naznatips said:
Isn't that sort of proving him right? Especially FFXII... |
Movies are the same way: people scream and shout about Spiderman 3... six months later, everyone scratches their heads, wondering what the fuss was all about. Halo 3 is an excellent shooter, but in the end it's a fairly standard save-the-galaxy-from-going-boom FPS with slick production values, with nothing like the demented genius of Bioshock ("would you kindly", indeed!) or the jaw-dropping innovations of MGS4 or SMG.
Probably this is why Bungie finally split from Microsoft. I'll bet a sizeable stack of euros that the Microsoft execs pressured Bungie to play it safe and deliver a pedestrian money-maker, and finally Bungie had enough of the suits nitpicking their vision to death. Which is good news for the Halo franchise - Bungie has some superb artists, and it's important for artists to have the creative space to take risks.
