- Nannerpus
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Posted by: Changsta inc
Racism isn't wrong if it's funny.
Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Nannerpus
Posted by: chickenlittle
If we don't give an opinion that they did something badly, they are going to repeat themselves and nobody wins.
We have been posting here about what we think they did wrong, why aspects of the game are bad, then explaining why. Aside from myself getting pissed off at fanbois, we don't go around telling people to GTFO because they don't like what they were misled into paying for.
I'll tell you what isn't right. Creating an entire universe, helping others flesh it out(Eric Nylund with the novels), then going back and telling everyone that some of that fleshing out doesn't matter anymore, the hard work of those writers was watsed, and that you spent your money on something that is now worthless. If there are established events, you work work within those borders, you don't just overwrite them simply because you can. That is bad practice and just irresponsible.
No, the writers do this of their own free will because they too are fans of the games. They are not looking to actually impact the canon or even claim that it is canon at all. A Bungie representative said that it was canon, and now he's saying it's not. Exactly my point. The writers are hired by Microsoft to add to the universe. They can still decline, but the point is that they're writing for a reason, not just because they can. Hell, if I was asked to write for this franchise at this point, I'd decline too. I don't have great writing abilities, but I can't be sure if they'd retcon what I wrote at this point.
As for the "mistakes" Bungie made, they are not just throwing away the canon, just the parts that suck so they can make a better game. The fact that the book is called The Fall Of Reach and then never even sets foot on Reach is "bad practice". Hell, it's just plain dumb. You literally see it as if you were a bystander and not actually involved in what was going on. You tell me which was the mistake. Nylund building up the suspense to a "man that was a bullet dodged", or, Bungie realizing that we would actually like to know what went down between August 12, 2552 and August 30, 2552 on planet Reach.What happened on the planet was of literally zero consequences to whether or not Reach was lost. The entire actual "battle" was in orbit, where the UNSC lost. The loss of the Super-MAC generators only sped it up, and additional Covenant reinforcements showed up later anyways. Regardless, we saw this entire battle. AND OF COURSE WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PLANET! What we didn't want to see if a bunch of small skirmishes that have no relevance to the actual fight for the planet. We wanted to see the fights Red Team had to endure, to venture under CASTLE BASE, to see the fight for the Circumference ourselves. But I guess small skirmishes and retcons are good enough for Halo fans, right?
You said yourself you thought the game was bad. So play or don't play it. But definitely don't make daily threads stating how terrible the game is. It's in bad taste.I'm not making daily threads. I'm not seeing anyone else making daily threads about it. All the posting I do here is based in a thread with hundreds of replies and a few new ones that haven't been touched on before, like this one.
Not seeing daily threads, huh? Dude that just proves you're out of it. You've obviously never even seen the Halo: Reach forum. Nobody will touch it because of the hate threads.
Whatever, I'm done with you. You just keep spewing the same garbage about the books, that really aren't even that spectacular, and your not even acknowledging the fact that what Bungie makes is canon. You just keep talking about Microsoft which merely holds the IP and doesn't do any hiring regarding the Halo series. Bungie did all of the creative hiring up until the creation of 343 Industries which now does all of the creative hiring. And seriously, Microsoft, hiring artists? Get real. Bungie made it all and now that they wanna move on they have to relinquish their share of the rights because Microsoft is a money machine. But hey, thats the way business is.
All in all Halo: Reach was an amazing game and I'm sure we can both agree a great note to go out on. Imma sleep now.
-n