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Posted By: Hawaiian Pig <hawaiianpig@gmail.com>	Date: 10/1/06 8:19 p.m.
In Response To: Damn, Sept. (Shishka) : The people that are panicking about "too much Halo" are, in my : opinion, being a bit ridiculous. All that matters, the ONLY THING that : actually matters, is that the end results are fun and enjoyable. There : could be 20 Halo titles, and if they all kick ass, then YAY, there are 20 : titles! You folks should be less concerned over your personal : interpretation of how the Industry works and more concerned with the : projects themselves. Trying to decide whether Halo Wars will be good or : bad right now is like trying to decide the entirety of Halo 2's story from : its announcement trailer. Although the pre-rendered video was pretty, you : still haven't seen anything from Halo Wars proper, yet. Be patient, and : wait for the real content to start trickling in. : And if it looks bad/looks like it isn't your thing? Don't buy it, don't pick : it up, whatever. Remember the good ole days when you would happily own : every Halo title ever (both of them, them), and move on. Oh I'm well aware that it's far too early to judge a game, and well aware that if it's great, then: "Yay! More games!" I suppose I simply had this notion of a "Halo Trilogy" and that's it; something short and sweet, where I was assured that each title received as much "blood sweat and tears" as possible. You take a look around at the many other series out there and you find many of which have been "milked to death" and many that were kept short and sweet. It seems I've lost the ability to appreciate it from the minimalist’s point of view. There’s no escaping that the newer stuff, if bad, will cast a bit of a shadow on the original works (albeit a weak shadow). I guess it's simply the fact that I'm not assured whether these new partners will give the series the share of care it deserves… but I bet I'm jumping to conclusions on that as well. Peter Jackson, at least, has shown me that he's very much into telling a great story (which is quite a concern of mine) AND very much into Halo itself. Ensemble has yet to show me that in any form, and about all I have to go on the realm of a “Halo RTS” are the few opinions of fans who simply want to "blow stuff up" that looks Halo related. Not my cup of tea (I should also point out that not everyone I've talked to feels this way. Hope that stops the select few in IRC of giving me an earful on the matter). If there happen to be 20 more Halo games that fit that description, it will be a bit tough to simply ignore that they exist. Again, it's a bit hasty, and not well founded, to base my assertions on the samplings of the RTS fan community and the meagre samplings I have made in RTS games thus far. And at no point have I personally claimed that "Bungie" has betrayed me in any way... just given what I see out there, it's simply a matter of jumping to conclusions that is a bit averse to the ‘direction Halo is headed.’ Some choose to blame Bungie for that. This "broken record syndrome" is not exclusive to the Bungie community, voicing an 'averse to change' opinion is inherent to humanity itself… the internet just magnifies that with bad grammar and spelling. And I can't say I'm not guilty of it. While I still am very cautious about these new games, at the end of the day, there is nothing I can do about it. The direction of the Halo franchise is not in my control, and voicing an opinion on where the Halo franchise should head 'if I had my way' would just be a type of mental masturbation, pointless in the end. Time to lay back and see what’s in store. Love it or hate it, it’s coming.

Message Index

Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo film	MarineCorps117	10/1/06 4:42 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Grunt_Lover	10/1/06 5:18 p.m.
Um.	Peptuck	10/1/06 5:42 p.m.
Re: Um.	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/1/06 5:43 p.m.
worst typo ever *NM*	Document	10/1/06 6:37 p.m.
Worst? or best? *NM*	Peptuck	10/1/06 6:54 p.m.
Best Placed *NM*	Unsc Trafalgar	10/1/06 6:59 p.m.
Re: worst typo ever	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/1/06 7:05 p.m.
Damn, Sept.	Shishka	10/1/06 7:12 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/1/06 7:37 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	MarineCorps117	10/1/06 7:37 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	raptor117	10/1/06 7:51 p.m.
"racism in science fiction" *NM*	Document	10/1/06 8:27 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	10/1/06 8:08 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Count Zero	10/1/06 8:10 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	10/1/06 8:14 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Sir Blunt	10/1/06 8:12 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Peptuck	10/1/06 8:37 p.m.
I've got a word	Hikaru-119	10/1/06 8:51 p.m.
Re: I've got a word	Peptuck	10/1/06 8:55 p.m.
Re: I've got a word	Schedonnardus	10/1/06 8:55 p.m.
Re: I've got a word	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/1/06 9:48 p.m.
Re: I've got a word	Schedonnardus	10/1/06 10:12 p.m.
in that spirit: troops. *NM*	Document	10/1/06 11:19 p.m.
Re: in that spirit: troops.	Andrew Nagy	10/1/06 11:21 p.m.
Re: in that spirit: troops.	ShortRoundMcfly	10/2/06 12:43 a.m.
Re: in that spirit: troops.	Document	10/2/06 12:45 a.m.
Re: I've got a word	HipboyScott	10/1/06 10:29 p.m.
the dude abides *NM*	Schedonnardus	10/1/06 10:40 p.m.
Re: I've got a word	Peptuck	10/1/06 10:42 p.m.
dude, where's my dropship? *NM*	Schedonnardus	10/1/06 10:44 p.m.
Flood's in your base, killing your d00ds. *NM*	Peptuck	10/1/06 11:38 p.m.
Soylent Green is d00dz! *NM*	Schedonnardus	10/1/06 11:54 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Gordon Freeman	10/1/06 9:23 p.m.
Hmm	Hawaiian Pig	10/1/06 8:19 p.m.
*sheds a tear*	Hikaru-119	10/1/06 8:40 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Cody Miller	10/1/06 10:14 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	mercury	10/2/06 5:49 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Narcogen	10/1/06 10:27 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Shishka	10/2/06 12:16 a.m.
I fully disagree...	DanteThePoet	10/2/06 12:51 a.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Endbringer	10/2/06 1:03 a.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	10/2/06 10:28 a.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Narcogen	10/3/06 12:39 a.m.
Here here. As shishka said.. have faith! *NM*	Littlebigman	10/1/06 11:08 p.m.
Re: Damn, Sept.	Brodingo	10/2/06 4:45 p.m.
Oy.	MarineCorps117	10/2/06 5:19 p.m.
Re: Oy.	mercury	10/2/06 5:37 p.m.
Re: Oy.	MarineCorps117	10/2/06 6:24 p.m.
Re: Oy.	Peptuck	10/2/06 7:26 p.m.
Re: Oy.	MarineCorps117	10/2/06 7:30 p.m.
Re: Oy.	Mister Froggy	10/2/06 7:21 p.m.
Re: Oy.	Peptuck	10/2/06 7:25 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	slayer117	10/2/06 10:42 a.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Baz	10/2/06 10:53 a.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Peptuck	10/1/06 5:40 p.m.
Its all about the Benjamins	BeastIce	10/1/06 6:07 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	WortWortWort	10/1/06 6:22 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	MarineCorps117	10/1/06 7:28 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Peptuck	10/1/06 8:39 p.m.
that's easy	GhaleonEB	10/1/06 7:10 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Dojorkan	10/1/06 8:32 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	BARBARIC RAGE	10/1/06 9:05 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	jman571	10/3/06 8:09 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	catsinspace	10/1/06 9:52 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	ShortRoundMcfly	10/1/06 10:37 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	[AMS] GreyThor	10/1/06 11:43 p.m.
Re: Yeah, man	ShortRoundMcfly	10/1/06 11:59 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Rox	10/2/06 3:04 a.m.
Go outside sometime. *NM*	Paul	10/2/06 1:23 a.m.
Always half empty with some *NM*	Grey Wolf	10/2/06 2:07 a.m.
Dual-wielding shotguns = Marathon	Chryton	10/2/06 3:21 a.m.
Here's a novel concept...	yakaman	10/2/06 7:26 a.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	mnemesis	10/2/06 10:56 a.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Baz	10/2/06 11:03 a.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Marine Corps 117	10/2/06 1:25 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	10/2/06 1:47 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Louis Wu	10/2/06 1:53 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Document	10/2/06 1:54 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	mercury	10/2/06 2:05 p.m.
Agreed. *NM*	Document	10/2/06 2:18 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	MarineCorps117	10/2/06 2:58 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/2/06 3:25 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Peptuck	10/2/06 3:49 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/2/06 4:19 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	yakaman	10/2/06 4:19 p.m.
Re: Here's a novel concept...	[AMS] GreyThor	10/2/06 4:26 p.m.
question for the Bungie guys	Angel_251	10/2/06 3:04 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Sep7imus [subnova]	10/2/06 3:27 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Angel_251	10/2/06 4:04 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Peptuck	10/2/06 3:52 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Angel_251	10/2/06 4:05 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	KP	10/2/06 4:51 p.m.
I guess you missed the memo... *NM*	Usul	10/2/06 5:06 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Ross Mills [subnova]	10/2/06 5:40 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	mercury	10/2/06 5:42 p.m.
Re: question for the Bungie guys	Angel_251	10/2/06 5:51 p.m.
Re: Why I've lost faith in Bungie and the Halo fil	Twelve Large	10/3/06 12:33 a.m.