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March 3, 2553
Posted by: halo 3 pro david
Posted by: cameo_cream
343i is the old Bungie employees. You know, the ones which brought you decent games like Halo 2 and 3.
The probably did this because Reach has terrible population and can't handle 20 playlists.
343i made Reach slightly better anyway. Bungie produced this crap so blame them.
I blame mostly microsoft for forcing bungie to make annual game releases. However I will give bungie their share of the blame.
I don't blame 343 for anything. Maybe some criticism about CE:A Multiplayer but they're trying in their best efforts to save the franchise. but if they keep going down the road with annual releases (assuming the results are all similar to Reach)... the franchise just wouln't live up to its own name anymore if it continues.
I don't believe this was all Microsofts influence. Look at previous titles, they were focused around the classic Halo experienced at its core.
The similarities in Reach and classic gameplay come down to you being a spartan and playing a game thats called Halo. Thats it.
Personally, I think Bungie played a massive part in the decision to milk the game. Why? Because it was their last Halo game in which the series had become huge over the years, they saw it as a massive opportunity to make a huge profit from this last game. So they tried to appeal to as many different audiences as they could.
Where was the thought for the competitive community? You can't say arena because the system is flawed and the fundamental gameplay elements are broken.
Reach focused more on customization of character and making a more seemingly "realistic" experience for the player. Sounds a lot like CoD to me. What better way to make a huge profit by tricking Halo fans into buying it and getting CoD players to buy it too. They had three years to work on Reach, didn't look like they thought about their true fans in this game. (Which is half the reason absolutely nobody plays it).
What was the pop on black ops today? Umm around 900,000
And Reach? About 100,000 and below.
This games seems to be doing well.
Money make$ the world go around.