- Recon Number 54
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
Posted by: R0flc0pt3r
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Leaving MS and Halo behind is not really that unique an event for these guys. They've made similar choices before, and each time, their next project was impressive.Egh, I kind of have this gut feeling that Destiny won't hit that wow factor and will just be another game. :/
I have no preconceptions, no high hopes, no low ones lest I be disappointed. I just know how creative these guys can be, that they have grown and allowed for a great deal of "specialized expertise" to fill in areas that were previously handled by those who wore "multiple hats" and did great work regardless of their hat. I don't know if what made their past games so great was the small but incredibly flexible team they had, and I don't know if making the team larger, more specialized, but each specialist is INCREDIBLE at their specialty is going to have the same outcome.
I don't know. I do know this though.
Marathon pioneered a lot of things.
Network FPS multiplayer
Map editing
Save films
Immersive storyline
Cross platform capability
Myth then pioneered some things of its own.
Real-time tactical simulation
AI evolution
Then there was Halo
Seriously brought the FPS to a console
Created a LAN and splitscreen MP phenomenon
Halo 2 introduced Matchmaking, and RPG elements to MP
Halo 3 refined the RPG elements and stat collection
etc.
So, when I hear that "we've been thinking about this current project for years, we think that we finally can make it work, it's really exciting, and we HAVE to keep is secret because (just like the Matrix) "no one can be told what it is, they have to see it for themselves in order to understand it".... all of those things, they have me...... patiently curious and in a state of relaxed hopefulness.
I am looking forward to see what they've been working on for so long and with so many people.