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Halo Developer Bungie Reveals Destiny and Its Vision of MMO Gaming

Posted by samzenpus on from the future-is-now dept.

MojoKid writes "Bungie, the company that brought forth Halo, is embarking on development of a new MMO title called Destiny that is aimed at being unlike any gaming experience we've seen. There are few hard details available, such as a launch date or pricing, but Bungie gave a preview that teases the game and showed off concept art. It's a large-scale MMO set in a post-apocalyptic world, but the gameplay and social interaction is supposed to be far more natural and fluid than previous generation MMOs. There will apparently not be a subscription model, so gamers won't have monthly fees to deal with, either. Bungie plans to develop a complex storyline with Destiny over the course of the next decade. There will be 10 books, complete with a story arc, so it follows that the world will evolve in a manner of speaking even as people participate in activities to change things within it."

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  1. Once free of microsoft by i+kan+reed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bungie seems to have immediately taken to making interesting new ideas once free of Microsoft. Who could have expected that?

    1. Re:Once free of microsoft by The+Moof · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Bungie made two more Halo games after breaking away from Microsoft (back in 2007), so I wouldn't say they immediately jumped on new ideas.

    2. Re:Once free of microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Except they'd already signed contracts with MS and started development prior to the split. So that was just them finishing their outstanding contracts off.

  2. reminds me of rifts by ArsonSmith · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From http://palladiumbooks.com/

    Played that game from when it first came out all through the 90s. Always loved the art and would almost think the art on this link would fit seamlessly in with it.

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  3. Standard marketing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    being "aimed at being unlike any gaming experience we've seen" is what everyone one of them claimed.

  4. Not coming to PC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An MMO that is controller only.

    An MMO that isn't coming to PC, because no one likes to use keyboards and mice anymore.

    The shark, it has been jumped.

    1. Re:Not coming to PC by h4rr4r · · Score: 1, Insightful

      This is the company that made halo, that should say it all. This is another game for fratboys not PC gamers. Hard to believe these people made Tribes not so long ago.

    2. Re:Not coming to PC by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I like console FPS actually. I loved GoldenEye. Halo sucks, it is an FPS dumbed down for the fratboy set.