Halo - The New Era Begins

[JackHandy]

Azzanation said:

JackHandy said:

I was playing Halo before Xbox Live was even a thing, but when Bungie and Marty left, it felt like the soul of the machine left with them. Despite this, I spent years trying to stay in love with the franchise because in my opinion, those games were the best console FPS of all time. But I just can't anymore. It's been too many missteps. Too many attempts to recreate the magic that was Halo 1-3, only to see each one fall short (imo) of that goal. So I'm done. It was a glorious fight, but we finished it. 

Like most trilogies, it always goes down hill, like we have seen with Star Wars or Indiana Jones etc. It's extremely hard to maintain such epic story telling when the best parts of the stories have already been told.

Yes, you are correct. But imo, I'd rather those franchises call it a day than continue. Star Wars should have ended with Return of the Jedi. Indiana Jones should have ended with The Last Crusade. And, likewise, Halo should have ended with Halo 3 because remember, we finished the fight, and the story was told. Bungie left, Marty left, and Halo should have left with them, in my opinion. If Microsoft wanted another huge FPS franchise, they should have hired the best talent and made a whole new one with a whole new story, not kept churning out new games using the Halo name.

That's how I feel about it.