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Maybe I'm just a horrible Halo fan but I really haven't "understood" the story of Halo since Halo:CE. Can someone please explain this shit to me.
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13 Replies in this Sub-ThreadDon't even bother. Give up. As a nerd big into expanded universe stuff, I honest to God gave 343i and Greg Bear (Forerunner trilogy author) the benefit of the doubt and read the first book, Cryptum. It was so hard to read, and this is coming from a freak who is currently binging all nine novels of The Legacy of the Force in a week. I love to read and I am GOOD at it, and I couldn't freaking understand the new canon 343i created for Halo. Between that and piss-poor Reach TU gameplay decisions, I've given up on Halo and I will never give 343i another dollar.
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Edited by NAStheMagiking: 5/6/2013 10:04:32 AMI agree. Greg Bear, and his Forerunner trilogy, has done so much for the series. Yes, it was cool when the Forerunner race was wrapped in mystery; but I think 343 and Greg Bear did absolute justice to their culture. It's nuanced, and the technology at their fingertips is just as staggering as you'd expect. The Didact(s) and Librarian are two of the most rich, and compelling characters. Then you have the interesting Ancient Humans. The books felt like Halo all grown up. Not only that, but they managed to make the Flood even more frightening, with the whole Precursor relation. Speaking of which, the Precursors are truly horrific beings, whose abilities - and very existence - are incomprehensible. Another race that was done justice. There's so much more that we don't know about those times that, even though a lot has been revealed to us, there is still so much scope to explore hidden secrets. There is still much mystery to uncover. Oh, and may I just say, Silentium is my favourite Halo book.
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Same man, same. Given the Forerunners production capabilities, you'd assume they'd be able to stave off the Flood. But it makes sense now that they were aided by Precursor Structures, and were able to infect machines with the Logic Plague, infect Slipspace, and Forerunner networks.
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