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Subject: Halo Story arc - just not that good.

Are there any other clones?

  • 06.02.2006 10:58 AM PDT
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Posted by: Anton P Nym
Posted by: AshWalker
How in the last seconds did Sarge survive? I hope Halo3 starts as a flashback at that moment and you get to play Sarge escaping from planet sized blast.

Why wait that long when you could pick up the Halo Graphic novel and read Tsutomu Nihei's story in it, Breaking Quarantine, to see his answer.

-- Steve's not sure it'll be canonical, but it should be pretty good reading in any case.

Well, there you go.

I know this is off the original topic, but why would the books or the graphc novel not be canonical? Isn't that what a universe bible for? I would think that with the amount of energy Bungie put into it, that they would stick to it (or adjust it) when they place their stamp on something.

Back to the first issue: It is an okay story. A fine story for a video game, but it certainly 'steals' from a bunch of sources. A little Arthur C. Clark, a little Larry Niven, a dash of atomosphere from Aliens. Not that this is wrong. Just claiming that it is a 'great original story' is a big stretch. Maybe for FPS, but is that a claim to fame? And don't say 'it's great for a videogame'. There have been many videogame stories better and more original. Pretty much anything that has crawled out of Tim Schafer's brain, for example.

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Posted by: KoinOperatedBoy
Wait - What if Sgt. Johnson is really a ghost like in that movie with Bruce Willis?

Die Hard 3?!

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Wow, this is just like Lost. You get one question answered only to get 10 more raised.

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Still...seldom does anything beat "Uh-oh, the truck have started to move!"
Or "I FEEL ASLEEP!"


Na, the best is:

"It's a rusty trunk. You used the key on the rusty trunk. The rusty trunk opened."

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Posted by: Caer Bannog
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Posted by: Whal3
edit - the swear filter blams out h-o-l-e?!
No, hole is not -blam!-ed out. The only thing I can think of is you had one horrible typo or you had ass in front of it...

Edit: And as stated plenty of times, "The Hug" was an easter egg that was put in there for people that beat the game on Legendary. I know you guys know that (or at least should), but for some reason you keep on bringing it up.


Achronos just confirmed that the hug happened. The question now is Ashwalker's....how DID the Sarge survive and what happened to his buddy, the Elite?



*banging head against desk*

i never thought anyone could be so totally ignorant and downright stupid. Everyone but you has proven you wrong. Look on the damn FAQ's. It's just an easter egg. O yeah, that's right. You dont even know what that is.

The only logical explanation for your utter stupidity is that you are just pretending that you think the legendary ending is real.

  • 06.02.2006 11:00 AM PDT

Final Fantasy 6

BEST STORY EVER--for a game.

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

  • 06.02.2006 11:00 AM PDT

Down, down to hell and say that I sent you there...

I came into the world with my legs forward and a woman cried "he was born with teeth!"

"I had no father I am like my father...I had no brother I am like my brother...And this word, "love" which old farts call divine be resident in men like you -blam!-. But not in me, I am my mother-blam!- self, alone."

You Are an Idiot

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
Posted by: AshWalker
How in the last seconds did Sarge survive? I hope Halo3 starts as a flashback at that moment and you get to play Sarge escaping from planet sized blast.

Why wait that long when you could pick up the Halo Graphic novel and read Tsutomu Nihei's story in it, Breaking Quarantine, to see his answer.

-- Steve's not sure it'll be canonical, but it should be pretty good reading in any case.

Well, there you go.

I know this is off the original topic, but why would the books or the graphc novel not be canonical? Isn't that what a universe bible for? I would think that with the amount of energy Bungie put into it, that they would stick to it (or adjust it) when they place their stamp on something.

Back to the first issue: It is an okay story. A fine story for a video game, but it certainly 'steals' from a bunch of sources. A little Arthur C. Clark, a little Larry Niven, a dash of atomosphere from Aliens. Not that this is wrong. Just claiming that it is a 'great original story' is a big stretch. Maybe for FPS, but is that a claim to fame? And don't say 'it's great for a videogame'. There have been many videogame stories better and more original. Pretty much anything that has crawled out of Tim Schafer's brain, for example.

Well it's hard to make a story now in any medium without taking inspiration from other stories. You see heavy influences of Blade Runner in many of our newer science-fiction movies including I,Robot and even Dark City. All completely different films but have similar themes because of their inspirations. Philip K. Dick and L. Ron Hubbard have probably influenced every single science-fiction and horror writer from myself to Koontz, King and others because they were so brilliant.

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Wait - What if Sgt. Johnson is really a ghost like in that movie with Bruce Willis?

Die Hard 3?!

I was thinking 5th Element but that works




Also tetris had the best story ever......for any form of media

  • 06.02.2006 11:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
Posted by: AshWalker
How in the last seconds did Sarge survive? I hope Halo3 starts as a flashback at that moment and you get to play Sarge escaping from planet sized blast.

Why wait that long when you could pick up the Halo Graphic novel and read Tsutomu Nihei's story in it, Breaking Quarantine, to see his answer.

-- Steve's not sure it'll be canonical, but it should be pretty good reading in any case.

Well, there you go.

I know this is off the original topic, but why would the books or the graphc novel not be canonical? Isn't that what a universe bible for? I would think that with the amount of energy Bungie put into it, that they would stick to it (or adjust it) when they place their stamp on something.

Back to the first issue: It is an okay story. A fine story for a video game, but it certainly 'steals' from a bunch of sources. A little Arthur C. Clark, a little Larry Niven, a dash of atomosphere from Aliens. Not that this is wrong. Just claiming that it is a 'great original story' is a big stretch. Maybe for FPS, but is that a claim to fame? And don't say 'it's great for a videogame'. There have been many videogame stories better and more original. Pretty much anything that has crawled out of Tim Schafer's brain, for example.

Well it's hard to make a story now in any medium without taking inspiration from other stories. You see heavy influences of Blade Runner in many of our newer science-fiction movies including I,Robot and even Dark City. All completely different films but have similar themes because of their inspirations. Philip K. Dick and L. Ron Hubbard have probably influenced every single science-fiction and horror writer from myself to Koontz, King and others because they were so brilliant.


Fook L. Ron Hubbard and fook all his clones...

Maynard has changed that lyric recently for any interested.
On the 10,000 Days tour he's been saying:
Fook Rupert Murdock and fook all his clones...

That's right he says fook now instead of -blam!-.

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Posted by: Caer Bannog
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Posted by: Whal3
edit - the swear filter blams out h-o-l-e?!
No, hole is not -blam!-ed out. The only thing I can think of is you had one horrible typo or you had ass in front of it...

Edit: And as stated plenty of times, "The Hug" was an easter egg that was put in there for people that beat the game on Legendary. I know you guys know that (or at least should), but for some reason you keep on bringing it up.


Achronos just confirmed that the hug happened. The question now is Ashwalker's....how DID the Sarge survive and what happened to his buddy, the Elite?



*banging head against desk*

i never thought anyone could be so totally ignorant and downright stupid. Everyone but you has proven you wrong. Look on the damn FAQ's. It's just an easter egg. O yeah, that's right. You dont even know what that is.

The only logical explanation for your utter stupidity is that you are just pretending that you think the legendary ending is real.


I'll ignore the fact that you repeatedly insult me and instead point out that Achronos just said it happened:

Posted by: Achronos
You saw a situation that looked like he was going to die, where everyone else died that was with him, and thus assumed he died even though you weren't actually shown the deathblow.


Yet...I didn't see the explosion that took out Pvt. Vasquez and Lt. Gorman, but we all know they died taking out the rest of the Aliens.

  • 06.02.2006 11:08 AM PDT
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The legendary ending is a joke.

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Down, down to hell and say that I sent you there...

I came into the world with my legs forward and a woman cried "he was born with teeth!"

"I had no father I am like my father...I had no brother I am like my brother...And this word, "love" which old farts call divine be resident in men like you -blam!-. But not in me, I am my mother-blam!- self, alone."

You Are an Idiot

Guys either Caer is joking or he is a complete idiot. Either way, you're not going to convince him that Johnson didn't die. So you might as well give it up. I tried using logic and that's alien to him as emotion is to a Vulcan.

  • 06.02.2006 11:11 AM PDT
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Here's a challenge for you. Just find 3 ppl on these forums that agree with you that the legendary ending was the real one.

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Posted by: d3adeye
Here's a challenge for you. Just find 3 ppl on these forums that agree with you that the legendary ending was the real one.


Unfortunately, the silent majority is beaten back by the minority for fear of insults and blacklists.

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::raises hand::


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Stand in the gap, buddy.

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Posted by: Wuyie
Ok the ending on legendary in Halo 1 is explained in the books. I believe its the second novel. He tells how after that explosion Sgt. Johnson found a lone pelican and had time enough to jump in and try to gun it off Halo. The explosion propelled him and a -blam!- of Halo into space where they remained until Cortana and the Chief spotted their life signs on long distance sensors. He then picked them up and took them back via a Longsword. Was it a joke? Yes. But some pple take it serious, so it was written in to ease those particular pple's nerdish minds.


None of the books say that.

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All first Strike says it that he was on a Pelican. It says nothing about how he escaped, other than the flood didn't infect him because of borens syndrome.

  • 06.02.2006 11:21 AM PDT

Down, down to hell and say that I sent you there...

I came into the world with my legs forward and a woman cried "he was born with teeth!"

"I had no father I am like my father...I had no brother I am like my brother...And this word, "love" which old farts call divine be resident in men like you -blam!-. But not in me, I am my mother-blam!- self, alone."

You Are an Idiot

First Strike talks about how an officer and a couple enlisted men with Sarge are on a Pelican on an asteroid. Cortana's scanners find them and they rescue them. Then they hijack a Covenant ship and go to Reach.

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Posted by: Caer Bannog
Posted by: d3adeye
Here's a challenge for you. Just find 3 ppl on these forums that agree with you that the legendary ending was the real one.


Unfortunately, the silent majority is beaten back by the minority for fear of insults and blacklists.


I have started a pole to test your little theory that the majority agrees with you

  • 06.02.2006 11:23 AM PDT

::raises hand::

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  • 06.02.2006 11:23 AM PDT
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Posted by: d3adeye
Posted by: Caer Bannog
Posted by: d3adeye
Here's a challenge for you. Just find 3 ppl on these forums that agree with you that the legendary ending was the real one.


Unfortunately, the silent majority is beaten back by the minority for fear of insults and blacklists.


I have started a pole to test your little theory that the majority agrees with you


A "poll"? Yeah, I saw your poll...it has a misleading question which will lead to all sorts of hanging chads.

  • 06.02.2006 11:25 AM PDT