What really? 343 is entirely dedicated to Halo, I don't think there is any lack of developer support. They are doing so many things to progress and evolve the series yet keep the core of why we all like Halo intact. They're already bringing back the BR which already pushes it past Reach imo. After Halo 2 Bungie has done little to nothing to the matchmaking. And what do you mean fair and balanced gameplay?! Thats what Halo has always been about, point out one gun in Halo that gets abused and overpowers the rest.
Im not sure what you meant with the MW3 reference. MW3 uses the same graphics as its previous title from 2-3 years ago, nor is it balanced and fair at all, so either way its wrong.
And I'm not flaming  I used to be pretty skeptical but if you look at all the things 343 is doing its hard not to believe they are making an amazing new Halo for us.
But to keep this on topic, people were already bitching about Mw3 coming out and now theres already Black Ops 2, the CoD series is getting burnt out fast.
It will be over 2 years since the last halo when 4 comes out and we'll actually see something new unlike CoD.
Call of duty used to be cool, now its a joke and you get labeled as a raging 12 year old if you say youre actually a fan of the series. |
I don't know, I wasn't the biggest fan of Reach, it didn't seem as balanced as the previous games with the armor abilities and classes. Also, for whatever reason, it didn't seem to have the smooth gameplay that Halo 2 and 3 had. Might just be a placebo effect for me. This is probably just my hipster side coming out, but I'm still a fan of the earlier generations. I'm still in that skeptical stage about an upcoming game (felt that way about Anniversary), but I'm sure I'll come to like it at one point or another. They did a fantastic job with Anniversary and the Reach map packs. The trailers and previews just seemed a bit odd to me.
It's just whenever another developer/producer takes over a seasoned series or franchise, it doesn't turn out too well. Arby and the Chief was a perfect example. They did some things right, but in the end, it was just... bad. I just hope history doesn't repeat itself, I'd be sad to see my favorite series turn into another Call of Duty game.
And I know you're not flaming, you're a pretty chill guy ^.^ And as for the one overpowered gun, Halo 3 Needler. Whenever I was killed by that, violent images went through my mind.