- thebobafettest
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Hey, now!
This is officially either the greatest or worst thing to ever happen to Star Wars. I'm going with the former.
Posted by: anton1792
Posted by: thebobafettest
The thing is, Bungie handed over those reins with full consent. If they had wanted to keep on making Halo games for years to come, I'm sure that Microsoft would have been more than happy to oblige them, but they decided not to. Like it or not, 343's the new sheriff in town.
I realize that having a franchise leave it's original creator(s) is a rather daunting prospect(For instance, I will not read any Sherlock Holmes stories not written by Doyle, and I can't imagine anyone other than JK Rowling penning Harry Potter books.), but when that same original creator gives full consent, you just have to take the good with the bad.
Well, Bungie lost Halo in the parting agreement with Microsoft. Microsoft bought the rights to the Halo IP when they bought Bungie back in 2000. So Microsoft have always owned it. Bungie got tired of making Halo games and wanted to move on, but in order to do so it meant losing control of the Halo IP. They have said that if they could have taken Halo with them then they would have, but the price of freedom was to lose that IP. (I think that was in their most recent ViDoc) I don't think that they were all that willing to give it up.
Also, I am not saying that there are, literally, two canons to be outlined. I am more or less saying that there has been a very different sort of Halo emerging lately with different ideas underlying it.
Oh, I know all that. What I meant was that 343 would have been more than happy for Bungie to be making titles in any capacity, It's just that they were ready to move on, and with MS owning the Halo IP, it just makes the decision that much easier(or harder, depending on your opinion)
I understand what you're saying, it's just that a fresh, though obviously well acquainted look at the Halo series isn't a bad thing.
Look at how the Batman Animated Series evolved Mr Freeze's backstory and origin in 'Heart of Ice', I believe it was called.
It added some much needed depth to a character that up until that point had been relatively 2 dimensional.
Hopefully 343 will be able to add that depth via their differing perspective from Bungie, while still staying true to the themes that Bungie set.