" @AgentJ said:

" Play Halo, then play something like Fallout 3, or even read a good book. Then tell me Halo doesn't have a half-baked story.  "

So wait, Saving the wasteland by purifying water sounds pretty epic, right?   My favourite authors are sci-fi writers like Assimov, Baxter and Clarke and I love the Halo story and have yet to read a single Halo book.  Don't instantly dismiss a story just because you went into the game with a predisposition. "

" @Vecta said:

" @AgentJ said:

" Play Halo, then play something like Fallout 3, or even read a good book. Then tell me Halo doesn't have a half-baked story.  "

So wait, Saving the wasteland by purifying water sounds pretty epic, right?   My favourite authors are sci-fi writers like Assimov, Baxter and Clarke and I love the Halo story and have yet to read a single Halo book.  Don't instantly dismiss a story just because you went into the game with a predisposition. "

Not at all. It doesn't take a predisposition to realize that Halos story is pretty weak. Lets review: A space Marine has to take out a bunch of evil aliens that want to kill all the humans. If it went into more of the lore within the game maybe my opinion would be different, but the first two games are exceedingly bland, while the third one trys to make some sort of twist out of Chiefs relationship with Cortana while nothing actually happens concerning that relationship until the very last level.  "

" @AgentJ said:

" @Vecta said:

" @AgentJ said:

" Play Halo, then play something like Fallout 3, or even read a good book. Then tell me Halo doesn't have a half-baked story.  "

So wait, Saving the wasteland by purifying water sounds pretty epic, right?   My favourite authors are sci-fi writers like Assimov, Baxter and Clarke and I love the Halo story and have yet to read a single Halo book.  Don't instantly dismiss a story just because you went into the game with a predisposition. "

Not at all. It doesn't take a predisposition to realize that Halos story is pretty weak. Lets review: A space Marine has to take out a bunch of evil aliens that want to kill all the humans. If it went into more of the lore within the game maybe my opinion would be different, but the first two games are exceedingly bland, while the third one trys to make some sort of twist out of Chiefs relationship with Cortana while nothing actually happens concerning that relationship until the very last level.  "

Congratulations, you shorted down a story to a single line and made it sound shallow....  "Lets Review:" Did you know in The Lord of the Rings that a hobbit takes the evil ring to a volcano and destroys its. Sounds pretty epic right? How about in Star Wars; The Rebels try to destroy the Galactic Empire. Sounds even more epic.  Or how about when I said for Fallout 3 "Saving the wasteland by purifying water sounds pretty epic"? I guess you didn't pick up on that.  You can make anything sound stupid and shallow by turning it into a One line summary. "

"  what with the overly striking resemblance to Halo 1. "  

I liked the story, weren't mind-blowingly great though. It is better than what people deem to be shit because it's halo, and anti-halo people are just as annoying as people who won't see any flaws in halo either.

As far as pure Sci-Fi story goes, Halo series is up there with the best of them

" @Brendan said:

"  what with the overly striking resemblance to Halo 1. "  

I think that was supposed to be the point. "

" Play Halo, then play something like Fallout 3, or even read a good book. Then tell me Halo doesn't have a half-baked story.  "

 @Hailinel said:

" @carlthenimrod:  You can't really judge the quality of a game's story as being worse than that of a book simply because one is a game and one is a book.  As good or bad as Halo 3's story might be (I haven't played any of the Halo games beyond a kiosk demo of the first game waaaaaay back when), I've read books with plots, characters, and writing so terrible that the plot of something as simple as Final Fight surpasses them.  What matters isn't that games surpass books or movies in their storytelling.  It's that they excel as games with good stories, however they choose to tell them.  The base story needs to be well-written and interesting, and the game needs to present that story in an effective manner, whether that be through cutscenes, scripted in-game events, codec conversations, or scanning objects for lore entries.  Not every good game story needs to be the greatest story ever told in order to be worthwhile, but developers should at least strive for stories and characters that are interesting and creative. "

" I'm sorry, Halo 3's story was very bad, especially when compared to the first two. Master Chief had the least personality and least lines out of all of the games, so there's one big strike against it. Also, all of the dialogue in the game essentially came down to a bunch of people saying "If we don't stop Truth, everyone will die" in a really over dramatic manner. Halo 3's story was also a little hard to follow, mainly the final act after the Arbiter kills Truth. There's just not a lot of explanation for any of the events. I had to  watch the cutscenes a few times to understand everything that happened. Also, the Gravemind was never actually explained in Halo 3, i only knew what the hell it was from outside sources. You learn nothing about the rest of the Human race on Earth during the game either, which was disappointing.Lastly, the worst thing about Halo 3's story was how the gameplay didn't back up how epic the story should have been. None of the battles have a really large scale to them, which detracts from the weight of the story. So, yeah, Halo 1 and Halo 2 had good stories, Halo 3 did not. "

I enjoyed the Halo story/games. I think they could have done better with Halo 3 but that game was so hyped up that I don't think anyone would have been completely satisfied.

" @marlow83 said:

" I'm sorry, Halo 3's story was very bad, especially when compared to the first two. Master Chief had the least personality and least lines out of all of the games, so there's one big strike against it. Also, all of the dialogue in the game essentially came down to a bunch of people saying "If we don't stop Truth, everyone will die" in a really over dramatic manner. Halo 3's story was also a little hard to follow, mainly the final act after the Arbiter kills Truth. There's just not a lot of explanation for any of the events. I had to  watch the cutscenes a few times to understand everything that happened. Also, the Gravemind was never actually explained in Halo 3, i only knew what the hell it was from outside sources. You learn nothing about the rest of the Human race on Earth during the game either, which was disappointing.Lastly, the worst thing about Halo 3's story was how the gameplay didn't back up how epic the story should have been. None of the battles have a really large scale to them, which detracts from the weight of the story. So, yeah, Halo 1 and Halo 2 had good stories, Halo 3 did not. "

Master Chief has a personality? "

*Looks at topic*
 
What story?

" @Tallica9000 said:

" @marlow83 said:

" I'm sorry, Halo 3's story was very bad, especially when compared to the first two. Master Chief had the least personality and least lines out of all of the games, so there's one big strike against it. Also, all of the dialogue in the game essentially came down to a bunch of people saying "If we don't stop Truth, everyone will die" in a really over dramatic manner. Halo 3's story was also a little hard to follow, mainly the final act after the Arbiter kills Truth. There's just not a lot of explanation for any of the events. I had to  watch the cutscenes a few times to understand everything that happened. Also, the Gravemind was never actually explained in Halo 3, i only knew what the hell it was from outside sources. You learn nothing about the rest of the Human race on Earth during the game either, which was disappointing.Lastly, the worst thing about Halo 3's story was how the gameplay didn't back up how epic the story should have been. None of the battles have a really large scale to them, which detracts from the weight of the story. So, yeah, Halo 1 and Halo 2 had good stories, Halo 3 did not. "

Master Chief has a personality? "

He has more personality than Mr Freeman. Don't understand why so many people complain about Master Chief but not Freeman. "

What story?