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Subject: Suggestions for Bungie with the new Universe
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Just call me Najar.

Look bungie, i am sure your new universe is going to be awesome and i can't wait for it to be anounced, but seriously, you need to consider the errors you have done in the past.

-Avoid retcons since the start, every person in this world hates retcons.
Write an incredibly big book about the universe, expand it all you want BEFORE STARTING! and create all your stuff from there, just like you did with the Halo bible, but without adding and changing stuff like you did with Halo. That way all the canon will make sense and your projects won't contradict each other.

-When you finish that "bible", stop making more stuff about the universe, move on and create a new one.

-DON'T sell the rights, they will only ruin the franchise and you won't have the chance to get it back.

[Edited on 07.14.2011 7:18 PM PDT]

  • 07.14.2011 7:17 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

Those are impossible suggestions.

  • 07.14.2011 7:18 PM PDT

Olook, another "HEY BUNGIE TAKE ADVICE FROM MEEEE" thread. They've already been through the retcon grinder with Reach, and they saw their community react, so let it rest.

  • 07.14.2011 7:19 PM PDT
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Just call me Najar.


Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Those are impossible suggestions.

Not really...
Difficult, yes.
Impossible, no.

  • 07.14.2011 7:19 PM PDT

@accordingto343

Your one stop shop for all of 343's fabulous errors and ridiculous notions in the Halo lore.

Posted by: Najar

Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Those are impossible suggestions.

Not really...
Difficult, yes.
Impossible, no.

Consistency is a scarcity in all sci-fi universes. You're pretty much saying Bungie isn't allowed to enjoy their own universe.

  • 07.14.2011 7:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Posted by: Najar

Posted by: DecepticonCobra
Those are impossible suggestions.

Not really...
Difficult, yes.
Impossible, no.

Consistency is a scarcity in all sci-fi universes. You're pretty much saying Bungie isn't allowed to enjoy their own universe.

Sometimes Retcons are for the better. What if Bungie, in hindsight, doesn't like an event or character? What if the fan base agrees, that character has to go. No Retcons means they are stuck with that character.

  • 07.14.2011 7:32 PM PDT

105th ;;====/::::::::::::>

Sorry what's retcon? :D

  • 07.15.2011 3:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: Xd00999

Sometimes Retcons are for the better. What if Bungie, in hindsight, doesn't like an event or character? What if the fan base agrees, that character has to go. No Retcons means they are stuck with that character.

But that would be a necessary and inevitable retcon, since not even the producers of the game like that character.

Take for example:
1- Johnson dies in halo 1.
2- The community loves him.
3- Johnson comes back in Halo 2 with a good explanation in a book.


A retcon like that one, i don't mind.
However, retcons like...

1-Halo: The Fall of reach.
2-Community loves it.
3-Halo: Reach. -.-

The change wasn't needed, it just mess up with a lot of other things in the universe, you see my point?

Posted by: ODST 032
Sorry what's retcon? :D

A retcon is when a later writer changes the history of a fictional universe to accommodate their own storyline.

[Edited on 07.16.2011 3:44 PM PDT]

  • 07.15.2011 2:41 PM PDT

Don't make it some boring human vs. human conflict in current time in places we see every day. The bigger the differance between the game and the real world, the cooler the environments, the more interesting the story. Oh and make sure to keep all the options for player made content. (i.e forge, custom games, gametype customization, screenshots etc.) The more things we can create, the longer the game will stay interesting

  • 07.15.2011 4:15 PM PDT

I say open world game. Everyone loves those.

  • 07.15.2011 5:56 PM PDT