The Many Mistakes Of 343 Industries
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ค. 2024
- Halo is a franchise that I'm sure many of you are familiar with, it was once on top of the world with countless journalists and gamers praising the developers behind it, Bungie. However ever since microsoft handed the keys over to 343 Industries the series it has been in a downward spiral that does not seem to be slowing. In an attempt to discover a solution to this issue lets take a look back on the many mistakes this studio has made and find a way out of this mess. Hope you enjoy!
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0:00 Intro
3:04 The Beginning Of The End
5:13 A Misunderstanding
6:52 Unnecessary Changes
9:21 Trend Chasing
10:43 A Series Regression
12:22 Disastrous Launches
15:08 False Marketing
16:29 An Over Correction
19:07 Greed
19:44 Lack Of Content
23:16 What's The Next Step
25:32 What Can We Do To Help?
26:20 Final Thoughts - บันเทิง
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343 Industries has betrayed us many times just as 343 Guilty Spark has betrayed Master Chief many times
No wonder they named the studio after him
Aye bro we don't talk about that
Fire 343. Give it to a company that actually cares
Guys you are really taking this too seriously
By that he means twice. Our 343 betrayed us thrice.
How can they remove elites claiming “game balance” when they were literally allowing people to spawn with different weapons and abilities smh
The hypocracy is crazy
In fairness, Halo 2's busted hitboxes already gave Elites a negative connotation among the community, even if 3 and Reach were much improved in this area.
I think it's pretty obvious that 343i just didn't want the extra work of consummating visual models with hitboxes, making extra animations, and possibly more modeling work for armors since reusing campaign models (like Reach) would mean fewer options in 4.
@@ChrisSmith-mi2zo hello I was 12 when reach came out. So that was my first instance of Xbox live elites. Not broken from my perspective, I’ve never played halo 2 as an elite in multiplayer. I’ve wanted to call 343 lazy befor, but that’s just not it, they genuinely have 0 creativity or inspiration. Halo infinite is like a soda that’s been opened but not drank so you go to taste it from the fridge expecting it to be spicy but it’s just flat.
@@beeno3487 shhhh let the grown ups speak
reality is they only removed elites so they could spend resources adding lootboxes and weapon skins
Halo has been missing in action since 2011... Everything else is a nightmare
Wars was pretty good tho?
@Riorozen Yeah I know but it is still a Halo title even if.
A fucking fever dream
because it's just your opinion.
343 seriously had such a great opportunity to get halo back into their glory days and they dropped the ball so hard. It’s honestly impressive at this point how this company manages to keep a player base when it just keeps shitting on its own community. Like over a year and we still don’t get infection or grifball and only just like a month ago got forge
They have a community that shits on people who recognise 343i fucked up. That community gets stronger the more exposure Halo gets.
They seem to be full of excuses. That's why they never self-reflect and get it right. I'm sure it's an issue coming from the top down.
It's funny that Bungie never wanted to make more than 2 Halo games, meaning the majority of the games in the franchise they produced were out of obligation, yet even the filler game they made to fulfill that obligation (ODST) was leagues above anything 343 has produced.
Bullshit, played Halo 4 more than that garbage
It was clear ODST was made with a lot of passion. Their desire to do something different resulted in an interesting campaign structure. One of my favorites.
Wish they could have gone all the way and given us an ODST multiplayer, but halo 3 continuing on for a few more years was still a lot of fun.
ODST was even supposed to be an expansion, but Microsoft saw it and forced Bungie to postpone the release and make it a standalone product. This is why it has Halo 3 in it's title.
The biggest issues I have are less to do with lack of content or even technical issues. What kills me is the lack of communication within the game. There's no lobby anymore and so there's no chance to talk to anyone before or after the match. Also, barely anyone uses mics and it’s rare that more than 1 other player on your teams even uses one. Overall, the main reason to leave this game is that it just feels lonely while you're playing matchmaking.
I knew I was forgetting something in my hatred of what these games have become. It isn't social anymore. I remember Halo Reach lobbies were reminiscent of MW2 lobbies with the shit talking and general fucking about, but that all disappeared with Halo 4 and after. It felt empty.
@Bob Duckington That's...actually pretty helpful and insightful. Kudos.
That happened to every game. 12 years back you would enter a lobby in any game and people were talking. Today it's all quiet and people are too shy to talk
''it just feels lonely while you're playing matchmaking.'' I'm a very causal Halo player but this phrase hit the nail on the head for me. It feels like you aren't online, its so lonely. This is part of the reason I stopped playing, a big part.
@@TheSerpentKing It's directly linked to 343. The evidence is overwhelming.
God I miss Halo 3 and Reach at their peak dude
Same, I never really played 3 during its peak but reach and 2 were my childhood
Please, go cry me a river.
@@jasperfox6821 I'll do you one better I'll cry a Lake
@@josiahteller7556 lol
Same, that shit was my childhood right there
You’re very underrated, the quality of this video is on par with the dozens of others making Halo content, keep up the good work man.
Thanks, it's great to be compared to other amazing creators in this space!
I've only looked up the subscriber count due to this comment.
Thought he had at least 10000, considering the qualitiy
Underrated 🤓
@@balabanasireti your retardation is showing. Pitiful.
A few years ago I bought Halo 4 to check out what the Halo franchise was about .
And long story short , I thought it was boring and underwhelming so didn't touch Halo for a few years but this week I gave Halo another shot after hearing so much cool stuff about the flood.
So I played CE on the MCC and liked it but then I encountered the flood and I loved it.
Halo 2 was even better , the story was perfect, dual wielding guns was fun and I loved the Arbiter.
Halo 3 was a big improvement however I liked the Story and cutscenes of 2 better.
I am glad that I gave Halo another chance.
Just want to point out a couple issues with your timeline; Halo 3 ODST was added to MCC back in 2015, not in 2019 with the rest of MCC on PC. Also, Joe Staten joined 343 after the negative reaction to the initial gameplay trailer for Infinite, in 2020, and was not involved with the first 5 years of Infinite's development. Besides that this is an excellent video man, very good job.
The biggest mistake of 343i is their ego being so big their heads are up their asses. All they’ve ever done in their tenure is just ignore the fans, ignore the legacy, and pretend everything is fine.
Props to the devs for fixing MCC and making it work. But the higher ups are just out of touch
@Bob Duckington It's almost like they bloody want halo to fail at this point... so be it.
@Bob Duckington Thank you! Someone else who actually understands that the majority of the company is garbage!
The fall of Halo for gaming is akin to the fall of Rome. Part of me thinks that if Halo was in the right hands, it could easily be at least near its former glory.
People say that “Change is good” but that can only stretch so far. Counter Strike and TF2 somehow both managed to maintain their casual and competitive fan bases quite well without changing too much for years. I’m not sure why Halo was turned into a lab rad for experimentation.
Itll never be the same without Marty O'Donell. I wish more people would realize this and demand he's given an offer.
@@randomhiphop5055 They own all his prior works on Halo, and the guy they got for Infinite's soundtrack absolutely nailed it. Marty absolutely wasn't what made Halo special, yes he was a piece of it, but he seriously doesn't deserve as much credit as your giving him and kinda spits in the face of Michael Salvatori who did a LOT of the music too
I'm so grateful I was there for Halo 3 during its glory days. Adored that game
Ah Halo 5, I remember you well. I played the first story mission and one multiplayer match and never looked back lol.
Halo 5 had by far the worst story in the series, or honestly any game
Halo 5 multiplayer, customs and forge are some of the best imo
The best part is. Slipspace is not a new engine, Its built off halo 5 still. It just has a new rendering pipeline shoved into the old engine that dates back to myth lmao. There is still code in there referring to bungie pro.
Damn I guess UE5 isn't a new engine either.
@@KCAssassin98 correct its an iteration on unreal :D
Destiny is still on the halo 3 engine believe it or not
@@dave7474 Holy shit, no kidding? No wonder the combat loop in matchmaking felt familiar in destiny 1, even if so much had changed.
@@Destroyer_V0 yeah they talked about it a while ago. Their base gameplay is still on the BLAM engine, now theyve renamed it to FOXTROT i believe? But its obvious to tell if you slide and turn around in the tower, you can see your top half is diconnected from the bottom half. Same as halo 3. Just gotta look closely at things
You explained the “casual turns into competitive” aspect perfectly man. Couldn’t have said it simpler myself.
All my homies like William
Yessirr!
Honestly, I knew back when I was a teenager, that when Bungie left and Microsoft gave the IP over to 343, that it was over.
I showed up for Halo 4, and within two weeks, I was done.
Even if 343 somehow made a popular game that felt like Halo and pleased the fans, it would still feel like a doppelganger to me, the "soul" is long gone and 343 never knew how to replicate it anyway.
How tf does this man not even have 1k subs? Come on, this video is way underrated. I hope this kind of content continues, as it is informative and entertaining. I hope you reach a bunch of great milestones soon.
Thanks so much, I will try my best!
@@RoyallMedia Keep it up, seriously under rated channel you need more subs
This is a phenominal video, you deserve thousands of more subs.
Thanks so much, I hope I get there someday!
I said from the moment I got my blue flame in halo reach for Bungies’ parting gift that 343 would destroy the franchise. So many people defended 343 and now they are finally starting to realize what I was talking about
Amazing video, you perfectly addressed every problem with the halo series and how to fix it. You deserve way more subs, give it time and I see you going places dude! I also absolutely loves the way you ended the video with “Spartans never die, they’re just missing in action” this perfectly sums up the state of halo and how it can make a great comeback.
Halo 4 i got along with my 360 when i was 10 i honestly still love the game to this day. Even now having played and loved the original trilogy years later.
It gets a lot of hate. I liked the Campaign probably the best from 343.
this game despouite its flaws wasnt that bad
@@daenackdranils5624 my thoughts exactly
Amazing video man, loved everything you covered and your love for Halo is clear and genuine. While 343 has routinely disappointed me, taking things to the bottom line will hopefully get positive change moving forward at the studio. I hope Halo can become whole again, but the bottom line for us is that 343 didn’t create this series. 343’s creation was made out of the idea of maintaining success and Microsoft made the worst decision possible losing Bungie. They just don’t have what it takes right now, and while I’m unsure if they ever will there is a through line. That being us, cause Spartans never die, they’re just MIA
I think the future can be bright for halo as long as 343 is willing to actually listen to fan feedback, but at the end of it all one can only hope
Isn't that quote from the marketing for Halo 3, meaning it was made during the Bungie era? I might just be remembering incorrectly however?
Give us firefight 343
Still blows my mind that 343 actually think that Halo had always been some sort of sweaty MP game when the first didn't even have online connectivity and Bungie's MP director himself even said he thought having neck-to-neck matches made games boring as fuck and feel more like a job than being fun. He purposefully coded the matchmaking to match you with people below your skill level for fun, people higher up than you to humble you and then with people *of* your skill level for those heart racing moments to give you a nice gradient of all 3 forms of online play to keep things refreshing and different each time you wanted to play
This is what happens when giant corporations take over video games... and turn them into monetization streams.
At this point i would just reboot the franchise's plot from H4 onward. The story is a mess, 343 introduced the Didact, what was supposed to be the main villain of this new era of Halo and then killed him off screen, they then made Cortana become the new main villain, ended the game on a cluffhanger, and ofcourse they killed her offscreen. Now the antagonists are a crappy street gang posing as the covenant, and best of all they even managed to beat the UNSC.
Bonnie Ross also stopped the gearbox studios idea but a truly incredible video
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS #fire343 we need halo to be good again
#fire343
#fire343
@@343Films see he gets it hahahah
Bungie honestly should have never stopped making Halo
Funny to hear all the strange things as a halo fan. Halo 2 always had hidden ratings, even in social. Not everyone feels like reach is the best one.
No one was hyped for Halo 5s campaign, reaches firefight was not a feature staple, given it was introduced in ODST.
I liked that you credited 343 for dealing with an impossible problem when trying to make the MCC.
Thanks for uploading!
Every change, including the req packs and sprinting were introduced because of market pressure. It's not greed, it's how games are made nowadays
Thank you for putting split-screen as the #1 step on 343's path to redemption. It's not just a feature, it's a core aspect of Halo's identity and a signifier for the value behind 343's promises
I absolutely love this video dude! Even though im still relatively new to this series and have had a .... not so great past with its multiplayer I see how much each screw up from this company cuts into the fan base. Im still hoping that 343 is able to turn this ship around, and with new management hopefully we may be able to see Halo rise once again.
I am still hopeful, even though things have been bad I feel that the future is bright for halo!
Really appreciate the quality content
Thanks so much!
Also, blaming Halo 5 on fan outcry is just missing the mark on what went wrong.
What went wrong was this: 343 moved the leadership of Spartan Ops (from Halo 4) into the driver seat for Halo 5.
They had a massive talent loss after Halo 4. They had fresh blood all hyped to be involved in the franchise, and the studio was so haphazardly thrown together that people ran screaming for the hills. Anyone with integrity left the company long before the disasters that 343 would burden the world with.
You mentioned after Halo 4 how people on the outer edges of the fandom started to drop off, however I think that misidentifies one issue. I stopped playing after Halo 4, but in no way would I consider myself a fringe fan. I own every game up to Halo 4 and have spent countless hours in both customs and multi-player since I first sat down to play CE in 2001. I watched Red vs. Blue since it began and I tuned in every week for whatever Halo content RT was dropping. Halo was part of the reason I bought and stayed with Xbox. I used to devour Halo and everything the franchise had to offer...until Halo 4.
And the reason I think this is misidentified is because I don't think I was the only one. I think a significant portion of the player population that was right around my age at the time and going off to college kind of made the decision to drop the franchise. I know plenty of people bought new game consoles when they got to school and maybe 1 or 2 bought Halo to go along with it. Everyone elsw bought sports games or GTA V. Halo wasn't the fun, social party game anymore. Sure, things change in the this era of online multi-player, but even just 10 years ago I was sitting in a dorm room playing sport or Nintendo party games, I just wasn't playing Halo.
I can see where you are coming from, what I likely should have stated is that it killed the enthusiasm for a sizable portion of the player base but a small group of fans held out hope
There’s a difference between being a fan of the franchise and being a fan of the bungie era halo games.
Not really, the bungie era games IS the franchise. Everything after is really just fan fiction. And even feels like it.
What is your point? Did you think that was a smart and profound statement? Bungie only created the whole franchise and made the original universally praised trilogy. None of the 343 games even come close in quality to the Bungie era.
When my girlfriend first came to my house and saw my halo posters and various halo merch she said " halo I remember when that was huge in middle school everyone was playing that game that must all be stuff from your childhood" and it hit me this cultural icon of the 2000s was now obscure and irrelevant halo is in the same category as smash mouth and the black eyed peas.
Halo does not need a Battle Royale in order to be successful, look at the previous titles. But it would be mighty annoying and unoriginal for sure!
Holy crap this is the same stuff as every other "343 bad need 2 get fired" video from months ago. It's so exhausting.
Fantastic video. I agreed with everything you said. I do hope we see a drastic change to not only Halo Infinite and the other games but the studio as well. If something doesn't happen soon, there will be no hope left. Subbed and liked. Also shared this with my community. It may be small but that's more people to watch and understand what is going on and what needs to happen. Have a blessed day William!
I was 7 when I first played Halo: combat evolved.
I was 8 when Halo 2 came out.
I was late to 3 due to being in a poor family.
I was 15 when I finally stop playing reach and went off to join the U.S. army. I refused to play 4, I saw 343 made their first update to reach and removed Bunjie's goodbye letter and slapped their logo on the opening cinematic of reach's boot up.
I loved Halo wars 1 and even 2.
I just don't care for the game play, story directions.
I had to hide the steam app manifest file for mcc so their new update wouldn't erase my campaign progress on legendary. I contacted a developer moderator who simply ignored me among countless posts I've made listing the problems with mcc. 343 doesn't want any kind of criticism of their work so why would I care about their games? I could care less about what new content or games they release - they're dead to me.
You explained everything perfectly. What’s the point of complaining without a solution or reason? You hit the points and articulated what has been going on with my favorite game franchise.
This video said everything I could never put into words describing how I feel about my beloved game....its so damn unfortunate how infinite was handled, if it was up to me I'd fire every single one of them and bring in people who are clearly better at running a game because atp....343 couldn't even manage a mcdonalds let alone a hugely popular game
This is the FIRST halo game where I didn't even bother to finish the campaign, nor felt like playing multi-player & having fun; its tough to explain but the game just doesn't have the Halo Soul to it....its like somethings missing, you know it's a Halo game but it just doesn't feel that way
Halo 1-3 was such a huge part of my childhood, especially 2. I spent hours exploring the game with grenades combined using the cowbell and sputnik skulls. It was fun as hell doing this with my bro and trying to break the game. I miss the couch co-op days so much dude
The motivations, intentions, philosophies, and priorities of the leadership at 343 are too far removed from those of the people who created the original three games. These inheritors of the franchise have shown that they have misunderstood what makes Halo compelling and have thus killed, and now, are puppeteering the corpse of the franchise. They cannot resurrect Halo without a drastic revaluation of their priorities. I'm sorry to doom post, these games were so close to my heart and it's been a long journey to process the loss of such a big piece of myself.
the biggest problem with halo infinites multiplayer ist the missing lobbies, where players could talk before and after, while waiting for the round to start. it feels so quiet and lonely playing multiplayer and that is a very big problem
I think a lot of people forget when it comes to design and art style of the original trilogy Bungie was heavily inspired by Sci-fi anime whereas modern Halo starting with Reach went with more of a western Sci-fi style people don't think about this too much but that's why Halo was always mature yet exaggerated with over the top voice lines and over exaggerated blood (Which got toned down with 3). Not saying Halo didn't have western influences like Aliens and such, but there was clear anime influence in the contours and silhouette of the characters and the way they're animated. Hell Bungie, literally made a game in the anime style in 2001 called Oni. Now Halo wants to be Fortnite and barf colors ever since 5.... I hate Halo being T so it could be watered down for kids to consume.
Nice video but we just going to ignore the team kill at 11:48 😂
Don’t you worry about that
@@RoyallMedia really
@@hylianic sacrifices must be made for the sake of content
As a newcomer to Halo and having an interest in it, it is quite the mess they have gotten themselves into with these mistakes. I can only hope they can push on with Halo Infinite in a positive way with the new leadership. Amazing video by the way. You got a new sub as well. You did this video quite marvelously. Is MCC worthy playing for a new player coming into Halo? I have no idea where to start. The lore of Halo sounds so awesome as much as Destiny's and Destiny 2's lore.
Amazing video man! Pretty much exactly how i feel about 343 since they took over Halo. It’s disheartening as a halo fan to see this beloved franchise in this state. And as much as people want to see Infinite make a comeback. I personally just can’t see it. The damage has already been done. 343’s reputation has a studio is so low that it is hard to trust them on anything they say. And Halo Infinite as a brand is known for that game with desync, lack of content, and predatory monetization system
Very well put together video man!
Dude, great video!! Something you forgot to mention on the halo 4-5 transition was the killing of the didact (the main antagonist of the saga) on a f-ing comic book
Such a mistake
It baffles me how 343i named themselves after the biggest Halo villain and people think they're the good guys.
I think infinite making no money would probably make Microsoft force 343 to abandon ship and work on another game
I think Halo Reach, in addition to being the best selling of the Bungie Halos, should be commended for its day one community features. It is literally still unbeaten by any other Halo game and by basically the entire FPS genre. They had all of the usual multiplayer staples and then some. They had the best forge at the time, theater mode, firefight, a file sharing system, the most in-depth custom games options, and a fully realized campaign. All. On. Day. One.
Halo Reach is occasionally ribbed for some design decisions, like bloom, armor abilities, or ripping multiplayer maps from the campaign but you honestly can't deny the absolute wealth of content.
Amazing video I truly see your channel blowing up with Subscribers! Can you do a in depth video about the gears series
I've actually never played the majority of the Gears games but I would love to experience them for a video!
bro loved your vid, definitely should do more about your opinions on other game studios and their games
Top tier content. You're gonna go far, trust me.
Yo we are kind of like the elves in LOTR. In the second book Treebeard says, "the elves hid themselves away and sing songs of times that would never come again.". That's us. We've hidden ourselves away in the MCC and infinite custom games browser. We make lobbies with names like, "remember the good ole days." And we lament to our fellow Halo fans of the old days back when our favorite franchise was relevant. So sad.
I appreciate that you acknowledge the many missteps of 343i without attributing as much to malice as others seem to.
I don't understand why people kept giving them chances after Halo 4. They had the perfect foundation for a Halo game, they had 3 games to learn from and they also had 1 game to learn what NOT to do. And they failed, utter incompetence from the start. I'm glad people are finally waking up. Took way too fucking long though.
Subbed. Excellent video, brother.
It's just insane to me how well they earned the name 343. They presented themselves as friends with a solution to the problem (no halo after bungie) and then we discovered the reality of the solution. Then the community pushed back against the direction the series took (see halo 4 player base drop off). Only for 343 to return as apologetic and mistaken, they realised the error of H4 guys! Then we got H5, a second betrayal... I guess you could say... Two Betrayals argh argh argh argh arrr. Then we got 343 screaming that we couldn't just blow up the new direction we had to have sprint!
It's 4am I can't be bothered completing the comparison.
Tldr: 343 Industries is just like 343 Guilty Spark. Why tf didn't they call themselves 117 Industries???
Halo feel so far in their quest for the “wider audience” that the core halo fanbase is larger than what they have.
This was an incredibly well made, and said, video. I agree with pretty much every single point and just want to see Halo where it has the potential to be. +1 sub
I find it annoying that 343 will bend and backpedal and retcon tons of art and story elements while absolutely refusing to listen to any feedback about mmr and sweaty, competitive gameplay
It’s amazing in the worst way
343 if you’re watching…. take notes 👍🏾
I'm hoping they do
There were the claims that BR was needed but at the same time Infinite never delivered a true arcade multiplayer instead 343i went with an abomination of a weird attempt to be both aracdy and compeditive. The result a hot mess.
This is a good video sad I didn't see this one sooner
But it's very well thought out an paced
idk whether Im in love with this video, you, halo, or all of it. but you definitely deserve this sub
Thanks so much, I appreciate the support!
They should go back to the drawing and take what made halo great like the classic halo art style and the arena-style multiplayer.
Halo 1-3, odst, reach were lightning in a bottle games that had both grace and hostility that felt like a ride and adventure in the Halo universe. Halo 4-Infinite were formula games which affected the mystery, action and soul of this universe. As an example, I feel like 343 tried to make Halo 4 more grounded to get you hyped for action but it just got mentally dense but I feel they knew that which is why their art direction got into promethean floaty things as a substitute for the original games ambience. More dense, more misdirection of engagement Halo style.
If halo 7 has no forged at launch, I'll spam Bungie in every halo vid.
RIP 343, hopefully whoever gets the IP next can do better.
Excellent video keep up the great work 👍🏻
Amazing video! Thanks for making it. 👌 Quality.
The only good thing they did was Halo 4 Cortanas appearance
Great analysis💜
Amazing video man, good job
Halo fans : "343 needs to get with the times and make halo a BR!"
Also halo fans: "lol 343 tried to make halo a COD clone how lame"
I just miss shooting guys without worrying about a grind… think that was special about older games
Really the only option is to ditch 343. Like they already laid off a ton of people, might as well get rid of them
It’s 100% not gonna see a no man’s sky return. No man’s sky didn’t mug us off with micro transactions. The games dead, let it die, it’s for the best for all of us.
Great content here my man
Thanks so much!
I believe this video released 2 months too late.
it’s good to know there are people that feel the same way as me about this. Wild to think something that shaped my childhood has been mid for over a decade
Amazing video, man! Love your analysis and calm editing style. Great stuff 👍
A good friend of mine who I have played every Halo game Co-op with for over a decade bought the game with me at launch and we were both devastated to hear that the campaign was single player ONLY and would stay in this state for ages. He never even finished the campaign and abandoned the game shortly after. It is an understatement to say that not having content that has been integral to the series for fans like forge as a glaring example can drive some players away in an instant. I actually was embarrassed at the state of Halo when I couldn't even play the brand new single player with my friend, something I have been able to do online for ages.
343 betrayed its fanbase one too many times, the game that broke the camels back was halo mcc. I for one am excited to see 343s downfall. Can't wait for them to break and go out of business. I for one don't give a fuck about this franchise anymore, tired of 343 ruining it, tired of people defending them, and tired of people saying to be nice to them. Time and patience is over.
If 343 truly wants the fans back then please fix the MCC! Everyone knows we bought it to get halo 2 back online!! But it's missing it's corr content.. such as ranking, there isn't one for halo 2. This game has customization for all but halo 2.. it's like halo 2 was completely over looked! Please please bring back halo, 2 to what it was BEFORE the server's we're shut down...
Typical, upper management / Executives are very often responsible for horrible things happening to a company of just about any type.
Honestly, the best solution I feel is to get a much better studio with the good employees of 343 Industries and make a new studio to work on Halo. Reboot the series to before 343 Industries start making the series so that it's now continuing off of Halo 3. That being said, 343 Industries can stick around and can even continue the games THEY'RE making, but while also changin the title, characters' names, and all that obviously Halo IP stuff, but is otherwise, still the same series as what they were making with Halo. Which I feel would work well enough since 343i's games are basically a different universe and story than the other Halo games, so it wouldn't just be a "Halo what if" or anything
Well said. Let's hope we can change things around before this once-great franchise fades completely into obscurity
I'm convinced at this point that 343 intentionally is doing things 'wrong'. Simply put they know they can make a quick buck with MTX. They put profits over making a good game. Also several higher ups at 343 have been documented to dislike the old Halo games and want to force their own political and story narratives into the games.
bingo finally someone gets it...ITS ALL DONE ON PURPOSE
Tbh I’ve been having a blast playing halo custom games recently. The winter update has really clutched up for this game
Halo needs a hard reboot. 343 has completely shat all over the lore. Can't we just pretend none of this stuff ever happened. Chief and Cortana are still aboard the dawn drifting towards some unknown planet. Let's just start over from 3 but this time stick with the original lore. The forerunners were human. Not some weird OP Didact mofo that's all bitter because somehow his librarian wife flirted with the Chief's genetics in the past.
Very good explanation!
Now explain this to Microsoft, BUT make sure to say the word “Money” a LOT and it will work I’m sure!