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Tom Achronos
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"I have no words that would do justice to the atrocities you commit to the English language, as well as your continued assaults on the concepts of basic literacy and logical reasoning."
Well, I don't really like the name, but then again, I didn't like the "Combat Evolved" tagline attached to Halo either, and that turned out okay. Naming things is hard - it has to have Halo in the title, but it has to be distinct from the other games and existing trademarks. I don't envy the guys who had to make that call. The better choices were probably already taken.
As for the Peter Jackson thing - I do wish I could go into more detail about it, because it is an interesting idea... an experiment, if you will. Hopefully as more is discussed, some fears will be put to rest. But let me put one thing to rest - there will be no "handing over of the Halo franchise". There will be appropriate levels of collaboration.
As for the Halo Portal for phones... well, I'm not big on cell phones, myself. I can't really speak to them. I suggest voting with your wallet. As for the movie, I don't like the idea of a PG13 rating, but I'll reserve judgement until I hear more (like if it is in fact PG13).
Regarding your fears for the game quality... Halo 3 is coming along quite well. Don't mistake not hearing much about it for it not progressing. It is easy for hype to get out of control, and for a game not being released until 2007, we don't really need to talk much about it at this point. The RTS - well, all you've seen is a prerendered teaser trailer. I suggest waiting for more information before you start worrying about it.
Posted by: elmicker
Thanks for the reassurance Achronos, it wasn't so much the RTS i was feeling worried about, more the Jackson-led Halo game(s) from Wingnut. The RTS i'm looking forward to, I mean it's being made by probably the best RTS maker ever, but the name... sucks. Obviously the Wingnut games haven't been announced yet, but handing over the halo franchise to an unproven company led by a team with no experience in games other than playing them themselves could prove to be a mistake. Reading the Halo 3 forum gives you at least 400 reasons why gamers shouldn't be involved in a game's design; we're idiots.
This was more left-over rage from the blatant commercial crap of the Halo Portal, and the news that the Halo Movie is almost certainly going to be PG13, which of course, by the UK's standards, pretty much makes it a kiddy film, unless we get a re-cut version for our censors.
I'm still partially worried about Halo 3, also. I mean, we heard all this amazing stuff about Halo 2, then it was rushed out and disappointing, I still play Halo 1, whereas Halo 2 is sitting gathering dust in its sexy metal collector's case. I did, in fact, tell a lie on the RTS. I'm seriously worried about it; Ensemble might be good at what they do, but then, so were Gearbox, and Halo PC is up there with C&C:Generals on the list of crappy PC FPSs that should never have been made the way they were. It's the same reason i worry for Halo 2 PC; all this could easily go balls-up and produce some more franchise cack.