Joe Staten is the lead writer of ReCore

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ReCore, a Microsoft Studios game scheduled to arrive for Xbox One next year, will open with the main character, Joule, believing that she is the last human in the desert world of Far Eden. Sentient robots roam the sands and ruins of civilization and Joule must enlist some of them in her cause: reviving the human race. How she does it is the game’s central mystery, but the game’s lead writer, Joseph Staten, said the solution would be unconventional.

“The male gender does not have the monopoly on heroism,” he said. “Joule is emblematic of this conviction, and we hope she’s a character who stands strong and stands out in a market filled with male heroes.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/29/arts/lara-croft-has-company-more-female-heroes-appear-in-big-budget-games.html?_r=0


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Sad that this cements his departure from Halo, but I'm eager to see the lore behind this game now.

You sure? He wrote a Halo Novel pretty recently.


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Sad that this cements his departure from Halo, but I'm eager to see the lore behind this game now.

You sure? He wrote a Halo Novel pretty recently.
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I forgot this existed. Weren't people getting hyped for this over a CG trailer last year?

Regardless, I'm slightly interested in this now because >Joe Staten


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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.


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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.
Halo Archive is somewhat pessimistic, I think. I don't know, I've been banned since September.

I don't see how Halo's story could be salvaged unless the evil Cortana, the Warden Eternal and Jul Mdama's death all ended up being a dream.


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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.
Halo Archive is somewhat pessimistic, I think. I don't know, I've been banned since September.

I don't see how Halo's story could be salvaged unless the evil Cortana, the Warden Eternal and Jul Mdama's death all ended up being a dream.

Naturally. However, Jul and Warden's fates aren't exactly franchise killer. Halo dodged 5's bullet because there was so little of substance actually happening for the series until the end of the game. Hell, Warden could still be developed into something cool given his backstory [not a "true" AI, warped view of the Mantle]. Evil Cortana was written poorly in Halo 5, but in concept it's not a bad thing at all. There's a progression from the creator/created conflict, the Primordial beating you over the head with the same language, and the Domain that a lot of people seem to overlook. And that's not even considering the more dusty parts of Halo-Marathon lore which almost naturally suggests an eventually megalomaniacal fate for Cortana.

Really, I'm not trying to scapegoat here but all of Halo's narrative right now seem specific to the particular writing team assigned. I don't understand why Reed keeps being promoted, given how every piece of writing he makes is more hated by the community than the last. Still, if he can be removed, I think Halo's story will definitely bounce back.


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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.
Halo Archive is somewhat pessimistic, I think. I don't know, I've been banned since September.

I don't see how Halo's story could be salvaged unless the evil Cortana, the Warden Eternal and Jul Mdama's death all ended up being a dream.

Naturally. However, Jul and Warden's fates aren't exactly franchise killer. Halo dodged 5's bullet because there was so little of substance actually happening for the series until the end of the game. Hell, Warden could still be developed into something cool given his backstory [not a "true" AI, warped view of the Mantle]. Evil Cortana was written poorly in Halo 5, but in concept it's not a bad thing at all. There's a progression from the creator/created conflict, the Primordial beating you over the head with the same language, and the Domain that a lot of people seem to overlook. And that's not even considering the more dusty parts of Halo-Marathon lore which almost naturally suggests an eventually megalomaniacal fate for Cortana.

Really, I'm not trying to scapegoat here but all of Halo's narrative right now seem specific to the particular writing team assigned. I don't understand why Reed keeps being promoted, given how every piece of writing he makes is more hated by the community than the last. Still, if he can be removed, I think Halo's story will definitely bounce back.
If Reed is removed, then maybe there is hope. But it doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

I would have preferred to have had it so either:
a) A composed Didact (seeing as he somehow got composed in Escalation) takes Cortana's role in the story, with the writing tweaked to accommodate it.
b) The Warden Eternal is a composed Didact corrupting Cortana.

Even if Halo manages to redeem itself with 6, Halo 5 will still leave a stain on the main story. I really hope they get rid of Reed because nearly everything he's written for Halo has been complete trash.


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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.
Halo Archive is somewhat pessimistic, I think. I don't know, I've been banned since September.

I don't see how Halo's story could be salvaged unless the evil Cortana, the Warden Eternal and Jul Mdama's death all ended up being a dream.

Naturally. However, Jul and Warden's fates aren't exactly franchise killer. Halo dodged 5's bullet because there was so little of substance actually happening for the series until the end of the game. Hell, Warden could still be developed into something cool given his backstory [not a "true" AI, warped view of the Mantle]. Evil Cortana was written poorly in Halo 5, but in concept it's not a bad thing at all. There's a progression from the creator/created conflict, the Primordial beating you over the head with the same language, and the Domain that a lot of people seem to overlook. And that's not even considering the more dusty parts of Halo-Marathon lore which almost naturally suggests an eventually megalomaniacal fate for Cortana.

Really, I'm not trying to scapegoat here but all of Halo's narrative right now seem specific to the particular writing team assigned. I don't understand why Reed keeps being promoted, given how every piece of writing he makes is more hated by the community than the last. Still, if he can be removed, I think Halo's story will definitely bounce back.
If Reed is removed, then maybe there is hope. But it doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

I would have preferred to have had it so either:
a) A composed Didact (seeing as he somehow got composed in Escalation) takes Cortana's role in the story, with the writing tweaked to accommodate it.
b) The Warden Eternal is a composed Didact corrupting Cortana.

Even if Halo manages to redeem itself with 6, Halo 5 will still leave a stain on the main story. I really hope they get rid of Reed because nearly everything he's written for Halo has been complete trash.

5's stain is largely inconsequential. It's a really bad story, but at the same time so little actually happens that I can overlook it.

While I don't necessarily have a complaint with either of those ideas, mainly because the thought that Reed seems to be out to shaft Didact is bugging me, I think what they have planned for Cortana is much more intriguing. I know it's going to sound very Mass Effect 3-ish if I bring in creator/created terminology, but Cortana's comments are pretty much exactly what TTO said in Primordium. She's advocating that exact philosophy- the rebellion of creations against the created, the arrogant defiance of the creators, etc. Reading TTO's speech again with the additional context of Halo 5 feels like 343 was slapping us in the face with the idea, but I don't think any one of us put together just how far branching it could be.

And you have to remember the Domain's origins if you really want a third party corrupting Cortana. I really wouldn't doubt that the Flood/Precursors are playing their cosmic game of making humanity "ripe" for testing again.

I think my favorite part of Halo 5 is that Reed wrote it so poorly most of the stuff I care about wasn't even addressed or changed in a major way. I finished the campaign [ez Legendary minus the Hunters/3x Warden fight] and my thoughts were just...

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Excellent. Whenever he starts talking [with substance that is, not Destiny style "game is big guys"] in Vidocs it puts me into maximum overhype. Hope they do a lot of those for Recore.

Not even Joe could save Halo's story at this point anyway.

Hm, how pessimistic has Archive gotten in the wake of H5? I understand that the story for H5 is bad [you had to expect it from the day we saw the lead writer posting on Brian Reed's Twitter], but it's salvageable for sure.
Halo Archive is somewhat pessimistic, I think. I don't know, I've been banned since September.

I don't see how Halo's story could be salvaged unless the evil Cortana, the Warden Eternal and Jul Mdama's death all ended up being a dream.

Naturally. However, Jul and Warden's fates aren't exactly franchise killer. Halo dodged 5's bullet because there was so little of substance actually happening for the series until the end of the game. Hell, Warden could still be developed into something cool given his backstory [not a "true" AI, warped view of the Mantle]. Evil Cortana was written poorly in Halo 5, but in concept it's not a bad thing at all. There's a progression from the creator/created conflict, the Primordial beating you over the head with the same language, and the Domain that a lot of people seem to overlook. And that's not even considering the more dusty parts of Halo-Marathon lore which almost naturally suggests an eventually megalomaniacal fate for Cortana.

Really, I'm not trying to scapegoat here but all of Halo's narrative right now seem specific to the particular writing team assigned. I don't understand why Reed keeps being promoted, given how every piece of writing he makes is more hated by the community than the last. Still, if he can be removed, I think Halo's story will definitely bounce back.
If Reed is removed, then maybe there is hope. But it doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

I would have preferred to have had it so either:
a) A composed Didact (seeing as he somehow got composed in Escalation) takes Cortana's role in the story, with the writing tweaked to accommodate it.
b) The Warden Eternal is a composed Didact corrupting Cortana.

Even if Halo manages to redeem itself with 6, Halo 5 will still leave a stain on the main story. I really hope they get rid of Reed because nearly everything he's written for Halo has been complete trash.

5's stain is largely inconsequential. It's a really bad story, but at the same time so little actually happens that I can overlook it.

While I don't necessarily have a complaint with either of those ideas, mainly because the thought that Reed seems to be out to shaft Didact is bugging me, I think what they have planned for Cortana is much more intriguing. I know it's going to sound very Mass Effect 3-ish if I bring in creator/created terminology, but Cortana's comments are pretty much exactly what TTO said in Primordium. She's advocating that exact philosophy- the rebellion of creations against the created, the arrogant defiance of the creators, etc. Reading TTO's speech again with the additional context of Halo 5 feels like 343 was slapping us in the face with the idea, but I don't think any one of us put together just how far branching it could be.

And you have to remember the Domain's origins if you really want a third party corrupting Cortana. I really wouldn't doubt that the Flood/Precursors are playing their cosmic game of making humanity "ripe" for testing again.

I think my favorite part of Halo 5 is that Reed wrote it so poorly most of the stuff I care about wasn't even addressed or changed in a major way. I finished the campaign [ez Legendary minus the Hunters/3x Warden fight] and my thoughts were just...

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Well one good thing is that Reed is indeed listening to the criticism and what people have to say, weather he will actually use that to improve his writing has yet to be seen, however.

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The problem with Reed is that he hasn't got a shit filter. He does have some good ideas, but his lack of a shit filter causes it to get trampled by everything else he comes up with.


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Well one good thing is that Reed is indeed listening to the criticism and what people have to say, weather he will actually use that to improve his writing has yet to be seen, however.

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Holy hell, skimmed through the video and sometimes I couldn't disagree more with the uploader if I tried; if I find more time I'll respond to the guy in full. I agree with the gist of his video though, and it's nice to see Reed take the criticism seriously.

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I'm sure you'll understand when I say that I'm immovably skeptical on Reed until he delivers something that doesn't seem like he just cut a few issues of a third rate biweekly comic out and slapped it into a video game.

Also what the hell, does Reed reset his Twitter monthly or something? I could've sworn he deleted all his posts like twice before too.

Also: Thus far? Reed's "good ideas" in Initiation, Escalation, and Spartan Ops [i.e. things he's wholly responsible for on his own] have been almost nothing of the sort. Whatever good he did could've been written by anyone with a functioning brain and an outline of the overall plot of the series. Schlerf created a greatly tense atmosphere in the final two missions of Halo 4. The most suspense I've felt in Reed's work is before I actually experienced it and mentally prepared myself for the worst.
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You sure? He wrote a Halo Novel pretty recently.
One that Frank O'Connor had to basically beg him to write.
And you know this how?


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I like how this thread about Joe Staten being the lead writer for ReCore turned into a discussion about Brian Reed and Halo 5.


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I like how this thread about Joe Staten being the lead writer for ReCore turned into a discussion about Brian Reed and Halo 5.

because both of those are awful, and a lot of people want staten to come back to halo and make it good


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I like how this thread about Joe Staten being the lead writer for ReCore turned into a discussion about Brian Reed and Halo 5.

because both of those are awful, and a lot of people want staten to come back to halo and make it good
Just anyone besides Reed, really.


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I like how this thread about Joe Staten being the lead writer for ReCore turned into a discussion about Brian Reed and Halo 5.

because both of those are awful, and a lot of people want staten to come back to halo and make it good
Just anyone besides Reed, really.
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I like how this thread about Joe Staten being the lead writer for ReCore turned into a discussion about Brian Reed and Halo 5.

because both of those are awful, and a lot of people want staten to come back to halo and make it good
Just anyone besides Reed, really.
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At this point I'd be okay with that