If Bungie Never Left...
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Published 2023-05-23
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People forget that it's not the companies themselves that were or are different, it's the people. What made Bungie's Halo as amazing as it was was the people who worked on the games, the hard working individuals who were just as big of Halo fans as the rest of us. A lot of those passionate people moved on from Bungie when the company's mandates changed.
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The problem is the lack of passion. There isn’t anymore love for the games they make anymore.
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Bungie stabbed my man Marty O'Donnel in the back, and yes Bungie did drop off after Halo: Reach, the last straw was stealing Marty's masterpieces from him and drop him as their music composer, which was the real tragic story of Bungies downfall.
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The people at bungie actually cared at the time they were huge fans of the games like we were after the company changed a lot of those passionate people left
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You either die a beloved series or you live long enough to see yourself become a live service
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Even if bungie never left halo's quality would have to start declining at some point, possibly much later but its just putting off the inevitable.
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I miss bungies Halo everyday, but after seeing what Destiny 2 has become I think it would turn out way worse than 343’s Halo. It took over a year but I really have fun playing Halo Infinite now. (Although I hate that they replaced the classic shotgun with the bulldog)
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Another thing to remember was a lot of the talent that made Halo where getting burned out on Halo, they left because they didn’t want to keep going on with Halo because most likely they knew they would start making crappy games they didn’t want to make because they where basically being forced to
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I feel that even if Bungie had abstained from the micro transaction trend with Halo, they would have eventually been forced to implement the practice into the game by Microsoft. It seems like it has now become an industry standard to prioritize maximum profits over allowing a developer to fulfill their vision and provide a quality experience.
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Ever since marty was fired, bungies business ethics evaporated
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"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
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Honestly, it's hard to say. Halo is better in the hands of 343 now than Bungie. Bungie is a different company at this point. Different people have joined in, the people that worked on the older halo games aren't there anymore. Bungie is not the same
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man, Reach was the GOAT, i loved that game so much
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Lest we forget: part of the reason Bungie left, is that they didn't want to make just Halo - which is what MS wanted them to do. They finished 3 and figured that was good enough. Complete story (at least, as far as Chief is concerned, even though they teased the then-unnamed Requiem). Their hearts may have still been in it with Reach, but not their heads - not completely.
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If Bungie never left halo. We would of gotten the old spoof news/documentry to be real. Idk if people can find it, but it was a well done news type report of bungie taking over america, making a national halo day. And preceding world peace or some such. I wish I could find it again.
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This new 343 team is cooking tho
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Publishers typically control monetization, its not necessarily developers doing that.
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I think it would’ve gone well for a little bit but then as the trend towards micro transactions grew they too would inevitably fall like everyone else.
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I would say it’s because of Activision that D1 and D2 were heavily monetized. As much as I wanted Bungie to stay with Halo, they were unfortunately done with the series and wanted to work on other Projects
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My favorite track from Reach ❤
