http://kotaku.com/5053787/halo-mmo-concepts-what-your-sexy-mistress-chief-could-have-looked-like

I have to say, that this looks almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Halo.

My favorite:
“When the player types in words the text showes up here.”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30784486@N04/2882625802/sizes/o/in/set-72157607452469273/

Heh, I remember that. Wasn’t that from the Lord of the Rings text adventure? That seems like a lifetime ago, now. But it was a very apt and highly amusing reference, I applaud you on your knowledge of old games and wit.

Sometimes one simply has to highlight these things.

@Halo MMO

I definitely agree with those who’ve said that its success or failure would be based on whether it was basically Planetside or Tabula Rasa.

I don’t really know how to say this without being offensive. /sigh So…

Every 360 owner I’ve talked to thus far is a rabid Halo fan, and I’ve ran my own experiments to see the levels to which this goes. The PS3 has nothing like this, which is why I avoided the 360 in the first place, but that’s a story for another day. Really though, I’m talking about fanatical support here, almost to the point where Halo is a religion.

Try insulting Halo in front of any 360 owner, even one that claims they aren’t a Halo fan, see how far you get.

Was there a point to that? Yes. Yes there was. Bear with me.

The failure of Planetside was hinged on the fact that there was no real marketing to speak of, there was no marketing symbol, no known product name, et cetera. It was basically just an FPS on a large scale. I played it, and it was fun. But at the end of the day, that’s all it was. And when people getting bored of it so there were so many less people to shoot at, the game started falling apart.

However, take Planetside and give it a Halo spin and the servers would be filled with people to shoot. I’d actually be interested in playing such a thing even if it were Halo, simply because there would always be so many people around to have fun with. Basically, adding a known product label like Halo to a formula like Planetside could have made it work.

And really, it’s a shame that it’ll never happen.

Instead, I’ll just look forward to that Korean thing that’s apparently Planetside rejigged, maybe they’ll get it right.

I admit though, this post was probably more about Planetside than it was about Halo, oops.

Too bad…I’d have been somewhat interested in this.

played through the entire first and third games, and while it’s hardly worth the 99/100% scores it got

I think you answered your question :) Plus Halo fans are stereotyped as frat-boy lugnuts who honestly think Halo is the only FPS game ever made, after Goldeneye of course. Halo’s pretty fun and has excellent multiplayer for a console game…the praise and fanboyism got excessive, though, and that always prompts a backlash.

I have my suspicions that while this prototype might have been shitcanned, the concept is still alive and well somewhere at MS.