Bungie's next game is like, 'totally different'

One of Bungie's many skills is to talk up future projects without saying much at all, with the latest edition of the now independent company's podcast providing a sterling example of vague vocalizing. In a discussion between Luke Smith, Frank 'O Connor, Brian Gerrard and lead designer Christian Allen, we learn that Bungie's next title will be "totally different" to what you may have envisioned.

Though it's early days yet, we're assured the work-in-progress is looking "very cool." As an adventure involving armor-clad tough guys gallivanting across mysterious space hoops is almost certainly ruled out (we're not mad about it), what do you think is nestled within Bungie's chiffon sleeve?

Bungie's next game is ...
Pimps at Sea: A swashbuckling and frequently unbuckling tale of exploratory seamen.	1678 (29.1%)
Oni 2: Oni this time it's not rubbish.	769 (13.3%)
Halo IV: The switch to Roman numerals defies all expectations.	1741 (30.2%)
Corporate Manta: A charming game for children in which Ray the Manta Ray preaches the dangers of corporate buyouts.	328 (5.7%)
irrelevant to my interests.	593 (10.3%)
Irrelevant to My Interests: An off-beat trivia game utilizing the 'Scene it?' controller.	664 (11.5%)

[Via Eurogamer]

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Why the Oni hate? I loved that game! I was young though, so maybe I just thought all the violent combos were awesome.

"Oni 2: Oni this time it's not rubbish."

I see what you did there.

Hey, I liked the original Oni =)

How about Pathways into Darkness 2.

I like the idea of a story-based first-person adventure shooter with modern capabilities. Sure, it's a shooter, but it's not the same damn thing as everything else.

It'll be a casual game. Mark my words. Bungie will use this to get some big cash quick. Making a huge game first would condemn them to silence for 2 years and also eat up a ton of their cash, probably requiring a huge buy-in from their publisher (MS). They didn't "go independent" just to have to sell back out to their publisher on a game-by-game basis.

They don't have to "sell back out" when they already said they are only making games for 360

I never saw the point of them leaving Micro if they are still backing Micro as their first customer and giving them first choice, thats just silly. Lol, if Micro has sense, all the crap games they make will be left for all other consoles or PC to have, and all the good ones they'll take exclusively, Bungie, look, just go back to being part of Micro :S

I agree they aren't really independent, hence my quotes.

But they are independently financed, and I expect they aren't financed well enough right now to do a 2 year huge game development cycle without cash input. That usually comes from the publisher, which would be MS. So they'd end up right on the MS teat again, which would make the whole "independence" thing even MORE moot.

I figure they'll make a cheaper game first, take the money and plow it back into more expensive games later. And yeah, they still won't make PS3 or Wii games.

How about the new Halo Trilogy in which you get to play as Gravemind and command your flood minions to conquer the universe!

I'd rather play as an individual Flood infection form where I have to constantly worry about getting popped until I find a dead soldier. The entire game you aspire to be a carrier form - the game equivalent of a walking exploding barrel.

Doesn't Halo Wars do that?

They say that now, but when Helo 4 comes out, they will all be laughing.

2 words: exploratory seamen

What ever it is I'm willing to bet the only part that will be "totally different" is the fact that it'll will release multi-platform.

Considering that MS has first dibs on publishing their future games, I doubt we'll be seeing Bungie games on anything but the 360 and/or the PC.

Halo 3 may have been good, but till this day, I still don't understand what was so special about Halo 2, after the first level, everything was the same, heck, Halo 2 was a complete copy of Halo 1, just with added cheezy phrases. Halo 3 was refreshing to say the least.

Halo 2 was nothing like Halo 1, except superficially.

While I am glad that they are working on something new(-ish?), as I didn't much care for Halo (outside of the Forge, which is good fun), the best thing to have come from this is the selection of options in this poll. Brilliant.

I do hope something new is about, Halo made both Bungie and 360, lets hope this new title can have a similar effect, or will it bring them down to the Oni days again, forcing them to return to their Halo roots, all we can do is watch and wait :)

Would love to see Oni. The original had a ton of promise.

I thought I was the only one that felt that way. I mean after all the Oni hating I have seen on this post.

Those vote options suck.

You suck!

I thought the choices were LOL hilarious. Hahaha perfect descriptions

My guess is a platformer in response to Miyamoto's comments from way back when.

It's a sequel, but not of a BUNGIE game...
AWESOME POSSUM:WOMBAT EVOLVED

I loved Awesome Possum! I'd buy it!

A sports game involving bungies for the Wii.

You know there's already such a game fulfilling this citera: A charming game for children in which preaches the dangers of corporate buyouts.

(Aka: Toontown Online)

Please let it be a casual game!!!

I wish it were a new Myth game, but unfortunately there's no chance of that happening. Thumbs down to Joystiq for not including this in the poll btw.

Well I have a very good idea of what the game may be from people at bungie and it's none of the options in the poll...

@trethen

Well spoken
3 yrs and they come up with an EXPANSION PACK.

Profit margin must've been ridiculously high. I don't blame bungie though.

MS practically owned Bungie. Halo franchise cudve been something different if MS never jumped in. I think it cudve been a massive terrain type exploration game. Check youtube

Since Halo 3 is the worst one yet...ya...there best days are behind them...

Disliking Halo != PS3 Fanboy. This is a very presumptuous assumption to make.

I have a PS3 and an Xbox. I have played Halo 1,2,3 and I'm not the biggest fan to be honest. Doesn't mean I dislike Bungie, MS or my Xbox.

I think they sold the rights for Oni to Take 2 Games.

I must be the only person who actually really enjoyed Oni. The hand-to-hand combat stuff was awesome, mixed in with the occasional gun finishing move. On the other hand, I may have liked it so much because it was one of the few games for Mac at the time.

I'm half-expecting it to be a resurrection of Bungie's old Phoenix project.

RE: seamen pun

*facepalm*

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