@_FMradio_@VNanon_ For what? It's common knowledge that Bungie and MS split in 07 and MS began spinning up what would be named 343. Personally I also think the signs from Bungie themselves for Forerunners being Human were so big and huge that it's evidently blinding.
@ACalyrex@VNanon_ It's technically Bungie era in the same way Halo Legends is. MS was already in the process of handing off the IP once Halo 3 released, which is why Bungie was so cagey for it and why I say it's bad 'proof' of Bungie's intent when they at best were barely involved.
@SkylerWarren17@Omegax_27@Potbellyginger@yeahmanwhtever@VNanon_ Started in 04 but it didn't become a Halo title until somewhere around 06 or 07. Ensemble did try to communicate with Bungie but the latter studio was famously difficult to talk to as they were extremely unhappy to hear about MS handing off the IP to another dev.
@Vaporwave_07 Lowkey tired of people acting like its an insult to say Forerunners being aliens was a super obvious retcon as if Halo wasn't already the ship of retcon by that point.
@SkylerWarren17@Omegax_27@Potbellyginger@yeahmanwhtever@VNanon_ Halo Wars and Legends we're both released after 343 began assuming control of the series + we're written by outsiders who at most we're guessing at Bungie's intentions. I say as someone who thinks it was obvious that Bungie wanted Humans and Forerunners to be the same.
@grifballmvp I'm fine with this design but I do prefer the old one. It feels just slightly too round and shiny and I'm not crazy for the layering look of the details around the socket, and I straight up don't like the chin handle.
@LocalBtnMasher The subjects of this discourse are close to universally interested in games as storytelling mediums more than anything and opponents are either gameplay centric or at least are proponents for direct experiences so the question seems a little redundant to me.
@LocalBtnMasher On the flipside it's great that you can throw on super costumes in DMC3 and still die in like 3 hits. Of my top 5 CAGs that I'm currently playing on the highest difficulties it does top out as the tightest designed, depending on my feeling in the moment it dethrones God Hand too.