Guess I'll just continue to be that guy...

Which guy? The guy who makes decisions and is convinced of something two days before he can possibly know what's coming?! You're being an idiot.

You know I correctly predicted everything about Destiny in 2010 right? Two days doesn't seem like such a long time.

Where? When? I poked around the HBO Forum archives a bit but there's a lot of posts and I didn't manage to find one with Destiny predictions. Found one where you predicted that Bungie's next game would be a FPS or 3rd person shooter... but that hardly qualifies as everything. Presumably you're thinking of a different topic. I'm curious to see what you had to say and how it matches up to today.

Got a link?

Guess I'll just continue to be that guy...

Which guy? The guy who makes decisions and is convinced of something two days before he can possibly know what's coming?! You're being an idiot.

You know I correctly predicted everything about Destiny in 2010 right? Two days doesn't seem like such a long time.

I hope everything is exactly the same but updated to current light levels. Don't want them to ruin the raids like they did the original strikes.

I am with you but would even take it one step further: keep the raids exactly the same including the light level. Basically don't touch anything.

Bungie is better suited by putting 100% of their energy into new things for Des2ny. These types of content updates are never of high quality. The ones that are are like TTK, and of course need massive amounts of resources.

It's almost a mathematical fact that there is just WAY more awesome content than there used to be, let alone multiplayer/co-op focused content. Hell the survival genre is consuming my friends-list with random fodder like ARK. I view it with derision but respect the all consuming power it has over the gaming populace.

I also for one, don't look back on the narrative in Halo games in the way most people around here do. Maybe that's why I enjoyed Halo 5 so much. I've loved all of these games, but always to a certain extent, and mostly on my own.

Destiny is too flawed to capture that old non-343 Halo essence

I think a large portion of the "old non-343 Halo essence" was the zeitgeist surrounding Halo has a landmark console FPS. Very much a time, place, and lack of all the amazing games that each member of this community can get lost in.

I don't know about you, but I simply did not have as many quality options to play back then.

Yeah, that's got to be true to at least some significant extent. When we talk about the Bungie Halos we do need to keep some perspective. Things like "you have your regular health and a regenerating shield that lets you recover from mistakes!" or "it is fun and easy to drive the vehicles" or (moving into the Halo 2 era) "you just press a button and can play multiplayer with and against players of similar skill!" were all kinda these new, revolutionary things.

I do tend to agree with Avateur here. I think something was lost or moved away from with the shift to 343i. But I've also not really given Halo 5 a proper chance and know that there's many who really enjoy it. But, as you said, we now have such a wealth of amazing games to play. Its sometimes hard to devote yourself to a game you aren't quite sure of when there are ones you are playing or are about to play that you are lost in.

Destiny is too flawed to capture that old non-343 Halo essence

I think a large portion of the "old non-343 Halo essence" was the zeitgeist surrounding Halo has a landmark console FPS. Very much a time, place, and lack of all the amazing games that each member of this community can get lost in.

I don't know about you, but I simply did not have as many quality options to play back then.

From 2007-2011 (343's TU1 that ruined Reach), there were tons of quality options; CoD in its prime, GTA4, Left 4 Dead, and a ton of great single-player games, like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Dead Space, etc... And yet everyone still came back to Halo 3, Reach, and ODST. I think that's the "essence" that is missing for some people with Destiny.

I think a lot of that has to do with an uninspired in-game narrative and a lack of freedom with custom games, which was a big draw for this community during Halo's prime.

Maybe Bungie will indeed surprise us with D2, I dunno.

Destiny is too flawed to capture that old non-343 Halo essence

I think a large portion of the "old non-343 Halo essence" was the zeitgeist surrounding Halo has a landmark console FPS. Very much a time, place, and lack of all the amazing games that each member of this community can get lost in.

I don't know about you, but I simply did not have as many quality options to play back then.

Also, tomorrow's "reveal" probably won't be that special. But when the Destiny 2 stuff gets going (barring any delay), this place will light up nicely.

Guess I'll just continue to be that guy...

Which guy? The guy who makes decisions and is convinced of something two days before he can possibly know what's coming?! You're being an idiot.

Like Destiny? Tired of Destiny?Hate Destiny? Fine. But by being "that guy" you're tossing any semblance of intellectual honesty out the window. I don't expect a celebration / look back at a flawed game to pull people back. There are some truly great games out now and coming out soon. And, if you'd waited two days and said the same thing it would have made sense.

But yeah, you had to be "that guy." It's people like you with attitudes that make less than zero sense that make my blood boil!

I'd say more... a lot more... but in the immortal words of Woody:

The words I'm searching for - I can't say, because Destiny is rated T for Teen.

Well, at least you're still winning at irony.

I was thinking the other day, about how long we've been playing together. I definitely felt like a part of this community during the HBO days, but it just didn't come together here at DBO. Maybe it's the game, maybe it's Bungie, maybe it's growing up and everything that involves.. but I really enjoyed those times and I'm glad we still game here and there. Maybe one day we'll hit up a con or something. I don't think Destiny 2 will be the game we play like we played Halo.

Anyway, then I came by DBO for the first time in what feels like months to see if there was discussion about some reveal that I thought was today (turns out it is tomorrow), and here's Raga being the same insufferable fool he was last time I was here.

Guess I'll just continue to be that guy...

Which guy? The guy who makes decisions and is convinced of something two days before he can possibly know what's coming?! You're being an idiot.

Like Destiny? Tired of Destiny?Hate Destiny? Fine. But by being "that guy" you're tossing any semblance of intellectual honesty out the window. I don't expect a celebration / look back at a flawed game to pull people back. There are some truly great games out now and coming out soon. And, if you'd waited two days and said the same thing it would have made sense.

But yeah, you had to be "that guy." It's people like you with attitudes that make less than zero sense that make my blood boil!

I'd say more... a lot more... but in the immortal words of Woody:

The words I'm searching for - I can't say, because Destiny is rated T for Teen.

Well, at least you're still winning at irony.

Guess I'll just continue to be that guy...

Which guy? The guy who makes decisions and is convinced of something two days before he can possibly know what's coming?! You're being an idiot.

Like Destiny? Tired of Destiny?Hate Destiny? Fine. But by being "that guy" you're tossing any semblance of intellectual honesty out the window. I don't expect a celebration / look back at a flawed game to pull people back. There are some truly great games out now and coming out soon. And, if you'd waited two days and said the same thing it would have made sense.

But yeah, you had to be "that guy." It's people like you with attitudes that make less than zero sense that make my blood boil!

I'd say more... a lot more... but in the immortal words of Woody:

The words I'm searching for - I can't say, because Destiny is rated T for Teen.