By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Posted by: brokeneagle77
But once H2 came out Bungie downgraded the epic story into nothing more than a cheap, made for SYFI tv show crapfest.
Ha! Halo 2 was much darker than Halo CE, in Halo 2 there was actually a true story that meant something, Halo CE was dark and mysterious but that was it. Halo 2 showed you what you were fighting for, it showed us the Covenant's perspective on things and gave us reason to like/dislike them - instead of just showing them as aliens we know nothing about.
When you get Nathan Fillion involved it screams B-list.
Why does Halo need celebrity voices? Sure, I'd love to see John Cleese voice someone in Halo but we don't need celeb voices to make a good game. Nathan Fillion is a legend.
Back on topic, more blood and cursing should'nt hurt a franchise like this because it is 100% relevant. Look at Dead Space and Gears of War. I know you guys love these games. And its because the mature content is appropriate. It would be for Halo too. Oh and guess what, these are platinum-selling IP's too.
Relevant, but completely unnecessary. Blood and gore isn't doing anything to help the game, it isn't something we need at all. If you want blood and gore, go play a game with blood and gore in it, Halo isn't one of those games.
Actually, I love Dead Space and Gears of War for the story, atmosphere and gameplay.
Its not a matter of being mature. Its a matter of realism in a fictional setting. Go to a Sierra Leone death camp or an embattled town in Afghanistan. I doubt things will be censored to your liking.
This is a video game. Imagine the contraversy that would come out of making a game based in Sierra Leone, games like MW2 and Mass Effect get massive amounts of contraversy piled onto it because of graphic content, be it sex scenes or killing civillians.
On the subject of Call of Duty, there's almost no blood & gore in that and it's still one of the most popular games out there.
[Edited on 12.28.2010 8:45 AM PST]