"According to the source, the new Halo game will be a spin-off that resembles "a cross between Ghost Recon and Gears of War." It will reportedly tell a "less cartoony" and "more bloody, violent, and grim" tale of a battle between UNSC forces and the pan-racial religious empire known as the Covenant."
That's a shame. One of the things I like about the Halo franchise is how cartoony/bizarre-looking the Covenant and Flood look. All of those bright neon colors and strange enemy designs set them apart, looks-wise, from most other FPSs.
And anyway, don't we have more than enough dark, grim, bloody shooters right now?
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
