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Subject: So, O Brave New World... what do you have in store for us?
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R.I.P. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

After watching the ViDoc, I knew the basic history behind the Halo games, but Bungie went more into depth than I though they would, and they really showed what they all had done to give us Halo.

Bungie, you deserve every bit of gratitude you've ever earned, and you've definitely earned every bit of mine.

Halo did pave the way for FPSs, and I don't care what the others say. Halo brought FPS to the consoles, which gave way to various other shooters, the main being one being Call of Duty (may the fanboyism and flaming begin).

Discuss.

  • 08.12.2011 8:11 PM PDT

Yeah, I loved the ViDoc. I did wish that they would have revealed more secrets about the Halo games such as cut levels or game mechanics, and maybe some hints on hidden easter eggs in Reach. Uncovering the failed Phoenix game would have also been interesting.

Those are just minuscule grips though. The production value was amazing. It reminded me of an updated version of that documentary aired on G4 a few years back about Bungie.

  • 08.12.2011 9:43 PM PDT

Posted by: borrowedchief
We aren't here to ruin your experience (Well Qbix is).

TBH I really enjoyed Goldeneye 007. I just think Halo "elevated" the FPS for consoles.
Sure, Halo was more popular and more succesful, but it's just my opinion.

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[Edited on 08.12.2011 9:46 PM PDT]

  • 08.12.2011 9:46 PM PDT
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I understand nothing because my life is a conspiracy.

The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.

  • 08.13.2011 2:56 PM PDT


Posted by: lime013
The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.


I'm pretty sure that it's more of a "what you see is what you get" reference. Plus, Bungie references to Shakespeare all the time.

Examples off the top of my head are the Halo 3 achievement "Alas, poor Yorick" for getting kills with the oddball and the "Y tu Brute" Halo 3 ViDoc.

  • 08.13.2011 3:01 PM PDT


Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: lime013
The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.


I'm pretty sure that it's more of a "what you see is what you get" reference. Plus, Bungie references to Shakespeare all the time.

Examples off the top of my head are the Halo 3 achievement "Alas, poor Yorick" for getting kills with the oddball and the "Y tu Brute" Halo 3 ViDoc.


"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2. I didn't know Julius Ceasar was Shakespear, however.

  • 08.13.2011 3:12 PM PDT

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There would appear to multiple references to Shakespeare in Bungie culture.
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Urk quoting a line from "King Lear" by Shakespeare a few weeks before Sandbox was shown for the first time to the public.

  • 08.13.2011 3:18 PM PDT


Posted by: Big Daddv2

Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: lime013
The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.


I'm pretty sure that it's more of a "what you see is what you get" reference. Plus, Bungie references to Shakespeare all the time.

Examples off the top of my head are the Halo 3 achievement "Alas, poor Yorick" for getting kills with the oddball and the "Y tu Brute" Halo 3 ViDoc.


"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2. I didn't know Julius Ceasar was Shakespear, however.


I was referring to Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" which escalated the popularity of the phrase.

  • 08.13.2011 3:23 PM PDT


Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: Big Daddv2

Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: lime013
The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.


I'm pretty sure that it's more of a "what you see is what you get" reference. Plus, Bungie references to Shakespeare all the time.

Examples off the top of my head are the Halo 3 achievement "Alas, poor Yorick" for getting kills with the oddball and the "Y tu Brute" Halo 3 ViDoc.


"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2. I didn't know Julius Ceasar was Shakespear, however.


I was referring to Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" which escalated the popularity of the phrase.


Yes, I know. I remember seeing the phrase from Halo 2 as well as Julius Ceasar. Though, in Julius Ceasar, it is "Et Tu, Brutus?"

[Edited on 08.13.2011 3:39 PM PDT]

  • 08.13.2011 3:38 PM PDT


Posted by: Big Daddv2

Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: Big Daddv2

Posted by: PhoenixSniperX

Posted by: lime013
The quote "O Brace New Worlds" is from a Shakespeare play. Maybe there will be clues in it.


I'm pretty sure that it's more of a "what you see is what you get" reference. Plus, Bungie references to Shakespeare all the time.

Examples off the top of my head are the Halo 3 achievement "Alas, poor Yorick" for getting kills with the oddball and the "Y tu Brute" Halo 3 ViDoc.


"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2. I didn't know Julius Ceasar was Shakespear, however.


I was referring to Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" which escalated the popularity of the phrase.


Yes, I know. I remember seeing the phrase from Halo 2 as well as Julius Ceasar. Though, in Julius Ceasar, it is "Et Tu, Brutus?"


Yes it is. It was a typo on my part. I was thinking of Spanish.

  • 08.13.2011 3:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: IAA Sickness
Halo did pave the way for FPSs, and I don't care what the others say. Halo brought FPS to the consoles, which gave way to various other shooters, the main being one being Call of Duty (may the fanboyism and flaming begin).

Discuss.


There existed FPS's on console prior to Halo's release, in spite of its influence.

  • 08.13.2011 5:00 PM PDT

δόξει τις ἀμαθεῖ σοφὰ λέγων οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖν.

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Posted by: Big Daddv2
"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2.


Where?

[Edited on 08.13.2011 5:02 PM PDT]

  • 08.13.2011 5:02 PM PDT

None now, so sorry.

It is probably going to be a video game based on Don Quixote...

  • 08.13.2011 5:03 PM PDT


Posted by: Heliossoileh1

Posted by: Big Daddv2
"Et Tu Brute" was also in a level of Halo 2.


Where?


I think it is the level where the Arbitor is teleported near Delta Halo's control room by the Gravemind. I may be wrong, though.

[Edited on 08.13.2011 5:07 PM PDT]

  • 08.13.2011 5:07 PM PDT
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R.I.P. "Macho Man" Randy Savage

As much as I love Halo-related things being named after names and lines of Shakespeare's plays, let's stay on topic here...

  • 08.13.2011 8:02 PM PDT
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I was playing Reach today, and I seriously felt like I was missing something now. I mean, I love Halo and Bungie, but now that the Halo Universe has been passed from Bungie, I feel kinda empty :(

Maybe I just need to go back to playing some Myth and Oni.

  • 08.13.2011 8:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: Ada Astra
I was playing Reach today, and I seriously felt like I was missing something now. I mean, I love Halo and Bungie, but now that the Halo Universe has been passed from Bungie, I feel kinda empty :(

Maybe I just need to go back to playing some Myth and Oni.


Or you could play H:3 Campaign, get really drunk and/or high, squint, and pretend its Destiny. :)

  • 08.13.2011 8:12 PM PDT

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I remember reading up on Bungie a while back, so I already knew a lot of the information. It was cool looking at old footage, though. That and employee responses to events during various times throughout Bungie history.

  • 08.13.2011 9:26 PM PDT

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  • 08.13.2011 9:28 PM PDT

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In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
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From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
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Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
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From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
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A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
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Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
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Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
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The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
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And the continuance of their parents' rage,
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What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
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  • 08.14.2011 3:15 AM PDT

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I'm not sure they brought Fps to console it completely true, because there was other games already available, it's just the way they popularised it for a new generation. With Halo ce they set the benchmark for shooters that come after it. This is what makes a game fun, this is what people have wanted for a long time etc. And with Halo 2 and 3 they took it even further. We have Bungie to thank for everything they have made, and everything they have influenced other game developers to create off their original vision.

  • 08.14.2011 4:42 AM PDT

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Halo was the game that popularised the xbox, without it, in my view, we'd be all playing playstations.

  • 08.14.2011 5:16 AM PDT

Name's WIlliam,

For the love of God it's pronounced mister-shag, not misters-hag.

I think what made Halo successful, among tight controls and fun gameplay, was the fact that they gave their universe character and personality and left the protaganist a blank slate.

As much as I am dying to know what Bungie's next game is, I really have to give them props for not leaking any information yet... it's quite impressive. Bungie is no longer a small studio, and as such has many employees that know what's going on. I'm sure people have been offered substantial bribes, but seriously like no information has been leaked.

Props, Bungie employees, for maintaining your standards.

[Edited on 08.14.2011 9:06 AM PDT]

  • 08.14.2011 9:02 AM PDT

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Posted by: HeyBlade789
Halo was the game that popularised the xbox, without it, in my view, we'd be all playing playstations.


I actually would! I don't remember why i decided to get an xbox but i did!

  • 08.14.2011 9:05 AM PDT