Uh, what? They still own the rights to those old games; it was part of the agreement when they left MS.
MS gets a few more Bungie-made Halo games and Bungie gets its soul back.
I hope they release their old games on Steam if nothing else; I'd love to play Myth 2 with some anons.
Nope. Bungie sold the rights to the entire franchise to Take Two (of Rockstar and 2K fame), same with Oni (which wasn't even finished, Bungie had to cannibalize the Oni team to work on Halo midway through their own project!):
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The only pre-M$ games Bungie still own the rights to are the Mac-only stuff like Marathon and PiD.
Aw fug, I didn't realize that Take 2 got the rights.
Well, better them than MS I guess.
And I guess if nothing else Bungie will have to make a new IP if Destiny starts to waver since they can't fall back on anything else.
Good sources, user. Cheers.
I was a lifelong Applefag in the ancient pre-OSuX era, so I witnessed the violation close-up and messy. And, as a Mac gamer, grew up accustomed to rape.
I have my original Myth 2 desk not more than two feet from me right now, user.
You feel it too, don't you? The pain?
Being an oldfag (by chan standards, anyway) is suffering at times. The fucking RLM ID4:Regurgitation review reminded me that it's been twenty years since the original. I saw the original on my 12th birthday.Where does the time go, man?
OP here.
Is it acceptable or frowned upon to save scum through the missions?
I hate doing this but this game has quite tough encounters in legendary and enough RNG with thrown satchels exploding or not exploding, for example, that make things very dicey.
Currently playing 1 and 2 simultaneously. On mission 6ish for both.
user, listen to me very carefully:
You do whatever brings you the most entertainment when playing vidya.
If that means save scumming, then you do it. If that means using the level editor to give yourself extra troops for lulz, then you do it. You don't have to play the game to anyone's standards but your own.
Appreciate the feedback. I should have framed the question 'Am I cheating myself out of a more thorough and enjoyable experience by savescumming or is the game built around doing that'
It's not possible to keep everybody alive unless you savescum.
The most powerful weapons of the game, the mortar, depends mostly on luck and trial and error.
The game is doable without savescumming, but it is balls hard, and mastery of RTT controls isn't for everybody. Like says, If you savescum, just don't let yourself fall victim to the Fire Emblem-autist "save everyone" degeneracy, and you'll be fine.