I don't get this thinking though, why do you want to develop a NEW game with old mechanics (i.e the old gameplay)... Literally you already have that game its called Halo: MCC.
It's simple. Was the "old gameplay" fantastic? Yup. Is it just as good today as it was back then? Yup. Do we have enough room for all types of genre variations? Yup. What value is there in losing an entire old tradition that still rocks? None. What value is there is replacing the old tradition with a billion clone games that all feel the same? None.
My desire is for all gaming needs to be met; the path some are endorsing implicitly (whether they mean to or not) is one that eradicates a specific type entirely. I don't care if there's a million Call of Duty games or a million Final Fantasy XIII games, just as long as there are also a million
actual Halo games and a million Bravely Defaults or whatever.
I mean we have the beta coming up and we'll have our definitive stamp on the answer soon enough, but after Halo 4 and seeing 343i's continual bad decisions regarding what makes Halo a Halo game, I don't have much hope. I'm crossing my fingers though. Maybe they'll pull off a miracle, because God I still need some competitive FPS games to hold onto
it's not as bad as you think.
It doesn't matter if it's as bad as I think, what matters is we are slowly losing the last vestige of a FPS tradition that is without a doubt still amazing. It's like replacing basketball with Jai alai or something. Some people prefer Jai alai, and nothing wrong with that. But if you lose basketball altogether, that shit is a shame.
Although Halo 4 was essentially an abomination in multiplayer precisely because they started to make changes that were unHalo, and no matter how they put their spin on these things, they are also unHalo. They're something new and different, when I want Halo. And there's plenty of people who will want that new and different and there's no judgment on them... they're entitled to enjoy and desire what they want. I want new and different too, but I don't want them to change the fundamentals of a game series that was so good for very specific reasons. That's why you make new series and give them new names.
But I am saddened. The further gaming goes, the more they kill off some of the greatest genre ideas ever... and replace them with a thousand clones that play exactly the same with minor variations. If you're into the clones that's great for you of course. But for me personally, even if I
was into the clone, I'd feel sad that an entire awesome genre philosophy was burnt to the ground. Because that's essentially what has happened to things like the OG Tomb Raider genre and the old school competitive FPS tradition.
It's not about being afraid of change or not liking new things. It's about the disappearance of the old things altogether, even when they're just as good if not better. People keep saying "change is good" and "are you afraid of evolution", but these things are not evolutions whether someone enjoys it or not. They're not inherently better. They're simply different. The problem comes only when that 'different' is all that remains anywhere.
I also don't give 343i the benefit of the doubt. Halo 4 proved that they have little regard for what changes work and keep the authentic Halo feel, and the community reacted. If I was a betting man, I'd wager this will be the same.
Maybe Cliffy B's new joint will be some arena shooter action. Or the new UT...
*shrug*
Isn't that a F2P game?