"Munkeh111 said:

So long as they release a sequel to Halo Wars I am happy"

Anyway RTS or not, it was a Halo title.

Ensemble were owned by Microsoft so Microsoft made it

Lol, I'm beginning to suspect there is something personal going on between you and Munkeh111. Him saying, "So long as they release a sequel to Halo Wars I am happy" is in no way indicating that Bungie or 343 or MS already did release Halo Wars. All Munkeh111 was saying in his original comment (yeah the one you said is silly) is that as long as someone releases a sequel, he is happy. "They" could be anyone, it doesn't matter who, just as long as it's released, he's happy. Cut and dry, black and white. Then you come in out of nowhere and make the silly comment, and I quote, " Bungie did not make that game". Again, no one ever said they did, thus rendering your original comment completely useless given where the conversation was at that time.

As far as the Halo RTS, I don't care. We have a different opinion on that one, I think it was a success, you seem to hint at it being a failure. No problem there.

Re-read the OP, 343 studios are the people MS wants to see more Halo games from, the article didn't say anything about Ensemble Studios or Halo wars. Given that fact, it is easy to assertain that Munkeh111 was hoping 343 Studios was going to release a Halo Wars sequal. His statement was irrelevant to the thread, had he clarified his position, we would not be having this discussion.

Anyway, I have nothing against Munkeh111, I don't know him, and this, as far as I know, is my first encounter with the guy, I have not formed an opinion of him as of yet.

IMO 2 main entries/ generation is enough, so the formula wont get tired. Still between those we could always see spinoffs in other genres, and the stealth ( ala SC/MGS), RPG and MMO genres come to my mind

Well, Halo Wars was mentioned in the first paragraph so perhaps you should take your own advice there ;) Yes the article is about more games from 343. It didn't specify that they be main games or spin off's or DLC, just more games. Halo Wars is a game and so would a sequel be. Munkeh111 just wants one plain and simple. His statement is not irrelevant to the thread because the thread is full of people spitting out ideas for possible Halo games, he was just the first one to say anything about Halo Wars 2. 

Munkeh didn't say anything about Bungie, so why did you? What was it in his comment about wishing for Halo Wars 2 compelled you to inform him that Bungie didn't make the first Halo Wars? It seems like such a bizarre response to what he said. Now had he said something like, "Oh awesome, MS wants more Halo games, now 343 can make a sequel to that great game Halo Wars that Bungie made", it would be perfectly normal for you to say what you did. I don't get what's so difficult about this, he just wants a Halo Wars 2. At least this is how I see it.

Hardly, it wasn't mentioned by name, and only a number that vaguely referred to it, that's not a mention worth noting. Halo wars, given the context of the OP, is irrelevant. Munkeh111's post was, therefore, irrelevant and distracting.

I don't know if you know this...but Bungie made four major, and one minor Halo games, also almost half of 343 studios are previouse Bungie employees, how can you possibly NOT bring up Bungie? how many times to I have to explain this, it's not rocket science, the article in the first thread was, contextually about 343 studios cranking out more Halo games, therefore Munkeh's post seemed ill informed. He said "I hope THEY make another Halo wars." Given the studio the article focused on, "they" was presumably 343 studios.

LOL, this is ridiculous.How many times do you need to explain it? I'd say a few more to yourself. How is it that someone's simple wishes for a Halo Wars 2 game from 343 is ill informed? He never mentioned it as a fact, just expressed it as a hope. I don't see how in this instance there is anything wrong with it.

You are so fixated on "correcting" something that doesn't need it. Speaking of corrections, your quote is off. Even if he did say it that way though, there is still nothing wrong with it. Him saying," I hope 343 makes ANOTHER Halo Wars" is not the same as saying, "I hope 343 makes another Halo Wars, just like the one 343 made last time". You can swap out 343 for Bungie in my hypothetical quote as an alternative statement that would then need your original Bungie response.

See his original statement for what it was, someone expressing their hopes for a new Halo game. The fact that it's Halo Wars 2 doesn't matter. It could be a remake of Combat Evolved or Halo 2 or a Halo game from the Covenant's perspective or Johnson's perspective, it doesn't matter. If you want to have a problem with Munkeh's hopes for Halo Wars 2 then you should have a problem with several others in this thread who also hope for new and different Halo games.

Microsoft want to see more regular Halo releases according to the title of the thread. I enjoyed Halo Wars and I hope Microsoft release another Halo Wars game. I hope that clarifies my situation and I am very sorry for all the trouble I have caused

I love Halo, i´m a huge fan of the franchise (not because of the virtual paintball...err....MP.....but because of the story and characters), but this is just stupid.

1st, no one in their right mind compares anything to Activision and the evil dictator Bobby Kotick.

2nd, and this is the big problem and i tremble for Halo at this point. If you read between the lines, the reason for this is: WE DON´T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO RELEASE, ONLY HALO.

It´s the same crap that happend to Crackdown 2, one of the worst sequels i´ve seen in the last couple of years. For the ones that don´t know, Crackdown 2 was made in 18 months, Ruffian Games said so:

"We started work on 'Crackdown 2' at the very beginning of 2009," Cope explained. "Ruffian was formed in 2008 and we jumped straight into Crackdown 2 in 2009 and we worked pretty much flat out from that point on until about two weeks ago. The timescale aspect did factor into that decision. At the beginning of the project we thought, Ok, there's potentially some effort savings here and we can focus that time in places where we can expand upon the gameplay. The gameplay always won out in those decisions. Did it work? It's arguable."

It was rushed, and no triple AAA game is made in a mere 18 months cycle. And why was it made in just 18 months? Because Microsoft didn´t had anymore games to release, hell, that´s the same problem that they will have next year, besides Gears 3, there is nothing more. Halo will go the same way, i just hope that they don´t lose the quality, but knowing Microsoft and their hunger for money.....i just don´t know...