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Posted by: cortana 5
Halo 4 is not my favorite game. I like Bungie's Halo, not this crap that 343i has been commissioned to churn out to make MS more money. I won't support the beating of a dead horse.
On the other hand, I am legitimately excited for Mass Effect 3. Bioware is a great group of passionate people who put their heart and souls into this universe they've created.
The best part? They're stopping at ME3.
I have to disagree, I think that this is a slightly uneducated view.
343 have made fantastic additions to the Halo lore - Evolutions, Cryptum and the CEA Terminals demonstrate just how well they're doing with the storyline. The Forerunner Trilogy is definitely pushing Halo towards an area close to 'hard' sci-fi and it's about time something like this happened because Bungie always kept their storylines extremely simplistic (albeit ODST, which was extremely well-structured with the juxtaposition of the main story and Sadie's Story).
It's not beating a dead horse at all. Bungie themselves considered making Halo 4, but ultimately decided that it would come with a lot of baggage and wouldn't be practical as their final game. They also had concept art drawn up by Isaac Hannaford of a Forerunner Promethean. The idea of Halo 4 has been around for a long time, Halo 3 set up about a dozen loose ends leading to Halo 4, like the fact Mendicant Bias says he's sending John to the Forerunners, Gravemind states that he will return and the destruction of Installation 04B isn't the end of him, the Flood are still out there, the Halos are still primed and ready to fire (etc).
We've not even seen anything solid about Halo 4 yet, but we know that the novels are tying in with the Reclaimer Trilogy which is another thing Bungie never did (until Reach, and look how that turned out, and then 343 actually fixed the holes).
I see no legitimate argument against 343 as a company. They're a group of talented individuals from companies that have worked on many different franchises - Halo, Metal gear, Mass Effect, Metroid etc. I couldn't give a flying toss if the series is milked, as long as the products are of a good quality and we get an excellent storyline that keeps the fundimental core of Halo then I am perfectly satisfied.
Also, Bioware have said that ME3 is the end of the TRILOGY, it's not the last game they're doing for the series.