Comments on: Microsoft Holds Out Hope For The Halo Movie http://www.infamouskidd.com/microsoft-holds-out-hope-for-the-halo-movie/ No Rules. No Filter. No Mercy. Sun, 13 May 2012 18:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mascott http://www.infamouskidd.com/microsoft-holds-out-hope-for-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Mascott Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:20:05 +0000 http://www.infamouskidd.com/?p=7675#comment-1147 Unfortunately, the basic mechanics of Halo haven't changed since Halo 2, and while that's okay now, when the people who played it at 14 are now getting Reach at 20, it won't sustain the series forever. Call of Duty Modern Warfare, released 3 years ago at the same time as Halo 3, made the mechanics of Halo look absolutely ancient-it's not picking up any new fans from mechanics alone. Bungie is a 90's PC (Technically Mac) gaming company, and they've brought a lot of that into their big franchise, but Marathon isn't as playable as it used to be, and I'd imagine that even Halo 1 would be tough to just pick up these days. The multiplayer is still as solid as ever in Reach, which is why Halo was the MP FPS king for such a long time, and that's why everyone's moving their big releases to next spring so as not to have to go up against Call of Duty Black Ops, Fallout New Vegas and Halo Reach, three VERY established franchises. All of that said, I will be picking up Reach when I can get it for 40 dollars simply because when I get a good map editing tool, I will be lost to it for WEEKS designing (There will be graph paper) and balancing (Imagined scenarios?) the perfect map that no one will play. (Boo.) Unfortunately, the basic mechanics of Halo haven’t changed since Halo 2, and while that’s okay now, when the people who played it at 14 are now getting Reach at 20, it won’t sustain the series forever. Call of Duty Modern Warfare, released 3 years ago at the same time as Halo 3, made the mechanics of Halo look absolutely ancient-it’s not picking up any new fans from mechanics alone.
Bungie is a 90′s PC (Technically Mac) gaming company, and they’ve brought a lot of that into their big franchise, but Marathon isn’t as playable as it used to be, and I’d imagine that even Halo 1 would be tough to just pick up these days.
The multiplayer is still as solid as ever in Reach, which is why Halo was the MP FPS king for such a long time, and that’s why everyone’s moving their big releases to next spring so as not to have to go up against Call of Duty Black Ops, Fallout New Vegas and Halo Reach, three VERY established franchises.

All of that said, I will be picking up Reach when I can get it for 40 dollars simply because when I get a good map editing tool, I will be lost to it for WEEKS designing (There will be graph paper) and balancing (Imagined scenarios?) the perfect map that no one will play. (Boo.)

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