Uh yeah it introduced us to a new world with the covenant and the mysterious halo device. The story of ce is like one of my favorites. It actually gives us background and a world to get lost in destiny is all about loot not saving the universe and humanity even though its half baked story told you about dark and light the point of the game is loot the point of halo ce is to stop those covies from activating the halo but you fail cause the flood is unleashed and then boom halo 2 starts up. I loved combat evolved it threw me right into its lore and ce did what any new IP needs to do and that is establish a universe and central conflict to drive the series. I mean in ce the story is established and can be left on its own if needed destiny had so much going on it assumes you know the black garden it assumes you know what happened in the great war and it just throws you in this universe and says hey here are 4 types of enemies kill them they are bad that is about it. I have heard we are in the middle of the story in destiny but man they could have established a hell of a lot more than they did and unconventional story progression is no excuse for almost no background.