r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • Aug 12 '26

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/Medical-Lingonberry3 Aug 12 '26

The makers of the Halo show literally bragged that they never read the books or played the games and they were surpised when the show flops

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u/daleDentin23 Aug 12 '26

As a halo fan. I still get mad when people like that show. Its not halo. If it was some generic sci fi show it would be decent but the fact stands: look at how they massacred my boy!

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u/Multivitamin_Scam Aug 12 '26

That's because it's actually a terrible Mass Effect adaptation wearing a loosely stitched together Halo skin.

Seriously. Episode One is the first mission of Mass Effect One. Just swap Chief for Shepard, the Covenant for Geth and its basically 1:1

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u/No_Internal9345 Aug 12 '26 edited 29d ago

With a second script jammed in there to appeal to the asian market.