Honestly, the game series really doesn't even really go detailed on the story. Nowhere near what the books are like. Just the basic main plot. I felt no connection to any character and the main story plot barely sucks you in. Honestly, the only reason why I truly liked halo all these years is because I love to kick alien ass. The gameplay was awesome. My mindset was just like when I use to play contra or doom. Barely no story but it was a fun as hell game. For people who never played doom (I'm not talking about doom 3 on Xbox either. I'm talking about good ol DOS, when you'd have to to : Cd Cd.. Cd doom Run) , you got your page of story after every 10ish missions in the game. It Pretty much said "your the last marine, stuck on earth, fight your way to hell and kick more ass"