- Hydrilus
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- Exalted Legendary Member
"On the seventh day, god did not rest, but rather he created 64 player multiplayer!"
Here's the thing Ordered, we could argue all day every day about this but I'm already set in my opinion and you're probably set in yours. There's no point.
So, I'll just copy and paste what I said in another topic which, will hopefully explain better why I feel the way I do about Reach and Noble Team.
For years I had been led to believe that Bungie cared about their story. As more books continued to come out after TFoR, I'd read interviews from Bungie about how involved they are in the writing process, and how they make sure that everything in the books is consistent with all details of their story and universe. I loved that about Bungie. I loved that they were PROTECTIVE of their story, and wanted it to be the best it could be... But then...Reach...Reach is where that all fell apart. Bungie made changes that were UNNECESSARY... The Pillar of Autumn on the ground, Cortana, Noble Team in general, Spartan 3's being on Reach...Spartan 3's MEETING DR. HALSEY...UGH!! It pissed me off so much...
I grew up with Halo, and Halo gave me a lot of friends as well, online and off. Halo is the only game I've actually participated in a LAN session with. It's the only reason I've ever packed up my original Xbox and brought it over to friend's houses. I loved everything about it and have a lot of be thankful for because of it (seems silly I know). Having been led to believe something about a developer for so long, and then having that belief destroyed with Reach, it hurt...it really did. I still enjoy the multiplayer, but the campaign and story...while, as a game, it was fun and I liked it enough...the story just disappoints me knowing that Bungie did what they did.
I bought the Legendary Edition of Reach on release day and have read Halsey's journal, but it doesn't fix things for me. Bungie STILL made the mistake...and packaging their mistake with some documents to cover it all up with doesn't make them go away, especially when the changes weren't even necessary.
To me, it was a slap in the face. How would you feel, if something you felt very strongly about and loved for years (The Fall of Reach), was suddenly deemed incorrect, and that the new version of it coming out (Halo: Reach) is the correct version? That Bungie is basically telling you, 'Forget about what you knew before... The characters, the battles, everything...THIS is what happened!' How would you feel? I know they're not outright saying that, but that's what it FEELS like to me...like everything I knew before is irrelevant and I must now accept the new material.
For any long time Star Wars fans (of the movies)...would you guys be okay with a modified Return of the Jedi coming out, where, instead of Han Solo and Ewoks, it was really a group of Gungans lead by Jar Jar Binks that defeated the Stormtroopers on Endor and brought the Death Star's shield down? I haven't exactly read every single Star Wars book so, let me know if that actually happened or not...
Anyway, that's how I feel.