- spartain ken 15
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- Fabled Heroic Member
In a time long past, the armies of the dark came again to the lands of men. Their leaders became known as the fallen lords, and their terrible sorcery was without equal in the west.
In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten
Posted by: RigZ Boi
There is really no point defending Jones' statement, Ken. Despite demand, and opportunities to expand on their stories, we all know that Bungie make games for money, which is fair enough and I completely understand that.
However, I find it amusing that Jones can be so concrete on his opinion on sequels and the sort, and then, much like a politician with the opportunity of selling out for money, does a complete U-turn.
This quote I believe also echoes how Bungie have distanced themsevles ridiculously from their roots. I love Bungie - Bungie is full of great, weird and wonderful game developers, with a equally funny and loyal fan base, but that doesn't mean that they are not due criticsm for forgetting their fundemental, original principles.
Posted by: spartain ken 15
They HAD to make multiple Halo games for Microsoft.
Bungie made the Marathon series very fun and cool becuase there was a DEMAND and a HUGE story to conintue.
Myth 2 did a good job of also finsihing off the Soulblighter saga.
Pathways into darkness would not make a good sequel unless they did immortals.
Bungie was for a while in deep financial trouble. They went from Alex's garage to a massive studio.
The Myth 2 Soulblighter bug is one of the reasons we have Halo. Bungie needed a huge game to save the company. They also needed the money from Microsoft who owned Bungie at that point.
Was Jason Jones being hypocritical? Maybe. But, when Bungie made sequels they spent time on them and made them unique and cool and well expanded into the story of the games.
But, Pathways into Darkness would be a BAD game for a sequel. You trapped the GodKing under the temple, nothing more to do really.
Marathon however took place from Pathways into the future and while not a sequel, greatly expanded on the universe.
This is all up to views but I think Bungie has always been true to their values and they left the control of Microsoft to be independent again. If Bungie really wanted more $$$, they would keep making Halo games. I think they wanted to stop after 3 but they had 2 more to make.