I had a thought.
Halo as a series is very Christian themed.
I didn't think the controversy over 343 lore versus Bungie lore had anything to do with religion.
You see, they retconned the lore from Forerunners being Humans, to them being aliens. Bungie was split on the decision evenly, and 343 chose aliens.
However, no matter how I think about it now, it's a religion decision.
The Forerunners were all but wiped out by the Flood. Which happened to Humans, not Aliens.
Humans inherited the Forerunners technology, implying they inherited it from an Alien race that dominated the galaxy counters the message that Mankind was created to rule over Gods creations, and that all they have was gifted by him.
It also introduces an alien, secular ideology, the Mantle of Responsibility.
All of 343s games also remove almost any mention of religion, while attempting to create an almost secular religion in how humanity was modified by aliens after being defeated by them.
The human ancestors also look very non-white.
I was less educated on the enemy back then, so most of this went over my head, but it looks like part of the reason so many found 343s lore un-appealing, was because it stripped God out of it.
And their only good work since then, "Hunt The Truth", is about a conspiracy theorist who ends up being proved right and is killed for it, and it was completely ignored and none of it's content ever mentioned again.
In hindsight, it's quite hilarious.
Halo as a series is very Christian themed.
I didn't think the controversy over 343 lore versus Bungie lore had anything to do with religion.
You see, they retconned the lore from Forerunners being Humans, to them being aliens. Bungie was split on the decision evenly, and 343 chose aliens.
However, no matter how I think about it now, it's a religion decision.
The Forerunners were all but wiped out by the Flood. Which happened to Humans, not Aliens.
Humans inherited the Forerunners technology, implying they inherited it from an Alien race that dominated the galaxy counters the message that Mankind was created to rule over Gods creations, and that all they have was gifted by him.
It also introduces an alien, secular ideology, the Mantle of Responsibility.
All of 343s games also remove almost any mention of religion, while attempting to create an almost secular religion in how humanity was modified by aliens after being defeated by them.
The human ancestors also look very non-white.
I was less educated on the enemy back then, so most of this went over my head, but it looks like part of the reason so many found 343s lore un-appealing, was because it stripped God out of it.
And their only good work since then, "Hunt The Truth", is about a conspiracy theorist who ends up being proved right and is killed for it, and it was completely ignored and none of it's content ever mentioned again.
In hindsight, it's quite hilarious.
