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CoD is a good game, even if the Halo series are better in some aspects. Anyone who insults either is just bad in that game. Grow up.
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Posted by: Beowolfe
How is it a retcon...and how is it awkward that Johnson survived? Did you read first strike? it explains exactly how he survived and got back to Earth...As CTN said, the pelican they were in was simply hidden from the Longsword's scanner.
Perhaps "retcon" is a strong word. I said it because it was obviously HCE's intention that everyone was fried, and it's awkward because much of the power of that scene comes from how punctuated that point is.
"Just dust and echoes... Oh, and a few other people that ninja'd away in a pelican."
Remember, a LOT of the power from HCE in the first place comes from the feeling of being alone. I'm not suggesting that there's a factual contradiction, but rather an extremely strong spiritual one.
And if it WASN'T an awkward point at some level, why would Bungie lampshade hang it at the start of Halo 2?
But I guess I'm more ranting about the questionable coherence in some areas of Halo's storytelling than anything else.
It is true that the ending cutscene would not have been as impressive IF they had included the last part, but I don't see how that changes anything. In First Strike, Cortana and the Chief didn't even find the pelican right away, it was only after they approached the "rock" that the pelican was hiding on that they noticed it.
And it wasn't awkward at all...First Strike was released in 2003, and Halo 2 was released in 2004. People who have read the books would know exactly what happened, but for the people who didn't read the novel, some will still notice the connection between Johnson and the more stock version of himself in Halo: CE. So Bungie put in something that addressed that issue. It may not have been satisfactory, but if you really wanted to know what happened, it would have been as easy as reading the novel or looking it up on halopedia.
The storytelling of the Halo games were never that strong, that's why they had novels to help them out.