• big_slap@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    why don’t they close down 343 next? they haven’t launched a good game in over a decade by now. that should have been high on the list of closures.

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      6 months ago

      To be honest, as a huge Halo fan, I was surprised when seeing those studios closed that 343 wasn’t one of them. The studio is just cursed, even a leadership change isn’t going to save them.

      Either make Halo games from all the studios under Microsoft or start a new one with people who are actual fans of the franchise

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        6 months ago

        There’s so much potential for a Halo game that isn’t just a shooter.

        I think a survival horror game based around the Flood would be amazing- something Dead Space-y but Halo. That would be incredibly difficult to make, and it’s never going to happen, but it would be cool.

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          6 months ago

          Yeah, the franchise has been on life support since Bungie left, they should have just licensed the IP to other studios.

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            6 months ago

            I don’t entirely agree with that- I enjoyed some of the 343 games. They’re not the same quality as the original trilogy, but I would describe all of them but Halo 5 as ‘good’. Not great or amazing, but good.

            I would love to see them license the IP out more, though, just so we could see more variety of games. I like Halo but “he kills all the aliens and doesnt afraid of anything” gets a bit old after the fifth time or so.

            The only other Halo games are Halo Wars- which personally I enjoyed a lot- and the Spartan Assault twinstick shooter games that I never played.

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              6 months ago

              As games sure, they were alright. But they werent Halo games. Its one of the best trilogies of all time and ODST and Reach were also great additons. I think 343 dropped the ball massively and at that point just licensing the IP could have yielded some good games too as it was already tarnished anyway.