ZeroMachine said:
Revolutionaryloser said:
As someone who enjoyed Halo. This is my wish.
Stop beating a dead horse you fucking, greedy publishers.
Bungie had the balls to end Halo because it needed to end.
You don't deserve anybody buying more of these games because you aren't bringing anything new to the table. You have to actually work to make money in case nobody ever told you. At least that's how it would be in my fantasy world of happiness and sense.
Not that anything I say matters. they'll be making a killing regardless. Capitalism, this is why I hate you.
Yes, because the millions of fans that want to see a new story in the Halo universe aren't getting anything new. I'm all for being civil, but that's the most ridiculous argument I've heard against new Halo games this side of "BUT HALO 3 FINISHED THE FIGHT HURRDURR."
A series never NEEDS to end. As long as they release good new games, which Halo has so far, there is NOTHING wrong with it. IF Halo 4 sucks, yeah, I'll be right there with you, but instead of saying "it should have ended!" I'll be saying "well, they obviously don't know what they're doing, so they better fucking learn from their mistakes or just quit".
I'm sick of the sequelophobia so many people have. Give it a fucking chance.
You see the problem with this industry and others is that when something great comes around we are all ovejoyed and blissful and happily hand over our money. Then the publisher says "What's that? You liked that game? Well, I hope you did because that's all you're getting for the next decade." and suddenly what was supposed to be a genuine gem in the history of our culture is bastardized into a cash cow which I have to put up with and look at while imagining the dozen other highly imaginative, fresh and innovative projects that less lucky developers came up with are left to rot in some cellar.
I'm not pretending this doesn't happen all the bloody time. Even Harry Potter and Twilight were clever and refreshing ideas at the time before they became the hideous, amorphous franchises that they are today. Modern Warfare 1, fucking masterpiece. They struck gold there and so we have to live with MW and it's fatherless brethren for another decade, growing larger and uglier as they feed of our pockets and occupy broader sections of the market with their flabby rolls of fat. You might think one could just ignore the franchise once it got annoying but that isn't how it works because the franchise doesn't go away, it stays there and the next amazing FPS experience has to wait another 5 years so it can find a place to occupy in the which is forever saturated with games that overstayed their welcome. The feeling is reminiscent of a cheerful elderly relative you get to see every Christmas and always has something interesting to say, however one day it's decided they should come to live at home and you realize they are incredibly naggy, short-tempered and constantly need you to switch TV channels for them.
And you say, what if the next "sequel" is really good? If it's a sequel, it's already playing with a handicap and that's that it has to follow the original and unless the original was shit it's very hard to take the same formula, tweak it and suddenly make it spout rainbows and unicorns. Sequels are only a way for publishers to play safe bets. They could be making other, better games, but they aren't, they're making the same game again because they are sure it will make money.
Again, I'm not stupid. I'm aware of how the world works and know that publishers aren't my friends. They want money, fans give them the money. I want a new game, I go and check the indie titles knowing deep inside that the humble oasis of fun and creativity I enjoy could be a sprawling lake where I could be admiring the sunset with a group of friends and talking about stuff, but I'm not, because no one in their fucking right minds would bother checking out Cave Story, Treasure Adventure Island, Knytt, Focus or any other game which proves how much we could be doing with videogames instead of just teabagging each other in the face.
