Heroic is the 'sweet spot' posted by Narcogen at Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:44:00
Re: Kotaku: Behind the scenes Halo 3 Launch posted by Narcogen at Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:07:00
Re: The worst example is Floodgate posted by Narcogen at Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:55:00
Like me, OldNick had some issues with the arcade concept of the "boss battle" coming to the Halo series. His latest blog entry, Building Better Bosses, examines the use of boss encounters in Halo 2 and Halo 3.
Awhile back I took a post about a Halo themed shoe and spun it into a theory about why Bungie and Microsoft might have parted so amicably: because while Bungie gets the freedom to expand into a studio large enough to do more than one project and not just Halo games, Microsoft gets to retain the Halo intellectual property to capitalize on any way they can.
Of course, it turned out the shoe wasn't official-- it was just a one-off by a fan.
Now the other shoe has dropped.
A tight, taut, trite, thought about the autoupdate, melee and some MLG visitors.
I'm returning to a fundamental theme of my first entry: the tension between the need (or desire) to tell a story in a particular way, and the need to keep the player involved and immersed - by maintaining the consistency and believability of the game-world. Once again I have specific Halo examples in mind - the boss-battles in Halo 2, and Halo 3. Obviously, this means Halo 3 Campaign spoilers, so stop reading here if this is a problem for you.
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Re: The worst example is Floodgate posted by Narcogen at Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:07:00
It's the NFL's Bengals against Bungie this week in the first great sporting event of the New Year.
Sixteen player carnage in ranked form has arrived in Halo 3. Log in to matchmaking and hop into the Ranked Big Team Battle playlist to take it for a spin.
Re: The worst example is Floodgate posted by Narcogen at Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:46:00
Re: The worst example is Floodgate posted by Narcogen at Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:44:00