Ouch. Crysis 2′ lead writer Richard Morgan doesn’t come with a mute buttom apparently. Speaking to NowGamer, Morgan spoke of the Halo franchise and how he thinks it’s not grounded with a good story. In his own colourful way he said that:
“Halo is full of these bullshit archetypal characters.”
and
“The reason that its fiction doesn’t work has nothing to do with the fact that you don’t get to see Master Chief’s face, it’s because of lines like ‘Okay … I’m gonna get up there and kill those guys.”
Poor Master Chief. O by the way, Morgan dosen’t think much of Modern Warfare’s story either so expect a very very special Crysis 2 plot.
Here we have another Halo basher. I don’t really care what this ass-clown thinks, and neither should anyone else. Everyone should be entitled to their own opinion, and should keep them to themselves unless you’re a critic(then its your job so yeah..). I don’t get why people like this just have the urge to bitch to others. I think Halo is a great series, and there are so many people who have recognized this. Its not popular because of all its awards, or how much it made. Its popular because its good. Halo has a large amount of characters that are pretty well developed in their own way, and all have a role to play in its large universe. Really no one should give a shit about this moron. I can’t really recall many times Master Chief said something like “I’m gonna go kill those aliens”. He’s a professional supersoldier that has been trained in the arts of badassry since he was sick. He’s not going to open up to others, break down emotionally, or act in any way that he shouldn’t. If Richard Morgan has a problem with Halo then he should stfu (shut the fuck up), and continue writing that what I’m sure in his deluded litlle mind is “literature gold”. Or maybe he should get a real job.
Yeah…this guy has room to criticize because Far Cry…er Crysis had such an original storyline! Clueless! Don’t hate just because you can’t make a game that sells, Richard! The team at Bungie may not be Hollywood level storytellers, but last I checked, no one in the game dev industry is. And for the record, every Halo and Modern Warfare game has had a better story than Far Cry. Someone please take a pin to this guys over-inflated head!
It is bullshit though, by Bungie’s own admission aswell. They always say they come up with the set pieces first then fit the story aound that. The Halo universe though is very deep, books and comics really expand on it but the games don’t.
So first he attacks MW2, then Halo – I’m not a fan of either of these really, but the Crysis 2 story is going to have to be shit-hot otherwise he’s going to be in for quite the backlash. Can’t help but think he’s shot himself in the foot a couple of times now…
Well, to be honest I’d be hard pressed to find many videogames that have great scripts. Very few pop up into my head. Halo is wafer thin on plot, character development and emotion. It’s the videogame version of the movie Aliens- big loud, dumb but kick ass and totally lovable. It’s no masterpiece in writing so I can’t really fault Richard on that. I haven’t read any of his novels but from checking online it sounds like he’s a pretty competent writer. Games need more writers like him. You know, less people who write based on movies they’ve seen and more people who have actual writing skills.
Time will tell though if Crysis pays off though.
itself crysis is rip off halo they say because they are jealous
crytek is jealous bungie halo 3 and reach because they rip off halo contect crysis 2 team is rip off noble team just cheap rip off i like both games but halo reach is better than crysis 2