Edge: I'm pretty sure that somewhere within Walter Benjamin's terrifyingly vast Arcades Project, there are a few words about turtles, and the role the sleepy ancients played in the formation of one of the last century's more influential cultural movements.
At a specific point, I think, around the low 1900s, it became quite the thing in fashionable European circles to not just own one of the strange, homely beasts, but treat it to evening walks too, out on the boulevards and byways of the continent's sparkling cities, its sinewy neck safely clinched within a leash (presumably to ward against an uncharacteristic burst of energy which would see your expensive pet zipping away into steadily multiplying congregations of urban traffic).
Taking a turtle for a stroll enforces, amongst other things, a certain kind of speed: it locks you into the reflective amble that helped draw together the early strands of Modernism.
Josh Holmes, the studio head at Halo series' current developer 343 Industries(Halo 4 onwards), is resigning from the studio after seven years of heartfelt hard work. In a blog post today, Holmes made the announcement that he's leaving the studio to work on his own brain child independent games.
I cant blame him, Halo has been lacking since Bungie left. But to leave an IP like this to go make indies is kinda weird especially after leading the development of only two games in the series.
Well, good luck to him on his future endevours.
Sometimes you have an idea you totally want to realize but you can't do it as a part of the company you worked for. Who knows, maybe he was just burned out on Halo or he wants to be his own boss completely.
Yeah, It must be hard to try and realize an idea when Microsoft are forcing you to make your game into a glorified micro transaction marketplace.
I am being honest with myself and my opinion only thank god he left, now make a true Halo successor.
Agree. The more we gut out 343 and get new fresh talent the higher chances we have of a excellent Halo game. Frank helped with writing Halo 2 and 3 and is now halo franchise director for Halo 4-5. I want to replace him as well, it seems to be focused on the lore of the Halo Universe rather than the story within the game.
The only problem with Halo 5 I have is that 343 is trying to force us into liking Spartan Locke while his helmet still looks like garbage. Just take what you have with Master Chief and let's celebrate him. All I want is Master Chief, no Locke or any other new character. I like the Gears approach much better with Marcus's Son.
Indies oh gawd. I had hoped NMS was the final nail in that coffin. Well at least he didn't leave to work on mobile games.
Halo is just like COD.
Both are dying out. Bungie were the original developers of that game. The franchise should of ended when they wanted it to...
No. Halo is held to much higher expectations than COD.
Halo's universe is very big and detailed, which the only sc-fi game that I know that is as detailed as Halo is the Mass Effect series.. There will always be die hard fans for halo and a much more stronger following of it than COD because of it's characters and universe.
Bungie created a sc-fi universe not just a single franchise
You seem not to understand what my original op is.
Halo is yet another FPS that shows no innovation. The franchise has been going on a downhill spiral since Halo 4. Halo doesn't feel unqiue anymore like the Halo 2 and Halo 3 days.
Its better to end the franchise on a high note rather than be like COD ( Which they said they wanted Halo to be made for another 30+ years... )
It's not that I dont understand it, I just disagree with it and I think we have another two decades to go at least before Halo is going on a "downward spiral". I would agree that is not having massive gains in popularity that halo 1-3 generated but I disagree with it going on a downward spiral.
Do you know the player base is stronger in Halo 5 than it was in halo 4? Downward spiral doesn't look that bad. Do you know they were the first to have free DLC compared to other major fps such as Titanfall and inspire things like the loot box system in Overwatch? Halo is still home to a lot of innovation and trends of today's FPS market, its just your not giving it credit.
It has a much brighter long term future than COD and a stronger fanbase for it. Halo 5 may not feel unique as halo 2-3 but no games I can name today have that amount of innovation either. It's Universe can have multiple franchises in it and we have not seen the full potential of Halo. I think franchises like Killzone dream of having the potential Halo has on today's market. Just like we keep on seeing Star Wars and Star Trek movies popping up we will keep on seeing Halo games popping up. You can just reboot the franchise and tell another story for another generation. That's how successful halo CAN be. Sure, maybe the image might be a little bad by the end of it but it is not even close to the amount of money it can make and it would be bad to stop now
After all, at least halo 5 was praised for the direction they are going in multiplayer. I wouldn't call it a downward spiral just not in it's glory days of blowing everyone's mind. I don't think you'll be able to recreate the innovation of halo 1-2 in really any fps game today. Maybe another half life from valve could do that or just a entirely new franchise. But if you stack up Halo against the other current FPS franchises around it, it's looking pretty damn good.
Bungie outdid themselves time and time again with Halo. The Reach campaign was pretty lame though 'cept for the final 2 levels. 343 tries so hard in all the wrong areas. They should add the ability to stop a vehicle from splattering you in Halo 6 with proper timing using the Spartan's brute strength (not armor lock!)
