In any case, it did turn out to be a pretty full-fledged release (campaign length complaints notwithstanding), so any issues it had were probably not attributable to it being a small portion of the team. Which gives some hope for the Marathon title.

Also, some have mentioned that Marathon wouldn't be Marathon if it had to follow modern game design conventions and appeal to a modern mainstream audience. But... what if it didn't do that at all? We are talking about a project that Bungie's allowed to use a small portion of the team on, and a few more if they make gobs of money for Activision, presumably to offset the (relative) expense of diverting that personnel resource. It occurs to me that this may be a project that they do the way it SHOULD be done, and sales prospects be damned. That may in fact be precisely why the conditions were set the way they were.

Let me guess. You, like me, think it's one of the best games in the series.

I will be honest, and in terms of having characters that feel real and interesting, it's the best game in the series when focusing on that alone. It kind of grew on me. There's still major problems with the narrative, but I find myself caring less about those problems because the characters are much better than any other Halo game.

I agree. Sorry for baiting you. I remembered you not liking it, but then I remembered you posting a while back that you found some things to appreciate. I didn't know how you'd respond, honestly.

Let me guess. You, like me, think it's one of the best games in the series.

I will be honest, and in terms of having characters that feel real and interesting, it's the best game in the series when focusing on that alone. It kind of grew on me. There's still major problems with the narrative, but I find myself caring less about those problems because the characters are much better than any other Halo game.

Let me guess. You, like me, think it's one of the best games in the series.

This man is very intelligent.

Are you aware of how I feel about ODST? :-(

The last time Bungie devoted a small portion of their studio to a game, we got ODST. <3

Are you aware of how I feel about ODST? :-(

I think Hamish Sinclair might know what he's up to, but won't tell.

Well technically a remake IS in order, since Durandal was trying to escape the closure of the universe, and at the time Bungie had no way to know the expansion of the universe was in fact accelerating :-p

So his plan to use Jjaro tech to remove mass from the universe is totally unnecessary given current scientific knowledge.

Maybe Durandal figured out a way to go back in time and remove enough mass that the acceleration of the expansion of the universe surpassed the deceleration caused by the gravitational pull of objects on one another.

My shorthand description of Halo during its first six months was "Marathon with hyperrealistic graphics." At the time I didn't know how much more realistic graphics could get.

Yeah I don't think any of us saw that coming. I remember playing Waverace 64 and thinking "Man how are they going to make graphics better than this?"

The final screen of Infinity describes Durandal at the end of the universe. The story is finished. Leave it alone. If you go back and try to shine light on all the dark, unexplained parts of the story, at best you just end up with a dull grey world devoid of mystery.

Well technically a remake IS in order, since Durandal was trying to escape the closure of the universe, and at the time Bungie had no way to know the expansion of the universe was in fact accelerating :-p

So his plan to use Jjaro tech to remove mass from the universe is totally unnecessary given current scientific knowledge.