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I bought the Three books of Halo. I've read the first and second, but not the third, First Strike. I was worried that it had to do with Halo 2. And i didn't want to spoil the story of Halo 2 for me when reading First Strike. Can someone tell me if First Strike is basiclly Halo 2?

[Edited on 5/24/2004 11:58:44 AM]

  • 05.24.2004 11:58 AM PDT
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no if it was we would know what happens in halo 2 they said first strike fills in gaps in halo 2 like how MC got to earth n all that (bungie said that)

  • 05.24.2004 11:59 AM PDT
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Halo 2 comes from after First Strike. First Strike details inbetween the final cutscene in halo and the beginning of Halo 2.

  • 05.24.2004 12:00 PM PDT
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its a great side story of how master chief gets from the remains of halo, along with some other survivors, to earth. you don't actually see him get to Earth but you know he does at the end. its a long journey too, filled with action packed adventure and even more mystery than the others.

  • 05.24.2004 12:01 PM PDT
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So it would be fine if I read First Strike? It wouldn't Spoil anything?

  • 05.24.2004 12:02 PM PDT
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Nope, not a thing. There are some very interesting things in First Strike about Reach especially.

  • 05.24.2004 12:03 PM PDT
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It is supposed to be a prequel to Halo 2, but I don't know if the story will actually relate to the game in every way. Afterall, Bungie did say that the game takes off from the ending of the first Halo. In other words, if First Strike is true to the story in Halo 2 you would play through First Strike plus more. First Strike isn't going to spoil anything for Halo 2. However, it could be featured in the game at some point or another.

  • 05.24.2004 12:04 PM PDT
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nope. First Strike introduces some things in H2, like Brutes, but nothing even close to a *spoiler*.

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  • 05.24.2004 12:04 PM PDT
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it spoils it abit. it says a lot of brutes, how the covenant find earth, how the spartans survive reach, the secret spartan 3 clone army by ackerson, the new covenant A.I's and how the flood may have survived.....

  • 05.24.2004 12:05 PM PDT
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nothing about the actual halo 2 game itself though

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Bungie wouldnt have made it if it gave away TOO much

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No it doesn't you are just jumping to conclusions.

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The novel hints at Ackersons secret project. They may not nescesairily be Spartans.
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Nothing about flood surviving in the book (I think they were on the longsword and jumped ship onto the Gettysberg myself)
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Covenant A.I doesn't really spoil halo 2
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There is a lot more about Brutes in the E3 2003 demo
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Novel didn't say how they found Earth, just the fact they found it.

The only thing that spoils halo 2 slighltly is the Spartans surviving on reach so I think I should congratulate you on that.

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  • 05.24.2004 12:10 PM PDT
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Do you think that the game will feature First Strike's story in the beginning? They said the game would start right after the destruction of Halo. I mean, what about those people that don't know how to read all that well but still play Halo? Will they actually comprehend everything the game's story reveals to us?

  • 05.24.2004 12:10 PM PDT
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Bungie didnt say it would start after halo 1. Duh otherwise the book would have spoiled half the game for us. No the game starts right after FS ends, trust me.

  • 05.24.2004 12:12 PM PDT
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be nice if there was a referance to first strike though, even if it was some cheap monolouge summary. or it says, want to know how MC got here?...... READ THE BOOK!
now thats encouraging people to read. think there will be a book of halo 2 or one after?

  • 05.24.2004 12:15 PM PDT
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Covenant A.I doesn't really spoil halo 2
i don't know about this, i think they will be in halo 2 and if it wern't for the book it'd be a big, welcome surprize for the halo fans out there.

  • 05.24.2004 12:18 PM PDT