The first Halo could be released without multiplayer

Bungie was not satisfied all, remember, Microsoft fought to rename the game.

"The whole story Halo never said. "This is the title that receives a detailed report that the 343 Industries team, together with some of the parents of the series, has published on its official website, offering interesting details like the first Halo was on its way to without multiplayer. "It would have been a tragedy," says a former Bungie designer, Paul Bertone, talking about this possibility. What happened then?

Team Bungie did not quite like the multiplayer they had designed. "It was a bit uncomfortable only a short time before the release," says designer Jaime Griesemer. "You were targeting a guy forever and not dying," creating. Also this aspect of the game has changed a lot because of the pressure to finish the game in time for the release of the Xbox. At first, the idea was to create arenas based on multiplayer battles, but eventually ended up becoming a more face-to-face combat game. "You just have to fight to do something," says Max Hoberman.

The engagement multiplayer ended up becoming one of the big attractions of a franchise that could also be released under another name. Already said one of its authors for years: Microsoft Halo hated the name. "They said that he did not mean anything and that it meant something, not having to do with the brand, because what we sold the super soldier was not uncommon spatial adventure," says Griesemer. "In all sounds of foreign languages ​​stupid, he was a woman, had many reasons to want to change the name. "

Apparently, discussions about the name dragged on for months "and they always came back with many new names," continues the creation. At one point, Microsoft proposed the add subtitle option, which Bungie seemed "silly that could be ignored". When they proposed Combat Evolved said, "we thought it was the stupidest I had. He did not mean anything, was not very informative and did not even have grammar. Finally, it would be the subtitle to accompany the name Halo.