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

[i]Since, as my Zealous opponent has rightly pointed out I missed the initial round I have written a lengthy diatribe on Mythos of Video-Gaming, [/i] but.. I would like to provide a brief introduction and history of the debate. If I may? [b]Introduction[/b] Halo is a relatively new franchise. Final Fantasy (FF) is now in its fourteenth or fifteenth installment.. i lose count. No other game has such a .. Legendary stance about it. I understand Halo has a strong structure and foundation. But this is not about squeaky clean reputations; FFVII the best game out of the FF Franchise is indeed [b]REVOLUTIONARY [/b]. We take it for granted that Halo has well written Sci-fi Novels, and that games can have mythos. I would caution we not forget that Final Fantasy no VII created the Science Fantasy Genre, singlehandedly. It's like trying to argue that Obama is a better President than Abraham Lincoln; the idea that, if FF did not pave the way the franchise of Halo would only be just another indie game without novels, book, films and so on. What is 'the Secret'? It is definitely years of hard crafted work. Nobou Yeumatsu, legendary in his own field of instrumental music is famous for the work he did on the seventh instalment. However, each instalment has original tracks whose album releases are as eagerly anticipate with abated breath just like the fifteen games themselves. Its not just music, the idea that a game is more than a game, and yes Halo fall into and under the [i]'Genre'/i] created by FF-franchise, is down to meticulous production of years and years of work to create completley immersed environments. This idea,.. of [i]immersed[/i] game-play creating fascinating new vision, visions of entire worlds did not (sadly enough) start at the beginning of the New Millenium, and the Dotcom age, it started decades ago in far more turbulent circumstances of the Gulf War age. Sadly, video-gaming was an art back then. You cannot really talk about Halo without talking about Doom. The predecessor to Halo made by a high-school dropout which revolutionised gaming, and revolutionised Halo [SEE link 1: Doom 'Clones']. Halo as it was [i]originally[/i] and [i]ironically[/i] titled is merely Combat Evolved. But, Doom is still the best shooter ever! The hey-day of Lucas Arts which gave us the irreverent titles such as Monkey Island trilogy and Day of the Tentacle and when companies like IBM, and Steve Jobs' Apple company were finally bearing fruit, Im sorry, but it all happened before you were even born. That was the golden age. Now we can only pick up the residue, the fragments of childhood and try to evolve? [b]Fiction, Music & Adaptations[/b] Halo has a handful of novels, but the installment of seventh instalment of final fantasy itself has seven novellas (lucky number 7)? Otherwise, it is not only in prose format like Halo but in multiple product formats: [quote]Several video games have either been adapted into or have had spin-offs in the form of manga and novels. The first was the novelization of Final Fantasy II in 1989, and was followed by a manga adaptation of Final Fantasy III in 1992.[53][54] The past decade has seen an increase in the number of non-video game adaptations and spin-offs. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within has been adapted into a novel, the spin-off game Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has been adapted into a manga, and Final Fantasy XI has had a novel and manga set in its continuity.[/quote] By Mythos if you also mean the surrounding lore of a well-crafted game. Then it should include folklore: for the melancholy of the 80's still hangs heavy? Reminding us of the decay of the gaming world. That faint smell of nostalgia: Final Fantasy Fan-Fiction (See Link 2). There are over a 1000+ page imagination based novella universe, comprising 29K stories, *shrug*Halo has a handful of novels. 12 original soundtracks as noted by opponent Zealot. Please? Final Fantasy's award winning teams have over 900 individual creations. No surprise, given the [i]man behind the fiction[/i]!! (see: link 3) (No competition, here.) [b]Conclusion[/b] I therefore, think that what you are trying to argue is that brand placement and licensed official "myths" seem fake. Like product placement of Apple Phones on television's Sopranos and so on, it seems contrived. To be truthful it has stand the TEST OF TIME. To be mythical means to live on in the imaginaton. It does not mean the "decay" of over-hyped book deals and plastic toy figures. (I mean, i'm not kickin' those who buy into it) It is [u]relevant[/u] that this, this "franchise effect", started with series such as Star Wars and Star Trek, but now has reached the nauseating stage where it almost reflexive. Its really sad how episode 1, 2, and 3 with too much over-hype ruined the imagination of the fans, for the Star Wars series. Its not only bad, its an [i]anti-[/i]-MYTHOS [link 4], its Sacriliege! As con, I argue that my compatriot has put forth a definition (But this is rubbish, as he himself has cited link 4!) - And has contradicted himself in the process! my Opponent argues mythos is expanded level of content, hence - [i]quality[/i]? This is a David and Goliath situation. Taking upon Hercule's mission he seems to think that the material he puts forth qualifies under his defintion ("mythos"). His definition only qualifies under his terminology, and hence only under his definitions and terms. He has shot himself in the foot. The well-crafted pre-packaged "official" story based novels of [i]his[/i] franchise can never recreate the experience of Mythology. Indeed, Halo is fiction, whereas mythology of Final Fintasy, Star Wars, LOTR, Lucas Arts, Sid Meiers this created a complex network of fan-support that is not [i]erasable[/i] something that will live on and on.. Links, in-text: [1] Clone Games: [http://en.wikipedia.org...] [2] Fan-Fiction: [https://www.fanfiction.net...] [3] Nobou Uematsu: [http://www.1up.com...] [4] From the official "handbook" of handbooks as ordained by my zealous companion: [http://www.oxforddictionaries.com...]