Halo is one of the greatest franchises of all time. Can Bungie top it?

Just wondering what you guys think Bungie will do with Activision behind it and whether or not their next project could become another Halo type franchise in which we get 5 amazing games in a 10 year period? I have been a big Bungie fan since their Myth days so I'm thinking the answer will be yes. I just hope that Activision doesn't milk the nipple off the cow like they are doing with CoD.

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

-The-G-Man-

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

RonnieLottinSF

uh no. sales and review scores are meaningless unless you're an investor.

if you were to call Halo 1 one of the greatest shooters ever or say Halo 2 revolutionized console multiplayer, I'd give it to you. but calling the franchise as a whole one of the best things in gaming is something i cannot agree with.

Just wondering what you guys think Bungie will do with Activision behind it and whether or not their next project could become another Halo type franchise in which we get 5 amazing games in a 10 year period? I have been a big Bungie fan since their Myth days so I'm thinking the answer will be yes. I just hope that Activision doesn't milk the nipple off the cow like they are doing with CoD.

RonnieLottinSF

Hopefully they can. Then we'll have two great franchises to play.

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"][QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

-The-G-Man-

uh no. sales and review scores are meaningless unless you're an investor.

if you were to call Halo 1 one of the greatest shooters ever or say Halo 2 revolutionized console multiplayer, I'd give it to you. but calling the franchise as a whole one of the best things in gaming is something i cannot agree with.

And so it begins..... :roll:

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"] Sales and reviews of those 5 games, plus the on-line MP revolution Halo started for consoles, says it is one of the greatest franchises to ever grace gaming. You don't have to like a franchise, but in some cases, you have to respect it and Halo is surely one of those cases. The numbers speak for themselves: Halo: CE - 95..6 Halo 2 - 94.6 Halo 3 - 93.5 Halo 3: ODST - 85.1 Halo: Reach - 91.7 In total these 5 games have sold around 50 million units.Heroldp813

uh no. sales and review scores are meaningless unless you're an investor.

if you were to call Halo 1 one of the greatest shooters ever or say Halo 2 revolutionized console multiplayer, I'd give it to you. but calling the franchise as a whole one of the best things in gaming is something i cannot agree with.

And so it begins..... :roll:

[QUOTE="Heroldp813"]

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

uh no. sales and review scores are meaningless unless you're an investor.

if you were to call Halo 1 one of the greatest shooters ever or say Halo 2 revolutionized console multiplayer, I'd give it to you. but calling the franchise as a whole one of the best things in gaming is something i cannot agree with.

RonnieLottinSF

And so it begins..... :roll:

you know tons of people on this forum truly hate Call of Duty and it fits that exact criteria, right? :D

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"]

[QUOTE="Heroldp813"]

And so it begins..... :roll:

-The-G-Man-

you know tons of people on this forum truly hate Call of Duty and it fits that exact criteria, right? :D

One of the most marketed franchises of all time is more like it.

And you decide to follow those drones to the fullest I see or did you think I hate CoD? RonnieLottinSF

actually you seemed confused as to why someone could dislike a franchise when it's sold well and been handed great reviews, and i pointed out that it's not an uncommon occurence.

not to mention you've conveniently ignored the fact that i said i don't hate Halo but think including it as one of the best series ever is wrong on many different levels. and that all you've really done so far is say "i liked it", "lots of people bought it", and "some other people liked it too."

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"] And you decide to follow those drones to the fullest I see or did you think I hate CoD? -The-G-Man-

actually you seemed confused as to why someone could dislike a franchise when it's sold well and been handed great reviews, and i pointed out that it's not an uncommon occurence.

not to mention you've conveniently ignored the fact that i said i don't hate Halo but think including it as one of the best series ever is wrong on many different levels. and that all you've really done so far is say "i liked it", "lots of people bought it", and "some other people liked it too."

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"] And you decide to follow those drones to the fullest I see or did you think I hate CoD? RonnieLottinSF

actually you seemed confused as to why someone could dislike a franchise when it's sold well and been handed great reviews, and i pointed out that it's not an uncommon occurence.

not to mention you've conveniently ignored the fact that i said i don't hate Halo but think including it as one of the best series ever is wrong on many different levels. and that all you've really done so far is say "i liked it", "lots of people bought it", and "some other people liked it too."

i'm not interested in System Wars "rules" unless they'll get me banned or suspended.

i would add reasons why each of those games are bad or good or mediocre, but actually i can get on board with "for its genre"

Bungie topped Pathways into Darkness with Marathon. Bungie topped Marathon with Myth. Bungie topped Myth with Halo. Bungie will top Halo.R3FURBISHED

Probably not. Their next project will probably be great though.

I don't think Halo is one of the best franchises of all time. It's not even close to that. I bet Bungie can top it fairly easily in quality, since they seemed to be over Halo for quite a while.

Their next IP probably won't sell as well, though.

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"]

Just wondering what you guys think Bungie will do with Activision behind it and whether or not their next project could become another Halo type franchise in which we get 5 amazing games in a 10 year period? I have been a big Bungie fan since their Myth days so I'm thinking the answer will be yes. I just hope that Activision doesn't milk the nipple off the cow like they are doing with CoD.

lawlessx

With the talent behind Bungie, I don't have any doubt.Stevo_the_gamer

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

RonnieLottinSF

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

RonnieLottinSF

Yeah thats an awesome record right there.

But I've no doubt Bungie can continue to the same standards.

I have complete faith in Bungie. Especially after reach turned out to be the best of the franchise.

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"][QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

Mozelleple112

It is always funny to witness some one in SW try to discredit some one else's post with no credible information of their own, especially from a Sony drone who is obviously butt hurt over the Halo series.

Any way, both of these articles proves us both wrong, although I was closer to the figure than you were and from the looks of things the series as a whole will reach 50+ million by years end - http://www.vgchartz.com/article/87043/halo-a-sales-history/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(series) The only thing you were right about was using GS instead of GR to help my argument. GR = 92% overall for the 5 Bungie games, 94% overall per GS.

Halo has big marketing and big fanbase behind it, Acti can provide the former, but the latter will be hard to earn.

I don't think Bungie is such a great developer. Certainly not Valve or id level.

Halo has big marketing and big fanbase behind it, Acti can provide the former, but the latter will be hard to earn.

I don't think Bungie is such a great developer. Certainly not Valve or id level.

Orchid87

[QUOTE="Orchid87"]

Halo has big marketing and big fanbase behind it, Acti can provide the former, but the latter will be hard to earn.

I don't think Bungie is such a great developer. Certainly not Valve or id level.

SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="RonnieLottinSF"][QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]

Combat Evolved was great, 2 was painfully bad, 3 was less painfully bad, ODST was an ok glorified expansion, and Reach was great.

not getting the "one of the greatest franchises ever" vibe you are

-The-G-Man-

uh no. sales and review scores are meaningless unless you're an investor.

if you were to call Halo 1 one of the greatest shooters ever or say Halo 2 revolutionized console multiplayer, I'd give it to you. but calling the franchise as a whole one of the best things in gaming is something i cannot agree with.

We all realize you're trying ever so hard to be different, but I think you're taking it too far. Calling Halo one of the greatest franchises ever isn't a stretch by any imagination.

halo can't even top the half life series

halo can't even top the half life series

sillaris

You say that like Half-Life is easy to top?

[QUOTE="sillaris"]

halo can't even top the half life series

KSU-Wildcat

You say that like Half-Life is easy to top?

[QUOTE="KSU-Wildcat"]

[QUOTE="sillaris"]

halo can't even top the half life series

RonnieLottinSF

You say that like Half-Life is easy to top?

Haha I think a good bit of both!

On topic: I'm anxious about their next release; cautiously excited. I am in love with the Halo series, but I'm in love with it because of its mechanics, feel, and balance. It hits an undeniably sweet spot. There have been nagging problems throughout the series though that aren't necessarily related to gameplay. I felt like they set a fantastic foundation for a story and universe in the first game, and had that universe fleshed out beautifully in several novels, but they could never get me really "in to" a story in their games from 2 - Reach. If they perfect their feel and controls and fun factor in their next series, count me in though!!

idk. Their best game is still the original Halo.. Halo 3 was amazing as well, and halo 2 was ok.. But Reach was incredibly disappointing and felt very poorly put together.. Lacked the polish and spark the other halo games, even Halo 2 had. And ODST was just a crappy cash in. So idk with their last two games being as lackluster as they were I won't rule it out but I'll be very surprised

Halo is what it is today because of MS, I am not sure they will ever be able to create a sales juggernaut like Halo without them, but that's not to say they wont create quality games on par.

Halo has big marketing and big fanbase behind it, Acti can provide the former, but the latter will be hard to earn.

I don't think Bungie is such a great developer. Certainly not Valve or id level.

We all realize you're trying ever so hard to be different, but I think you're taking it too far. Calling Halo one of the greatest franchises ever isn't a stretch by any imagination.

KSU-Wildcat

i love how much you back up your argument.