Major changes for the Halo series as Microsoft gives the next major game to Activision to make.
They should farm Windows 12 out to Bungie and then shut them down too.
The last halo game was reach. I dont acknowledge anything past that. I might play the later games, but they arent halo
Halo Infinite had great gameplay, but it was ruined with moronic challenges which moved the objectives away from winning, and towards “I need to get 20 kills with this shitty weapon, even if it costs my team the win”.
Objectives which move players away from actually playing the game are bad game design.
My thoughts on it (speaking of the campaign specifically) were that it had good gameplay elements in a bad gameplay context. The open world design just muted the action and thinned out the goals to accomplish without adding anything of value other than traversal. The few times I played multiplayer it did seem pretty decent, but I just dont care about that anymore since I only ever enjoyed halo multiplayer on a small scale with friends in the same room.
All this time and there’s still never been a better shooter than Golden Eye.
I mean… Half Life and Half Life 2.
Does Mass Effect count? I love those games.
Yeah, but those are a combination of cover based shooter and RPG. Not really in the same vein as your typical shooter.
some things are better off dead
Ew
Microsoft screws latest Halo Activision screws latest black ops Blizzard screws latest Diablo (is that true? Not played)
Now we swap franchises so people can be milked thinking there might be a chance they will de-shittify it
Master chief and Nicky Minaj and snoop dog, killing unforgiven? (I forget the next level of history back they keep going and what the names are)
We remade halo again again, big news, there’s still a grave mind somewhere! More flood!
Same old cruft. Bad decisions, lay off staff, repeat until they buy another house.
I mean, not thrilled Activision has it, but at this point literally anyone other than Halo Studios would be better.
Master cheeks to become a playable character in world of Warcraft
Good! Never has there been a more deserved studio closure. Campaign Evolved was a rushed mess.
Thank fuck halo is finally out from under the evil and twisted Microsoft! Now it can finally thrive under the great and understanding company Microsoft!
Can’t say I’m particularly excited about Activision taking over, but this was a mercy killing.
Finally, Master Chief will get the weed skins he deserves.
Rastah Chief?
Why even keep halo studios open?
Because closing the studio you hand picked to carry the franchise that use to set retail sales records explicitly says “we shit the bed” to the community and more importantly(to them), shareholders.
That makes sense, as I was thinking about it I realized that Infinite is still ongoing so they need to keep a barebones team around for support of that. But honestly I hope it goes away. Is so pretentious and cringe having a game studio named after the game series.
“Activision subcontracts Halo development to struggling studio, Bungie.”
That’d be weird.
Activision actually did publishing for Bungie through the 2010s.
But the cherry on that hypothetical cake is that Sony currently owns Bungie.
I’m sure Bungie would be happy to have the work, given their current catalog…
That will come full Halo.
Can you imagine being Chips-ahoy and messing up your chocolate chip cookie so bad no one cares about it?
