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[nephilimdj]

They have revolutionized console fps gaming but at the same time alot of what they have created doesn't need to exist anymore.. playlists and controller controls
Hoping CS:GO on PS3 starts the ball rolling.

 

[Overdoziz]

two-weapon system

People keep bringing this you but to this day I've never seen anyone explain why having a limited amount weapons is a bad thing. It makes inventory management more challenging which is a good thing. There are enough moments in Halo games where you get a powerful weapon in the beginning of a level and you can only get extra ammo for it at a certain point in the level at which you'll most likely have used up all the current ammo for that weapon. So you either hold onto the empty weapon which takes up one weapon slot but you will get rewarded in the end or you drop the weapon and you have to use a less powerful weapon but you don't have to drag around an empty powerful weapon around. It forces you to make decisions which heavily impact on how a level will play out.

In multiplayer only have a limited amount of weapons forces you to play a certain style. You only have a Sniper and Shotgun? Well, then you're pretty screwed if someone shows up at mid-range. Only have a Shotgun and a Sword, you'll have to stick to close quarter combat. If you find yourself in a position that your weapons don't perform well in you've screwed yourself over and you should've thought better about what weapons you want to carry around in certain situations.

I think it adds a nice layer of strategy to the game which I can appreciate.

 

[PrinceOfApathy]

They have revolutionized console fps gaming but at the same time alot of what they have created doesn't need to exist anymore.. playlists and controller controls
Hoping CS:GO on PS3 starts the ball rolling.

I highly doubt it. I'm extremely salty at how this gen turned out. I remember buying my first Ps3 ( before it YloD ) on me, and bringing home Unreal Tournament 3, hooking up a mouse and a keyboard and just loving the hell out of Capture the Flag and Vehicle Capture the Flag, the game was immensely enjoyable. Not to mention that at time PC user created content could be brought over to the Ps3. Skins, Maps etc. etc. God, that was a great introductory year for me. Not to mention Lan play. I said finally, we'll see some really epic FPSs coming over to consoles.

But the game just did not catch on, I couldn't understand it. Since then, Mouse/Keyboard combo and user generated content has all but been neglected and shelved. I look back on that and realise it was somehow destiny and this dimension was meant to suffer like this, hopefully in dimension Z things worked out better.

What I'm trying to say is, CS:GO is admirable, bit its a matter of too little, too late, and this generations battle was long lost.

 

[paranoidfortean]

Bungie made a good game then kept remaking that good game without major improvements, all the while giving major blowjobs to their music man for some reason.

 

[Jackl]

I'm withholding final judgement until their next original IP release.

I'm willing to give Bungie the benefit of the doubt on Halo. They were boxed into set of expectations with small room to work within them. Areas where they had freedom to experiment and expand they did.


For a true look at their talents I'd like a clean slate.

 

[Raide]

I'm withholding final judgement until their next original IP release.

I'm willing to give Bungie the benefit of the doubt on Halo. They were boxed into set of expectations with small room to work within them. Areas where they had freedom to experiment and expand they did.


For a true look at their talents I'd like a clean slate.

With free reign to do what they want with a new IP, I am very interested to see what they pull out of the bag. As with Blizzard, Bungie have some great Community interaction and I expect that to continue and expand with their new game.

 

[bangai-o]

i think its an odd OP. Bungie is usually mentioned as one of the elite devs. Yet, making a thread on the subject is just going to bring out the critics who naysay. If you make the thread about Blizzard then people will complain that they lost their talent and only remake the same three games. If it is a thread on Valve then we can say how they spend more time with an overrated fps than Polyphony does for their racer and only make hats inbetween. et cetera

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Bungie made a good game then kept remaking that good game without major improvements, all the while giving major blowjobs to their music man for some reason.

You tend to do that when you have the hottest hand in the field (O'Donnell's compositions blew away pretty much all competition).

 

[jet1911]

A lot of people seems to forget that Bungie made good games before Halo too.