Halo Season 1 Thread - Potential Spoilers

Watching now lol!

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I do not know much of the mythology of the games. I played them when I was 12 but always fast forward through the cutscenes so never got the whole story. But a lot of the die hards are not big fans of it since they are altering the lore of the games.
Basically the show is a new take on the story of the games.

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comparing some other series as of late that they've altered a good bit (Witcher, WoT) the alterations weren't THAT BAD, but i was a bit disappointed in the last 40 minutes and political posturing instead of action. i get that there's such thing as a budget, but Halo is a series where you kill aliens, plain and simple. You don't have to pretend the Master Chief and the UNSC were always altruistic, but they spent way too much time trying to muddy those waters.

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Watching now
First 18 minutes was amazing!

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while the FX could have been better, it was a pretty dope opening scene. that's what i wanted. minus the...




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child genocide with plasma guns.
and MC with his helmet off for extended periods of time.
















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But a lot of the die hards are not big fans of it since they are altering the lore of the games. Basically the show is a new take on the story of the games.

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It’s not just a new take, it’s pretty much not at all Halo.

They came out and said they didn’t even look at or talk about the games when they were making the show.

I was out once they said that

Pretty good episode. I always thought the “Master Chief doesn’t show his face” thing to be dumb. I’m glad they did it in episode 1.

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When you realize they did all of that before they even knew they covenant existed it makes it worse. They developed Spartans to kill humans, not aliens.

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Like I said, not always altruistic.

I think they were done for strategic covert missions to “save life.” Meaning go kill small groups instead of bombing them.

If I remember correctly, humans stood a chance against the covenant if they could face them head on in combat but they usually just nuked a world.

disclaimer: I read three of the books 10+ years ago and haven’t played a halo game since Halo 3 came out.

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I always thought the “Master Chief doesn’t show his face” thing to be dumb.

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Bungie officially announced they did this so gamers of all races could identify with him. But, if you read the books you know he is a white dude.

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disclaimer: I read three of the books 10+ years ago and haven’t played a halo game since Halo 3 came out.

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There's a second trilogy of books that dived neck deep into how horrible the Spartan Program really was. It's a fascinating perspective if your a lore need. I can't remember the ne of the series but the first book is Glasslands. It's an indirect sequel to Ghosts of Onyx, which is an indirect sequel to Fall of Reach / Flood / First Strike.

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Bungie officially announced they did this so gamers of all races could identify with him. But, if you read the books you know he is a white dude.

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yep and they showed his face, partially, at the end of Halo 4 on legendary. I don't mind that they're showing his face... All the other spartans take their helmets off.

The books written by Eric Nylund were very, very good.

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Bungie officially announced they did this so gamers of all races could identify with him. But, if you read the books you know he is a white dude.

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It wasn’t so much race (otherwise Sgt Johnson wouldn’t have been the only black guy) as much that they wanted the gamer to feel like a badass super soldier. Create an pretty empty character and have the player insert themselves as him. They did the same thing in Halo Reach