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Originally Posted by silvervalkyrie

I disagree. Bungie made on of the most beloved trilogies on Mac; the Marathon series. Halo's universe may be "shallow" in your opinion but it doesn't have the potential to be quite rich; Star Wars has a "shallow" universe too but it's 3 movies are considered classics (ignore the newer movies and the soon-to-be TV series).

I agree with David that Halo 2 wasn't that bad - it just wasn't what people were expecting. Ironic, gamers bitch about storylines being too generic and unimaginitive but the second they get that "out of left field" storyline they get bent out of shape because that's "not how it was supposed to be."

Technically, Marathon wasn't an 'in-house' trilogy. Bungie did the first two (Marathon 1 and Marathon 2), but the scenario for infinity was done by Double Aught.

Same deal with Myth: The Fallen Lords. 1 and 2 were done in-house, while the 3rd was picked up by a 3rd party.

But those are all nit-picking crap.

Yes, Bungie did make the Marathon series whose backstory spawned in incredible following. However, many of the brains behind that game and its story no longer work for Bungie. Greg Krikpatrick, who wrote the story for the original Marathon and who founded Double Aught--the creator's of Marathon Infinity's single player scenario, is long gone. Alexander Seriopian left to found Wide Load software picking up Matt Soell. Doug Zartman works in Microsoft's PR dept. somewhere. I think Jason Jones and Robert McLees are really the only two from the old Marathon days who still work at Bungie.

So I really wouldn't put too much faith in spinning the Halo story into anything like what evolved out of Marathon.

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In summary, an insane omniscient artificial intelligence called Durandal drags around a security officer (the player)--who also happens to be an elite Mjolnir cybernetic soldier--in the hopes of finding the secret to escaping the eventual closure of the universe and thus achieving immortality.

There's a lot more to it, including two other AIs, a slaver alien race (the primary enemy), an enslaved alien race and its rich history, and an ancient God-like race known as the Jjaro. The story is revealed through interaction with various terminals which appear in the game.

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Having the Master Chief die and be reincarnated as the Marathon Marine is probably one of the stupidest directions the story could possibly take. The timelines don't line up at all. Halo takes place in the year 2552. Marathon takes place in the year 2794 --- 322 years after the colony ship Marathon is launched from Earth with the marine on board.

Two different story arcs. Two different universes. Parallel themes. Attempting to directly connect the two is foolish at best. Shit, why not throw Myth and Myth II in there as well. Shall we have Soulblighter make a cameo at the end of Halo 3?

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My point is that the Marathon was launched in 2472. The Marathon Marine was on board at the time of the launch, in stasis (along with the others). Halo takes place in 2552. Trying to force John 117 into the Marathon Marine would take sheer absurdity.

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Originally Posted by Furby

I didn't read the whole Marathon thing...where does this come from... I read all 3 books but I have taken an interest in the whole Marathon thing.

Marathon's Story

The story is told through the interaction with terminals, so to get a sense of how things are revealed as one plays the game, follow the terminal text links in the left-hand sidebar and read them in order.

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Originally Posted by The Furious One

Probably all very much aware, but I thought i'd post it anyway

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Cant wait to see some gameplay at E3 fingers crossed!

I've gathered that Bungie is shooting for a 10km viewable distance in-game, eschewing a traditional 'skybox' for real atmospheric layers and particle effects. It makes one wonder....are the mountains and clouds in the background static images, or produced by the game engine?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?