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What is the point of Xbox? (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 7 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

There's so much potential for a Halo game that isn't just a shooter.

I think a survival horror game based around the Flood would be amazing- something Dead Space-y but Halo. That would be incredibly difficult to make, and it's never going to happen, but it would be cool.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or a Mass Effect scale RPG

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hell even a Bethesda scale RPG, set it in a city during the Human covenant war where you have to move around using utility areas kinda similar to the subways in Fallout 3. Just dont give it to Bethesda, I dont trust them not to fuck it up after Starfield.

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Actual Bethesda or Bethesda adjacent? Because Fallout 3 and 4 use warped map scaling while NV uses actual scale

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Eithers fine IMO, maybe a bit more vertical. Im just saying around that size give or take.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the franchise has been on life support since Bungie left, they should have just licensed the IP to other studios.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't entirely agree with that- I enjoyed some of the 343 games. They're not the same quality as the original trilogy, but I would describe all of them but Halo 5 as 'good'. Not great or amazing, but good.

I would love to see them license the IP out more, though, just so we could see more variety of games. I like Halo but "he kills all the aliens and doesnt afraid of anything" gets a bit old after the fifth time or so.

The only other Halo games are Halo Wars- which personally I enjoyed a lot- and the Spartan Assault twinstick shooter games that I never played.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As games sure, they were alright. But they werent Halo games. Its one of the best trilogies of all time and ODST and Reach were also great additons. I think 343 dropped the ball massively and at that point just licensing the IP could have yielded some good games too as it was already tarnished anyway.