Less is more.
Bungie deliberately made Halo star Master Chief a man of few words so players would feel more like him.
“We left-out details to increase immersion; the less players knew about the Chief, we believed, the more they would feel like the Chief,” explained Bungie lead writer Joseph Staten to Industry Gamers.
“When it came to the Halo novels and other products of the expanded universe, immersion wasn’t as important as deepening understanding.