VAVA Mk2
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Halo Franchise Director Frank O'Connor has left Microsoft (Update)
O'Connor has worked on the flagship Xbox series since 2004.
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VAVA Mk2
Member
Agreed. The franchise was supposed to have a coherent plan for story and what was gonna happen with his role. It felt like he didn't do shit except post racist stuff on ResetEra and went to a red carpet event for a shit adaptation for a Halo TV show.
Moriarty1889
Member
Oh well another one gone it seems. Best of luck to him.
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Thirty7ven
Banned
They have COD now, so I expect Halo to take a really long break.
MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah, can't ignore that this is all happening for a reason. Too early to tell if this is really good or bad in the long run, but only time will tell. I still continue to feel bad for Halo fans, the amount of punches over the years has been something else.
Elder Legend
Banned
Thank God. Fuck that guy. I always despised him.
Moriarty1889
Member
Yes you are right. It does seem to be a major changing of the guard starting with Bonnie Ross, Joe Staten and now Frank Oconnor as well as Kiki Wolfkill all leaving. Definitely rebooting the studio indeed. Hopefully it all works out and we get a better Halo from this.
VAVA Mk2
Member
Well it is what we asked for about 3 years ago so we are finally getting what we wanted. Let's see if this goes anywhere. More than likely, this IP goes into hibernation for a decade. Sad to see something once revered and the face of XBox die like this.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Give Halo to The Coalition. Use UE5 with Lumen and Nanite. Bring in a competent writer to craft the future story. Preferably a novelist that has written Halo fiction that was well received before.
aries_71
Junior Member
Even Masterchief went into cryosleep from time to time…
funkygunther
Banned
they really messed up with Halo Infinite
About time.
nush
Member
Like all ex-journos "freelance" is calling him. He's had a colorful history recently, surprised it took this long.
Elder Legend
Banned
Guy was a shitstain racist posting on Reeeera. Hope he never lands a job.
Varteras
Gold Member
The media gave the game more initial praise than it deserved. A fanbase rallied around the only game that stood a chance to give the new console early momentum after an entire generation damaged the brand. Forza is great, but Xbox needed Halo and it didn't deliver. 343, once again, failed.
Not that I doubt you, but I'm curious what he was saying. There was always something about him that rubbed me the wrong way but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Fart Knight
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Finally. Good fucking riddance.
Varteras
Gold Member
Them Master Cheeks tho!
Or they will have the Call Of Duty people to take over Halo to bring it back to it's glory days.
nush
Member
There were multiple instances, not going to bother capping them all from Resetera but they kept giving him a pass because he was an "Industry name" until the dam broke. He got a weak #metoo moment as well. I know what you mean, he's got the look.
Varteras
Gold Member
There were multiple instances, not going to bother capping them all from Resetera but they kept giving him a pass because he was an "Industry name" until the dam broke. He got a weak #metoo moment as well. I know what you mean, he's got the look.
Yeah. If I had kids, I would never leave them with Uncle Frankie.
Thirty7ven
Banned
I’ve seen this take all over the place and it doesn’t make sense. You would be cutting the legs of COD and you don’t pay 70B to tone that down.
Halo is a huge game, it will take a lot of resources and time. You need a studio focused on it, not a part time gig.
COD and Halo are also very different games and there’s no guarantee a COD studio would fare any better.
The franchise needs to take a breather and come back later.
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Call Of Duty has a few teams
Luigi Mario
Member
Wasn’t he just a community manager during the Halo Reach days that somehow ended up being in a leadership position at 343 Industries?
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Yes and that’s for a reason. If you take a team away you lose something, and for what? A blind chance? Not a single one of these teams is known for the kind of quality or gameplay mechanics or single player campaign structure you would want from Halo.
All those teams make up the COD dev network also.
Morrie’s wig shop
Member
About time, I swear this cat spent most of his waking hours dedicated to off-topic threads in video game forums.
Clean this fucking house and start over.
Clean this fucking house and start over.