I originally started the Great Journey with Halo 3. Yes, I was an idiot who began a trilogy with the 3rd act. I was so confused, so when Halo 3: ODST came out, I tried to fit together the pieces. Then I watched Halo Legends and a few more things made sense. Then I heard Halo: Reach was coming so I decided to acquire Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. I beat them and more and more pieces were made clearer. My friend and I went half and half with the legendary edition of Reach on ebay. He kept the DLC. I kept the statue and Halsey’s Journal. Once I read that, I was definitely hooked. I needed more. I got Halo Wars, then the novels, and then the graphic novels.
Now to the subject. How I feel. Humanity and the UNSC, it’s like being waist deep in an ocean of knowledge. Add the Covenant’s lore, and the knowledge comes up to your head and you can barely keep your face above water. But once I added the entire lore of Forerunners, Ancient Humanity, the Precursors and the Flood…my gods. I was sinking further and further, drowing in the fiction. So much for what began as a video game series. It’s almost too much for a human mind to comprehend all of it. So many layers. So many stories. So many people, worlds, species, events. Trying to explain all of this to someone who knows nothing of Halo…it would be like smothering them with a giant weight. It’s just too much for someone naive to bear.
I have read everything at least three times. And it is still overwhelming. Which I guess explains why it’s difficult for me to socialize with new people. I’m so deep into this universe and I want to share it with others. But I just don’t think they can handle it.