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Re: I'm getting worried...*rant*
Posted By: ubersaurus	Date: 8/10/06 3:26 p.m.
In Response To: Re: I'm getting worried...*rant* (Cocopjojo) : Whose time restraints? I thought that, too, but... : Were they Bungie's self-imposed time restraints or Microsoft's? Either way, : it wasn't like God himself ordered it done on a certain time. If they had : absolutely wanted to, they could have finished it. They could have asked : Microsoft for more time - sure, it would have been a mess on the corporate : level, and they would have had to fight tooth and nail for it, but in the : end, they would have gotten what they wanted. Well, they would have gotten : what they wanted, if they promised Microsoft one thing: No matter what, : more Halo. All Microsoft cares about is money (which they should!) and : Bungie cares a bit about it, too. They're a company. : That's really all this comes down to. Money. And Bungie can't keep making : money off of the Halo franchise if they tie up all the loose ends and : answer all our questions. : So there must be a line; it's thin, but it's there. A line between appeasing : fans with answers, yet still opening more doors to future questions. : In my opinion, it all comes down to Halo 3. Boy, was I pissed at the ending : of Halo 2. I had read the books, gotten involved in the story, gotten : pumped by the advertisements that promised the "saving of : Earth!" If Halo 3 follows the same mistakes that Halo 2 did (making : me control a creature that Halo 1 had taught me to hate , promising a : last-stand defense at my planet that I control, yet not spending any time : there, and lastly, ending in the middle of story) then that's it for me : and the Halo franchise. Of course, I'll still play the games, but I won't : invest any more money in a horribly played-out storyline. : This is all still my opinion, of course. : I understand that the movie, the comics, and whatever else are all still on : the way, but please, Bungie, please , give us what we want this time. An : epic defense of Earth, culminating in the most bad-a battle this side of : the Mississippi. Or, better yet, give us what you think we want. You know : how to do it. Honestly, you knew that we would hate Halo 2's ending. And, : I suppose, you knew that it would allow for an even better ending via Halo : 3. But you can only string us along for so far. : Seriously, I have a hard time believing Bungie would do it to us, again. In : fact, I can't believe that, at all. I just hope they understand the level : of closure that we need. And I hope The Powers That Be don't interfere. : From listening to the "Halo 3 Making of:" documentary, I have a : strong feeling they get it. : Cocop Bungie DID deliver what they thought people wanted though, and that was a story that they felt was more badass than just defending Earth. The ads painted the game in a different light, which is probably why people weren't thrilled with it. I liked the Arbiter, and I know more people who dug the character and the perspective change than didn't. If Halo 2 had missed the holiday 04 season, I doubt the xbox would have solidified it's 2nd place finish in that console generation, nor do I expect Live would have gotten as big as it had. If anything it'd be Bungie's fault for not really doing anything in 2002 for Halo 2 except for work on the E3 demo, but I don't work there-I don't know what sort of projects they had running that year that kept them from starting on Halo 2 earlier. For a game they finished in about a year, it's pretty damn well done. I prefer the story overall to 2, even if it isn't as well paced as the first game, but I really want to see that damn conclusion. Given the Halo 3 trailer, though, I think your epic defense of Earth is a moot point now :P

Message Index

I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Cody Miller	8/10/06 1:45 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Jillybean	8/10/06 1:54 p.m.
I hope Ghosts of Coral delivers	c0ld vengeance	8/10/06 2:00 p.m.
Re: I hope Ghosts of Coral delivers	Jillybean	8/10/06 2:05 p.m.
Re: I hope Ghosts of Coral delivers	Ibeechu	8/10/06 2:13 p.m.
Re: I hope Ghosts of Coral delivers	Spenser	8/10/06 2:27 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Ibeechu	8/10/06 2:10 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried...*rant*	Cocopjojo	8/10/06 2:44 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried...*rant*	ubersaurus	8/10/06 3:26 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	reprobate	8/10/06 3:15 p.m.
I liked it... *Small HGN Spoilers*	Mister Froggy	8/10/06 3:44 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Omega	8/10/06 7:36 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	reprobate	8/10/06 9:45 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Dark One	8/10/06 9:02 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Cody Miller	8/11/06 9:37 a.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Ducain	8/11/06 4:26 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Dark One	8/11/06 8:52 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	monkeywrench	8/12/06 5:23 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	nilsHaus	8/13/06 1:16 p.m.
I actually partially agree with you.	Spartan Jag	8/10/06 9:07 p.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Dark One	8/10/06 10:13 p.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Ain Soph Aur	8/11/06 4:09 a.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Dark One	8/11/06 8:57 p.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Ain Soph Aur	8/12/06 12:47 a.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Dark One	8/12/06 5:31 p.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	putamee	8/11/06 5:19 p.m.
Re: I actually partially agree with you.	Dark One	8/11/06 9:02 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Ain Soph Aur	8/11/06 4:20 a.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Dark One	8/11/06 9:09 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Omega	8/11/06 9:32 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Dark One	8/11/06 10:14 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Omega	8/11/06 10:39 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Dark One	8/11/06 11:24 p.m.
Re: I'm getting worried *Small HGN Spoilers*	Peptuck	8/11/06 11:56 p.m.
IT will all end after Halo 3´s extention. *NM*	I am that person	8/11/06 3:35 p.m.
I'm curious...	Shishka	8/11/06 10:03 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Peptuck	8/12/06 12:05 a.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Ain Soph Aur	8/12/06 12:43 a.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Peptuck	8/12/06 1:48 a.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Ain Soph Aur	8/12/06 3:18 a.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Peptuck	8/12/06 1:27 p.m.
"lounging around"=impersonal	Ragnarok	8/12/06 2:33 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Dark One	8/12/06 5:47 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Omega	8/12/06 6:10 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	8/12/06 10:23 p.m.
Re: I'm curious... *The Flood SP*	Schedonnardus	8/13/06 11:51 a.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Dark One	8/12/06 5:57 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Ducain	8/12/06 7:27 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Cody Miller	8/12/06 10:28 a.m.
I don't even have the HGN yet. :( *NM*	Slith	8/12/06 3:39 p.m.
Then what are you doing here? *NM*	nilsHaus	8/13/06 1:19 p.m.
Re: I'm curious...	Narcogen	8/12/06 9:35 p.m.
Waaaaaah.	Peptuck	8/12/06 12:21 a.m.
Re: Waaaaaah.	Mister Froggy	8/12/06 9:05 a.m.
Re: Waaaaaah.	Dark One	8/12/06 5:49 p.m.