Over New Years weekend I was watching tv and there were a lot of Paramount plus ads and one was for the Halo tv series. I bought a microsoft gaming laptop about a year ago and up until then I've only had playstations, so I never played Halo.
The trailer showed two women first and while I never played it, I would have to believe that it is a game that generally appeals to guys. I know in the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal but this reeks of the whole "we need more women in..." mentality. I guess they will never understand that certain hobbies and genres will always appeal to more men than women and vice versa. You don't see publishers of romance novels saying they need more male representation.
Maybe I'm wrong, but considering the time we live in I would imagine it isn't worth watching. Shouldn't comic books have taught people a lesson? They hire women who hate comic books (when I'm sure there are plenty of women who would do a good job writing) and now look at comic books. DC is making everyone gay for whatever reason. But I hope for the sake of Halo fans that it is a good series.
I'd put it on not being very good by virtue of experience with previous series. They did something back when Halo 4 came out and for some reason I watched it. Nothing to write home about that's for sure.
As someone who's played every Halo since it came out, excluding Infinite, I think most played it for the interactions with friends, not for the story. Yeah, some of them aren't bad, I'd even say above average as far as FPS video games go, but my fond memories of those games are more like going to friends house after school to play Halo 1 quad screen multiplayer on a tiny ass TV or later on screwing around in forge mode minigames in Halo 3. So I'm not sure a bad TV series is even a loss to many fans because it was never about that.
Oh, ok. I thought it was an adventure game for some reason. I can remember when I saw all these streaming services popping up that there would be competition for great writers. I was wrong.
The Halo TV series is non-canon and is expected to be terrible by those who like the Halo story.
Halo's story is not perfect, but I personally enjoy the stories of most of the games.
Why would they make it non canon?
Adaptation is all about bad writers expressing their own shitty ideas to an audience that would be actively disinterested if not for the IP involved.
Ask 343.
the story is minimalist, and those who want more cna read the novels, compare it to D3 or the outer worlds with in your face and poorly told narratives
Yes, the story is minimalist, and I truly love Halo 1 and Halo 2's stories.
I find Halo 3's and Halo 5's stories incredibly disappointing.
Halo Infinite's story is weird.