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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What I am really unsure about is if there's even a market for Halo anymore.

I'd like to think that a plot-heavy, dialogue-heavy game has a place in the modern era, at least after God of War and Ragnarök, but I don't know if that's what the kids want, and I really don't think the industry wants it because it's expensive and the ROI is low compared to PvP extraction shooters, which are cheaper to make an easier to monetize.

I want to play a story through, and I want to care about the story and the characters and the dialogue. I cut my FPS teeth playing Marathon (Bungie's predecessaor to Halo) and never got into the shallow-plotted shooters that id Software was pushing at the time, but I think the market has largely passed me by.

This focus on the engine and the focus on company structure does not give me hope.

[–] cristo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Considering how successful Red Dead 2 was, I think the market exists. Although smaller for Halo

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

I walked past a Gamestop once and heard one tween girl ask another what Halo 5 was. "It's some old game my dad used to play."

That was ten years ago.