^ Yup

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Monday, May 13, 2013, 09:59 (4221 days ago) @ GrimBrother One

I confess that I haven't read them all. I'll also confess that I've yet to have a truly excellent experience with a Halo novel. Fall of Reach was the best one I've read, but I don't get comparing Nyland to truly great writers. Cryptum took me years to finish (literally) because I was bored to death by it. Maybe I have different expectations for books. I don't know.

It requires careful attention (especially with Halo 2), but I think you can get enough information out of the Bungie games to understand what is going on and why. (ODST rocked!) Also, there's a lot to be said to not knowing. The forerunners were much more interesting to me before the auxiliary material started exploring them. Now I guess the Precursors are supposed to fill that void of mystery, but that leaves me feeling a bit like the mark in a game of three-card Monte.

I hope that years from now, before the last Destiny game ships, there is still imaginative space left in which to speculate, mysteries to uncover, and new worlds to explore.