- Caboose413
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Never played Age of Empires? Shame.
To Jim: I know you advocate Myth extremely highly. You're a rabid fan. I've never played it, but I've only heard great things about it. However, in concerns to making great RTSes, don't you think after what, 8 years, they might have, say, lost their touch? By they, I mean Bungie. Or perhaps lost the original talent. Not to say that they wouldn't make it great. But, to me, Ensemble is a fantastic decision. I'm fairly aggravated that Halo Wars is being made in the first place, however, I'm excited at the same time. It could turn out fantastic; we'll have to wait and see. CG trailer though? Tsk tsk. What's the point in that?
Anywho, I'm excited, scared, and upset, all at once. So much good could happen, while so much wrong. Also, Jim brought up one great point (I believe it was him anyways); The Halogen and Halo Wars situation LOOKS terrible right now, but may or may not be bad in the long run. If only Bungie would tell us exactly what happened through a timeline (hint hint) *wink wink*.
Seeing Achronos and Sketch and KP and them around here more often would be great, but I'm perfectly happy with them just working on Halo 3. However, what I REALLY don't like to see, is Achronos or Shiska flip out, or even nearly flame someone. You guys can be rather harsh ;). Intelligent conversation is something often lacking on these forums, but when good threads, such as this one pop up, I love to see the "Officials" and the mods to come flocking. Conversation with fans is great; not flaming.
Edit: Well, let's hear it for Halogen + Gamespot for making MS, Bungie, Ensemble, and Halo Wars look bad. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/halowars/news.html?s id=6158816&mode=recent
Edit 2: Finally watched the trailer. My head hurts from all the messed bits of canon in that. BRs before Halo 1? Geez. If this is any bit of indication how little control Bungie may or may not have over this project, I'm very afraid.
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Posted by: Pointed Star
Aside from Toast, and Recon, even the mods that have posted in this thread all seem to be upset by these decisions made by Bungie.I think you're loosing touch with the fact that the Moderators are just members too.
I'm not upset by these announcements, just confused. I have to admit that when I first read the announcement on the front page I pulled a Ryu Hyabusa when I said
"..........."
I didn't know what to make about the news that a Halo RTS was being made by another company and that Peter Jackson, along with the new Wingnut Interactive, was making some mysterious Halo game. Since I don't play computer games I don't know anything about Ensemble and Age of Empires. I'm even more confused by what the Wingnut Interactive project is to garner the statement, "gameplay and storytelling quite unlike anything the games industry has ever seen before."
So, I'm just going to sit and wait till I have more information and play the game before passing judgement. I'm patient like that. :P
I'm with Elmicker and wish the Bungie crew posted more here. I lurk around HBO and see the team more often in those forums than their own. We want some love too.
P.S. I'm also confused by how the front page image next to the Bungie X06 announcement has changed 3 times. Craziness. ;)
[Edited on 9/27/2006]