Bungie Scuttled Halo: Reach's Multiplayer Space Battles

[xXDeMoNiCXx]

Maybe Bungie will get the rights to and work on Star Wars: Battlefront 3. ;D

Ah.. If only. My dreams could come true. I love the space battles in Battlefront 2!

That's why I was reminded of that game by this article. It's perfect!

 

[Catalyst6]

...before the team ultimately decided that it was probably better saved for a different game.

Can I now commence smacking people in the face whenever they say that Halo 3 was the last in the series?

 

[rapidoud]

Sim implies that there is realism in it, which there isn't.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

TIE Fighter -> X-Wing -> Freespace -> Freespace 2

Not even close.

Volition Inc, the devs of Freespace, was originally part of Parallax, the devs of Descent...

 

[Grufflenark]

Maybe Bungie will get the rights to and work on Star Wars: Battlefront 3. ;D

Aslong as Master Chief & Co. keeps away :O
SW:BF3 HAS to be awesome if its ever made. Didn't BF2 have some nice space battles?

 

[Atmos Duality]

Not even close.

Volition Inc, the devs of Freespace, was originally part of Parallax, the devs of Descent...

Yeah. I know that now. I did research on it over a week ago.
Turns out that one developer blatantly ripped off the UI and commands of the other. Which one struck first, I have no idea. But I admit that my correlations were wrong.

 

[duchaked]

we'll see to Bungie's next game...
even if they do end up working on Call of Duty 8: Space Edition
DO A BARREL ROLL

Maybe Bungie will get the rights to and work on Star Wars: Battlefront 3. ;D

OH MY GOD YES

 

[duchaked]

Maybe Bungie will get the rights to and work on Star Wars: Battlefront 3. ;D

Ah.. If only. My dreams could come true. I love the space battles in Battlefront 2!

never really got a chance to play much Battlefront 2 online...pity

I'd love to have played the space missions online with a big team, dogfighting and boarding the enemy ship (most likely getting destroyed but hey takes some time to get good/adjusted lol)

 

[Squilookle]

Maybe Bungie will get the rights to and work on Star Wars: Battlefront 3. ;D

You know what? I've never been much of a Halo fan but I'd be very happy if that happened. They seem to have most of the mechanics down, so why not!

 

[The Long Road]

Oh man, I loved the Starfighter games for the PS2. Wonky stories and stereotypical characters aside, the space dogfights were fast-paced and intense, the ground-attack missions didn't feel like slow grinds, the missions were varied enough that they never got stale, and there was so much to do in each level. Not only that, but they created workable multiplayer modes that weren't straight deathmatches. Capture the Flag in a starfighter? Yes please!

If Bungie makes a space combat game, it could re-launch a whimsical genre in a time beset on all sides by realistic shooters. It wouldn't even have to be particularly good. The Bungie name would sell enough for it to get the exposure it needs. Then other devs will see its success, and more games will follow. Who knows? Maybe people will start caring about the space program again. I mean, who doesn't want to be a space fighter pilot?