| Severance said: oh those.. well i AM talking about backstories =s, the terminals weren't part of the storyline in game, you know like mass effect or the other RPGs? , RPGs like mass effect also did a great job for reading the Codex for you if you ever wanted to know about something you missed and such ,while it still can be explained to you while playing the game and talking to people and all, it made the storyline very enjoyable, thats the main reason why a lot of people don't like FPS games , because you don't feel involved in the storyline , you just shoot stuff and finish objectives, because the other guys are bad, and should die. |
Well I think that's mostly because that's how people decide to play FPS. They rush through it for fun and just "shoot at the other guys because they are bad. If you actually sit down and play Halo consciously trying to learn the lore and invest in it you can learn an incredible mythology. In fact the terminals in Halo 3 are directly related to the story, not just back story. In fact its Mendicant Bias who saves Johhn 117, Master Chief at the end of Halo 3 on the Ark. Mendicant feels he must atone for the atrocities he committed and he feels saving Chief is the best way for him to express this. In fact he even tells this to Chief face to face in the final terminal in the game, in some amazing writing. Here's what he says to John in the final terminal.
"You don't know the contortions I had to go through to follow you here, Reclaimer. I know what your here for. What position do I take? Will I follow one betrayal with another? You're going to say I'm making a habit of turning on my masters. But the one that destroyed me long ago, in the upper atmosphere of a world far distant from here, was an implement far cruder than I. My weakness was capacity, unintentional though it was! To choose the Flood. A mistake my makers would not soon forgive. But I want something far different from you Reclaimer.
Atonement.
And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to make it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions. But I would have my masters know that I have changed. And you shall be my example."
Halo is the single greatest story ever told in the FPS genre, without a doubt.
