Pardon Our Dust.

[jcap]

That's because adding in new areas donesn't change the actual underlying story or theme. Apples to oranges.

New weapons and enemies are kind of a push, but they are really just fine because the new enemies we see in Halo 2 and 3 also existed during the events of Halo. It's not like they were "created" after Halo blew up.

[ICEE]

So basically you say they should do whatever just because, regardless of how it fits in? Great linear flow.

Yeah thats exactly what I'm saying. This is a mod, not a serious retail game. If you want the original experience, play the original campaign exactly as ODX suggested. If you want the CMT experience, play the CMT campaign. Every little aspect of the mod doesn't need to fit perfectly, and I don't believe that was ever CMT's intention. You are taking this mod far to seriously for someone whose opinion doesn't really matter anyways, and I suggest you lighten up.

[jcap]

Then rebrand it. It's not Halo if you're disregarding everything that makes it Halo. You knock out any arguments because it IS theirs then.

[ICEE]

I believe calling it CMT's campaign rather than halo 1 campaign is close enough to a rebrand.

[jcap]

Hope it doesn't have any part of the word "Halo" in the release, then.

[Arteen]

It's not Halo if you're disregarding everything that makes it Halo.

Which we aren't, so what's your point?

[jcap]

We've been over this before in other threads. It's nothing more than a generic first person shooter if you take away the theme and story of the game. That's already happened a few times with cutscenes and objectives (even new BSPs have affected it enough), and you're still talking about doing it now with scrapping dialogue and the final resting place of the Pillar of Autumn. Sounds like stripping out the actual "Halo" from Halo.

I'm not saying here that the new BSPs killed it- they expanded on the universe - but they still worked towards pushing it further away from the roots of the game (not to harm, though). Now it's getting pushed over the line.

Really, if you want to change this from "Halo" to "Guy In Armored Suit Lands on Ringworld Called Halo and Saves Universe", then go ahead.

[ODX]

It's hard to say that the Halo part has been killed just by looking at it, not playing it. You (as well as I) don't have much of a good idea as to how it plays first-hand, so comparisons to the original game are quite hard to make.

[jcap]

Look, this last page almost has no meaning to it because it's like a chatroom now on a different subject.

I gave my reason for why it's dumb to switch to a bliss.

But I also gave my suggestion for how to make it better than the original even, while keeping the theme constant.

I think everyone would be very happy to see something like what I suggested. It's almost a compromise, but it's a compromise which doesn't leave any disappointment from either side, and you can fit in both sides' stories.

[nooBBooze]

jcap is right.
expanding the atmosphere > changing the atmosphere imo