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Halo news just too great for the E3 stage?

July 24, 2008 in News comments 17

According to Don Mattrick he believes that Halo, "the number one game in the world," is so big that it not only can't be shown on E3 but needs a single-event all by itself. It seems like Microsoft likes to tick their competition off.

In a recent interview, Microsoft’s Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, Don Mattrick, responded to Bungie’s public disagreement with the company’s decision to put off their E3 Halo announcement. Mattrick was quoted saying:

“One of the things that we decided, when you have the number one game in the world as we have in Halo, it’s a safe prediction that if we do a separate event for Halo, that it’ll be well-attended, well covered …”
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  • 3
    Zeon I Jul 25, 08
    Shit, no game is too great for E3. Hell, if Halo was there, we wouldn't be so busy hating Nintendo.
  • -1
    TurMoiL911 Jul 25, 08
    How can video game news for a game like Halo be too big for E3 ?

    E3 is the outlet that let this news out. If anything, E3 is the only place big enough to annonce something like this.
  • -1
    Drogo Baggins Jul 25, 08
    Maybe Microsoft is planning on taking over all Television and Radio Broadcasts simultaneously sometime soon in order to announce/preview it.
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    BlackLabel Jul 25, 08
    Halo the number one greatest game in the world, dear god standards have severely dropped since that game came out, i remember when Doom, Unreal Tournament and Quake were the best and they were the benchmark. Then Half-Life came along and ripped it wide open with smart storytelling, inovating gameplay and intelligent twists, then the likes of Deux Ex and other shooters... We seem to have lost the plot when a title that has a rather bland storyline, basic arena shooter gameplay and cookie cutter level design becomes the "number one game in the world" hell the only reason people love it is because they are forced to play it, it came with every Xbox thats not a feat if you ram the shit down peoples throats.

    I apolopgise for the rant but it does annoy me so, when people bring up Halo as this god like franchise when all it has done is rode on the waves of better and more innovative franchises, it is the cancer of the industry, because of it better games are brought down by Halo fans who half of which of the scum of the gaming planet, they know basic online ettiquette and have a rather limited knowledge of real and skillful shooters, i digress Halo is a fun game but not i repeat NOT the best and certainly doesn't deserve the title.

    I think the reason why it wasn't shown at E3 was the simple reason that it would have made them a laughing stock, the game would not have lived up to the standards that show set in terms of games i mean that show hosted the likes of Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, Fable 2, Resistance 2, Killzone 2 and other amazing title, if it was another Halo that would have gotten claps but the game would have probably looked a mess in comparison to the other games shown at the show. Hell when even Halobots think Halo 3 was a dissapointment then Halo 4 or whatever this announcement was won't turn as many heads...
    • 1
      Drogo Baggins Jul 25, 08
      I totally agree with what you've said, BlackLabel. I thumbed you up. Unfortunately, I'll probably be the only one to do that considering how many Halo-Fanboys exist.

      I actually do like Halo, I think they're really fun games. But I definitely don't think they're very well made. I think that the controls are the one thing that could be said are amazing about the Halo series.

      You may disagree, but I honestly think Halo has some of the best controls I've ever seen. Probably the best of any FPS, IMO. I think it just feels so natural. You can fall right into it and land softly.
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        Slumpy monkey Jul 25, 08
        Yeah true about the controls, I think Bungie does a good job with Halo. They have exemplary community support etc. I think people just hate on it because its mainstream. No one takes hits at other games like Killzone 2 for its story. Now Halo is not the best game in the world, But it's defenetly a great game. I do see how people can have some distaste to it though. But I do think it has a good story IMO.
        • 1
          Drogo Baggins Jul 25, 08
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          No one takes hits at other games like Killzone 2 for its story.
          lol, that's because it's not out yet. But I see what you mean.

          I think that Halo seems terrible to some people just because of all the hype. I don't think it lives up to the hype, personally. I honestly kid of wish all reviewers and critics said that all three games were crap, just so gamers wouldn't expect the game to be absolutely amazing in every way.

          It could've been a sleeper-hit. I honestly think it's turned out to be more of a generic shooter, though, because of high expectations.
        • 1
          Red 9 Jul 25, 08
          Halo does do things right, yes, but it's not like it completely redefines those things. I can count on one hand easily the things Halo has to truly brag about, Forge being one, as well as a good musical soundtrack. Halo isn't flawed, it's very clean actually. But I could never see in it what was so super-amazing. I've just never been wowed by it.
    • 1
      Seproth Jul 25, 08
      I agree. Halo isn't nearly the franchise it's made out to be. Sales figures don't lie though. A 4th one would be huge.

      While I think every game with the name Halo besides Combat Evolved was a failure. Resistance and Killzone shouldn't be considered better. The original Killzone was mediocre. Resistance was good but it did less than Halo did as far as moving the genre forward.
      • -2
        Red 9 Jul 25, 08
        How could you move the genre forwrad, though? Halo just came out at the right time doing the right things. There's not much else in the realm of FPS that can be revised to really redefine the genre.
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          Seproth Jul 25, 08
          Halo still moved it forward.

          Example they weren't the first to have vehicles. However, after Halo almost every FPS does. They did it right, and made it a staple of the genre.
        • -2
          Red 9 Jul 26, 08
          They might have with the first, but the next two sequels were nearly identical.

          And I meant that now it's hard to move the genre forward today because it's nearing the point where you can't add anything new that won't just feel like a gimmick.
  • -1
    Avalith Jul 25, 08
    "One of the things that we decided, when you have the number one game in the world. . ."

    Wait... Since when did Microsoft get Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VII?
    • -3
      Final Blade Jul 25, 08
      Apparently they're getting them on XBLM Soon in a year.
  • -1
    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 25, 08
    Comparing two different genres doesn't make any since. However MS probably did this just so they could announce this when they want to. Like putting it in the middle of the speech. "We are glad to announce the specifics of downloadable content, Assasins Creed sequel will have extras on 360,:cough:halo4:cough, and free punch for all visitors."
  • 2
    Dark Dom Jul 25, 08
    There's nothing wrong with Halo, it's a decent game and fun to play with friends. I bought it with my 360 a few weeks ago, and it's fun to just pick up and play with several mates, and yell at the TV for a bit. Though Xbox Live hosts 300,000 of the biggest douchebags in existence.

    Brawl was easily more hyped than Halo, and it failed pretty horribly. Why aren't more people bashing that? Everywhere I go, I just hear "Halo sux olol" or "itz generic shooter." People just need to *bleep* up and start judging games on the things they do right and not what they do wrong.
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    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 26, 08
    Brawl was awesome and is easily my favorite fighting game at the moment. Although I do tend to play Halo more.

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