Titan (canceled game): Difference between revisions

'''Titan''' was a codename for a canceled Halo MMO that was in development in between [[2004]] and [[2007]] by [[Ensemble Studios]].<ref name="interview1">[http://www.incgamers.com/Interviews/264/windstorms-dusty-monk-interview---part-one/2 '''IncGamers''': ''Windstorm's Dusty Monk Interview - Part One - Page 2''] (Dusty Monk: ''"For two years, before we all moved onto Halo Wars, we were working on an MMO prototype, and it was codenamed Titan."'')</ref> Following the project's cancellation in 2007, Ensemble Studios focused all of its resources into developing ''[[Halo Wars]]''.

Titan was a prototype game developed to compete against [[Wikipedia:Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard Entertainment]]'s [[Wikipedia:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]. The project was internally cancelled in mid-late-2007 with no formal announcement of its development by Microsoft.<ref name="oneremains">[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20153 '''Gamasutra''': ''Exclusive: Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO'']</ref>

Around 40 staff in three teams worked on Titan whilst other Ensemble's staff focused on developing ''Halo Wars'', though one team remained in the project six months after.<ref name="shacknews"/><ref name="oneremains"/> The project drew heavy inspiration from World of Warcraft for the basic structure and style in the earlier stages of development.<ref name="interview2">[http://www.incgamers.com/Interviews/264/windstorms-dusty-monk-interview---part-one/3 '''IncGamers''': ''Windstorm's Dusty Monk Interview - Part One - Page 3''] (Dusty Monk: ''"We weren't necessarily making WoW in space, but we were certainly adopting a lot of the things that we saw working in World of Warcraft and then putting it in a sci-fi genre."'')</ref> The project was said to be radically different in the later stages, exploring novel concepts and gameplay additions such as "heroic stylized artform" and cover system (currently used in ''[[wikipedia:Star Wars: The Old Republic|Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''), and public quests (currently used in ''[[wikipedia:Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning|Warhammer: Online]]''). In addition, instead of mana-points as used in World of Warcraft, a character's special ability is referred as psion.<ref name="psionmana">[http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20153 '''Gamasutra''': ''Exclusive: Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO''] (Michael Zenke: ''"The character pane shows a health bar and 'mana' -- or Psion, as is referred to in this title... The upper right icons are for basic character functions."'')</ref>

The Rogue was intended to be a human class. One may presume that these individuals were designed to have expertise in stealth combat.

Sigmas were apparently a new species of extraterrestrials that were intended to appear in the cancelled Halo MMO. Some of the Sigmas seen in concept art are decidedly human in appearance, while others have more distinct alien features. Not much is known about them other than the male and female genders each had a distinctive physical appearance.

The Aardvark was a human vehicle intended to be featured in the cancelled Halo MMO. It would have possibly be used as a reconnaissance vehicle similar to the M12 Warthog, but with an appearance more similar to the Wolverine.

The Rhino was a human vehicle, intended to be featured in the canceled Halo MMO. It was intended to be used in the role as a gunship. It bears a notable resemblance to the Pelican dropship series, though with added missiles, chainguns, a thruster over its tail section, and enlarged wings with built-in ducted-air fans. It may have been the conceptual inspiration of the Sparrowhawk, a craft that would have filled a similar role in ''Halo Wars''.  

====Runner-class Transport====

The Runner-class was a Covenant Naval vessel designed to transport the Hierarchs, known to be featured in the cancelled Halo MMO. One such Runner-class ship was known as the Throne Warden. It was completely manned by the Sangheili, and had a limited planet-to-planet travel distance, with no system-to-system slipspace drives.

An unknown Forerunner Warthog-like vehicle was set to appear, depicted in several concept art. It is also similar to the previously mentioned Aardvark, though it is unknown if both are related.

This Covenant aircraft was set to appear in the MMO. It would seemingly serve as a mobile aircraft platform, for deploying Banshee units.

The Forerunner combat armor was an armored suit in the cancelled Halo MMO. The armor was designed for Forerunner use but due to humans and Forerunners being the same in the MMO, the armor could also be worn by humans.

====MJOLNIR combat armor====

These unknown MJOLNIR armor models were variations of MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor for Spartans in the cancelled Halo MMO. Not much is known about the armors, although most superficially resemble the Mark VI, except for the shoulder pauldrons. Several variations were designed, one of which had a chainsaw in place of the left hand. Unlike the armors seen in the actual games, most of these designs are quite extreme and heavily stylized.

File:MMO2.png|Concept art of an unknown Flood form being analyzed by a Forerunner Monitor.

File:MMO - Spirit.jpg|The Covenant [[Type-25 Spirit]]