YAY (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 11:03 (1 hours, 6 minutes ago) @ Avateur

I can finally buy a new Halo game again? Because they finally fulfilled my “take the franchise away from 343 since 343 has done everything it can to kill Halo” wish? What a great day for Halo! And then the Destiny lives announcement yesterday. And Marathon is awesome. We’re all just coming out on top right now!

I've long thought that your disappointment in Halo 4 and MCC had curdled into animus. I should hope I never disappoint you! I had my disappointments with non-Bungie Halo games, but I never stopped rooting for them. Halo 4 had some good story beats. I'm glad that the Master Chief Collection (in its current state) exists. I truly enjoyed the core content in Campaign Evolved. I can't relate to the mindset that one minute is so certain that a group of people under one moniker is incapable of delivering a game that is worthy of trying, to the next minute saying "I can't wait to play it" about a game no one knows anything about except that it will be made by a group of people under a different moniker. I continue to root for the Halo franchise, but I also have never believed that Activision had some kind of golden touch. (I used to believe that about Bungie and still believe they do "fit and finish" as well as anyone.) We will see!