Not Marathon Infinity... (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, June 11, 2018, 11:34 (2143 days ago) @ Durandal

Well, it certainly looks like a reversion back to Halo 1 in style and tone, which is a good thing in my opinion.

Halo 4 and 5 drifted away from the exploration and military sci fi feel of the Bungie series and replaced it with a very COD lite feel. The characters were much more stereotypical and poorly written. The games themselves were pretty but seldom captured the feeling of exploration for set piece battles with forgettable enemies.

I'm not sure they can confine the action to a single Halo ring though, given how they have been writing themselves into a corner with all the AI rebellion and "The Banished" stuff.

I'm generally weary when folks take their style and story backwards so to speak. Any time a new game in a franchise comes out that does this, I think it indicates that there's a lack of good ideas moving forward. I have Halos 1-3 already. I want a franchise to move forward not back.

Megaman 8 looked like this:

Megaman 9 looked like this:

It's like… seriously. I hate this trend.