Halo: Combat Evolved Forum
This topic has moved here: Subject: Halo... copied? nah
  • Subject: Halo... copied? nah
Subject: Halo... copied? nah
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

when u think about it most of halo was done a long time ago. the basic idea of alien species trying to wipe out mankind: the novel Ender's Game. the elite camoflauge system: predator. the flood infectious forms mutating people: alien. coincidence? of coarse. if i missed any feel free to add them.

  • 09.22.2004 6:03 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Lots of games use elements from other games or movies, take Doom 3 for example... when the people go insane and turn against you it's kind of like the flood

  • 09.22.2004 9:22 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

No. Just.. no.

  • 09.22.2004 9:56 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

It's not copied. It's taken some storyline aspects from other games/movies and put them into it's own game.

  • 09.22.2004 10:10 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Theres a difference between copying and being influenced by. I did read most of the Enders books, and in Halo you dont see little kids having such influence on the world (except if you are playing the game). I do think that elites look sort of like a predator in the mouth region. But bungie has customized it so well that its a whole different creature in and of its self.

  • 09.23.2004 8:55 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

one big influence had to have been the ringworld series

  • 09.23.2004 10:14 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Posted by: Spartan_VIII
one big influence had to have been the ringworld series


Yup, gotta hand you that one...

so to restate the possible influences on the game Halo (in no particular order..)

1. The flood- Alien, Zurg, Various Sci-fi short stories
2. Active Camo- Predator, Star Trek
3. Halo -Ringworld Series
4. Storyinspiration -Marathon/Bungieism -, Enders game, Doom, Space invaders (on the top, not the deep stuff..), Dune, Crusades
5. MC-Marathon, Doom, Current projections of actual infantry combat,
6. GS 343- C3PO, annoying/funny sort of neutral/badguy/ hidden agenda character, The G man from Half life?
7. Grunts- Marathon BOBs with a different skin, annoying enemy idiot peon (warcraft 1@ 2 perhaps?)

Any others that you can think of?

  • 09.23.2004 12:12 PM PDT