Comments on: Bungie president “certainly didn’t agree” with decision to postpone Halo E3 reveal

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:28:35 +0000

I think Halo is generally misunderstood in what it does exceptionally well - and that is the core mechanic of the combat. There is depth and breadth in the Halo combat engine which many games really fail to grasp. So well balanced.

By: Quiiick

Quiiick — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:07:24 +0000

@ patlike
Are there any singleformat games journalists?

@ Shatner
I agree. Halo is not shit, but extremely overrated.

Just played “Resistance: Fall of Man” the last few days ( I know, I’m a bit late on this one) and thought that it was as good, if not better, than any Halo game.

Hint: You need to play R:FoM on “hard” to really enjoy this game.

Sure, Halo 1 was an outstanding game at it’s time (it established the FPS-genre on consoles). But Halo 2 & Halo 3 were mere PR-hype and nothing special at all.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:40:02 +0000

Yeah, Halo 2 is totally skippable. Halo 1 was a masterpiece of its time; Halo 3 is incredibly good at what it does but misuses the opportunity presented by Equipment to break new ground.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:50 +0000

I’ll probably start with 3 - time’s short

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:11:32 +0000

If you get into 2 the ending will be the biggest WTF moment… though I doubt it’s that much of an issue given you can just throw 3 in the machine.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:27:40 +0000

I kind of do want to. I’m a sucker for “big bang” games. Also, having not played one of the biggest games of all time is a bit silly if you’re a multiformat games journalist

By: Bleak Harvest

Bleak Harvest — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:25:01 +0000

You shouldn’t unless you want to, patlike.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:14:40 +0000

Still haven’t played either 2 or 3. And I never finished the first one. I should play 3. An awful lot of people really do like it, pretty obviously.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:14:25 +0000

Halo is overrated, but it’s not shit.

Any game that gets a full score in any review is, by default, overrated.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:12:31 +0000

As if by magic.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:11:45 +0000

Halo is overrated shit, but it still has its supporters aka people who only own 360’s…

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:58:55 +0000

I think you’re confusing this internet with another one. On this internet I mostly see people writing that Halo is overrated shit.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:37:52 +0000

It doesn’t matter whether it is or isn’t. The Halo army will proclaim it’s the greatest thing evar anyway.

Besides which, an announcement of a forthcoming game isn’t an event in itself. The game is the substance. And that won’t follow for a year at least.

This is all so fucked up its insane. A total non-event spun into multiple articles on multiple news sites. Vapourware at its most blatant.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:29:19 +0000

I just hope it’s worth it after all this.

By: Bleak Harvest

Bleak Harvest — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:23:12 +0000

Bungie: Stop sounding like a pussy whipped husband. Didn’t you break away from MS to stop shit like this?

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:21:54 +0000

PT - Ja. You would have thought, though, with something like Halo they might “rein it in” a tad. I just can’t believe they’re not pulling in the same direction.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:10:18 +0000

patlike… big egos and power struggle. Pretty much that simple.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:09:36 +0000

Blerk - Yep. The whole thing’s a shambles, in retrospect. I have no idea why any of this is happening. Mental.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:57:23 +0000

I think they’d have been a bit less miffed if Microsoft hadn’t pulled their big reveal and then given the fucking game away themselves in a throw-away “oh yeah, it’s a Halo game” comment.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:53:48 +0000

Bungie can rush out any old garbage for their next three titles to get out of their publishing deal. I care about that.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:50:51 +0000

Who cares, its not like Bungie can do anything, Halo is MS’s, they own the series.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:46:21 +0000

Clearly Bungie were pissed at having their E3 showing cancelled by MS, and being used as PR fodder has tipped them over the edge.

Good for Bungie I say, for exposing shoddy PR BS, which showed them no respect at all.

By: deftangel

deftangel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:37:28 +0000

Certainly seems to be a frosty. If things were this cosy when they were owned by Microsoft I’m not surprised they wanted out again.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:34:19 +0000

Ryan must be extremely annoyed to make that statement, to say the least.

By: El_MUERkO

El_MUERkO — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:10 +0000

yeah, if bungee leave microsoft and go to sony then the console war is over, everyone would sell their xboxs and follow bungie, amirite? yairite!

By: mortiferus

mortiferus — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:29:46 +0000

Word to MS don’t fuck nor piss off Bungie… word to the wise.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:23:09 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. There’ll be no winner. Crazy.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:28 +0000

I think I’ve already said this… muppets. Also for airing their argument in public… which makes them supermuppets.

By: patlike

patlike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:18:41 +0000

I’m still wincing.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:18:15 +0000

Someone’s dinner’s in the dog.