The Walking Dead won Game of the Year at the VGA’s last night. So…how does this relate to Halo you may ask?
Simple, it brings episodic gaming to the forefront.
That means Spartan Ops! Now that the gaming community has giving it’s full seal of approval of episodic gaming with TWD winning, games like Halo 4 with an episodic feature can thrive even more.
What does this mean for we, the gamers? It hopefully means that Spartan Ops will continue beyond the initial 10 episodes. Borrowing from the success of the Walking Dead, Microsoft/343 need to strike while the iron’s hot so to speak. Continuing Spartan Ops not only gives us more fresh content to play, but more story and character development to look forward to. The potential for spin offs be they novels, toys, a spin-off game of more are all there on the table now. Personally, I’d LOVE to have a novel on Majestic Squad, as well as action figures from McFarlane of them, and Mega Bloks sets, not to mention a spin-off game ala ODST.
The gaming industry has been accused by it’s critiques of becoming stale. Well with episodic gaming, it’s freshened up quite a bit and thankfully, Halo is at the forefront!
So I have to give a full Kudos to the folks at TellTale games for winning GOTY with their episodic game as that means, Spartan Ops can/should/MUST live longer than 10 episodes.
Folks, NOW is the time to let 343 know you want MORE Spartan Ops. If you want more Halo, more adventures, more story, let 343 know that. Give them as many ideas as you can think of. (Be nice about ti though)
I’m SO glad TWD won for this very reason. Of course had Halo 4 been up for GOTY (as it should have been), then of course I’d have voted for it instead. As it is though, this is the next best outcome for Halo/Spartan Ops and the gaming industry in general. We’re always going to have campaign related games. Having episodes to continue to play only adds to the richness and replayability of games.
-Sal
