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Subject: Will Halo become a yearly title?

The answer is yes. It already has.

Halo 3 (2007)
Halo wars(2008)
Halo 3 ODST(2009)
Halo:Reach(2010)

  • 11.30.2010 11:08 AM PDT

"Wake me...when you need me."

I think you are missing the point. Halo Wars was not a Bungie game and not a FPS. Halo 3: ODST had a truncated development cycle because it started as an expansion and not a full fleged game.

The TRUE development cycle for an actual sequel was 3 years from Halo 3 to Halo Reach.

  • 11.30.2010 11:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: Chas the Amoeba
The answer is yes. It already has.

Halo 3 (2007)
Halo wars(2008)
Halo 3 ODST(2009)
Halo:Reach(2010)


This is fine with me, because the games have different styles. They aren't rehashes.

  • 11.30.2010 11:12 AM PDT

Posted by: Swamptik
I think you are missing the point. Halo Wars was not a Bungie game and not a FPS. Halo 3: ODST had a truncated development cycle because it started as an expansion and not a full fleged game.

The TRUE development cycle for an actual sequel was 3 years from Halo 3 to Halo Reach.

I'm not debating how long it took for them to be developed, I'm just pointing out that Halo has already become a yearly title.

  • 11.30.2010 11:12 AM PDT

"Wake me...when you need me."


Posted by: Chas the Amoeba
Posted by: Swamptik
I think you are missing the point. Halo Wars was not a Bungie game and not a FPS. Halo 3: ODST had a truncated development cycle because it started as an expansion and not a full fleged game.

The TRUE development cycle for an actual sequel was 3 years from Halo 3 to Halo Reach.

I'm not debating how long it took for them to be developed, I'm just pointing out that Halo has already become a yearly title.


I understand that. I am just pointing out that from true 'Halo' game to another one was Halo 3 to Halo Reach.

I don't think we will see anything like the ODST and Halo Wars sequence in the future. I think we will see Halo move to around every 2-3 years in the coming years.

Who knows though.

  • 11.30.2010 11:20 AM PDT

Wars was 2009.

  • 11.30.2010 11:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: Halo 2 K1ng
Wars was 2009.
Quite so.

Bungie's cycle is three years. We will just have to wait and see what 343 does.

  • 11.30.2010 11:45 AM PDT
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3 years is too long time to wait. 1,5 years sounds better. As long as they remain interesting I have nothing against how often and how many Halo games they are making.

  • 11.30.2010 11:54 AM PDT

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Posted by: manwith
3 years is too long time to wait. 1,5 years sounds better. As long as they remain interesting I have nothing against how often and how many Halo games they are making.
Well that's just it. You can't create a revolutionary experience in a year's time. If it becomes yearly, it's an almost guaranteed fact that each game will be unpleasantly similar to the previous ones.

  • 11.30.2010 11:59 AM PDT
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Posted by: Spartan999
Posted by: manwith
3 years is too long time to wait. 1,5 years sounds better. As long as they remain interesting I have nothing against how often and how many Halo games they are making.
Well that's just it. You can't create a revolutionary experience in a year's time. If it becomes yearly, it's an almost guaranteed fact that each game will be unpleasantly similar to the previous ones.


I don't disagree. But the quality and progress of Halo games since Halo 2 hasn't been impressing.

I remember Bungie themselves stated (can't remember where) that Halo 2 was considered to be rushed, but that game has to be my favorite all time game.

  • 11.30.2010 12:08 PM PDT

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Halo 3 (2007)
Halo wars(2008)
Halo 3 ODST(2009)
Halo:Reach(2010)
Halo CE remake (2011)
Halo 3 sequel (2012)

...looks like it will

  • 11.30.2010 12:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: manwith
I don't disagree. But the quality and progress of Halo games since Halo 2 hasn't been impressing.

I remember Bungie themselves stated (can't remember where) that Halo 2 was considered to be rushed, but that game has to be my favorite all time game.
I think with Halo 2, they found a formula that they liked and didn't particularly care to change it. Since then, the big game changing features have been complements, like Forge, Theater, Bnet stat tracking, and so on.

  • 11.30.2010 12:11 PM PDT

I hope not, or they'll run out of things to do D: Every 3 years is good enough for me, I get to buy other things too which is always good :D

  • 11.30.2010 12:27 PM PDT