r/videogames • u/Swamp_Eyes • Apr 21 '24

Other The state of videogame adaptations

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u/shrtstff Apr 21 '24

"we wanted to explore a more personal side of Master Chief" yeah and so did 343 when they released halo 4. guess y'all didn't learn from that and just HAD to try it yourselves, huh?

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u/tmhoc Apr 21 '24

They won't say it out loud but they only ever intended to use the Halo IP to make their own story. It's as much a Halo show as Rick and Morty is a Back to the Future cartoon

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u/queeriosn_milk Apr 21 '24

It’s probably the same mindset behind the nonsense of the Witcher tv show. Honestly, it should be a requirement of these show creators contracts that they actually fucking play/read the games and comics they keep making adaptations of.

Let’s be honest with them: if Hollywood doesn’t want your original creations, you’re a fucking hack if you think forcing your story into someone else’s IP is how you make a name for yourself.

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u/CoyoteCarcass22 Apr 22 '24

SAY IT LOUD!

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u/AbstractDiocese Apr 22 '24

if this isn’t the most accurately scathing take on modern adaptations ever. They should just stamp this comment on the cover page of every pitch to every studio

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u/Unabated_Blade Apr 21 '24

I'm a firm "we wrote a mass effect tv show but couldn't get the rights so I guess we'll use halo instead" conspiracy theorist and I'm sticking to it.

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u/tawoorie Apr 22 '24

That...makes so much more sense

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u/Unabated_Blade Apr 22 '24

I haven't seen it, but I also heard that S2 was noticeably closer to established lore, which would make sense as it would've been written after the rights were acquired and would need much less rewriting or adjustment of generic plot points. By that point, they knew it was a halo show specifically.

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u/Diggus_Bickus_the3rd Apr 21 '24

At least in 4 it made more sense, years of training, indoctrination, the augmentations, chief was a literal machine built for war. Only AFTER all his years of service, the war with the covenant, alien space fungus, and the possiblity of losing Cortana did he start to question his humanity. Halo 4 had it's issues yes, but I think the way they handled chief was great and it at least made sense in terms of where his development would go...then 5 happened...

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u/CLRoads Apr 22 '24

I played halo 3, skipped 4, and played 5 accidentally and i was SO LOST. I guess 4 was pretty necessary story wise because i couldn’t catch up or follow what was going on in 5 at all.

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u/Diggus_Bickus_the3rd Apr 22 '24

I recommend playing 4, the main issues it had were more gameplay focused, ESPECIALLY on legendary. Story wasn't as bad as people made it out to be.

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u/Vytlo Apr 22 '24

Its story also sucked

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u/LorientAvandi Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24

Halo 4 has a pretty decent story. Over on r/HaloStory it’s consistently talked about as one of the best Halo stories (in a video game). Its gameplay is pretty lackluster though.

Halo 5’s story was trash though, through and through.

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u/suitedcloud Apr 21 '24

Humanizing Chief has been one of the very few things 343 as done somewhat well since receiving the reigns to Halo

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u/takes_many_shits Apr 22 '24

In hindsight i actually liked what they did in halo 4. Showing his humanity without making him into something hes clearly not, like the show does.

It made sense that he would care about cortana so much.