Slightly Live
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Of course. Exactly the same. That's how it works, right? Just change some colours, etc.
Literally the same company guys.
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Prototype of cancelled ''Mega Bloks Halo'' Game surfaces (basically ''LEGO Halo'')
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Of course. Exactly the same. That's how it works, right? Just change some colours, etc.
Literally the same company guys.
tim_pkmn89
Member
Reveal it alongside new content (reveal, trailer, dlc, etc.) for a mainstream Halo game and problem solved
This game looks really good. It would have probably been a good seller too as I know a lot of younger kids love halo but since the games are rated M their parents won't buy it. This would have certainly been E or T. This easily looks 100x better than the first spartan assault in all aspects.
So was the Mega Blocks company all for this game?
So was the Mega Blocks company all for this game?
Slightly Live
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Just wanted to point out, Halo 5 was rated T.
dancrane212
Member
As was Halo Wars which I think was the "brand" that kicked off the Mega Bloks line.
Wars and 5 are T.
It's the reason the Megabloks Halo toys started out as "Halo Wars" branded, so that they weren't attached to an M rated game.
Man, just can't get over how out of touch MS is.
This game looks incredibly charming, would have only boosted interest in the franchise amongst a younger audience.
I can just see them not make this type of game for fear of alienating their core audience. This would be harmless to the core (probably grow it). Meanwhile we've gotten Halo 4, MCC, and Halo 5 from them, which each mercilessly chipped away at the core in different ways.
This game looks incredibly charming, would have only boosted interest in the franchise amongst a younger audience.
I can just see them not make this type of game for fear of alienating their core audience. This would be harmless to the core (probably grow it). Meanwhile we've gotten Halo 4, MCC, and Halo 5 from them, which each mercilessly chipped away at the core in different ways.
VincentMatts
Member
How Spartan Assault came out and not this is an absolute shock to me.
I find it very noticeable that the environment doesn't clash with the toy elements of the game, despite not being made of bricks. Pretty much every Traveller's Tales Lego game after Star Wars started laying on photorealistic textures and detailed models in the environment, and it looks like crap. I wish the Lego games would do it more like this, the prototype looks beautiful. What a shame this got cancelled.
Yeah, if you wanna talk about "alienating the core" you can start here.
Yeah, if you wanna talk about "alienating the core" you can start here.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Shame this was canceled. Would've been a great game to play with the nephews from the looks of things.
Oh, and let's keep it real for a moment: I don't buy for a single second that everyone in this thread playing disappointed and saying they would have bought this, would have truly done so, but are instead displaying feigned interest to play into the "Microsoft is out of touch" mantra. A lot of folks would not have bought this no matter how good or fun the footage looked.
Oh, and let's keep it real for a moment: I don't buy for a single second that everyone in this thread playing disappointed and saying they would have bought this, would have truly done so, but are instead displaying feigned interest to play into the "Microsoft is out of touch" mantra. A lot of folks would not have bought this no matter how good or fun the footage looked.
Finale Fireworker
Member
Halo was always, like, the softest of soft M games. There was no reason for these games to be rated M. Maybe Microsoft pushed for M because it would make the game seem cooler. But there's nothing in the entirety of Halo that wasn't worse in the canon of T-Rated James Bond games.
For CE I think it was the blood spatters that put it over into the M rating. By Halo 3 the Mature designation felt unrealistic compared to other M titles. Halo 4 has that one scene that makes an M rating make sense tho.
The original Halo CE display boxes were rated T. They said it was a mistake or something, but who knows.
There are people higher up than Bonnie Ross at MS
Bonnie Ross from 343 comments about Halo Mega Bloks(this adds to the convo above about 343 having a hand in this): https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...ct/261e7b32-eb42-4c30-abdb-3a18cc8199b4/posts
Halo 1 was rated M due to 9/11. The game was originally giving a T for Teen rating but was re-rated by the ESRB after the attacks.
It's a bummer that they seem to think the projects like Spartan Assault were worth exploring further rather than something like this that actually looks, ya know... fun?
RIP n-Space
Slightly Live
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Diddy Kong
Banned
This looks fun. I probably would have bought it
It looks great to me,but I feel like had the game been released the reception would have been awful. I can just picture the "casuals are running gaming!" / "They're dumbing down Halo" / "Halo Nuts and Bolts" comments. No matter how good the game was, people probably would have complained about it like they did with Banjo Nuts and Bolts.
Unreal Champ
Banned
They aren't. They've cancelled more games and closed more studios under him since taking over. Also a lot of Japanese developers have defected since he took over.
Diablohead
Member
Don't remind me I paid £12 for spartan assault when I bought my xbox one.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Plug was pulled from on high, it seems. Above 343.
More importantly, the idea that the mobile Spartan games somehow replaced this is absurd. Entirely different primary development studio, a tiny fraction of the size/cost, and served a very different purpose (the Spartan games were meant to be boosts to the struggling Windows app store and Windows Phone, and were likely requested to begin development directly by senior MS staff).
Twilight Gap
Member
343 could sell Halo ponies at a premium and there'd be less backlash than what they've already dealt with.
Rather see them spin off their silly ideas into other games than put it in main titles.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I doubt it. To be honest, I doubt there would have been much backlash anyway. The Wind Waker debacle happened because of a combination of the Spaceworld demo setting certain expectations along with the fact that Wind Waker was a mainline title, not a spin-off, and thus was seen as being in place of a realistic Zelda. Federation Force was a big deal because it was the first "Metroid Prime" game in like a decade and no proper 4th games was anywhere on the horizon.
As a true spin-off game with Halo 4 recently having been released and Halo 5 in development, with no expectations set for this particular project (since, well, it was an unexpected spin-off) I don't really see fans getting riled up. Besides, people were pretty excited about the old Lego Halo prank.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Then why sell the toys like crazy?
YoooooooWhy are we getting Scalebound instead of this?
GAFmeansLIFE
Member
Halo is not even my type of game, and I would have bought the shit out of this! Looks fantastic and most importantly FUN. IMO it's the kind of exclusive that Xbox is lacking. It's a shame it never saw the light of day.
WordAssassin
Member
Oooooo and the Deluxe Edition is currently on sale for $16.50, gonna check out some trailers but I'm proooobably gonna buy it. It's not multiplayer only, right? It's got a story mode?
Edit: Oh shit the sale is only for another 5 hours. WELP gonna bite the bullet. I trust Insomniac as I've loved every Ratchet & Clank game I've played so fingers crossed!
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Confirmed this was in development.
Fucking hell Microsoft.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/confirmed-a-mega-bloks-halo-game-was-in-development/
Fucking hell Microsoft.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/confirmed-a-mega-bloks-halo-game-was-in-development/
Prototyping. Doesn't mean it was in active development.
It had a sizable team working on it for at least 10 months. It made it beyond the pitch phase. Bonnie Ross is downplaying what happened a bit.
A quick followup and tons of gameplay with no voiceover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBlne2pXpVo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBlne2pXpVo
sixteen-bit
Member
there seemed to be more of a platformer focus not present in the mainline games
The more I see the more I actually want it.