Cortana was in love with the Chief (as you find out when you read Halo: Evolutions), Chief wasn't in love with Cortana.
And Karrde, if you read the Halo novels (mostly glasslands/Thursday war) you would know the story behind the new Covenant in H4.
Edited by clonecam117 on Mar 7, 2014 at 01:20 PM

Yes, and that is precisely the problem. If you do not read the novels, you are presented with no explanation whatsoever. It's fine for books to bridge the gap between games or films, but they should not contain important plot-altering information like that. It makes it look like a colossal plot hole if you don't read the novels. Like how the Chief and Johnson got back to Earth in Halo 2, or how Johnson even survived. Yes, they are explained in First Strike, but that doesn't help people who only play the games. There should not be required reading to understand the narrative of a videogame.

They only make you read the books so you get off your xbox. Live life more. Seriously. Books are magical. Read them more.

Books are good, yes, but a video game should be a self-contained story in and of itself. Combat Evolved pretty much gave you the rundown of what was going on between the instruction manual and the opening cutscene. You had a general idea of why things were the way they were in-game. Books should supplement the games, should elaborate on the things the games aren't able to cover as fully as some people might like them to, but there shouldn't be a required reading list for you to understand what's going on.

Exactly my point.

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