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11/06/09
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11/06/09
Halo fan =/= someone obsessed with Halo
I know quite a few bros who like Halo. #halo3odst
11/06/09
10/21/09
Wow, talk about meta-gaming. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Yesterday it sounded like this thing was going to be a dashboard version of the Bungie website, plus more interactivity.
Now they are saying that they are not tracking stats in it?
Why the heck not?
This seemed like a much better idea when I thought they were wrapping all of the stats up and delivering them straight to the console. Now it is a lot more "meh". #halowaypoint
10/20/09
if it ain't broken, don't fix it right? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Like I said earlier, I love the stat website that CoD, Battlefield, Halo, etc have. Halo's in particular is really fantastic (even though I don't play Halo at all). It just seems like something that always belonged in-game. Not something that forced me to move over to my PC to view. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
I just can't see anybody turning their system on and going "Boy, I wonder what new Halo news is on the Waypoint!", then boot that up instead of playing an actual game. That's what sites like Bungie.net and Kotaku are for. Ah well. Clearly it's not my cup of tea, but I just don't like being marketed to. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
I'm just not a fan of thinly-veiled advertising. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
Also it's not something you get majorly excited in, it's just something to get involved in if you're already into the game. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Maybe Reach will be more fitting of "full Halo title" status, but I have to think people will bore of ODST relatively quickly and move on to other games by early next year at the latest, if Money Whorefare 2 doesn't kill it off entirely. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
(Incidentally, gamers like Archaotic are probably the best thing in the world for the industry. Thoughts like his/hers keep pushing us to better ourselves as an industry." #halowaypoint
10/20/09
I wouldn't be surprised if FPS jumping idiots jump right to the newest FPS right away but still, halo has it's fans and will stay that way.
edit/ actually I partly take that remark back. Nothing wrong with being an FPS whore so long as you appreciate other stuff too.
10/20/09
Don't have the right Achievement for that Waypoint award? Feel free to buy Halo Wars, so you have the time to get all of 'em!
Most telling was that image with the "beyond the games" box, where they almost freely admit that they're advertising Halo toys. Jesus Christ, it's like Action Man and Max Steel- ploys to sell action figures. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Good business means nothing if the overall quality of product continues its downslide, year after year, y'know? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
Games are a lot more expensive to make than a movie or a CD, after all. If the industry gets too corporate, new and fun ideas will die entirely. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
I always use the example of "double-pistols".
Back in the day, when I was still playing Golden Eye on the N64, all my friends told me the game was amazing because you could use double-pistols.
When I finally got the game I was amazed that no one had told me that the game itself was friggin' awesome.
It's sad. And scary. And often makes me want to work in the indy scene.
(But, of course, I've got bills to pay.) #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
Read: Do great things and you'll usually end up broke. #halowaypoint
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It's a lot harder, and a LOT more expensive, to make an indie game that can compete with the big boys. #halowaypoint
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10/20/09
If he does, it's certainly not Halo or anything Xbox-related... #halowaypoint
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10/20/09
I'm sorry if I unjustly portrayed you as a partisan! #halowaypoint
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10/30/09
It hasn't been "whipped together in less than a year". #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
Also
@(Human) Gyaruson: I did follow my stats on the GH3 website. I guess I'm just that kind of person.
If nothing else, all that data on player behavior is probably somewhat useful for the Devs when looking to work on the next iteration of the franchise. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
True, but developers have been compiling data from gamers for years before Bungie.net ever came around. With the advent of the internet, stats and figures have been sent to developers telling them how their game is being played and who is playing it. It's just like a beta, only it never ends. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
I'm sure MS' other franchise, Gears of War will get in on this and then every game, eventually. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
This is nothing like home.
It's more like a dashboard website.
Why do you insist on making this comparison? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
10/20/09
There's no avatars, or walking around, or collecting clothing, or bowling, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc...
Anyway, here's my troll feeding for the day. Hope you're satisfied with the promotion and the knowledge that at least one person paid attention to you. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
"I think it's safest to say that it would be a game-enhancing experience," Pace said. "It will be a much more deeply interactive one."
Responding to suggestions from Kotaku that Waypoint's gameplay could involve anything from a Halo character running through the Waypoint hub to an interactive Halo timeline filled with secrets, a la the PlayStation 3's Metal Gear Solid Database, Pace said, "My answer to that is that both options are fully on the table."
At launch, pride will be the only reward for achieving the awards in Halo Waypoint's first iteration. But that seems likely to change. "Moving forward, absolutely we feel it is important to pin that achievement to something tangible," Pace said. By "tangible," he said he was referring to anything from additional game content to Avatar add-ons.
Seriously, did you read the article at all? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
In other words, they're thinking about a whole bunch of shit.
At the moment, you get a specialized area of the dashboard.
Did *you* read the article at all? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Too late.
Your argument consists of: Right NOW it's not like Home because it's not done. And I'm ignoring anything that makes my argument seem foolish.
10/20/09
Right now it's not like Home, because it's not like Home. The preview video showed nothing of the sort. Yesterday, there was no hint, subtle or no, that there would be ANY sort of gameplay at all. Just a "specialized area of the dashboard". You were wrong yesterday, you're still wrong now. Until we have proven imagery, video, or direct quotation from official sources, it's not like Home. That's all there is to it. Please stop making comparisons where there are none to make. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
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10/20/09
It's not a bad idea really; get people connected to the 'brand' outside of the game itself. Same idea as Home really, just a lot more boiled down. #halowaypoint
10/20/09
Ah gotcha. I guess I neglected to read it's 343 and not bungie in which case, "my bad."
Still, in all honesty I doubt bungie is putting efforts into a new franchise even though they said they would eventually. They already have a big enough name, what are they afraid of? #halowaypoint
10/20/09
I felt the website did a great job of that already, but I get what you're saying. Then again I don't like the idea of Home at all haha, oh well. #halowaypoint
10/08/09
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10/08/09
There's a bridge missing it's troll, somewhere. Shouldn't you be eating billiegoats?
10/08/09
When Reach and ODST launches on the PC, they will look, play and feel like Wolfenstein 3D for us today.
10/08/09
10/08/09
@dsectric: You are completely right! Halo 2 was one of the shoddiest ports I've ever seen, it almost beats Prototype!
@Grinning Colossus: Of course... but it still means we will have to wait an eternity just to play any of those
10/08/09
Oh wait.
10/08/09
Wow, good to see Nintendo ditching a tired franchise [Like Super Mario] and moving on to some new and fresh.
Wow, good to see EA ditching a tired franchise [Like Madden] and moving on to some new and fresh.
Wow good to see Activision ditching a tired franchise [Like Guitar Hero] and moving on to some new and fresh.
Am I doing this right?
10/08/09