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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Deepblue on March 17, 2005, 11:24:39 pm

Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Deepblue on March 17, 2005, 11:24:39 pm: Got the book finally. Read halfway through it.

I flipping love it!

*now wishes the games included more spartans*

Everyone, go read, now!
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Setekh on March 17, 2005, 11:46:28 pm: The Fall of Reach and First Strike were fun reads. First Strike will especially put a lot of stuff in Halo 2 into a fuller context.

Talk spoilers after you're done reading. ;)
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 18, 2005, 12:25:03 am: They'd better have some of the others in Halo 3, or I'm going to be upset...
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Deepblue on March 18, 2005, 12:38:23 am: I doubt they will, keep in mind the books are "inspired."
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Goober5000 on March 18, 2005, 11:42:01 am: A friend lent me Halo: The Fall of Reach recently. Great read. Got me wondering about recreating some of the spaceship battles in Freespace - particularly the Keyes Loop. ;)
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Deepblue on March 18, 2005, 12:02:43 pm: Hehe... Just finished, started First Strike now...
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: MicroPsycho on March 18, 2005, 05:04:41 pm: The books are better than the games (at least H2) IMO. The Fall of Reach and First Strike are amazing, The Flood on the other hand is stupid, a waste of time.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on March 18, 2005, 05:53:29 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Deepblue
I doubt they will, keep in mind the books are "inspired."

Err...It says right on TFoR, in big yellow letters, "The Official Prequal to the Award-Winning XBox Game."
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Deepblue on March 18, 2005, 05:58:50 pm: Yes, but Bungie has thus far denied the existence of any remaining Spartans other than 117 as far as the games are concerned.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: MicroPsycho on March 18, 2005, 06:03:10 pm: which is why the books are better than the games.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on March 18, 2005, 06:04:56 pm: Not exactly the point I was making. You said the Novel was merely "Inspired" by the Halo Games when it's actually official material.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Grey Wolf on March 18, 2005, 06:21:48 pm: Well, you have the example of the Star Wars books. They're official, but Lucas doesn't care about them at all and they aren't considered canon.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Deepblue on March 18, 2005, 06:26:32 pm: Exactly. I hope that Bungie adds some stuff in the books into the games, that would be so sweet! (silenced AR? combat knife?)
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Goober5000 on March 18, 2005, 09:46:49 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Grey Wolf
Well, you have the example of the Star Wars books. They're official, but Lucas doesn't care about them at all and they aren't considered canon.
The way I understood it was that they were considered canon unless overridden by the movies.
Title: The Fall of Reach
Post by: Grey Wolf on March 18, 2005, 09:49:12 pm: Depends. Are you asking LucasArts, or George Lucas? Possibly in case one, but in case two, not even the movies can be considered canon...