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Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | |
Posted By: Lurono | Date: 9/18/12 3:12 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate (Hoovaloov) : Fair enough. I agree that the books and game should deal with the same : subject matter and they should act as different mediums. But I feel the : Bear and Traviss books differ drastically in terms of the style and pacing : that made the Halo games so popular. That's not to say the books aren't : enjoyable (they are) - they just don't provide the same adrenaline rush or : what-happens-next intensity that make me want to read one more chapter of : Fall of Reach or play the next level in Halo 2. In that sense, they don't : "read as the game plays." They don't provide that "adrenaline rush" because they probably aren't supposed to. The last few Halo novels have been quite different than those before; I would bet that this is because of (1) the authors and (2) the kind of stories that they need to tell. Glasslands doesn't have the rush because it's more of a personal, espionage kind of story. Cryptum and Primordium don't have that because they aren't focusing on the war as a whole, they are focusing on individuals during the conflict. People we can actually relate to. It looks like the next installment in that series will take us a bit further, but we'll have to wait to read it. My overall thought is that if a universe can be so well fleshed out as Halo or Star Wars or Gears of War or Firefly or whatever-else-you-want-to-insert-here, it can have stories told in almost unlimited styles and tones. Halo doesn't have a tone, Halo is Halo. If an idea or world is so well realized that it can garner such a following, I think it's more than able and deserving to have a much more varied manner of presentation (after all, before Halo how many other games had dedicated novels, interconnected storylines, etc.?). : To each his own, and I certainly understand the want to expand the flavors of
Hmm... I'm guessing that's just personal opinion, as you said. I've been a Halo fan just as long and I have no problem with the recent installments. They are just new and interesting takes on stories told in a universe I love.
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Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/17/12 10:22 p.m. |
I agree with Williams, but I can see your points. | Rice | 9/17/12 10:41 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 10:42 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 10:44 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/17/12 11:54 p.m. |
On second thought... | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 6:24 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/17/12 10:49 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/17/12 11:24 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Chewbaccawakka | 9/17/12 11:29 p.m. |
Correction. | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:10 a.m. |
Got it | ZackDark | 9/18/12 12:26 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Chewbaccawakka | 9/18/12 1:12 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Quirel | 9/18/12 1:34 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Chewbaccawakka | 9/18/12 1:48 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 11:32 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Beckx | 9/18/12 9:40 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/18/12 7:26 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 12:28 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:32 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/18/12 12:49 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:55 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | bluerunner | 9/18/12 9:05 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/18/12 9:41 p.m. |
Total war | Flynn J Taggart | 9/18/12 12:36 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/17/12 11:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Jaydee | 9/18/12 12:12 a.m. |
On Halsey being demonized. | Rice | 9/18/12 12:32 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | TDSpiral | 9/18/12 12:33 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Hawki | 9/18/12 1:49 a.m. |
Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 2:44 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Jaydee | 9/18/12 3:01 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 3:12 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 3:52 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 4:25 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Quirel | 9/18/12 9:41 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Harmanimus | 9/18/12 3:39 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 4:07 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 4:46 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Harmanimus | 9/18/12 3:00 p.m. |
More like projecting Quilt | bryan newman | 9/18/12 4:52 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 5:23 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | bryan newman | 9/18/12 5:28 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 5:34 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | scarab | 9/18/12 1:20 p.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 4:36 p.m. |
Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:09 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hawki | 9/18/12 2:12 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Quirel | 9/18/12 2:16 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:22 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 2:25 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 3:01 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | bluerunner | 9/18/12 8:59 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hawki | 9/18/12 2:28 a.m. |
Agree with all but the last sentence! *NM* | Lurono | 9/18/12 2:43 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:48 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 3:12 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 3:29 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 9:35 p.m. |
This: *NM* | thebruce0 | 9/18/12 9:01 a.m. |
D'oh, attempt 2 :) This: | thebruce0 | 9/18/12 9:06 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:18 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 2:40 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 2:55 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | scarab | 9/18/12 3:22 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 3:54 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/18/12 3:38 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 11:45 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/19/12 9:14 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 11:36 a.m. |
Corollary | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 11:52 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/19/12 2:36 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 4:07 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 5:01 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 5:04 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/19/12 7:15 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/19/12 7:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 7:56 p.m. |
This is why Gameplay/Canon Segregation exists. *NM* | Rice | 9/19/12 11:56 p.m. |
Nope. | uberfoop | 9/20/12 12:05 a.m. |
To be fair to the UNSC... | SonGoharotto | 9/20/12 12:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/20/12 1:02 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Gravemind | 9/20/12 2:17 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/20/12 6:11 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 9:32 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/20/12 11:13 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 8:36 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 9:09 p.m. |
Parangosky in GoO. | Rice | 9/25/12 4:19 a.m. |
Also | Rice | 9/25/12 5:26 a.m. |
On matters of execution | davidfuchs | 9/25/12 7:07 a.m. |
Re: On matters of execution | General Battuta | 9/25/12 2:46 p.m. |
The Halsey Jaw Punch | Rice | 9/26/12 2:26 a.m. |
Re: The Halsey Jaw Punch | Subtank | 9/26/12 5:06 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/19/12 7:41 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 7:48 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 8:08 p.m. |
Update To Original Thread | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 9:04 p.m. |
Re: Update To Original Thread | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 3:54 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | vlad3163 | 9/23/12 2:27 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | bryan newman | 9/24/12 1:17 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/24/12 9:04 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/24/12 3:20 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/24/12 3:04 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Tsudico | 10/30/12 2:22 p.m. |
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