Gaf ban Jason articles plz
Why? Because it backs up what everyone with a brain has been saying about the development being in hell on at 343? I mean it sounds like a lot of the Faber code seems to be a lot of the culprit. And looking at Bungie's shit engine Tiger for Destiny in how that has played out now holds true to their code being shit.
It almost makes it seem like 343 has the better code base. But in how the studio operated thats another story. If the code was so shit, why not just start from scratch and look at the code as an outline? They had fucking 6 years?
Shows more the issues a lot of the industry points to which is bad project management. And that falls more on the parent company Microsoft/ Phil/Booty in how they have their studio setup. Using half of the staff from Contracted is not good.
Contracted usually is done to help facilitate certain things after most of the base system of the game are in place. Like if your tools, engine pieces like custom lighting engines and all that are set and your main animation systems are in place. Then your main developers of the studio are working on art, play tests, combat systems, hit detection within levels, sound design. Your contracted people are QA on new created assets, and some of them clean up animations, make NPC models, all that stuff. ANd usually thats when in Post Alpha pre beta stage.
How 343 was setup sounds like they were not managed well. And now with Rare going through some changes as well it seems the Playground Games, Coalition are more the premier well oiled studios and others need a good amount of work.