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Re: *SP in my post*
Posted By: LionoftheMorning <HoundofthePlain@gmail.com>	Date: 9/20/10 5:20 a.m.
: And I agree with that, but at the same time it was Bungie's universe and : Microsoft didn't even let them name their game "Halo" without : the "Combat Evolved" tacked on. I'm being an apologist here, but : it was Bungie's creation and it was (obviously including Reach) theirs to : do what they want with, and thus if they didn't want to follow whatever : was in the novels (a Microsoft production, aside from Contact Harvest : since it was written by Joe), it was their prerogative. So yeah, it sucks : that they disrespected canon and just nuked TFoR novel in many places, but : it was their series and that's all there is to it (even if it was : completely unnecessary). : Either way, TFoR was badly inconsistent with Halo as it is now, what with : Elites first being encountered there, no Brutes, no unexpected scrapping : of half of H2, and so on. Maybe Bungie didn't like all the Spartans being : up there in space battling. Maybe Bungie didn't want PoA in space and : didn't much care about the novels. Yes, all of this could have been : avoided if Bungie had just stuck to the canon set by the novels, but they : had their own ideas and own story in mind. As for how well that story : worked, that's another issue (that you and Cody and scarab and Schooly : have covered well in how it succeeds and fails). I'm still gathering all : my thoughts on Reach itself, give or take a few glaring issues. : As for canon, I've always placed the games ahead of the novels. As far as I'm : concerned, half of First Strike never happened. Time : traveling/warping/whatevering crystals. No thanks. Ghosts of Onyx and : Contact Harvest rocked. The Flood just provided a bit more details about : what all was going on around the ring. The Fall of Reach worked well as a : set up to everything probably leading up to Reach, considering the games. : If we take games as canon over everything else (which is what I do in a : tiered aspect), then oh well about what was written ten years prior as a : prelude to what would become one of the largest and most successful gaming : franchises of all time. The universe expanded tons and things changed, and : maybe Bungie just didn't like what used to be there. : Or they didn't care either way and just totally and blatantly glossed over it : to make their own thing. So there you go. :P This is all true, except most of it (ie. Contact Harvest kinda blew.) :p

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