Because there is no need for it. (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Monday, July 28, 2014, 12:01 (3770 days ago) @ Revenant1988

Is there something wrong with my hoping for theater mode? You've posted a variation of this before when I've mentioned it, and I don't get why it seems so unreasonable to include the feature, given Bungie's history with it (BTW, it's not a Halo thing. Marathon and Myth had films, too.)

No not at all, and in fact I've never disagreed with you that theater mode is an awesome tool and adds many possibilities to a game.

I've posted a variation of my views because you posted a variation of yours- you opened the discussion :P

The view I expressed is that I doubt Destiny will have theater mode, and we seem to agree on that. I didn't say we're entitled to it, or how dare Bungie not include it! Bungie SUX! OhEmGee! I didn't say including it would be a cakewalk, but it never was, and Bungie has pulled it off before, so it's not unreasonable to hope for it. There's a difference in hoping for it and saying it damn well better have it.

Where I think it is unreasonable is that this generation of console offers tools that the previous gen did not, and one of those is video recording (and while it is not as robust as Bungie's theater mode of Halo 3 and Reach, it's still better than the myriad of games that didn't offer it at all)

I disagree with this. Imagine what could be done with both! I predict that without theater mode we'll get more first-person, Halo-2-style highlight reels set to incredibly crappy music. I've seen enough of those to last a lifetime. For my interests, built-in video capture eliminates the need for Bungie Pro. That's it. (I also don't particularly like having to worry about what to capture while I'm playing.) Neither feature is necessary, but saying that video capture makes theater mode unnecessary is like saying you get a free toaster so an oven is unnecessary. There's more to life than toast.

Second, a good bit of my favorite fan-created content could not have been made with only video capture. Video capture simply does not replace theater mode.

I agree 100% with you.

But that doesn't change my reasoning as to why they may have decided to leave it out.

Your reasoning is speculation. I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'll speculate that there are people at Bungie who understand the impact of theater mode on the community and what a force multiplier it is as compared with simple video capture.

Lastly, I don't think you understand how films worked. The game engine and assets are what take up space. I'm not saying Destiny doesn't present unique technical hurdles. Halo did, too, else the first two games might have had them.

Perhaps I don't, but on that same token, maybe the way Halo had saved films is not possible in Destiny for the exact same reasons you mentioned, and to expect Bungie to include them just because they did for previous games is unreasonable.

I never said I expect Bungie to include it because they have before. Odds are better that they would, though, than the odds would be had they never included it before. I've expected it only so far as the last five Bungie games have built on the features that came before, but I'm well aware that this is a different animal. I won't be angry about theater's absence, but I can't be talked out of being disappointed either.

Like I said, if the game is going to have them, we probably would have heard about it by now. Maybe they have other plan. Maybe it will come later as a patch or expansion. Maybe they're testing the waters. I don't know, and neither does anyone else until they tell us.

I agree. I'll remain hopeful until it's confirmed one way or another, and if it's not included this time, I'll hope for it in the sequels.