Posted by: George 257
Posted by: MaxRealflugel
Bungie created a legend, yes, I agree completely. What they achieved with the series was astounding. But I don't like Halo because Bungie made Halo. I like Halo because I like the story and the universe that is revealed every time a novel, comic or game is released.
I like Halo. Full stop. Of course, if the games and novels were to descend into a load of rubbish then I'd choose not to like those elements, such as the Halo: Flood novel. But I don't discount the rest of the series because of that.
The same goes for 343i. I didn't like the Halo encyclopaedia. It was full of mistakes and the art and imagery used in the book was nothing new, and pretty much all of it was taken from Halo 2 and 3. I wanted fresh artwork and detailed descriptions, not recycled parts. So at first, I was a little pessimistic.
But I'm an open-minded kind of guy, so I gave 343i the opportunity to reclaim some credibility.
Halo 4 is a long awaited follow up to Halo 3 -- a direct continuation of the original trilogy. And what I've seen so far has impressed me. But I'll reserve full judgement (like I would with any game) until I play it.
Your repeated flaming of 343i, and singing the praises of Bungie only highlights one thing: you're a Hypocrite -- an individual who constantly praises areas of work that Bungie did, only to flame the same or similar approach from 343i.
In effect, 343i are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
If they do something new and revolutionary you slate it. If they do something similar to how Bungie did it then you slate them for not coming up with something new. Just be honest, and say you don't like 343i.
I'm a Halo fan, you're not.
You're a Bungie fan, and a trolling one at that.
Not true. I thought I would have made myself clear and would expell doubts of my possible hypocrisy by saying that I believe Bungie believes in 343i, but I'm not as good as they are. Bungie pointed out in their games that they believe in, well say, their successors. Precursor to Forerunner (possibly, my theory), Forerunner to John, Bungie to 343i. If it is not just a wild hallucination, I like this idea of leaving enough space for our successors for them to prove themselves. And even to help them out. It is like parental love, and that is beautiful.
But...
343 is doing a lot of stuff with Halo 4 wrong, but I thought Anniversary was great. They did stuff to Reach multiplayer I didn't think possible. I even liked it's graphics more than Reach's (color scheme, hues, saturation, lush environments), because that was how I imagined Halo: CE. I loved the terminals, so personal and emotive (this is what I value about games the most) and tasteful too, didn't seem out of place at all. It was done with gentle care too. Except for those damn cutscenes (by which I mean the movement of the characters, once again), so I would always rather switch back to old graphics. But that was switchable.
Now I'll tell you what I think is their problem. They are continuing with the Core story (which was in my opinion very well ended and could have stayed that way and in fact continuing it is a disgrace to the ending), but with their own soul. Bungie have their soul, 343 their own. They could have made their own damn story with other characters, but no! They had to continue it. Alright fine, but at least with no less respect than with which was Anniversary was done. But NO!
And this is unacceptable! They are ruining it. Now normally I would just say: fine do whatever you want. But I have played Halo since I was 10 years old. I played all the Bungie games and I like all of them. Especially Marathon. It is a HUGE part of my life and I can't simply walk over this. I can't have open-minded people tell me the books are better than the games! I am a hardcore Bungie fan, is what I am. Irrationality in my opinion only proves the truth in my heart.
Halo is and always will be the original trilogy + ODST + Reach. It is the source, the center (as has been proved many times). Because Bungie made it and it is THEIR game. Nobody else could have done it, we are playing Bungie in Halo too.
You are the hyprocite if you like the game and do NOT like the developers. You may like other's take on the story, their interpretation, but if you don't like the source, the core? What are you then?
To clarify: open-mindedness is a good thing and I don't like biased people very much. I was being a bit sarcastic and ironic here. By open-minded I meant doesn't really care for Halo or a individual who doesn't know enough about Halo to properly judge. Hell, I really really starte with Halo 3 and it is most sacred to me. If somebody starts with Halo 5, well... I guess you understand my point.
Too bad that there isn't a ''report'' button for stupid people.
How do you know that 343i is doing anything wrong with halo, we just got a god damn glimpse, nothing more nothing less, it is like judging the book by it's cover or it's autor.