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Subject: is master chief the last spartan?

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Posted by: Seventeenth
Personally I think it waters down the story and chief's significance having other spartans remaining.

I hope the games continue to ignore the interjections of authors and follow their own story, as it should be. Halo is a game story and shouldn't be dictated by outside sources that undermine the real story taking place.


What a foolish statement.

The novels are as much a part of the story as the games, without the novels there would be so many things left dangling in the games (like how John got back to Earth after Halo CE).

I guess you're going to be pretty mad when you see how Primordium links into Halo 4...

  • 08.14.2011 5:43 AM PDT


Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Seventeenth
Personally I think it waters down the story and chief's significance having other spartans remaining.

I hope the games continue to ignore the interjections of authors and follow their own story, as it should be. Halo is a game story and shouldn't be dictated by outside sources that undermine the real story taking place.


What a foolish statement.

The novels are as much a part of the story as the games, without the novels there would be so many things left dangling in the games (like how John got back to Earth after Halo CE).

I guess you're going to be pretty mad when you see how Primordium links into Halo 4...


It's not foolish, I just find much of it detracts from the main story. Unnecessary things like the time bending Forerunner crystal just make things worse.

Just like with Reach.. what happens in the game is what happened, because when it's all said and done, the books are filler information in many respects.

And I have no problem with Primordium leading into Halo 4, just so long as it keeps to what the game will be and doesn't try to add extra elements that detract from the game's story.

  • 08.14.2011 6:03 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Posted by: Seventeenth
Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Seventeenth
Personally I think it waters down the story and chief's significance having other spartans remaining.

I hope the games continue to ignore the interjections of authors and follow their own story, as it should be. Halo is a game story and shouldn't be dictated by outside sources that undermine the real story taking place.


What a foolish statement.

The novels are as much a part of the story as the games, without the novels there would be so many things left dangling in the games (like how John got back to Earth after Halo CE).

I guess you're going to be pretty mad when you see how Primordium links into Halo 4...


It's not foolish, I just find much of it detracts from the main story. Unnecessary things like the time bending Forerunner crystal just make things worse.

Just like with Reach.. what happens in the game is what happened, because when it's all said and done, the books are filler information in many respects.

And I have no problem with Primordium leading into Halo 4, just so long as it keeps to what the game will be and doesn't try to add extra elements that detract from the game's story.


Reach was a game that did not need to be done. 10 years ago we got TFOR, a few years after we got First Strike. That was the battle of Reach, that was set-in-stone canon. They were not filler information, they were critical to understanding:
- The Spartan-IIs
- How the Autumn got to where it did in Halo CE
- The development of the main protagonists from Halo CE
- How John managed to return to Earth after Halo CE

Without those novels, we have a significant gap in the story. It's not filler information in the sense it's just there out of convenience, it tells a critical part of the larger story.

Now Bungie has had the community bend over backwards trying to connect the two like pieces of lego, rather than just sticking to the story they accepted in the first place.

  • 08.14.2011 6:11 AM PDT

NightPhoenix443
"True Honor lies in the heart of the sword; not the heart of the man"

no, The rest of Blue team(Linda, Kelly, Fred) and the remaining Spartan-IIIs that never left Onyx are in a Shield World, more specifically a Micro-Dyson Sphere, along with Dr. Halsey and Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez.

[Edited on 08.14.2011 6:24 AM PDT]

  • 08.14.2011 6:23 AM PDT

What a waste....

You should read the books. They are great, and also provide some info.

If you are a lazy conformist, you can use the Halo Wiki.

  • 08.14.2011 8:04 AM PDT

Jesus loves you! But I think you're a -blam!-

Yeah you guys should really get the books and read them when you're in the bathroom or something. You won't regret it :D Fall of Reach, First Strike and Ghosts of Onyx will bring you up to speed on what's going on with all the other Spartans.

  • 08.14.2011 8:15 AM PDT

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