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Re: What is "Halo"?
Posted By: seraph xxvii	Date: 2/4/12 7:29 a.m.
In Response To: What is "Halo"? (Leviathan) : ... Deep, I know! But I'm tired, and my ability to judge whether an idea for : a post is good or not goes way down when I'm tired. : Seriously, this is not meant to enrage or inflame any hot topics, but simply : to lean back and examine the question that I posed above... What is : "Halo"? : Is "Halo" Bungie? Or can it be made by anyone? : Is Halo how the spread of bullets act? : Is it the sound a certain gun makes? : Is it how many races use damn hexagons? : Is it how the events of August 2552 line up with each other? : Or is Halo something more than all that? Or a sum of all its parts? And how : much can you tweak, change, remove, or add before it ceases to be Halo? : Is it like playing Jenga, where every delicate move may cause it to tumble : down? (Connecting this to the relevant news, do the changes in the TU : actually change the core of Halo? Is shooting a needler no longer fun? : Hearing the boom of a Scorpion's canon? Have we become so desensitized to : the magic of Halo that simple changes disturb us so much?) : ...Or if you somehow grasp the heart of Halo itself, does it persist, despite : a drastic change in appearance or function? : Feel free to answer the questions, or ask more. (The older I get, the more I : find giving questions to be more helpful than trying to provide answers.) Halo has always been two things for me. The first that I discovered was that "30 seconds of fun" over and over. At first it was solo, then CE co-op, then XBC MP and finally Xbox Live. That 30 seconds of fun gave almost instant satisfaction, and was best enjoyed with friends. I've had many nights of fun, across all Halo games and platforms, that have yet to be matched by any other game. The second thing is a story and characters that I care about. There are so many rich stories, yes some are better than others, but I love them all. The tales with the morale gray areas and the tough choices are the ones I enjoy the most. Put simply, I love the lore. It most cases it takes a bit of time to read/play. So the lore may not be instantly satisfying, but the pay out in the end is totally worth it.

Message Index

What is "Halo"?	Leviathan	2/4/12 2:28 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	TDSpiral	2/4/12 2:40 a.m.
343 IS Halo	kidtsunami	2/4/12 2:41 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Bryan Newman	2/4/12 2:44 a.m.
That's deep, man.	padraig08	2/4/12 3:09 a.m.
Re: That's deep, man.	Leviathan	2/5/12 11:27 p.m.
Halo is family...	davidfuchs	2/4/12 7:19 a.m.
The motion comics made up for legends 10 fold. *NM*	bryan newman	2/4/12 9:35 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	seraph xxvii	2/4/12 7:29 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	DEEP NNN	2/4/12 8:12 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Imrane-117	2/4/12 9:32 a.m.
My first thought was this *IMG*	SonofMacPhisto	2/4/12 10:15 a.m.
Upon further reflection...	SonofMacPhisto	2/4/12 2:59 p.m.
That's a good choice.	Leviathan	2/5/12 11:25 p.m.
Re: My first thought was this *IMG*	Anton1792	2/12/12 8:03 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	2/4/12 11:07 a.m.
I think you nailed it when you said...	Urban Reflex	2/4/12 11:14 a.m.
Re: What is "Halo"? *IMGS*	Hedgemony	2/4/12 11:32 a.m.
Everyone does this right?	Leviathan	2/5/12 11:21 p.m.
most melbourne sunsets	kidtsunami	2/6/12 3:50 a.m.
+1 *NM*	Kermit	2/6/12 6:21 p.m.
Re: Everyone does this right?	bluerunner	2/6/12 8:15 p.m.
Cool! *NM*	ZackDark	2/6/12 8:23 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Quirel	2/4/12 12:51 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Ragashingo	2/4/12 1:10 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Dielectric	2/4/12 1:37 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	robofin117	2/4/12 1:49 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	laird	2/4/12 2:03 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	2/4/12 3:26 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Morhek	2/4/12 3:26 p.m.
Halo is awe in the face of deeper mystery. *NM*	Postmortem	2/4/12 3:26 p.m.
Halo is friendship. *NM*	Postmortem	2/4/12 3:29 p.m.
Halo to me is	mr_mcmurder	2/4/12 5:17 p.m.
Re: Halo to me is	stabbim	2/6/12 3:44 p.m.
A miserable little pile of soffishes *NM*	General Vagueness	2/4/12 5:20 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	JDQuackers	2/4/12 5:35 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	Beckx	2/4/12 8:11 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	motherstooth	2/4/12 11:03 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	motherstooth	2/4/12 11:04 p.m.
ô.O?	ZackDark	2/4/12 11:42 p.m.
Re: What is "Halo"?	The Woaf	2/5/12 1:22 a.m.