I honestly think threads like these are a bad idea too, because once again they are recepies for flame wars and I am not just saying that because of all the disproportionate hate Halo is getting right now. I say no franchise really needs to die, I mean no one is forcing you to play the games. So why does a franchise deserve to die simply because you don't like it? I personally would like to see an end to the Guitar Hero franchise but at the same time I can still see people having fun with it so who am I to judge? Maybe the game just wasn't made for me and I can respect that. Maybe the game was made to please actual music enthusiasts and I simply don't fit that catergory, does that really mean the franchise deserves to die just because I, a person who is not part of the target audience, do not like it? I don't think so.
Who am I to say my view is 'right' and 'justified' and that anyone who likes the things I don't like is obviously an idiot? Because I do not like it, it is clearly inferior shit and must be removed from the Earth, to hell with the people who like it, that's essentially what is being said here. Because I have noticed threads like these do bring out the self righteous aspect of the human psyche and is in sense the essence of a flame war.
However to be fair I will address the topic, it may surprise some people to know that I am very much in favour of the Halo series drawing to a close. I do not want it drawn to a close because it is 'crap' 'generic' 'overrated' or anything else that joobnook uses to describe it, but rather because I would rather see it end magnificantly then for it to keep on going past its use by date. It is worth noting though that similar to Prince of Persia, Halo's main trilogy has ended and they are now sort of starting a whole new angle of storytelling and game design from a different source so ultimatley I don't really consider that such a bad thing in and of itself but all the same I'd like it to end as a great franchise rather than just keep on going. But at the same time I see all the people excitedly lining up for ODST and I think that if the people want it, let them have it.
One game that I do wish had no continuation though is Bioshock simply because the first was a brilliantly designed classic, a masterpiece with nearly no faults and it juse seems pointless to make a sequel when the entire deep and complex story was finished in the first one with no loose ends. It's like how they make sequels to Night at the Museum... it's not a true contuation.
But if the people like it... let it be.
