Halo storyline

[PrarieD0G]

I just recently purchased a 360 and of course--Halo 3. My question is this: Should I bother playing through the first 2 Halo games before starting on 3? How in depth is the story, and does understanding it add much to the experience?

Thanks.

[Danil ACE]

You definitely should play through the two games to get a grasp of the story. Halo 3 doesn't summarize anything so you'll be confused story-wise if you haven't played the other ones. Halo 2's storyline is somewhat confusing by itself though. Story-wise Halo 1> Halo 3 >Madden '99> Halo 2

[whoknows]

Just read Wikipedia. The story in the first game is hardly there and the story in the second game should be well summarized even though from what I played it was lacking as well. Halo 3, while not having a great story has more story than the first two games.

[PrarieD0G]

Hmm... still undecided.

On one hand I think Wikipedia would suffice, but on the other hand I also would like to experience the story too, heh. But I don't feel like playing through a 12-hour campaign (or however long). I don't know.

How long is the campaign anyway?

[Richard Longfellow]

You definitely should play through the two games to get a grasp of the story. Halo 3 doesn't summarize anything so you'll be confused story-wise if you haven't played the other ones. Halo 2's storyline is somewhat confusing by itself though. Story-wise Halo 1> Halo 3 >Madden '99> Halo 2

I don't know...Madden's epic battle with the orcs on Mount Tuhr'duck-en was pretty awesome...

[greyzieoriental]

i beat all the games and i still dont really know the story, but heres a good guide to it

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3164620

[help1]

Giant robot thing, eats cookies, has a bitch in his head (but don't we all) and blows shit up. There ya go!

[Quintessence]

I don't know...Madden's epic battle with the orcs on Mount Tuhr'duck-en was pretty awesome...
:rofl:

[radjago]

Most of the story is told in cutscenes. You can view all of them at halo.bungie.org

http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/cutscenes/

[StarKnightX]

Another option , if you can read faster than you can play/beat games , is read the second halo novel Halo : The Flood , which summerizes the story of the first game while also filling in gaps of what happened between the gameplay levels. I thought it was a good read , as was the first and third novels as well.

Not much you can do about the second game besides play it , read a wiki summary , or watch the cutscenes at bungies site.

[PrarieD0G]

Thanks everyone for all the help. I actually found a good deal on Halo 2 (Limited Edition) for $15, so I went ahead and bought it anyway. I got to borrow a friend's Halo 1 for PC, so I could play through that. I'll be honest; I wasn't impressed at all with the level design (so repetitive!). Overall the game wasn't bad though for being like 7 years old. There wasn't as much to the story as I expected.