Comments on: Ensemble Studios’ cancelled project was Halo MMO, screenshots included http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/ VG247.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28992 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28992 A load of images just went up on Flickr. See top of site. A load of images just went up on Flickr. See top of site.

]]> By: SwiftRanger http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28985 SwiftRanger Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28985 'prototype' is the keyword here probably... it does look incredibly generic, sounds like it would have captured the spirit of Halo alright. ;) ‘prototype’ is the keyword here probably… it does look incredibly generic, sounds like it would have captured the spirit of Halo alright. ;)

]]> By: Truk http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28979 Truk Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:04 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28979 That could have just been thrown together to test stuff or even just to prove why the normal MMO format wouldn't work. That may have been an actual screenshot from Ensemble, but it doesn't mean that's how the game would have been. That could have just been thrown together to test stuff or even just to prove why the normal MMO format wouldn’t work. That may have been an actual screenshot from Ensemble, but it doesn’t mean that’s how the game would have been.

]]> By: Lutz http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28977 Lutz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:42:34 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28977 If that ain't fake that thank god it was canned. If that ain’t fake that thank god it was canned.

]]> By: ecu http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28968 ecu Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:20:32 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28968 Then that's shocking, and it's no wonder they got shut down. Then that’s shocking, and it’s no wonder they got shut down.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28967 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:19:32 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28967 From my dealings with Simon - and a few details I've just been told - I'd be pretty amazed if it was fake. From my dealings with Simon – and a few details I’ve just been told – I’d be pretty amazed if it was fake.

]]> By: soong http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28966 soong Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:16:48 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28966 What made Halo so good? The gameplay! So why make a Halo spin-off in the one genre that is more like a glorified 3D chatroom, and so far always has the most tedious and minimal gameplay imaginable? Halo MMO pffffft. Glad it's been cancelled, if it ever even existed. What made Halo so good? The gameplay! So why make a Halo spin-off in the one genre that is more like a glorified 3D chatroom, and so far always has the most tedious and minimal gameplay imaginable? Halo MMO pffffft. Glad it’s been cancelled, if it ever even existed.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28965 Blerk Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:13:51 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28965 Gamasutra doesn't generally 'do' fakes, otherwise I'd tend to agree. They could just be mock-ups for a project pitch rather than out and out fabrications. Gamasutra doesn’t generally ‘do’ fakes, otherwise I’d tend to agree. They could just be mock-ups for a project pitch rather than out and out fabrications.

]]> By: ecu http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28964 ecu Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28964 Come on, there's no way that's real. Worst fake I have ever seen. Come on, there’s no way that’s real. Worst fake I have ever seen.

]]> By: Tiger Walts http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28963 Tiger Walts Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:08:10 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28963 I would expect any Halo MMO to be like a Halo flavoured Planetside but with the structuring Realtime Worlds are giving APB. I would expect any Halo MMO to be like a Halo flavoured Planetside but with the structuring Realtime Worlds are giving APB.

]]> By: wz http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28961 wz Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:05:34 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28961 Fake. Fake.

]]> By: deftangel http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28957 deftangel Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:01:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28957 I was going to say it looked rubbish! But then I read it was just a concept drawing knocked up. Didn't GamaS say it was on some official Ensemble site etc? I was going to say it looked rubbish! But then I read it was just a concept drawing knocked up. Didn’t GamaS say it was on some official Ensemble site etc?

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28955 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:59:11 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28955 Someone else just said that to me. Someone else just said that to me.

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28954 morriss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:58:34 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28954 Gotta be fake, really. Gotta be fake, really.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28952 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:54:27 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28952 Looks very generic. Not sure "Halo-WoW" is the way forward for a Halo MMO at all, you're right. Looks very generic. Not sure “Halo-WoW” is the way forward for a Halo MMO at all, you’re right.

]]> By: XDamage http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28951 XDamage Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:53:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28951 I think it would get really boring really fast to see everyone running around in Mjolnir battle armors of various colors. I think it would get really boring really fast to see everyone running around in Mjolnir battle armors of various colors.

]]> By: El_MUERkO http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28942 El_MUERkO Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:39:52 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28942 looking at the ui it looks like all the current crop of fantasy MMOs looking at the ui it looks like all the current crop of fantasy MMOs

]]> By: Gekidami http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28940 Gekidami Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:38:03 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28940 Ofcourse, 'exsplore, not exploit' was strong in the devs hearts when they thought up this idea... Ofcourse, ‘exsplore, not exploit’ was strong in the devs hearts when they thought up this idea…

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28936 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:30:19 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28936 deft makes a good point. Without MMO people, you're stuffed, surely? Neither Gearbox or Ensemble have ever been near one, innit? deft makes a good point. Without MMO people, you’re stuffed, surely? Neither Gearbox or Ensemble have ever been near one, innit?

]]> By: deftangel http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28935 deftangel Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:25:02 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28935 Would they give such a thing to Gearbox then given their job advert a while ago that kicked off a whole ream of speculation? The Marvel IP was probably as big if not bigger than Halo and it didn't help that one :/ Would they give such a thing to Gearbox then given their job advert a while ago that kicked off a whole ream of speculation?

The Marvel IP was probably as big if not bigger than Halo and it didn’t help that one :/

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28934 Psychotext Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:24:20 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28934 8O 8O

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28932 morriss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:14:59 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28932 Or maybe I can auction off Psychotext and Blerk's home addresses? Or maybe I can auction off Psychotext and Blerk’s home addresses?

]]> By: morriss http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28931 morriss Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:14:02 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28931 o_O That would absolutely force me to sell my friends for an über PC. o_O

That would absolutely force me to sell my friends for an über PC.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28930 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:11:54 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28930 Which means, obviously, it may still happen. Which means, obviously, it may still happen.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28929 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:11:06 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28929 Hmm. Someone just told me they reckon Ensemble may have been invited to pitch for it and didn't get it. Hmm. Someone just told me they reckon Ensemble may have been invited to pitch for it and didn’t get it.

]]> By: deftangel http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28928 deftangel Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:08:48 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28928 Maybe if they actually brought in some MMO expertise they might get somewhere! Maybe if they actually brought in some MMO expertise they might get somewhere!

]]> By: epic_wanderer http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28927 epic_wanderer Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:03:43 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28927 Shame, now we'll never get to visit "Space Planet". :( Shame, now we’ll never get to visit “Space Planet”. :(

]]> By: Tiger Walts http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28925 Tiger Walts Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:57:45 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28925 They probably got to the point where they were costing the running of the service with the technology they had built and then wisely decided that maybe it's not such a good idea. They probably got to the point where they were costing the running of the service with the technology they had built and then wisely decided that maybe it’s not such a good idea.

]]> By: patlike http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28924 patlike Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:57:12 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28924 I reckon this is probably the reason the studio got axed. They prolly had to make a decision whether or not to move forward with it and hire about 40,000 people. I reckon this is probably the reason the studio got axed. They prolly had to make a decision whether or not to move forward with it and hire about 40,000 people.

]]> By: Psychotext http://www.vg247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/comment-page-1/#comment-28923 Psychotext Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:54:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/09/23/ensemble-studios-cancelled-project-was-halo-mmo-screenshots-included/#comment-28923 Glad that never came off. MMOs are the devil. Glad that never came off. MMOs are the devil.

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