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Re: There's a simpler explanation behind this IMO
By:davidfuchs
Date: 4/3/13 8:04 pm
In Response To: There's a simpler explanation behind this IMO (Anton P. Nym (aka Steve))

: Everyone complains that current Halo titles don't have the player population
: dominance of Halo 1 and Halo 2, and venture deeply into gameplay to find a
: reason... whereas I feel the reason is much more straightforward.

: Halo 1 was groundbreaking, without real precedent. Halo 2 was uncontested,
: standing head-and-shoulders above all challengers on Xbox Live.

: Halo 3 and onward were neither, as of course they were sequels and by the
: time they were introduced the competition had caught up to the
: breath-taking changes introduced by Bungie... so there were other titles
: to draw players away.

: The irony is that the steps Bungie (and 343) took to combat this, the
: attempts to innovate anew, were rejected by the grognard populations and
: are the very things they kick against the hardest.

: -- Steve has grown weary over the years from contesting the received wisdom
: that apparently goes unchallenged on GAF, and frankly that more than
: anything else has eroded his enjoyment of MatchMaking in Halo.

I think it's a little from Column A, a little from Column B. Styles of gameplay go out of... well, style, and I don't think there's much you can do about it. I do think 343i deserves kudos for trying different things... it's just that I think at some point, those "different things" undermined some of why I like playing Halo, and those haven't apparently succeeded in bringing Halo to a new or larger audience.*

*In the long term. If numbers we have are any indication, Halo 4 is the fastest-selling Halo ever, but that doesn't seem to have translated into long-term multiplayer populations.


Messages In This Thread

Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 Population)UnrealCh13f4/3/13 1:15 pm
     Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatZaneZavin4/3/13 1:48 pm
           Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatCARDO 8 ATL4/3/13 3:10 pm
     Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 Populatuberfoop4/3/13 1:50 pm
           Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatCARDO 8 ATL4/3/13 3:11 pm
     Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatGravemind4/3/13 2:57 pm
           Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatGuttsu4/3/13 3:47 pm
                 Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatPkmnrulz2404/3/13 4:37 pm
     Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatCARDO 8 ATL4/3/13 2:59 pm
     Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatPkmnrulz2404/3/13 3:05 pm
           Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatCARDO 8 ATL4/3/13 3:12 pm
                 Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatPkmnrulz2404/3/13 3:27 pm
                       Re: Meanwhile over at NeoGAF.. (re: Halo 4 PopulatAvateur4/3/13 7:33 pm
     There's a simpler explanation behind this IMOAnton P. Nym (aka Steve)4/3/13 3:29 pm
           Re: There's a simpler explanation behind this IMOKal4/3/13 3:35 pm
                 Re: There's a simpler explanation behind this IMOCARDO 8 ATL4/3/13 3:48 pm
                       Not when the competition is copying it, no. *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)4/3/13 3:49 pm
           Re: There's a simpler explanation behind this IMOdavidfuchs4/3/13 8:04 pm
                 Ah, this is a great pointRevenant19884/3/13 11:15 pm
     I saw this. A Fucking Beautiful Post.zoojoo4/3/13 5:38 pm
     Well that was interestingAvateur4/3/13 7:22 pm
           Re: Well that was interestingpete_the_duck4/4/13 9:02 am
                 Re: Well that was interestingAvateur4/4/13 9:10 pm
                       Re: Well that was interestingpete_the_duck4/5/13 9:02 am
                             Re: Well that was interestingAvateur4/5/13 8:52 pm

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