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Grindstone · 19-06-2007, 05:26 PM

The books are fine, they fill in a lot of holes that the games do not explain (such as the conception of the Spartan II program, history, and present issues). Reading the second novel, The Flood, is basically an overview of the Halo 1 game, and if you play the game and then read the book, you will be very bored.

Bungie recognizes that probably a small amount of Halo fans have read the books, so you could feasibly skip it. But if you get caught up in the storymode, then the books are a real bonus. I am willing to bet, however, that Halo 3 gives a very general overview in the beginning, and that you could just skip the first two games altogether.

But, since you have 3 months until Halo 3, you might as well do something with your time.

19-06-2007, 05:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
Grindstone Emeritus Mod Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,875	The books are fine, they fill in a lot of holes that the games do not explain (such as the conception of the Spartan II program, history, and present issues). Reading the second novel, The Flood, is basically an overview of the Halo 1 game, and if you play the game and then read the book, you will be very bored. Bungie recognizes that probably a small amount of Halo fans have read the books, so you could feasibly skip it. But if you get caught up in the storymode, then the books are a real bonus. I am willing to bet, however, that Halo 3 gives a very general overview in the beginning, and that you could just skip the first two games altogether. But, since you have 3 months until Halo 3, you might as well do something with your time.