This is genuinely depressing, if true. I was very much looking forward to Halo Infinite, but knowing who runs the show at 343 made me realize it would never live up to expectations.
That employee should've been fired from his job after making a statement like that in public. What a joke 343 has become. Bonnie is most likely the culprit behind this debacle. The only person to keep her job after shipping less than great halo games this past decade.Not sure if this is who you meant, but the director of franchise development being a Reseterror that yelled about wanting to punch kids in MAGA hats, tells you everything you need to know about why things are going so poorly for Halo.
I agree. I want nothing more than what Halo Infinite promised. A return to form on today’s technology and level of production, with all the incredible opportunities that would afford. It’s just not looking great for that vision to become a cohesive product.
343 went out of their to brag about hiring people that Hate halo. Think of how insane, out of touch, and degrading to your fanbase that is. Halo 1,2,3, and Reach are some of the best games of all time. Like we can argue which one of them are better than the other, but they stand head and shoulders above whatever crap 343 is putting out. And i dont think infinite will change the trend. Id love to be wrong.
Did the bolded really happen?
"We had people who we hired who hated Halo because of 'X,'" says O'Connor. "But what that really meant was, 'I feel like this game could be awesome because of 'Y input' that I'm going to bring into it. I want to prove it, and I'm passionate about proving it.' So we ended up with a bunch of people who were genuinely passionate about the product. That is a huge advantage, and that helped in hiring and forming our team."
Halo is still a thing? Back to 2007
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EDIT can’t link right lol found this quote
For Halo 4, he says there were a few epiphany moments that helped boost the morale of the team. One of the earlier ones that Holmes recalls was when the team completed a small piece of the Halo experience that he described as a "very traditional" Halo. User research showed that people thought it was a lot of fun, and it showed that the team was capable of making a Halo game that was true to what the series was about.
343 scrapped it, Holmes says, as it was too traditional.
Jeez. And now we know why Halo is the way is viewed the way it is right now.EDIT can’t link right lol found this quote
JFC. How hard is it to give people a traditional Halo game?! Maybe they should try making a good Halo game before trying to reinvent the wheel. It seems like the talent at 343 is there it's just being put to use in making a Halo game people who like Halo don't want.
Halo 1,2,3, and Reach are some of the best games of all time.
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Peasants.some of the best console multiplayer, at least
Peasants.
Lol what’s up with Harrison, he has some strange timing with his employments.Could be nothing. Could be something bigger. Even if they left for negative reasons, doesn't necessarily mean bad things. It frees up positions that you didn't have to lay people off to fill. We don't work for 343 so we don't even know if those guys had a positive impact. They could have been why Halo 5 sucked for all we know. It's more likely a bigger issue when more key/influential people leave but it can also lead to better prospects with the new people's ideas. For example, a lot of Playstation execs shakeup since PS3 gen and they better than ever. No more Phil Harrison, Jack Tretton, etc. Starting of X1 generation has some corporate shakeups too. No more Phil Harrison, Don Mattrick, etc. Just watch when Stadia fails, and Phil Harrison "leaves", just you wait and see how much better Google's gaming initiative gets.
Typically not a good look for a game. Especially when we still haven't actually seen it. 343 isn't a bad studio, but it hasn't recaptured the magic of Halo from the Bungie days and that was the expectation placed on it by many. It's an expectation that probably shouldn't exist anymore at this point. It's the same thing with The Coalition and Gears. They haven't managed to make Gears as big as it used to be under Epic and people should probably stop anticipating that it ever will.
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100% true they even admitted itDid the bolded really happen?
It is later. 343 has been around for a bit, and it’s been 4 years since Halo 5.I mean, if they need to shake the structure for good, better now than later.
If there is one thing I learned about the gaming industry is that is allows people to fuck up multiple times and still keep their jobsIf 343 fucks up again Phil needs to go over there and start firing bitches. It's like how many chances does one studio get at that point.
If there is one thing I learned about the gaming industry is that is allows people to fuck up multiple times and still keep their jobs