- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It seems as though some of us are displeased with the possibility of Bungie having us fight beside some faction(s) of the Covenant, even to the point of believing that Bungie wouldn't do such a thing. Yet in the Marathon and Myth series, Bungie has us fighting with enemies so bent on our enslavement and/or destruction that they've slaughtered countless numbers of our ilk.
In Marathons 1 and 2 a species called the Sph't, critical to an alien alliance not unlike the Covenant, turns coat and lends us their strength. In Marathon: Infinity, we as the player, end up fighting for that same alliance that would see humanity in shackles. In Myth 2, we rescue and employ one of the Fallen Lords who'd worked so hard (in Myth 1) to see the world of the living destroyed. In sum, teamwork is not something that should be put past our friendly neighborhood devs.
On an issue of ethics, it's interesting that seemingly most of the writers in this thread would prefer continued all-out war, death and destruction rather than a treaty. Of course, it's a FPS, after all but even so, seeing a peace treaty at the end of Halo 2 would possibly save billions of virtual lives. Once again, just a game of course, but still interesting! :)