r/masseffect • u/jazz4717 • Jun 22 '25

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I guess they are going with the game script

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u/LorekeeperOwen Jun 23 '25

Which would be weird since Fallout made a good show with an original story and characters.

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u/micheal213 Jun 23 '25

Because fallout is so easy to do that with. Every fallout game is a different place with new characters.

So they can essentially make the show as if they made another game with a new vault dweller main character and new plot etc.

Halo and mass effect could do that too. But the whole plot and characters are the main point of the game. So it’s just a lot harder to make something new or different with it.

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u/Brainwave1010 Jun 23 '25

Halo is definitely the most difficult one to do it with because it's really hard to get the majority of people to care about Halo without Master Chief, Reach and ODST only worked because the franchise had an established fanbase at that point, trying to market a Halo show however not featuring Master Chief to general audiences was probably seen as financial suicide.

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u/thedicestoppedrollin Jun 23 '25

The Fall of Reach could have been great on screen and still use a story a lot of fans aren't familiar with

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u/ADarkElf Jun 23 '25

I know this is just a sign that I played Halo at a very specific time, but I find it crazy that Reach's story hasn't been experienced by so many people. "Objective: Survive" still hits like a truck. Would be interesting to see how/if they could adapt that for TV.

Here's to hoping it gets a successful remaster/remake one day, lots of great memories from the campaign and messing around in Forge mode.

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u/thedicestoppedrollin Jun 23 '25

That’s a great mission, but I was actually referring to the book, not the game. I think they’re both canon, and the book is more about John’s origins. It starts with his abduction and ends with the Pillar of Autumn discovering the first Halo ring

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

Reach was the most cinematic Halo game they ever made, so it would probably be the easiest thing to port into an actual show/movie format. Can't imagine why they didn't.