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Bungie Co-Founder on "Halo's Greatest Tragedy"

IGN:Jason Jones has long since finished his oatmeal by this point. I keep waiting for one of his Bungie counterparts to tell me that my time is up. I’ve barely gotten through half of the questions I had prepared, but since he seems intrigued by my line of questioning so far and I seem to have earned a bit of his trust, I try to get deeper into Jones’ designer mind. I wonder what the creator of Halo thinks the series’ biggest failure is (speaking only of Bungie’s entries in the franchise; for the record, he says he played and finished 343 Industries’ Halo 4, calling it fun and “an interesting experience playing a Halo game that I didn’t have anything to do with”).

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MizTv3944d ago

I'm glad they are doing something new

GABRIEL10303944d ago

The Halo's tragedy is the multiplayer, the game is amazing in campaign and its story is incredible and deep, but has a weak MP. Battlefield 3 and Killzone 2 are much better games in MP mode. The coop mode in destiny looks great!

CRAIG6673944d ago (Edited 3944d ago )

Really, I can't stand Killzone 2's multiplayer, it actually put me off buying Killzone 3, I will get shadows fall though.

As for Halo, 3 and reach were great online but I got bored with 4 pretty quickly, unusual for me as with other Halo games I always got transfixed and would usually play nothing except Halo for month's at a time.
Hopefully they bring it back together next gen...

MizTv3944d ago

Kz2 mp shits on every other game

CRAIG6673944d ago

Also agree co-op/online in Destiny looks amazing,with hints of borderlands I am sold!

Shadonic3944d ago

Your nuts if you believe that

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The importance of audio: How music makes games better

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Ex-343 dev says there were “20-30” pitched Halo games we’ll never see

A former 343 developer has revealed that mountains of Halo pitches failed to be approved, including a return to ODSTs and a push for more intimate, dark themes.

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Kaii66d ago

Well, 4-Infinite dropped the ball massively so don't worry.

Sgt_Slaughter66d ago (Edited 66d ago )

Not really. 4, 5, MCC, and Infinite are only remembered for their shortcomings and failures when the franchise was purely known for being a system seller and an all-time great. There's a reason 1, 2, 3, and Reach are looked back on fondly, and it's not because of nostalgia.

FinalFantasyFanatic66d ago

I don't know of anyone that speaks fondly of the later Halo games, I would like to play 5, but I know it's not good, and I'm just waiting on Infinite to hit my strike price. I played MCC a lot later after it came out, so must of those bugs/issues were gone by the time I played it.

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PhillyDonJawn65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

To say it dropped the massively is just not true. Many in the community hold H5 as the best mp mechanics in the entire series and say its what 4 should've been. Its campaign was trash but the MP is Fantastic and many faces of the community still play today and it only made 500mill in the matter of months but sure it dropped the ball massively. 4 was hated due to all the changes at once. And CoD like feature and rightful get hate but it's campaign story was liked by a majority of ppl. 343 hasn't nailed ot 100% but they get 1 thing perfect but F up in other places. Infinite had a good campaign and design but the story was a mess. The MP improves upon what Halo 3 was and is what many ppl wanted to go back to but it lacked content severely. So massively aint the word. Dropping the ball massively is when it's pure trash and unplay/unenjoyable. Most ppl blind by nostalgia so soon as 1 thing aint the same its hated cause Halo set the bar so high
FYI reach was not that good.

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Vengeance113866d ago

Dead IP, time to invent something new.

kaos8966d ago

Maybe they can have ID or one of the COD studios help 343 with this series.

jznrpg66d ago

Halo-Pop like Gears Pop. Halo bowling. Halo Cooking Mama. There’s a reason why you won’t hear about them

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Why 343’s next Halo Xbox game needs to be a return to ODST

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