So I remember when Halo was originally envisioned as something similar to Destiny way back before Bungie was acquired by MS, Matt said something about looking forward to crashing people's parties by playing as an invincible rampaging Hippo.

I would like to see the equivalent for Destiny :-)

Was that the comment he made about wall hugging hippos, or something else?

I think so:

Back in the very early days of Halo's development, before we'd even announced it, everyone at Bungie was very excited about the game. One of the things Bungie people do when they're very excited is come up with all sorts of wacky and impossible ideas and press the developers to include them in the game. My wacky and impossible idea was an easter egg: a hippo for net games that was invulnerable to attack and available only to Bungie employees. That way I could jump into people's games to wreak havoc in style, erupting out of marshes and ponds when nobody expected it and tearing suckers to shreds with my enormous teeth as I galloped gracelessly across the beautiful landscape.

http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463

(Spoiler: they were the shotgun shells)

I think so:

Back in the very early days of Halo's development, before we'd even announced it, everyone at Bungie was very excited about the game. One of the things Bungie people do when they're very excited is come up with all sorts of wacky and impossible ideas and press the developers to include them in the game. My wacky and impossible idea was an easter egg: a hippo for net games that was invulnerable to attack and available only to Bungie employees. That way I could jump into people's games to wreak havoc in style, erupting out of marshes and ponds when nobody expected it and tearing suckers to shreds with my enormous teeth as I galloped gracelessly across the beautiful landscape.

http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463

(Spoiler: they were the shotgun shells)

To be fair, this is how I felt using the shotgun on the puny brains coming around the corner.

So I remember when Halo was originally envisioned as something similar to Destiny way back before Bungie was acquired by MS, Matt said something about looking forward to crashing people's parties by playing as an invincible rampaging Hippo.

I would like to see the equivalent for Destiny :-)

I second that emotion.

-Matt

I think so:

Back in the very early days of Halo's development, before we'd even announced it, everyone at Bungie was very excited about the game. One of the things Bungie people do when they're very excited is come up with all sorts of wacky and impossible ideas and press the developers to include them in the game. My wacky and impossible idea was an easter egg: a hippo for net games that was invulnerable to attack and available only to Bungie employees. That way I could jump into people's games to wreak havoc in style, erupting out of marshes and ponds when nobody expected it and tearing suckers to shreds with my enormous teeth as I galloped gracelessly across the beautiful landscape.

http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463

(Spoiler: they were the shotgun shells)

Have to say - reading posts from 2001 is pure gold (no pun intended).

Edit: Oh. . . and "Hippos in Destiny" has to be one of the best thread titles ever. I'm not sure why though.

So I remember when Halo was originally envisioned as something similar to Destiny way back before Bungie was acquired by MS, Matt said something about looking forward to crashing people's parties by playing as an invincible rampaging Hippo.

I would like to see the equivalent for Destiny :-)

I second that emotion.

-Matt

No doubt due to your hippo fetish and sadistic impulses. ;)

So I remember when Halo was originally envisioned as something similar to Destiny way back before Bungie was acquired by MS, Matt said something about looking forward to crashing people's parties by playing as an invincible rampaging Hippo.

I would like to see the equivalent for Destiny :-)

I second that emotion.

-Matt

That would be one hell of an easter egg.

So I remember when Halo was originally envisioned as something similar to Destiny way back before Bungie was acquired by MS, Matt said something about looking forward to crashing people's parties by playing as an invincible rampaging Hippo.

I would like to see the equivalent for Destiny :-)

I second that emotion.

-Matt

Oh my god, this would be incredible.

I think I would die of laughter.

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