skepticsystem Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 I am a massive Halo fan, don't get me wrong. I thought I knew most of the general concepts of the Halo Universe from information that I had gathered over the course of many years. Go figure that the majority of what I knew only spanned back to the Prophet-Covenant war. I knew some tidbits of the Forerunners, and the basic rundown of them, but not as much story as there happens to be. I did not find out until earlier today that the symbol in the end of Halo 4's E3 Demo belonged to the Didact. Apparently I missed out on much more than I ever thought. What books etc. should I read in order to understand more about this universe to be a bit more coherent in Halo 4? Would this include Halo Legends, which I never got around to seeing? All and any media I would be willing to get into, so any help would be appreciated. Tl;Dr: What fiction outside of the Halo games do I need to be a part of in order to get a better grasping of the universe leading up to Halo 4, which has much more to do with the Forerunners than ever before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XO Jaime OX Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 halo legends just give you the basics about how the halos were created and the forerunners defeted by the flood. i dont recomend watching that because you probably know most of the information given. the new books on the forerunners like cryptim and primordium would be good becuase it would give you more information on what you want to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokin Shadowz Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Here are the books. The Fall of Reach The Flood First Strike Ghosts of Onyx Contact Harvest The Cole Protocol Cryptum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Element Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 you dont actually have to read the books. i just looked up summaries of the books cryptum and primordium and it has all of the basic info you would want to know. i found the summaries very interesting because those two books take place during the time of the forerunners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skepticsystem Posted June 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2012 Here are the books. The Fall of Reach The Flood First Strike Ghosts of Onyx Contact Harvest The Cole Protocol Cryptum I've decided to just read all the books, partly for fun, partly to understand the story. After I read all of them, I will be sure to watch Halo legends. (I've already read a few of the books) For anyone that wants a more specific list that goes in chronological order: Forerunner saga comes first with these books: Cryptum Primadorium One sequel that is not released yet Then all the other books: Contact Harvest The Cole Protocol The Fall of Reach (NOT a retelling of Halo: Reach) The Flood (A novelization of Halo: Combat Evolved) First Strike Ghosts of Onyx Glasslands Then two more sequels that are unannounced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorB77 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 I'm reading reach now. It is so epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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