Did you even read the Forerunner saga? Everything you said was useless is actually FAAAAR from that. The Forerunner Saga has put focus on the beginning and possibly the end of the series. Not to mention those books are VERY well written. Lets start with the Precursors. They are literally the GODS of the Halo universe. The created all the sentient life in the galaxy, and their structures are nearly impervious to everything in the universe. You know what else? They are the ones that created the Flood. In fact, they ARE the Flood. Whether you read these books or not, you KNOW the Flood is the biggest antagonist in Halo. It's the only reason there are Halos in the first place. Because the Forerunners hunted the Precursors to near-extinction, they decided to exterminate all life in the universe by infecting it at the weakest link, the humans. I love that irony. Our creators are also our destroyers. Ancient humans? Just as important. I mean, I don't know what you expected. MODERN humans? I think you are just looking for something to complain about there. But in case you actually think they were useless- it helped IMMENSELY in explaining imprints and geas', not to mention that it helped show how quickly humans evolve. You probably don't realize this, but Chakas, Bornstellars human companion, is 343 Guilty Spark. hundreds of thousands of years old, driven crazy by constant thought. But he remembers Master Chief when they first meet, because he has the imprint of Bornstellar. This isn't even from the books directly, Halo 1 referenced that fact WAY before these books came out. I think Greg Bear did an amazing job of showing this transition happen to Chakas in the second book. And lastly, the Prometheans and Forerunners. One in the same. Where did you get that they were EVER honorable and not dickholes? I never got that, because they never really explained them. In fact, these books are the only real thing we have to look at about the Forerunners. Not to mention throughout the books, The Didact had an extreme disgust with Riser and Chakas. He NEVER liked humans. Centuries of war with them will do that to you. I think the first 3 Halo games are the absolute best, story wise. 343 is NOT doing the best job at telling the story, even though Halo 4-6 should have been the better half. It SHOULD have been expanding and piggybacking off the books, but it really didn't, from the eyes of a reader of these books. I think BECAUSE they didn't follow through with the books it's not as good as it could have been. There ARE a lot of similarities, but nothing really info wise. More like coincidences in the game. I think you have it mixed up, man. I really don't like what 343 is doing to the Halo story. They have so much potential, especially with an entire origins story to pull from. Halo 6 could very well be the best Halo game to date, but they REALLY have to put all of their efforts into it. I hope they delay it to 2019-2020 and CONSTANTLY work on it till then. My predictions of the game- The Didact comes back, only to have to side with the Humans to finally defeat the flood once and for all, -Master Chief has to also create a new way to house Cortana, as he loves her, and much like her feelings for him, he just wants to keep her safe. No matter what she's done. In the end, I'm pretty sure Chief AND Cortana might die, just to give a close to the main series, as this WILL the the last main Halo game. -They will probably try to destroy the Domain and the Mantle, as they were made for the greater good, but as Cortana has shown, its can just be an extreme liability and with a level of officiousness, VERY influential in the wrong persons hands. (Although, if Cortana was made for the purpose of upholding the Domain and Mantle, she would be the PERFECT one to do it. Sentient life is too self centered and prone to war to properly uphold the Mantle of Responsibility. Humans were SUPPOSED to, but I doubt that would be a good idea. Thats why the Forerunners lost that privilege, they were everything the Humans become over time) In the end, I don't think you actually read the books. Maybe you read the first one, then stopped at the second one because the pacing and writing style is so different, as instead of a Forerunner view, its from a Human. The third book is even more different, as its about multiple people. If you actually read them, you'd like them, and you'd see what I mean when I say the last 3 games should have been the best of the series, but aren't BECAUSE 343 isn't following close enough to the books. Greg Bear did an amazing job on these books, filling out lots of plotholes, and yes, retconning some things, but they are GOOD retcons.

I actually like the books and all that comes with them. Different strokes for different folks, I guess!

BUNGiVision fanboys bashing 343 and being retarded as ever. Nothing to see here.

Cryptum and Primordium sucked, for reasons that I find apparent, but I actually liked Silentium. Regardless, I agree with you, and I'd even take it a step further--I'd blame 343 as a whole for what they did to the Forerunners. They were absplutely better characters when they were mysteries, because the relics and monuments they left behind spoke more than a thousand words. Go back to the original trilogy, or even Forge World on Reach, and tell me how impressive all of the Forerunner architecture is. They're barely hinted at, but somehow they've managed to resonate within you. You start the theorize how the Flood somehow defeated them, and suddenly each of their structures has a whole new nostalgia. When 343 decided to include them--poorly--they ruined the mystery behind them, and left us with a disappointing truth. Tell me, do the Forerunner structures in Halo 5 fill you with the same awe as the ones in Halo 3 did? My two-cents, anyways.

Um...i liked fighting brutes and the flood 😐

Agreed. But the multiplayer for Halo 5 is okay at least!

Microsoft is just making anything up to milk that title for all it's worth

Disagree

[quote]Precursors were a useless addition to the story. Advanced ancient Humans were a useless addition to the story. [/quote] As soon as I learned of ancient Humans I started to lose interest in Halo's story as a whole. All I cared about was the fight with Covenant. Gameplay is always more important then story to me anyway.