Humanity is special (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 10:49 (3476 days ago) @ Durandal

I would point out that whole "humans are special" thing was invented by 343i. Bungie left the game with the belief that humans took the mantle because they didn't need to kill all life in the galaxy to end the flood menace, they just sacrificed a third of their population. That put them one up on the Forrunner, who saw their use of the halo array as an atrocity barely above that of the flood.

I'm still waiting for 343i to have some multicolor starbursts save the day a-la ME3. They just don't seem to be able to capture the feel of the initial series.

The original Halo 3 terminals Librarian certianly thought Humanity was special. Special enough to construct one last slipspace portal. Special enough to die with. In Bungie's Halo, Humanity were literally Forerunner descendants. Their being Reclaimers had nothing to do with stopping the Flood. As far as we know Humanity wasn't even found by the Flood before the Forerunner wiped the galaxy. Earth was a peaceful, beautiful place... and then the Didact fired the array.

It was 343i who changed the entire universe, made Humanity into a superpowerful race fleeing the Flood. Who put them in a huge war with the Forerunner... etc.