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Posted by: Old Salty27
All through out the entire series Bungie has hinted and even flat out said the Forerunners were Human, from Guilty Spark's confrontation with the Chief in Halo-3, to the Prophets going as far as starting a war with Humanity after Mechatent Bias's revelation that Humans are living Forerunner. This was Bungie's story, the one they wanted ton tell and crafted over the course of a decade. This new story completely changes everything about the series, way more than Reach had. If Reach's story derailed canon, Cryptum outright nuked it.
Cryptum's story changing the Forerunners into a different, but somehow genetically related species to humanity makes the whole forerunner descendant/reclaimer business come off as dumb. Especially when you take into account that in the new canon Humanity and the Forerunners had competing civilizations and went to war with one another and the Forerunners outright hated Humans. This fact also clashes with the Halo-3 Terminals; according to the logs the Forerunner didn't know about Humans or Earth until right before the array was fired. All in all the new info without the significant rewriting of old books and games(Halo:CEA Terminals)makes the story from the original Halo Trilogy come off a non-sensical.
Cryptum feels off when it comes to Halo continuity not only because of the previously stated Human-Forerunner history, but it comes off as too much of a typical over the top scifi-opera that border lines on near fantasy story. Everything about the Forerunners seams over the top from their absurdly long life spans, magic like technology(creating full planets and even relocating them to other systems), the fact that all forerunners have there own life extending armor equipped with AIs. The de-evolution of Humanity and imprinting the survivors with genetic songs(gias) to trigger actions or memories, Didact's "Seed Ship"; he dropped a mechanical seed into the ground and it built itself into a giant ship. The mutations and memory swapping that somehow makes Borne Didact in the Librarians eyes. Some one with your lover's memories and a bit of their DNA does not make them that person. I thought that part was weird.
I really tried to like the book, but 343 and Greg Bear changed way too much. Given that all new books and the next Halo Trilogy are based on this new canon I think I'm gunna bow out. With all the changes made to the series it just doesn't feel like halo anymore. This is no longer the series I've loved since I was a teenager so this is not only a rant, but a goodbye to Halo. However I am looking forward to Bungie's next project, if they put half the effort into this new universe that they put into Halo I have no doubt it will be awesome.
You've been playing in the wrong universe my friend. Almost everything you said they changed canonically was actually never changed.
1) Medicant Bias NEVER said that we were Forerunner, he called us Reclaimers, that representing his makers' heir, not Forerunners themselves. Same with 343 Guilty Spark. First off he was insane. Second, the term Forerunner is a title given to those who have Reclaimed the Mantle--this is explained in Cryptum, it denotes the fact that the Reclaimers will not be around forever and will be Forerunners to the next heirs. We are Forerunners, only to those who come after us.
2) And again, the Terminals NEVER said the Forerunners were unaware of our existence, only that they were ignorant of our being "special" and now they see the truth. And our being genetically related to the Forerunners...how does that come off us dumb to you? You just contradicted yourself drastically. At first you're saying that we are literally the Forerunner race and are mad they changed it, yet are also mad that there is a genetic bridge between us....That makes no sense at all.
This also reinforces the Heir to the Mantle concept, a divine bloodline so to speak. Having us be related as siblings to the Forerunner race only makes sense.
3) Again, you're not making sense. We've known for years that the Forerunners could create worlds and move stars, this is no surprise to us. And having them be biologically immortal is not that insane, actually. There are species on earth right now that are in fact immortal to aging, and scientists are working right now in figuring out how to make humans biologically immortal as well, with finished products to be ready in 20 years even. Genetic songs is the same concepts as the genetic memories of birds and their migrations. How do they know to fly south? Nobody told them, but its genetic.
And the life extending armor with AIs....so now the Master Chief is rediculous and doesn't make sense? How are the two any different at all? Both have an AI housing, both extend the wearers life by providing life support, physical protection, physical augmentation, minimal healing agents and nourishment. Truly the only difference is the technology and rarity. So to say the Forerunner armor is rediculous and stupid while the Chief's is normal is only to say that you don't like how advanced one over the other is.
You're coming off as someone whose trying to hate Cryptum, justifying (poorly, I might add) any reason you can think of to fit this desire.
[Edited on 09.06.2011 1:57 PM PDT]