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or better yet, make one awesome game, and continue supporting it for a while with new content and updates (see tf2)
note: adding a bunch of marginally different new weapons to a game with several huge balancing and gameplay issues instead of fixing said issues does not count. looking at you, bf3.
with all of that tech and the tools at their disposal, millions of fans who want more of the franchise and the gameplay, and a immersive universe that people have fallen in love with, why on earth would they drop the franchise and do something else?
should microsoft stop making windows operating systems and work on a newly branded operating system because windows 7 was a high point? should nintendo stop making mario games because they've already made like eight hundred?
343, the company who's soul purpose is to own and promote the Halo franchise dropping the franchise would be like Toyota dropping vehicles, or Microsoft dropping software development!
if they went and made a new franchise with the Halo tech they have at their disposal, people would undoubtably say it's too similar to halo and they're ripping off a successful franchise!
The engine is far more capable than just shitting out a Halo game. Hell, look at some of the CE works, and they're done without changing (much) of 10yr+ old engine itself!Quote:
Originally Posted by t3h m00kz
sure, slap a few real-life-gun models in, maybe a bow-and-arrow or whatever, slap a new name on it and you've got a different game. however all of the gameplay systems and mechanics are in place and set pretty much in stone, and the gameplay would still feel like halo, and that won't change unless they make some massive changes to their engine and the way their games work. just like how all of the mods out there feel like halo, because they're running off of the same binaries and code and pre-set mechanics.
regardless, I get what you're saying, but if nothing else I stand by my other points.
So, did Stubbs the Zombie feel like Halo?
Was it built by Bungie with the same binaries and preset values as a Halo title?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stubbs_...ithout_a_Pulse
"Using the Halo engine provided some problem in the early stages. The engine was completely developed by Bungie and it lacked notes from them or peer reviews that would emphasize possible programming problems.Due to this, an excessive amount of time was spent determining which contractors would require training to use the engine, as well as how long they would receive instruction."
so that backs up my point that they had to do all sorts of crazy shit to the engine to get the results they wanted for a different game experience.
Yes, it's possible to make a completely new game using the Halo engine, as they have access to the source code. However, the amount of source code that would need to be ripped out and reworked to fit the needs of the title would still be quite a chore.
The Halo engine is not like the UDK, where you can make absolutely anything with the tools. The binaries and tools themselves need to be reworked.
and to answer your question, yes, you could totally tell it was on the halo engine, by the way the models appeared, the effects interacted with the environment, and the shadows faded out. just little things like that.
let's not forget they slapped "BUILT ON THE HALO ENGINE" on the cover. it's pretty obvious they were doing it for better sales. and even then, the game was nowhere near a triple-A title.
Did anyone else notice the size of this covie ship next to Infinity?
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Is that supposed to be a Battlecruiser? It wouldn't be THAT small next to the Infinity >_>
It could be just a shadow, no? Or maybe it's a placeholder for another ship class that is that small.