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ARrrrrgggh...(read fully before posting, please, and mods, this can stay here if the other bungie rant can)
Those of you who know me, know that I am definitely a Bungie Fanboi. But, I'm not the kind that things Bungie is perfect, all-knowing, and/or omnipotent. There is something that has been on my mind about this Developer for a long while now. I've finally decided to put it into words, and say(post) them.
I remember a time. A time that seems so long ago to me. I had bought an XBox, and of course Halo. I beat the Maw on Legendary, and discovered the hilarious bonus clip that we all know about. lol. Elites and butts! ROFL!
It was not long after that I started reading the WWU on b.net(but I hadn't joined it yet, mind you). It was spring 04. The New Hotness was very new. We got our Weekly What's Update, which had lots of questions answered, and of course, a Mister Chief. This was a time when I laughed OUT LOUD, throught out the ENTIRE updates! Hilarity!
Then, Halo 2 came. Easily the greatest multiplayer experience of all time. XBox Live subscriptions doubled overnight! It was so amazing! But....it had a problem.....it was so serious.....so hardcore(relative to Halo 1).....As hard as I tried, I could find no Bonus Clip. No elites grabbing butts. None. There was NOTHING funny about Halo 2. At all! Not even killing Marines was fun anymore! The only humor one finds in Halo 2 is when you play some funny guy on Live. Really. I kid you not.
And my sweet, sweet, WWU is gone. It is now just the "Update." And, even our beloved friend Frankie, one of the most hilarious men on Earth, has lost his touch. Now, when reading an update, I crack a few smiles here and there. Not constantly. And DEFINITELY not laughing out loud.
Then Bungie comes out with the Podcast which I have been waiting for for so long. It was supposed to be hilarious, just based on who was a part of it. The theme song was funny. The resulting Cowbell discussions were funny(btw, MORE COWBELL!). But, other than that, it was boring! Never in my life would I have guessed that a Bungie Podcast would be boring!
Bungie becomes less humorous every day! Look at the Graphic Novel! NOTHING funny in there! Not even the Mister Chief was funny(tho it was pretty cool). A comic book has a lot of opportunity for humor. But it wasn't there.
Now Halo 3 is comin out. Said to be a darker tale. Sure to be more hardcore than ever. This is very bad. There will be no humor. And Hardcore-ness is very bad for the series. You want to expand your fanbase, right? Well, a hardcore game is NOT the way to do it. Casual gamers don't play hardcore games. I look at Halo 1, and it seems casual to me, in comparison with Halo 2. Cartoony, even. But, I love cartoons, so that's actually a good thing.
My plea to Bungie. Lighten up. Live a little. Have some fun. Grab some Marine(or Noguchi) butt! Don't become soul-less! Please!