Well, if you wanted to get carried away with it, you could probably find parallels between the
Sins storyline and
many other futuristic "Man vs Universe" Sci-Fi epics. It's nothing new, nor is it a convention restricted to SoaSE or HALO.
Besides, HALO is overrated garbage that I'd rather forget about. Never in my life have I seen such a thoroughly average shooter attract so much attention. It's not
bad, I guess, but it is remarkably undeserving of the praise it gets, and there's a lot out there that is superior to HALO by leaps and bounds.
this review fairly well echoes my sentiments about the HALO series.
(Sorry I got a bit carried away with the HALO hate but it's a huge pet peeve of mine

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