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Subject: *SPOILERS* The new direction of Halo's story


Posted by: Alf stewert

Posted by: adamj004

Posted by: Alf stewert

Posted by: adamj004
What i didnt like when 343 took over is that they are expanding the lore far too rapidly. We have 2 book series running along side each other and they are based on each end of the universe (time wise) and we have a new game trilogy in the making too.

Its all far too much too soon, I dont know about anyone else but the universe/lore has become confusing and very messy and its just a burden to keep up with everything and its made me lose interest.

Also i didn't like were 343 kind of ignored some of the canon that bungie set in place, like the librarian for example, anyone who read the terminals in halo 3 would know that the librarian died. The story that those terminals told was very interesting. Her and the didact trying to convince each other to light the rings or to not light the rings, then the librarian finally accepts that the halo array is the only solution then tells the didact to do it. Then she goes to earth tells of her final thoughts and does her final deeds then she embraces her fate when the rings are fired.

But then 343 just ends up bringing her back into it. They are telling far too much and the mystery is just sucked out of the games and lore, somes things should be left untold to maintain that level of mystery and curiosity.


The librarian in halo 4 was a Ai helper of her if you will, that and while yes she is still a live Physically, it's fine If I remember well we were never told she died when the rings ignited


Some quotes from the terminals in halo 3 after the librarian tells the didact to fire the rings.

L "You should see the mountain that watches over it. A beautiful thing--a snowcapped sentinel. That's where I will spend what time is left to me"

L "I have to stop transmitting. The thing is listening. Its [thinking dead] are babbling--laughing through every channel they can find.

Be proud. The Mind claims victory, yet it still doesn't suspect. You've outwitted it, my love. And now you can destroy it.

But you cannot save me."
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I know it doesn't say straight out she was gonna die but surely that was bungie was aiming towards after reading those quotes.
Seens open ended to me which may have been bungies idea, keeping it open for 343, or just to leave it open for later


To me it doesn't seem bungie has left it open as it appears the librarian talks of the time she has left and she can't be saved , and this is just before the rings are fired so it looks like she is going to die when they are activated.

  • 12.13.2012 7:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: flamedude
Cortana should have stepped up, taken control of the Composer, threw the Didact out, and gone absolutely bat -blam!- crazy with only the Chief able to get through to her.

Rampant UNSC AI in control of doomsday weapon? It would have been awesome. Taking control of UNSC and Covie fleets and throwing them about like toys.

I would have seriously LOVED that! Still liked what they did though, I could really feel the desperation Cortana was going through.

Posted by: ajw34307
Yes, the game doesn't compensate particularly well for those who haven't invested in Halo as a universe, which can make some of the more tense moments quite puzzling since the story has resonant connections with a huge variety of sourcesgoing back to 2007 (Greg Bear's Forerunner Saga, Karen Traviss' Kilo-5 Trilogy, Halo: Evolutions, Halo CEA's Terminals, Halo 3s Terminals and the viral IRIS campaign).

Don't really know about that, the Iris campaign pointed it like the forerunners found us (in a not-evolved state) in their last moments of war with the flood, and they thought of us as good "reclaimers" for what they had left behind. It also implies the forerunners actually wanted to save themselves, but their shield worlds failed for some reason. Later in the H3 terminals we found out that was because MB. No mention of the new lore there.

[Edited on 12.14.2012 1:56 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2012 7:07 AM PDT

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