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I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.
Posted by: Confederateghad
I believe, without a doubt, that a majority of you will vote no but w/e.
In my opinion Bungie is the most overrated game developer. The only thing they've done that's good is Halo. ODST and Reach we're huge failures IMO. They used to be one of the best game developers that listened to their fans and community but for the last several years it has been quite the opposite. Things they've done to piss of their fanbase;
1st - Bungie wouldn't address how easy it was to cheat in H3, and wouldn't even ban players that were reported to them.
2nd - They released ODST at the full game price of $60 when it should have been $40. The campaign was average at best, pretty boring, and still too linear. Sure, it had new gameplay in the form of firefight, but it failed to have its own matchmaking system. The maps were the best in the game, but it didn't justifying ODST being sold for $60.
3rd - Reach was a huge failure. Bad campaign, terrible multiplayer, and easily the worst maps in a Halo game yet. The only thing they got right was firefight, theater, and Reach's amazing netcoding.
Basically no one outside these forums can name any of their work outside of Halo and the last good game they released was Halo 3. Ever since its release they've been falling downhill at a steep rate. Please keep this discussion civil and note that what I've posted are my opinions.
Do you think they're overrated?
First off, Bungie would have never been picked up by Microsoft if they weren't good at what they do, so the whole "The only thing they've done that's good is Halo" argument is void.
Microsoft, a money hungry squelching machine, would have never turned its nose toward Bungie if they weren't good at their job.
1: This seems out of context. I'm not familiar with how easy it is to cheat in Halo 3. Maybe it's because Bungie didn't alert the community of how easy it is to cheat.
2: Complaining about the price of ODST is totally reasonable, BUT Bungie doesn't control the price of the games they make... therefor, you're barking at the wrong tree.
3: A huge failure? No.
Reach wasn't a home-run, no doubt about it, but it most certainly was not a huge failure.
Suggesting that Reach was a huge failure says to me that you're spoiled as a gamer, and you expect perfect games. Sounds to me like you've never looked in the bargain bin at Gamestop or played a game that wasn't still at full price two months after its release.
Go play Earth Defence Force 2017. That game is a huge failure.
It's no surprise that most gamers today couldn't name any other games produced by Bungie. It's no surprise because Halo has been around for over a decade now. The people who grew up playing Minotaur and Pathways into Darkness are all in their 30's and up with new interests, hobbies, and real world things to devote their time to instead of debating which video game producer is top dog. People who you see around here and on Xbox live are mostly in their early teens to mid 20's.
Most of us did not grow up when Bungies other games were in their prime, so we didn't play them, and we don't have any memory of them.
NOW... is Bungie overrated? Maybe it seems like it here, but outside of B.net, I don't think so. Now'days everybody is talking about Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim.