but the hints provided can be interpreterd to make that a distinct possibility. Plus there is that small matter of the Halo Index in Cortana's possesion and the informatoin she was able to take with her off of Halo. I feel that that will become the key as to the origins of the Forerunners and of the Halo artifacts, and may well provide clues to the Covenant as well. Some of the screen shots do more than suggest that other Forerunner installations are going to be fought over.