Halo has a more expanded mythos than any other science-fiction game franchise

********************BEGIN ENTRY********************INTRODUCTION: I thank CON for his acceptance of this debate. I hope we can both benefit from it. I must make one, brief note first, however. CON, you violated a rule that was instigated for this debate: "O Reclaimer Opponent, designate CON, must use Round One for acceptance and for opening arguments."_PRO, Round One. This is a pity, although, as I am sure CON will attest to as well, CON merely made a simple error in his eagerness to start the debate. Therefore, I will overlook this error. Nevertheless, CON, please be more careful in the future.Now that is logged and out of the way, I shall precede with my opening contentions.CONTENTION ONE: THE AMOUNT OF DIVERSITYHalo, as a franchise, is aided by numerous sources of information, each building upon one another. Halo has nine total games[1]: Combat Evolved, Combat Evolved: Anniversary, 2, 3, 4, 3: ODST, REACH, Wars, and Spartan Assault NOTE 1. These represent the backbone, from which all other knowledge can grow. While it is certainly the games that most Reclaimers NOTE 2 will identify with, Halo also has so much more. While I won't list them, Halo also has 12 original soundtracks[1], 13 novels[1] (one of which contains multiple short stories), 7 comic books[1], 10 books (that aren't novels), and 9 other forms of media[1]. NOTE 3Do not misunderstand; this is not about the sheer number of mythos that support Halo; this is about the diversity that Halo can encompass. From games, to live-action films, to books, to even a - cancelled, admittedly - full length film, Halo has continued to expand to surround almost all aspects of media. There are also forms of media - such as podcasts - that I won't mention, as I believe that you are beginning to see the full picture. Halo's mythos is expanded beyond comparison.In comparison, let us examine Final Fantasy's (this was CON's choice) media for a moment. As you would expect from a gaming franchise, games and soundtracks to them are plentiful. To properly examine the mythos levels, we need to see how expanded out they are. I do concede that Final Fantasy has released two feature-length animations, called The Spirits Within and VII: Advent Children, respectively.[2]NOTE 1However, The Spirits Within was a failure by almost all standards. It had (and presumably, spent) a budget of $137 million U.S. dollars, but only managed to acquire ~$85 million back.[3] Financially, a failure. It scored 44% on Rotten Tomatoes[4], so it, publicly, did not do very well. Also, on Metacritic, it received only 49/100, for its professional reviews.[5] Indeed, not very well at all.I do not wish to spend all of my time attacking CON, so I will move on, for now. Nonetheless, I will return in Round Three to demonstrate why Final Fantasy falls at many, many hurdles.CONTENTION TWO: THE AMOUNT OF CEMENTHalo is set in almost all branches of history. First and foremost, it is set during the mid to late 2500s. However, there are records dating as far back as 500,000,000 BCE and as far forward as 2610. Almost all of the in between parts are fleshed out as well. This is what is meant by "cement". Not only can Halo truthfully attest to spanning more than half a billion years in length, but each of these separate periods: Precursors, Forerunners/Ancient Humans, Covenant, Humans, (possibly) Neo-Forerunners are substantially filled in. These mythos level are off the charts! I can give examples. For example, take the main character in most of the Halo games: The Master Chief. Many games would just leave it at that, giving some backstory, if it was appropriate. But Halo is quite different. SPARTAN-II Petty Officer Master Chief John-117 has a backstory, a future, a notable personality that is expanded upon (even though it's retracted), and more.He also has spawned a backstory to the Halo universe. If you think about it, he started off as the main protagonist to Halo: Combat Evolved. But, through him and his traits, he spawned mythos about the SPARTAN-II Programme, the ORION Project, the SPARTAN-III and SPARTAN-IV Programmes, plus many individuals from each. And all this information is from the main character, alone. I will leave my two contentions here, for now, CON. However, be assured, I will introduce more in subsequent rounds.Good day, CON.[[06-16807]]Sources used and references made: [1]http://en.wikipedia.org...[2]http://en.wikipedia.org...[3]http://www.boxofficemojo.com...[4]http://www.rottentomatoes.com...[5]http://www.metacritic.com...NOTES: 1) Each of these titles include Halo, or Final Fantasy before them.2) Humans are the Reclaimers, for the audience that doesn't know.3) I have put "Other Games" and "Other Media" together, to make this total.********************END ENTRY********************