- Venator82
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I don't care. I really don't.
Posted by: DonVinzone1
Okay, yeah I did miss you're point.
But I think the problem with Halo is that people are being -blam!- retentive about the whole "HALO MUST SELL OR WE'LL DIE!!" thing.
That is what has been plagueing Halo for a while. People want the story to be friendly to the average Joe, but the average Joe couldn't give a crap about the story itself or weapons; they want multiplayer, kick-ass campaign gampelay, big guns that just shoot stuff, and cool features. The canon (warthogs, Covenant, UNSC, etc.) isn't meant for the average Joe, because if someone cares about the canon, they aren't the average Joe.
That's what game developers and publishers make a mistake in, as they try making it friendly to people who couldn't care less and jam their thumbs on the skip button before cutscenes even begin and look at the reticle more than the weapon and wouldn't notice even if it was a grey untextureed block, and in that process alienate the people who do like and can follow the canon.
If it has the name Halo, it will sell; it will. And if the story is good enough, the game will attract more into the RPG genre; that's what Halo was doing in the first one for a little while, expanding the target audience not by making the story simpler, but more complex. Then it started getting shorter and less brained.
In other words, average people couldn't care about the game story and the features; they just want to play the game for fun. So 343i can run with it as long as they keep it Halo in spirit.
OT: Depends if it's "for the average Joe" or actually makes sense, for Halo 4.
CE: Graphics and engine overhaul; if they're going to piss people off in the first place, may as well go the whole mile. But don't touch the vehicle physics.
[Edited on 01.16.2011 11:16 AM PST]