The Halo show is nothing like the games, and that’s why it’s good
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XFJ6)
Adrienn Szabo/Paramount+ After seeing the first episode of Halo, I'm totally on board. I'm a Halo lore hobbyist, meaning that while I've enthusiastically experienced the campaigns of Halo's Combat Evolved through Guardians, go on regular Halopedia wiki dives, and own a well-loved copy of Eric Nylund's The Fall Of Reach, I haven't consumed everything the Halo universe has to offer. (Ghosts of Onyx, I swear I'll get to you one day.) But based on the Halo stories I do know, I think Paramount Plus' series offers a far more compelling look at the Master Chief than anything the games have done so far.
Spoilers for the first episode of Halo below:
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