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Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon | |
Posted By: Leisandir <joecooperstein@hotmail.com> | Date: 1/22/10 6:36 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon (Silent Knight) : I haven't picked up Evolutions, so I'll take your word on those examples. The : expanded fiction shows those no-win situations, yet the games seem to : gloss over the concept. Even in Halo 1, there was no direct reference to : the Marines still on Halo when it blew. (Within the game) That sense of : urgency and the edge is lost in later games. Flood are just enemies, not a : world/galaxy ending threat... : The problem with outright victories is that it is an outright victory. It
: The forgone conclusion of Johnson on Harvest meant that I couldn't invest in
: A good writer will make you connect with the characters, no matter what the
: The Human over Covenant victories just seemed a little too numerous to me.
I was upset by Harvest on my first read-through; the number of human survivors bothered me quite a bit, since it was played in Fall of Reach as a massive defeat. The number of refugees from the planet is the sort of info that has no reason to be classified, so that's no excuse for not telling Halsey and the Spartans. I had a small problem with the inclusion of the Brutes, but I quickly got over that. I had absolutely NO problem with the battle scenes; the Brutes were sufficiently terrifying against the Marines (more specifically, their casualties on the ground were nearly nil) and the only reason that the humans were able to do anything successfully was the element of surprise and the help of an A.I.
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Halo suffers like Star Wars | Riceatron | 1/16/10 6:12 p.m. |
Re: Halo suffers like Star Wars | urk | 1/16/10 7:12 p.m. |
Biased Source is Biased! *NM* | Riceatron | 1/16/10 7:22 p.m. |
Re: Biased Source is Biased! | urk | 1/16/10 7:32 p.m. |
Pah! | Stuntmutt | 1/17/10 3:40 a.m. |
No sir... | stan | 1/17/10 12:30 p.m. |
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Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon | Dax01 | 1/17/10 9:31 p.m. |
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Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 1/22/10 7:00 p.m. |
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Narrative Structure | Narcogen | 1/21/10 10:32 p.m. |
Re: Narrative Structure | resplendentvole | 1/22/10 12:33 a.m. |
Re: Halo's skitzophrenic canon | YNation913 | 1/17/10 11:11 a.m. |
*Evolutions spoils!!!* | Metalingus627 | 1/17/10 5:03 p.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | Metalingus627 | 1/17/10 5:04 p.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | YNation913 | 1/17/10 6:34 p.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | Metalingus627 | 1/17/10 7:20 p.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | InnerRayg | 1/17/10 8:20 p.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | YNation913 | 1/18/10 8:10 a.m. |
Re: *Evolutions spoils!!!* | Metalingus627 | 1/18/10 4:18 p.m. |
Well there's your problem right there... | stan | 1/17/10 11:28 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Martin Duffy | 1/17/10 8:08 p.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | ThorsHammer | 1/18/10 10:08 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Cody Miller | 1/18/10 4:39 p.m. |
^ This *NM* | SonofMacPhisto | 1/18/10 6:12 p.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Narcogen | 1/19/10 1:05 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Silent Knight | 1/19/10 6:35 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Martin Duffy | 1/19/10 4:29 p.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Silent Knight | 1/20/10 2:37 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Mercury | 1/19/10 8:40 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | ThorsHammer | 1/19/10 8:53 a.m. |
Re: Well there's your problem right there... | Martin Duffy | 1/19/10 4:25 p.m. |
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