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| Bungie is dead to me | |
| Posted By: Phoenix_9286 <ian.sechler@gmail.com> | Date: 4/29/10 1:16 p.m. |
In Response To: Bungie Partnering with Activision?! (gunluva) The first game I ever played was Marathon. I loved it. I spent hours in front of our Mac 660AV, camping in one spot, waiting for my alien enemies to come towards me so I could make one huge "yucky pooie mess" on the ground. Marathon was a constant in my life until Halo. When Halo came out, I didn't think much of it. I recognized the developer, but I was too young to have an opinion about it. It was for a gaming system, and during my childhood the only gaming system I had was our Mac. When I saw the first commercial, I was under the impression it was some sort of top down third person shooter, and was completely disinterested. Then one of my closest friends up the street bought an Xbox, and brought over the demo disc with Halo on it. My jaw dropped. The game was completely different than anything I'd expected. I was amazed, and I urged him to buy it asap, explaining that this sort of awesome has a history. Ever since then I've more closely followed Bungie and Halo. I love both deeply. The love of Halo and Bungie lead me to other games and developers, expanding my love of gaming. Bungie even influenced me to transfer to a degree in Simulations and Game Development, which I've graduated with. I love everything about Bungie. I always have. They are my ideal game developer. And while I realize none of that will change as a result of the current deal, as Activision only has publishing rights, Bungie is going somewhere I will not follow, and more than anything else to me, that's the most painful part. I've looked forward to something other than Halo from them for YEARS. I was hoping Halo 2 would be the end. I was a little thrilled when I realized it wasn't, and more thrilled when we got Halo 3. After Halo 3 though, I was sure we'd get something different, something new, something amazing. Instead we got ODST, with a side announcement of Reach. My spirits were crushed again. I didn't WANT more Halo, and definitely not TWO more games. Bungie, however, has a way of suckering me in. The announcement trailer for ODST blew me away and made me give the game more interest. The Vidocs proved this was, in a way, something different after all even though it was still Halo. And so, I bought it. Reach was the same way. I didn't care, my interest was minimal. But then, instead of Vidocs, we got leaked blurry screenshots. And in a burst of self loathing, I realized that six blurry leaked screenshots had hyped me for a game I was otherwise on the fence about. Self loathing because, jesus dude... all it took was six leaked blurry images to reveal just how much of a Halo fan you really are? I've looked forward to something else for years. With Reach around the corner, I was thrilled that by early to mid next year, we'd hear about something DIFFERENT. Now I find that this will be something new and different I cannot partake of, simply because of the publisher. I only own two Activision titles. Call of Duty 2, because it was a launch title for the 360, and looked amazing, and Geometry Wars 2, because it's Geometry Wars. Both are games I don't play anymore. That's not necessarily a reflection on Activision, because those were two good games. However, I've long since decided that Activision will not ever get another penny from me. They publish nothing I want to own or have any interest in, they treat people like garbage, they milk products into oblivion. I can only name three franchises they actively develop. For a company rolling in money, that's pathetic. So it's painful, completely, totally, crushingly painful, for me to look at this, knowing that the game I've waited years to see come about, will be something I take no part in, simply because I refuse to do business with the publisher. Bungie, I wish you the best of luck. I really do. I hope everything turns out smashingly good for you. This is where I get off though. I'll stay in touch, but I can't and won't travel with you. You've impacted my life in a lot of ways, and I appreciate all of them. I wouldn't have changed a thing. I hope that like the join and split from Mircosoft, you emerge from this better and stronger. And hey, maybe with the ability to actually publish your own games. It's been a blast, but now I say goodbye. Maybe in ten years I'll reboard. I'd like to hope so. Now go make something amazing. I'm going to enjoy hearing about it.
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