Joystiq Interview with Chris Butcher

by Xenos , Shores of Time, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 07:04 (4193 days ago) @ Kermit

I noticed the Bungie interviewees didn't use Shared World Shooter very often, I think they REALLY wanted to focus how it is a great action packed FPS.

Yeah, for this particular reveal you're probably right. I, however, think "shared world shooter" is a perfectly fine way to describe the genre (I think) they're trying to create.

I bristled when the interviewer casually said "other MMOs." If I were Butcher I might not have been able to resist correcting him on that point, but then again, being too defensive about it might be bad, too.

EDIT: I'm also a little bugged by the venturebeat article that insists on judging it as a MMO.

Yeah I think that most people aren't going to get it until it comes out. And I'm sure there will be that small percentage that will refuse to give up on the thought that it's not an MMO. For me as soon as I saw the gameplay reveal I understood why they aren't calling it an MMO.