Spencer: Halo without Master Chief just isn't as 'centered' on what players want

[Tank]

We're not 100% sure what Microsoft Game Studios head Phil Spencer is trying to say in this quote from E3, but as far as we can tell, he's just happy that Halo 4 is returning the player to Master Chief's head. He says he wants to make sure that the new game "lives up to what I think gamers fell in love with," and for him, that means being the Chief again.

Spencer says Halo Reach "made more sense to you if you were a Halo fan. If you were new to Xbox 360, 360 is where you started playing on Xbox, you understood what Halo 3 was. ODST and Reach, maybe you weren't as centered." So, newcomers want -- and expect -- to play as the Chief, whereas fans of the franchise were fine with something new.

At any rate, Spencer's just trying to make it clear that Master Chief is coming back, in both the anniversary remake of Combat Evolved, and Halo 4 next year. Why couldn't you just say that, Phil?

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/11/spencer-halo-without-master-chief-just-isnt-as-centered-on-w/

dunno sounds like things are gonna get screwy.

just for quick fact though, played halo since the first one and i think Reach is the best of the bunch.

 

[OmegaFenix]

I am also of the opinion that Reach was the best. While I like the Character of John-117, they can not milk the character indefinitely. I really enjoyed Halo ODST. Guess only time will tell, but at this point in time Halo 4 is looking like a fail.

 

[Tank]

i honestly don't know what this spencer oke means...

sounds like now that bungie ain't involved no more they are going to take halo the way they want it :/

 

[Grievous]

I am also of the opinion that Reach was the best. While I like the Character of John-117, they can not milk the character indefinitely. I really enjoyed Halo ODST. Guess only time will tell, but at this point in time Halo 4 is looking like a fail.

I agree totally, will add one thing. While i'm very skeptical of 4 being good, I do hope they make an awesome game. I'm happy that Bungie isn't involved cause i think getting something new is better for all of us. While a relatively unkown company tries to carry the flag. So in a sense no real loss, at worse we get a shitty 4, from a company that was essentially created for halo, but at least we will have a new game from Bungie and they aren't wasting their time milking halo.