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| Re: The worst example is Floodgate | |
| Posted By: Louis Wu <halo@bungie.org> | Date: 1/30/08 2:10 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: The worst example is Floodgate (Grimlock) : Make that three. I still love all three games, but the story in 2 has : probably more content in it than 1 and 3s stories combined. You know, the more I think about this, the more I think you're ALL wrong. Halo 3 had a few levels without real story content; that's true. But it also had the terminals, a way of introducing HUGE amounts of story material without subjecting us to cutscenes - easily as much backstory as all of Halo 2. Let's break down the major plot points, okay? Halo: We learn about the Human/Covenant war, the Spartan program, we're introduced to the Halo ring system and we learn what it's for. We destroy one. Halo 2: We learn about the prophets (and the Covenant political heirarchy in general), we see one prophet attack earth, we learn about the Arbiter tradition, and meet (and play as) the latest iteration. We encounter a second Halo ring, but don't really learn anything more about the people who formed them. We meet a Covenant outcast, and in doing so learn a bit more about inner schisms in the Covenant culture. We meet the Gravemind, and see what he can do. We see the Covenant split itself apart, and then we see its capital taken over by the Flood. Halo 3: We get the full story about why the Covenant came to earth, we learn about the race that contained the flood 100,000 years ago (and get a HINT of what they see in us), we learn more about the Gravemind (and learn his weaknesses), we get the full scoop on the Halo defense system (and how it's maintained), we get minor updates on the Covenant civil war. The storyline in 2 is largely irrelevant, in the grand scheme of things. It's a side story, for the most part - a look at an alien culture. It's cool - but other than the end results (the Elites decide to work with humans against the Flood once they realize the prophets are false), it simply doesn't matter, in the long run. The Flood are what matter - and what we learn about them, the fight they gave the Forerunner in the past, the lengths gone to to contain them, the ramifications of using (or not using) the defense system built by the Forerunner - THESE are the important bits. I think Halo 3 has more story than Halo 2. It's just not laid out in front of you in cutscenes.
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