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That's extremely tricky to pick apart.
A member of a series is a part of a whole, and interacts with other parts of the whole in intricate ways. It's not always easy to isolate what's what, and if anything, it's usually a very bad thing if it is. Between subjects like "story" (you mean plot?), "storytelling," "canon," "aesthetics," and "gameplay," where would you pin things like Halo 3's reference to Halo 1's cartographer building (or, perhaps even more poignantly, the AotCR-style structures)? That's something which could arguably be involved in many of those categories, and all of its effects only exist as a result of cross-game referencing. The resonance feels good.
By contrast, dissonance can feel bad, and failing to build on hanging threads can imply failure to take advantage of membership of a series. When people complain about issues of "canon," they're complaining about things that impacted the effectiveness of the storytelling for them. Splitting these things into exclusive categories doesn't strike me as making much sense. If they were so isolatable, and even an item like "storytelling" has to be treated as a completely intrinsic quality of a product and as a quality which is not affected by related products, why give a crap about things like franchises in the first place?
Rate the Halo games | Cody Miller | 4/22/13 5:44 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Hawki | 4/22/13 8:15 am |
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Re: Rate the Halo games | breitzen | 4/22/13 10:37 am |
Just Might POSSIBLY See A Pattern. | Morpheus | 4/22/13 10:54 am |
Re: Just Might POSSIBLY See A Pattern. | Guttsu | 4/22/13 12:53 pm |
This was actually fun! | Grizzlei | 4/22/13 2:15 pm |
Oooh, one more | Grizzlei | 4/22/13 2:33 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Leviathan | 4/22/13 2:19 pm |
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Re: Rate the Halo games | Mixmasterchief | 4/22/13 4:00 pm |
I like Halo Wars and there is nothing you can do. *NM* | Vandle Valsher | 4/22/13 4:37 pm |
Me too. Why haven't we played yet?? *NM* | Revenant1988 | 4/22/13 9:14 pm |
Multiplayer is fine, campaign (story) has probz *NM* | Avateur | 4/22/13 9:29 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | SonofMacPhisto | 4/22/13 5:58 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Cody Miller | 4/22/13 10:33 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | SonofMacPhisto | 4/23/13 5:44 pm |
Definitive guide, including fish. | uberfoop | 4/22/13 6:44 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Quirel | 4/22/13 8:02 pm |
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Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/22/13 11:52 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Gravemind | 4/22/13 11:54 pm |
You aren't alone. *NM* | Quirel | 4/22/13 11:56 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/23/13 12:03 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Cody Miller | 4/23/13 4:46 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | iForge | 4/22/13 10:27 pm |
Lol, Two Betrayals is super controversial. *NM* | uberfoop | 4/22/13 10:52 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | TDSpiral | 4/22/13 10:56 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/22/13 11:09 pm |
Or probably | MacGyver10 | 4/23/13 12:09 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | TDSpiral | 4/23/13 12:27 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/23/13 12:35 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | TDSpiral | 4/23/13 2:25 am |
A little harsh, perhaps? | Leviathan | 4/23/13 2:19 am |
DBO: The old folk's home. *NM* | uberfoop | 4/23/13 2:23 am |
I resemble that remark. *NM* | Kermit | 4/23/13 4:25 pm |
Re: A little harsh, perhaps? | TDSpiral | 4/23/13 2:43 am |
Re: A little harsh, perhaps? | Leviathan | 4/23/13 12:29 pm |
Re: A little harsh, perhaps? | Revenant1988 | 4/23/13 1:29 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Hawki | 4/23/13 12:15 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Avateur | 4/23/13 12:33 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/23/13 12:43 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Hawki | 4/23/13 1:09 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | uberfoop | 4/23/13 1:45 am |
Addendum/Edit | uberfoop | 4/23/13 2:21 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | TDSpiral | 4/23/13 2:50 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | ZackDark | 4/23/13 12:02 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | Gravemind | 4/23/13 3:29 am |
Re: Rate the Halo games | breitzen | 4/23/13 11:55 am |
AND You Forgot One... | Morpheus | 4/23/13 2:49 am |
Just to pile in my two cents... | Arithmomaniac | 4/23/13 4:27 pm |
WAY TOO HARSH ON HALO WARS *NM* | SEspider | 4/23/13 6:26 pm |
Re: Rate the Halo games | General Vagueness | 4/25/13 8:53 pm |
You forgot one WTF moment | ZackDark | 4/25/13 9:30 pm |