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Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?
Posted By: spacemonkeyDate: 6/13/02 11:08 a.m.

Here's my theory about Bungie's unannounced game, codenamed "Phoenix":

::WARNING: I am always wrong when I conjecture about anything Bungie-related. I am never right. Your odds, should you choose to put money on this theory, are 15,000,000,000,000,000,000 to 1::

Could Phoenix be an RPG? Let's look at Bungie's game history:

Minotaur: Online-Only Fantasy Adventure
Pathways: First Person Shooter
Marathon Trilogy: First Person Shooter
Myth (Duology?): Real Time Strategy
Oni: Third Person Shooter/Martial Arts Extravaganza
Halo: First Person Shooter

Bungie's done a lot of different game genres. Hell, they've even made a fighting game, if you count Weekend Warrior. But the one standout genre they haven't touched (unless you count Minotaur, which I don't think qualifies) is that of Role Playing Game. Phoenix is already rumored to have a fantasy slant, so that aspect of things factors in well. Although the same rumors originally described it as another RTS, we all know Halo started the same way, so I certainly think it's possible.

I, for one, would LOVE to see Bungie do an RPG. Think of all the cool things they did for the RTS genre--the removal of resource management, full 3D, user-operable battlefield camera, tactically-oriented play as opposed to economically-oriented--the list goes on. Imagine what kind of innovation they could bring to the table for an RPG.

Does anyone else have any theories about what Phoenix is/could be?

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Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?spacemonkey 6/13/02 11:08 a.m.
     Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Agent Cletus 6/13/02 11:13 a.m.
           Negatory!spacemonkey 6/13/02 11:20 a.m.
           Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Pedrof 6/13/02 12:18 p.m.
     Everything we know about Phoenix is hereHamish Sinclair 6/13/02 11:27 a.m.
           The other thingLuke9 6/15/02 2:08 a.m.
     Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?C Lund 6/13/02 11:27 a.m.
           Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Johannes Gunnar 6/13/02 12:18 p.m.
                 Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Hamish Sinclair 6/13/02 1:05 p.m.
                       Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Agent Cletus 6/13/02 4:35 p.m.
                             Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Vid Boi 6/13/02 5:48 p.m.
                             Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?arc23 6/15/02 6:31 a.m.
                                   Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Tru7h 6/15/02 10:39 a.m.
                                   Phoenix connections in Marathon?NeutronBomb 6/18/02 8:36 p.m.
                       Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Johannes Gunnar 6/13/02 5:59 p.m.
                             Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Vid Boi 6/13/02 6:11 p.m.
                                   Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Hamish Sinclair 6/14/02 12:47 a.m.
                                         Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Vid Boi 6/14/02 7:10 a.m.
                                               Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Hamish Sinclair 6/14/02 8:17 a.m.
                                                     Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Vid Boi 6/14/02 3:13 p.m.
                                   Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Agent Cletus 6/14/02 6:22 a.m.
     I know!Luke9 6/15/02 2:04 a.m.
     Re: Who else wants to conjecture about Phoenix?Andrew Nagy 6/20/02 1:37 p.m.



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