But what can they fix exactly? I mean the game has shipped, any major changes like a UI overhaul just aren't happening. It'd be a waste of time and money.
I think this is a big point that a lot of HaloGAF are naive about. After launching a game you will have a finite amount if resource to support that release. Most of your company's resource will now be into the next game.
Some fixes are possible, some are not. Sit and think for a couple of minutes about what would be involved in some if these fixes. New scripts, assets, UI, code, gameplay rules and so on. Then it needs to be tested fully to make sure it works in isolation, it works within the product and it works within the community. It is a big drain on your team.
So the team needs to get as much as it can right first time. With Halo 4 I think a brand new team who picked up from where a group of strangers left off have done very well. They have improved in many areas and matched most of what is left.
There are gaps which is what you guys constantly bitch about, but they are not far away. With the money involved you might argue that there shouldn't be any gaps, but the scale of the task will be fucking huge.
I would judge them after the next game. For me the multiplayer is still Halo, still fun and there is less grieving. The campaign was the best yet in parts and somewhat lacking in parts. Spartan ops started off stuttering and finished dramatically better. I have faith in 343 to improve on a job already done pretty well.
I think some of you guys need to walk away and stop shitting it up for everyone else.
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