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Posted by: xIcx Celeborn
Elmicker, how do you know that the movie will suck, or the "spin-offs" will suck. You haven't even played any of them so stfu.

It's a long-established precedent that such things suck, as a matter of course.
Lestaways, the movies anyway.

  • 10.07.2006 10:26 AM PDT

that which is not dead can eternal lie, but with strange aeons even death may die.

well I must admit, this is one helluva arguement...It should be on the news...

Personally my views on this matter are this.

Bungies Gambit, of trying to appeal to a larger audience, with Movies, Comics, More games,
could be a very wise; money making move.

But on the other hand, They could loose most of there hard-core loving fans along the way, and finally complete the circle of turing into another micro$ofted brainwashed company...

Personally I think that Bungie should try and Breakaway from Microsoft, by back its rights, and by back Halo, and gain somemore backbone, then try and come up with some new,

instead of ripping things from *Ringworld* and the *book of Enoch* and the *Talmud*...
*cough* *cough*.

Or Remake Halo 1, and Marathon...or something....

hell Im just another Fan too...

I just dont want to see bungie loose its morals and make money come before quality.

thats my 3 cents worth...

  • 10.07.2006 1:55 PM PDT
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I just hope that these new games are good, if they are then thats great however if they become tired, boring and generally lose appeal such as other franchises like Sonic etc then they will ruin a good game.
The background story in Halo means it can probably adapt to new game-types if handled well however im still not sure if I would prefer a new Halo every time a new Xbox launches or several per xbox.

Anyway hope Bungie can keep up their good reputation, oh and Microsoft are good to theirs, as a independent developer they would get more abused by publishers threatening them, as part of MGS (Microsoft Game Studios) they have financial security, reasonable creative freedom and access to massive amounts of resources.

  • 10.07.2006 2:05 PM PDT

He watches every Hodgetwin video they put up...on ALL their channels. He calls them the Hodge Triplets, and considers himself the 3rd triplet. He's started talking and acting like them now. Every other line out of his mouth "Thaaas some BULLLLLL**** maaayne" or "Gotta make dem gainzzzz". He calls his biceps "gains". When he eats post-workout, he talks to his biceps, "Don't worry gains, I'm feeding you. Daddys gonna feed you, gainz *kisses biceps*".

Y'all act like Bungie has been dropped down from Heaven or something... They're just game developers. Different from others in many cases, similiar to others in many cases.

They make money, plain and simple. Nobody's gotten stabbed in the back, and I've yet to see more than 10 true "old sk00l", pre-Halo fans on B.net. Hmmmmmmm, why would Bungie care what they think when there are probably about 30 of them that actually take the time to visit their website?

Answer: they wouldn't. -blam!- the hardcore, Bungie wants money, sales and fame, and catering to their miniscule "hardcore" isn't going to get that. Keep in mind the medium-hardcore folks, the ones that were REALLY into Halo 1 multiplayer and that sort of thing, wanted a total rehash of Halo 1 repackaged and called "Halo 2". But the vast majority didn't want that, so Bungie chose the vast majority. You'd have done the same thing.

*Sigh*

  • 10.07.2006 2:26 PM PDT

I kind of agree with you...

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  • 10.07.2006 2:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: xIcx Celeborn
Elmicker, how do you know that the movie will suck, or the "spin-offs" will suck. You haven't even played any of them so stfu.


I'm fairly sure the movie will suck because it's obivously in the grimey mitts of the studios now, and hollywood studios haven't made even a half-decent film in years, and they're not the type to buck the trend.

And the spinoffs will comparitively suck, because they're out of the hands of bungie and into the grimey mitts of whoever the Microsoft PR team decide is the shineyest name to put on the poster.

  • 10.07.2006 3:30 PM PDT
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Seriously, don't take me seriously.

Underground Pleasure - aren't you a bit curious?

Losing faith in bungie
I doubt they'll give a crap.

So what if Halo is being whored? More money for them, that's all they care about. They can whore Halo all they want(except their next game better be good)....I wouldn't mind buying their stuff.

NOW LET'S SEE SOME HALO STUFFED ELITES!!

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  • 10.07.2006 3:44 PM PDT
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Oddly enough, I have faith that most everything we've heard about now: The RTS, Halo 3, the Wingnut project, the novel(s), and the movie (lots of -blam!-, ain't it?) will actually be the end of Halo. Not the end of Bungie, but Halo.

Don't ask me why I'm being so optimistic, I have no idea. I mean, these guys are making a lot of money with these additions, so why stop here? Why not make more novels, more spinoffs, more movies?

Again, I have no idea. However, Bungie just doesn't seem like a company that would sell out their franchise like this. I simply believe that they're going to let Halo die after all of this, and that will be that. They just... will.

But I'm not so sure about the fanbase. Halo has been the biggest things in video games since the pronged controller, and has built up millions of fans. It made Xbox Live popular. That's huge. Now, when the movie is released, all the novels already in Borders, the RTS and Jackson's "secret 360 project" already available, and Halo 3 in the hands of every 360-owner in the country; what will happen next?

Well, some may simply wait for Bungie's next game, their hopes higher than ever that their next game will be as amazing as the Halo trilogy. Others, most certainly, will demand Halo 4. It is also quite possible that some may go into a state of withdrawal without their Halo fix, playing Halo 3 to their dying days.

This, as well as the reason for my faith in Bungie as a video game company, is beyond my knowledge, but there you have it: My $0.02.

  • 10.07.2006 3:53 PM PDT

I just hope that Halo wont be a sellout and I start seeing plushies, ceral boxes, and crap like that. I want Halo to be special, we all do, but we also know that we cant do much about the big companies that see Halo as only an easy way to make money and nothing else. I can only hope that everything will turn out fine. Truth be told, I want Halo to die after H3. I dont want it to be carried out in a butchering manner like pokemon or FF where there are 7+ games or something. I want Halo to finish how it started, with a bang and everyone in shock.

  • 10.07.2006 4:03 PM PDT
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I think bungie should end at halo 3 and should not let any other company make something related to halo. There is such thing as too much, and bungie has almost crossed that line.

  • 10.07.2006 7:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: Uberdawg
Nobody's gotten stabbed in the back, and I've yet to see more than 10 true "old sk00l", pre-Halo fans on B.net.

Nobody's been stabbed in the back, but bungie is definitely betraying their long-standing image of a company with a great sense of humour that is also approachable and user-friendly. Their games (Halo 2) aren't showing the same devotion and finish that they used to.

That, I think, is the heart of the matter.

  • 10.07.2006 7:45 PM PDT

I'd like to see more Bungie people online and i don't care if it sets them a few days back on H3.

  • 10.08.2006 2:09 AM PDT

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i dunno. Im a little worried too. Mostly about peter jackson making a halo game. Halo Wars, i dunno it could be good, even if its not that great thats alright still anyways. Im sure it wont be horrible. I have faith in peter Jackson but this is video games. I hope he knows ( and im sure he does) what hes getting into and i hope bungie knows ( im sure they do) just what theyre risking. Although your right it does seem like bungie is whoring it out with movie and makin trilogy and 2 other halo games now.

The Peter Jackson game is a wierd one though. Why would he want to be making a game about halo and why would bungie let him. I think its something bungie is excited about like it will be a game like no other yet. It could have somethin to do with the movie.


Still no matter what im highly confident that halo 3 is going to rock no matter what else is going on. The movie is big hit or big miss. The halo wars im like 70% confident in. PJ's game is another big hit or big miss.

  • 10.08.2006 2:22 AM PDT
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i dunno. Im a little worried too. Mostly about peter jackson making a halo game. Halo Wars, i dunno it could be good, even if its not that great thats alright still anyways. Im sure it wont be horrible. I have faith in peter Jackson but this is video games. I hope he knows ( and im sure he does) what hes getting into and i hope bungie knows ( im sure they do) just what theyre risking. Although your right it does seem like bungie is whoring it out with movie and makin trilogy and 2 other halo games now.

The Peter Jackson game is a wierd one though. Why would he want to be making a game about halo and why would bungie let him. I think its something bungie is excited about like it will be a game like no other yet. It could have somethin to do with the movie.


Still no matter what im highly confident that halo 3 is going to rock no matter what else is going on. The movie is big hit or big miss. The halo wars im like 70% confident in. PJ's game is another big hit or big miss.

I agree with you for the most part. I mean, it's not like Halo Wars is Bungie's next game. It's just an RTS that uses the fictional world of the Halo games. Halo 3 is what I'm most concerned about, the rest is just gravy. Delicious, Covie-killing gravy...

However, I'm not so sure that Jackson's 360 project is necessarily a game. I mean, the big speal about the 360 is how it's more than just a gaming platform. Could this project be more Marketplace oriented? Something downloadable?

I don't really know what it could be, but I'm still not so sure that it's going to be a game.

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  • 10.08.2006 9:46 AM PDT
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Its just a great time to be a Halo fan. Thats optimism.

  • 10.08.2006 11:45 AM PDT

that which is not dead can eternal lie, but with strange aeons even death may die.

I too am interested in Halo 3, far more than any other halo game being made...

but Peter Jackson, and his "completely new way of telling a story" video game, well...

It could be good...

But we dont even know if its a movie, or a game....or both?

  • 10.08.2006 3:10 PM PDT