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[Astray]

This is from a larger Collider interview with the producers about Season 2 and their experiences making Season 1, but it honestly astounds me how little these MS management people understand about gaming.

The specific part I'm talking about is this:

WILSON: The creative director at id [Software] is a good friend of ours, and so are folks at Microsoft, so we made a big plea because one of the things both Tim and I would love to do is do something that isn't currently available in the games, like crossovers. We wanted to make a Master Chief/Doom Slayer crossover episode, and I spent a whole weekend crafting this impassioned letter of my childhood. And it's exactly what Tim said; they were like, “Nah.”

Complete interview is here:

"You Think We Didn't Talk to Halo?": 'Secret Level's Tim Miller and Dave Wilson Have Big Plans for Season 2 and Beyond

The series creators discuss getting Keanu Reeves, the games they're eyeing, and tons more in this exclusive Q&A.

collider.com

 

[poppabk]

?
Valve management definitely know gaming but there was no Half Life episode. Do you think that the Sony IP that they really wanted was Concord?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Thank God. Show was trash.

Space marine was good though.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Thank God. Show was trash.

Space marine was good though.

 

[ArtHands]

Microsoft dodged a bullet here.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

xbox/Bethesda fans are not happy on Twitter.

the amazing momentum (of bad PR) suggests an optimistic 2025 for Xbox

 

[MiguelItUp]

Good.

I'd rather have separate ones than some silly crossover. Plus, that'd open a whole other can of worms, lol.

 

[Northeastmonk]

That’s a weird crossover. The covenant, the flood, brutes, and etc aren’t creatures of hell.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

That’s a weird crossover. The covenant, the flood, brutes, and etc aren’t creatures of hell.

To be fair, modern Doom lore treats Hell more like the Warp from Warhammer 40k; a realm of infinite power, but it can destroy everything. The Covenant trying to tap into a religious power they can't control is the story of the Halo games, so yeah, I could see them making a crossover work with some careful writing.

 

[Paperboy]

Thank God. Show was trash.

They didn't know that then. This was from the team behind Love, Death & Robots. It should've looked like a given success.

Soon it will be revealed that there are more Sony employees at Microsoft than at Sony itself.

 

[DonF]

yeah i have to agree, show just wasnt that good. still, any marketing is good marketing, im suprised microsoft didnt agree

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

MS execs:

 

[intbal]

The biggest shocker here is that Collider still exists.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Is the deal with this that episodes are funded by game publishers? I'm sure I read that somewhere - that explains why Concorde got an episode at least.

 

[diffusionx]

that sounds even more cringe than the rest of the series

 

[acm2000]

saw one episode and then removed it from my list

 

[Parazels]

These "crossovers" always mean lack of good ideas.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

saw one episode and then removed it from my list

There are some really good episodes.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

So they'll say no to this but say yes to 343 shitting all over the franchise and devaluing it into total irrelevancy for over a decade.

Ok.

 

[manfestival]

A crossover episode is no thanks but I think individual episodes featuring these IPs woulda been nice instead of some of the other strange ones that made it in

 

[solecon64]

Who the fuck cares what they <wanted> to make, when what they <actually> made was absolute trash. Can't believe that guy actually cried on stage when he revealed the series. Absolute clown.

 

[adamsapple]

Smart lads.

Outside of one episode, the show was trash.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

This is from a larger Collider interview with the producers about Season 2 and their experiences making Season 1, but it honestly astounds me how little these MS management people understand about gaming.

The specific part I'm talking about is this:


Complete interview is here:

"You Think We Didn't Talk to Halo?": 'Secret Level's Tim Miller and Dave Wilson Have Big Plans for Season 2 and Beyond

The series creators discuss getting Keanu Reeves, the games they're eyeing, and tons more in this exclusive Q&A.

collider.com

Para que se les quite.

 

[Big Baller]

Phil dodged a bullet right there

 

[adamsapple]

Wonder why OP failed to mention that Valve also didn't let them make a Half Life episode.

MILLER: Of course, we begged for Half-Life… So, you can imagine.

 

[ArtHands]

I stopped watching 10 minutes into the first episode

 

[MCplayer]

yeah fuck microsoft... why not make it happen, doesnt need to be lore, just a fan made crossover by professionals..., halo is dead anyway since 343... theyuu killed my fav franchise ever.

 

[LordCBH]

Microsoft: “you want a cool crossover like this? No. Sorry. Best we can do is Master Cheeks.”

 

[hinch7]

I stopped watching 10 minutes into the first episode

Watch the 40K one at least. That one is good. Doubly so if you like the franchise.

 

[Barakov]

Smartest move MS has made in years.

 

[Astray]

Wonder why OP failed to mention that Valve also didn't let them make a Half Life episode.

1) Because Halo and Doom are both infinitely more mainstream than Half-Life.
2) Because of (1), this made it to Twitter accounts that normies follow like Culture Crave:

 

[VAVA Mk2]

So far Halo Legends has been the only non game or non book Halo media that has kicked ass.

 

[Ozriel]

1) Because Halo and Doom are both infinitely more mainstream than Half-Life.

You realize you’re on an enthusiast gaming forum? Where Valve and Half-Life are decidedly not niche?

 

[lh032]

Nahsoft.
Now console market share says nah to microsoft.

 

[Astray]

You realize you’re on an enthusiast gaming forum? Where Valve and Half-Life are decidedly not niche?

Even on enthusiast forums, Halo and Doom are more mainstream and relevant than Half-Life. It's just the nature of having more releases in the last decade than Half-Life having games in total.