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Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"
By:cheapLEY
Date: 3/30/18 8:43 pm
In Response To: Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm" (Urban Reflex)

: Do we? I dunno. I thought this was the angle 343 had been playing for a
: while, but I think any Halo game without the Chief is just a spin-off,
: really. Without him the franchise loses so much - which is weird when you
: consider he's just an empty husk with a cool voice (but Locke has that
: criteria down already).

I guess they can keep using him forever, but I just don't feel that's very interesting. I'd like to see new characters take the lead role eventually. I even like the Spartan IVs, I just don't think they've had a compelling character yet. Although, that's not true, either. I liked all of Osiris except for Locke. He was just sort of boring.

: I disagree, as a selfish lore-loving book nut I wish they'd make more books
: that tie in directly with the games.

I haven't kept up with the Halo novels. The Forerunner trilogy was the last set I read. I'd like to see more good Halo novels, too. But one of the big complaints about Halo 4 was that you needed to have read that trilogy to really understand what was going on. I don't anticipate them making that mistake again.

First Strike was a pretty good example of how to get it right, I think. It bridged the two games wonderfully, but it wasn't necessary at all to understand what was happening in the game. It just filled in how Chief got from point A to point B, which isn't necessary to know if you just take the time jump between the two games at face value.


Messages In This Thread

New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"davidfuchs3/22/18 3:10 am
     Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"Urban Reflex3/22/18 11:30 am
           Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"davidfuchs3/27/18 11:47 pm
                 Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"cheapLEY3/28/18 9:22 pm
                       Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"Urban Reflex3/30/18 8:43 pm
                             Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"cheapLEY3/30/18 8:43 pm
                       Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"Quirel3/28/18 2:25 am
                       Re: New Halo novel announced—"Silent Storm"davidfuchs3/28/18 9:22 pm

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