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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact
Posted by: Magna117
Posted by: hotshot revan II
Posted by: Magna117
I agree with OP. Halo Reach was epic and it was better than the Fall of Reach book. I mean, if it's the main UNSC base of operations it's not very convincing that it would fall in one day! A month maybe, but not a day. Also I think that haters of the story need to look at it logically.
If Bungie make a game, some author writes a prequel based on their game, and then Bungie decide nine years later to make a game based around this crucial point in the Halo saga it is not surprising that they didn't want to be restricted to what one guy had said happened.
In my opinion Bungie did a spectacular job with Reach and I think it far surpassed what Eric Nylund achieved.
I'm not saying Eric was poor or anything, far from it, but I am saying that Bungie should have the final say on canon.
Did you read the book?
You didn't even explained why the Reach story was better then Nylunds version.
In the game we barelly see anything of the military,no massive battles,no fleet,no military bases except one airfield on SWORD.
In the EU version,we saw a massive covenant fleet decimating an inferior outnumbered UNSC fleet.Red Teams stuggle to defend the ODP generators,the fall of the spartans,glassed planet.Massive ground battle like the covies deployed tenthousands of troops just to destroy a single generator facility meanwhile millions of other fought across the planet.
In Halo Reach both sides were incompetent,why did the UNSC didn't evacuated any civilians ?There are many others...
I don't hate the game but the story dissapointed me alot.
They could have followed the fall of reach timeline perfectly with Noble
Yes I have read the book. I would like to point out that in the game you do see massive battles viz. Tip of the Spear. Also if on a lot of levels (for example The Pillar of Autumn) you look at out at the view, you can see huge conflicts going on between the UNSC and the Covenant.
I apologize for not stating why the game was better than the book but there is little point as the OP has already stated most of what I think.
I'm not trying to get into a fight here and if you take offence at this then I'll drop the subject. But my opinion remains unchanged. Game beats book hands down.
The tip of the spear fight was more like a continent battle just like those battles from WOII.
The only level far better was the pillar of autumn,like you said.But all of these are nothing compared to those in the books.
No problem,but the bungie had no reason to ruin canon.Why did they?
Sure game beats book by canon,but they had no reason to do so.And as you see now,they failed catastrophically with the battle.They promised us big battles,yet more then half the game looked like you fought on a planet with no big fleet engagments above your head or war dialog.