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Close, but the plague killed those infected with it, and the ignorant are still alive.
I wish ignorance was a plague.
Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: destroys u
Gameplay is not the same as game canon.
In game play, Spartans die after falling a few dozen metres. In the First Strike, they survived a fall from a Pelican at very high altitude.
On Legendary difficulty, it still requires several shots from plasma weaponry to kill unshielded targets. In canon (And reality) one plasma "blob" would vaporise the entirety of your head. You get hit once, your going to lose a lot of vital organs in the place it hits. You are dead.
In ODST, the player can jump to heights of about 6-7 foot. Not sure about you but a baseline Human cannot jump vertically that high.
In Reach, Spartans require a silly little armour addition to be allowed to sprint.
Also in Reach, armour lock allows the player to survive a wraith plasma mortar shot. In canon (and reality) such a detonation vaporises everything within a few metres, locked up armour notwithstanding.
In ODST, the player can rip missile pods/heavy turrets from their mounting. In canon, a baseline Human should not be able to do this.
Do you understand now? Things done for gameplay reasons only are irrelevant. You can huff and puff about the games storyline being the highest canon until you are blue in the face and that would be correct, but it is not the same as gameplay mechanics.
Ok, I was not thinking clearly when I made that post. The Halo games as canon only really applies to the story and events that take place, not the capabilities of creatures, weapons or equipment.