why bungie had to leave halo

should games have stories though?

man did a ronaldo siuuu at 5:58 no cap all throat

instead of getting the 2 games done with, bungie decided to do it once more, with feeling, and used the opportunity to implement things that they couldnt with odst and reach before moving on, edited and trimmed for your leisure

could not fathom why bungie would ever give up halo as a kid, and when i learned reach was it, i don't think i accepted it as reality for like a year, seeing the halo 4 popup in the menu when you started up reach was surreal, i think i paused every time to read it in disbelief... thumbnail related

reach infection brought me to my knees and left me in tears, challenges even worse so

[wolf]

Bungie leaves Halo to get their freedom, only to sign a contract with Activision, flee that relationship, then get bought by Sony. tbh, Bungie was better off with Microsoft.

[alexandregarcia]

Halo died with 343 and Bungie kinda foretold it with Halo: Reach, it died just like that planet, a slow, terrible, gruesome and horrific death...

[slinkerdeer]

I always had an odd feeling of affection for Reach. Hearing one of the devs say it was closer to being what they originally wanted to make confirms that. They sid brilliantly with the Xbox hardware limitations, Reach however got that advantage of more features they could add. Despite it being the most controversial of the Bungie Halo's, I loved it the most.

[SooperKaleBoo]

Push the algorithm get this man his 1k subs

[ashtondillard]

The fact that they wanted freedom from Xbox yet took a deal with Playstation really pisses me off. In my eyes Bungie WAS Xbox yenno? Bungies halo games were what made Xbox so great. If they stayed with Xbox and made both Destiny and the later Halo games I believe that would have been the best outcome. I actually like Halo infinite but you can tell they are trying so hard to turn halo into cod. They have modernized the controls, added mangling, sliding, ADS. All very call of duty/battlefield esc. The reason halo was so good was that it was never trying to be that.

[nostalgicactuator]

It’s understandable why Bungie wanted to leave Halo, but leaving Halo to 343 has to have been one of the worst decisions ever made in the gaming industry. Their games have been shoddily made, lacking in lore and gameplay while constantly removing more and more mechanics that have been present in the Bungie era. They’ve torn down the old lore, all the way since Frank had helped right the single branch of Terminals in Halo 3 that contradicted the Forerunner-Human relations, and continuing until the lore was a mess and the artstyle was worse.
They’ve only put out mediocre content, and their best work has been when they left an isolated team work on the MCC, without the horrible management dragging them down.

The biggest evidence is the simple, undeniable fact that Halo has been buried. It used to be a gaming and sci fi juggernaut, and now it’s just another game. I cannot fathom how Frank and the rest of the top dogs at 343 weren’t fired after the horrendous launch of the MCC, or after Halo 5, or after Halo Infinite. It’s a damn shame too because the one time Microsoft would be in the right to fire devs and/or slash the studio, they refuse to do it.

[griffens]

Funny thing I beat Halo reach multiple times. It is really fun but I can never figure out who I ever was that whole entire time whenever we went to catchings I couldn't figure out which Spartan I was

[travissaldana]

I miss u bungie why did u have to leave everything was fine 😭

[justintheegrey]

Had Microsoft just given Bungie their creative freedom, while also asking them to dedicate a decent size team for Halo, shit would’ve been right. Bungie was their golden goose, & greed blinded Microsoft with their grubby fingers. Should’ve given them a blank check.

“You’re our golden goose, make whatever game you’d like, but please also keep making phenomenal Halo games too.”

But no. Here we are. I wonder if old Bungie devs share this same sentiment after all that’s transpired.

[DadBodFit]

Bungie is why Halo is a household name. Not this 343 BS. It's why Destiny is more like Halo now than Halo..😅

[MichealJacksonLegend]

Sadly bungie never made another game, as there company closed down after reach, sad but true

[shooterssymphony]

People forget video games used to made by like 10 people in a basement, and now game devs these days struggle with 200 ppl and way bigger budgets, crazy

[Alltime]

I still play all the different versions of Halo that Bungie produced. The first time I played 343s Halo 4, I lost interest halfway through and didn't finish. It sucked so bad I've never come back for more.

[supermagnumable]

EVEN WHEN YOU HEAR BUNGIE & 343 TALK THEY COULDN’T BE ANYMORE DIFFERENT‼️

Bungie: “we wanted to do something new, we modeled this after a detective story, etc”


343 using a bunch of industry buzzwords: “we created an EXPANSIVE, OPEN WORLD SANDBOX that REACTS to the player, etc”

Smh one understands how to sell a fun game to casual gamers. The other is talking like they’re in a board room meeting with a power point presentation.

[laimo]

Hearing them say ODST is their favorite Halo sucks for me because I HATE THE GAME. I dont even know why either, I love all other Halo games (made by Bungie) but ODST just bores me when I play it, I finished it at least.

[sinisterresonantbell]

Weapon bloom was always questionable and 110% soured my enjoyment of Reach. I go so far as to say Halo doesn’t have weapon bloom (:

[Punisher-amigo]

By this point i think 343 should had killed master chief in halo 4 because as i see nowadays halo is going nowhere without bungie

[Sparxoh]

You need more aknowledgemnt you release treasure.

[DKK]

Never should have sold Halo to Microsoft

[Ghordamnshanku]

Bungie shouldnt be disliked for destiny i mean bungie had 1 thing or well better sayd 2 things 1 was story telling and 2 was luck. (That was just for the chief relation you got it right? Ahaha...) anyways bungie should either 1. Keep making destiny and go bankrupt eventuallt or 2. Go to microsoft and ask if they want to work with them again with i doubt microsoft will say no to