Discuss.
In no way, shape, or form. The events of Point of Light take place at the same time as Halo 5, basically. The only, very very very minor spoiler is location and Zeta Halo is huge so the location described may have nothing to do with Infinite - and if it does appear Point of Light would be a teaser at best.
Shadows of Reach is far more relevant to Infinite, in my opinion and even then it’s certainly not a spoiler, merely setting the scene.
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> Shadows of Reach is far more relevant to Infinite, in my opinion and even then it’s certainly not a spoiler, merely setting the scene.
This is actually the exact reason Shadows of Reach wasn’t one of my favorites. It was enjoyable enough in a popcorn action flick sort of way, but it really just felt like an excuse to get to the reveal at the end in order to be a primer for Infinite. Plus, it was pretty clear early on what that ending was going to be.
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> > Shadows of Reach is far more relevant to Infinite, in my opinion and even then it’s certainly not a spoiler, merely setting the scene.
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> This is actually the exact reason Shadows of Reach wasn’t one of my favorites. It was enjoyable enough in a popcorn action flick sort of way, but it really just felt like an excuse to get to the reveal at the end in order to be a primer for Infinite. Plus, it was pretty clear early on what that ending was going to be.
I see where you’re coming from, but I still really enjoyed it.
It was never going to be an easy job being the watercarrier between Halo 5 and Infinite and I think SoR did it as well as it was possible to. Now, sure, I don’t think it’s an instant classic totally in its own right in quite the same way I think Point of Light, Forerunner Saga or Silent Storm are, but the quality of writing is excellent and it’s as close to essential reading as the franchise has in the run up to Infinite.
There was a lot more to tell than I think would have been possible in a pre-game or mid-game flashback cutscene for Infinite
Point of Light is only focused on Zeta Halo outside of Spark’s internalised contemplations of the ring for the first 1/3rd of the book iirc. Nothing too substantial is spoiled about what’s happening on it sans that the Cartographer was relocated to what was Mendicant Bias’ core and an epitaph for the formerly residing humans on the surface of the ring. We may see the Tullioc creature that almost critically damaged the Ace of Spaces.
One of the biggest takeaways I have is Adjutant Veridity’s ambiguous remark about the main custodian/monitor of Zeta Halo being “everywhere and nowhere”. We have little else to go off of with determining what became of him/her outside of a possible hesitancy to approach humans due to their previous sabotage of Forerunner installations.
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> One of the biggest takeaways I have is Adjutant Veridity’s ambiguous remark about the main custodian/monitor of Zeta Halo being “everywhere and nowhere”. We have little else to go off of with determining what became of him/her outside of a possible hesitancy to approach humans due to their previous sabotage of Forerunner installations.
I always took that line as the monitor is still active, just hiding. We know that Spark was going slightly mad by the time he met humans, but perhaps Zeta’s fellow is a bit more stable and just waiting for things to go sideways before popping out to say hello.
Not at all, it just gives you some more minor information on Zeta Halo and other Forerunner installations. It may hint at things like flood or whereabouts of the rings monitor. But when it comes to Infinites story no there is no real spoilers.
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Some information are from Infinite but the book is not tell about Halo Infinite action
I don’t believe it does, it just gives us more Info on it.
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> > One of the biggest takeaways I have is Adjutant Veridity’s ambiguous remark about the main custodian/monitor of Zeta Halo being “everywhere and nowhere”. We have little else to go off of with determining what became of him/her outside of a possible hesitancy to approach humans due to their previous sabotage of Forerunner installations.
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> I always took that line as the monitor is still active, just hiding. We know that Spark was going slightly mad by the time he met humans, but perhaps Zeta’s fellow is a bit more stable and just waiting for things to go sideways before popping out to say hello.
My assumption was that the monitor may have shed its casing and moved into other ring systems - as Little Bit did when escaping Etran Harborage and Spark did when escaping the Rubicon
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> > > One of the biggest takeaways I have is Adjutant Veridity’s ambiguous remark about the main custodian/monitor of Zeta Halo being “everywhere and nowhere”. We have little else to go off of with determining what became of him/her outside of a possible hesitancy to approach humans due to their previous sabotage of Forerunner installations.
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> > I always took that line as the monitor is still active, just hiding. We know that Spark was going slightly mad by the time he met humans, but perhaps Zeta’s fellow is a bit more stable and just waiting for things to go sideways before popping out to say hello.
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> My assumption was that the monitor may have shed its casing and moved into other ring systems - as Little Bit did when escaping Etran Harborage and Spark did when escaping the Rubicon
That very well could be the case. It doesn’t really satisfy the “everywhere” part of everywhere and nowhere, though. Can’t remember if that’s a direct quote or a summary, however. They’d just mention that the monitor was nowhere to be seen. The everywhere part leads me to believe they’re still present in some capacity.
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> > > > One of the biggest takeaways I have is Adjutant Veridity’s ambiguous remark about the main custodian/monitor of Zeta Halo being “everywhere and nowhere”. We have little else to go off of with determining what became of him/her outside of a possible hesitancy to approach humans due to their previous sabotage of Forerunner installations.
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> > My assumption was that the monitor may have shed its casing and moved into other ring systems - as Little Bit did when escaping Etran Harborage and Spark did when escaping the Rubicon
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> That very well could be the case. It doesn’t really satisfy the “everywhere” part of everywhere and nowhere, though. Can’t remember if that’s a direct quote or a summary, however. They’d just mention that the monitor was nowhere to be seen. The everywhere part leads me to believe they’re still present in some capacity.
Well: you could be ‘everywhere’ on the ring - i.e. in all ring systems and nowhere - i.e. in no singld place.
Either that or it could be The Domain…