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Seems like 343 really fumbled the big momentum they had late last year with this game. It was received very well and had a huge player base that seems to have dwindled to nothing.
I think the truth is that the game just came in way too hot and what they got out in time was the best it was gonna be for awhile. I do wonder if season 2 can regain some of the momentum whenever it launches
This might be a long rant but whatever,
none of what i'm about to say is directed at the programmers, the developers themselves who are just following leadership and management.
All of my ANGER is directed toward management and leadership they have absolutely no plan, they don't have any direction for this series.
Halo 4 "Were going to add our own voice to the series" "we hired people who hate Halo" "The Didact is Masterchiefs nemesis" = not a great game, scrapped concepts didact gets killed in comic, multiplayer COD carbon copy.
Halo 5 they still didn't listen to fans made a
half-baked squad-based game that didn't match any of the promotion and marketing they had for it. The marketing HuntTheTruth told a much better story, the game also had microtransactions Arguably the worst Halo game ever created. Also Cortana comes back is evil now, she unleashes the guardians , and has a new force called the created where A.I join her side etc........next game comes created (
WHO WE NEVER SAW) gone, the forerunner prometheons gone, guardians pretty much gone.
MC collection this collection of games took YEARS to get online right the games right etc. The level of the backlash they got for releasing this was insane and they deserved it all.
Now we have
Halo infinite Gaas Model they can't keep up with the gaming model they implemented which will last for the next 10 years. Think about that for a second why take on a challenge by implementing such a model when you can't keep up with the demand in its first year?
343i in their tenure the closest they've gotten to making a solid Halo game is Halo Infinite, but even then I still consider it the weakest Halo title compared to Halo 1-3. But even then it has absolutely no content every release by them the content has gotten smaller and everything isn't released at the start.
I took alot of shit from other fans and even people on here who were defending them but if you look at there track record
YOU SHOULD NOT BE SUPRISED.
Bonnie Ross is a corporate shill
She is not creative and she is not a leader not her , not frank Oconner, or KiKi wolfkill "
I'M CONVINCED THEY DON"T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, OR WHAT DIRECTION TO TAKE THIS SERIES" it's always an uphill battle with them they can never get it right the first time.
No one asked for a Games as a service model NOT ONE PERSON. Halo Infinite could've kept the same story concept with maybe a bit more content in the story so after your done, you can do some activities. Forge, all the relevant game modes that were popular in past games their day 1. If the focus and direction was set on that releasing a complete game not following trends, this would have been an amazing game. This isn't rocket science all fans want is a great halo game with all the content there to play day 1. If they want to add more story content I'm fine with paying for DLC if more story is added like an expansion with more maps and content im cool with that. But they can't even do that!
This guy right here Jason Jones is a creative a big part in the creation of Marathon, Halo, Destiny and whatever comes next for Bungie (possibly Matter). They love sci-fi and you can trace alot of their inspiration to many great books. He is a leader because he is passionate about the projects he creates and that love and passion reach everyone below him.
They want to make games that they want to play to nail that 30 second of fun loop. Despite bungie controversy and Destiny feeling like a chore. The love for world-building and sci-fi storytelling is like night and day I don't think 343i has a visionary of this man's CALIBER in their studio NOT ONE!
Phil Spencer needs to be brave enough to gut a lot of management and leadership BONNIE IS NOT IT nor are the other 2. Cause right now I don't believe 343i should be allowed to work on Halo anymore.