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"Whatever exists, whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent. These anonymous creatures may seem little or nothing in the world. Yet the smallest crumb can devour us. Any smallest thing beneath yon rock out of men's knowing. Only nature can enslave man and only when the existence of each last entity is routed out and made to stand naked before him will he be properly suzerain of the earth."
Posted by: just another fan
In a last attempt to explain myself, I decided to type this. I'm a kind of person that always likes the new stuff. Not necessarily new, but different. I usually don't like it when series go beyond the fifth season ( I decided to no longer follow Lost when i heard that they were planning to got to season five and perhaps even six), I never like it when a game or movie, or book spawn all these sequels or side stories. I hate the fact that Square Enix is making all these Final Fantasy games, that have absolutely nothing to do with each other (That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet). I'm highly irritated when I'm forced to eat the same kind of food for 6 days in a row.
I always considered Bungie studio's a studio, that created a few games to tell a story, and then moved on to the next thing. But with halo that doesn't seem to be the case. It's more than just a few games. We now have a movie, an RTS coming up, some vague stuff by Mr. Jackson, we've got the HGN, and in 2007 there will be a monthly comic coming out, we've got dozens of Halo merchandise. The worst thing about all of this, is that it all seems to be happening at once, as I like to say: overdaad schaadt. Just too much to swallow at once.
Agreed, but what if we look at it from another perspective? The fans who are getting tired of Halo don't want to see the series go on for another five years, just to end up a very dry stone on the side of a dusty road. Other fans want to see a lot more out of that Halo series, since it's all they know about Bungie. So what if this is to be seen as the method of appeasing both camps at once? One huge shot at bringing as many different Halo products that entertain the fans and that Bungie still makes, then Bungie moves on to something else. Then while they're working on whatever project they have next, people are still busy playing Halo Wars, or waiting for the movie, or playing Halo 3, or bugging Peter Jackson for details about the Wingnut game (or perhaps playing it). The "more Halo" camp is pleased, because it gets more, and Bungie can finally move on to another series, and Bungie has a hand in everything, making sure the series isn't overmilked.
I realize that this is of course my problem for a large part. And hell, I don't have to buy all that stuff, I'm not planning to either. Might all those things be cool? Possibly. halo wars might turn out to be the greatest strategy of all times, and unless it is, I'm not getting that game either (It's impossible anyway, we all know Starcraft holds that title, hehe).
Anyone who does buy everything probably has their parents' credit card number memorized.
Also, you should not be alarmed when a Wight comes knocking at your door.
What I do consider to be important, is that Bungie and Halo right now, aren't really living up to my expectations. Now now, slow down. I'm not saying that that is Bungie's fault. I simply had the wrong expectations.
I know, expectations and assumptions are bad. But it's hard not to have them.
Which is why you should do what I do: Always expect everything to be terrible, so even if it is mediocre, it far exceeded your own expectations. All that Bungie could do to disappoint me would be to make a terrible game. And it's not like that could ever happen...
Thing is, I don't believe that Bungie is the same company as it used to be. Ask Bungie something right now, you'll hear "Sorry, we're busy with Halo this, or halo that". And that's been going on for quite a while now.
So from my point of view, it seems that Bungie is all about Halo, and nothing else anymore. I'm beginning to wonder if the "tight-lipped policy" of Bungie is still working. Bungie isn't that small anymore. Like I said, I had expectations, and those turned out to be wrong, but nowadays it's just hard to have the right expectations of Bungie.
I'm not saying that Bungie has to go and blabber out every detail of Halo 3, I'm saying that there needs to be a bit more communication between Bungie and it's community. Bungie still is in my cool book, but it is a different cool book.
If I just smile and nod quietly, would I be able to save myself from being called someone who just agrees with a mod, while still looking like someone who understands the situation? I'm usually so patient that people find it annoying, so news about Bungie, or the upcoming games, or anything like that, is the last thing on my mind. I'll just go ahead and say that it sounds like more "communication between Bungie and it's community" might be interesting.