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"Do not mistake your rank and number for superiority. The oldest child may learn from the youngest."
Posted by: ROBERTO jh
Ever hear of iris?
ilvoebees?
Because viral marketing is story-telling, right?
Saying Marathon's story is better then Halo's because its complex, mysterious and has good characters is a fallacy, because Halo excells on that. Now you may prefer Marathon's for other reasons, but if you actually learned about the Haloverse, you'd learn the depth of both its stories and the symbolism and metaphors dwarf Marathon.
Sure thing, hunny-bunny.
The next time I want to award points to a game for original story, I'll remember to keep the tale of Master Chief riding the purple, spiked space-potato in mind. That, or case of the shape-shifting monkey men.
Sure Halo has a story, but it hardly approaches the scope of Marathon's, let alone its subtlety or intelligence. Instead of touches such as AIs arguing in Latin or using classical poetry to deride the player, it substitutes hackneyed metaphors and obvious plot twists (so, the shark-monkey's don't all get along? wow, never saw that coming!).
The fact of the matter is this, Halo is a sub-par story. It's taken, what, five video games, and multiple novels to even get that far. The Marathon universe is limited to three games (four if you include PiD), and has told us more than Halo ever could. There is a history to the Marathon universe that dwarfs Halo's, and goes far beyond what you see and do in the games.
Enjoy Halo if you want to, there is no shame in that. As a video game, it is entertaining (and rather successful by that measure). Just don't delude yourself by believing it is some great work of science fiction.