Halo 4 Won’t Touch Core Mechanics of the Game

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The next Halo game will feature both "dramatic innovations" and "slight tweaks" to the traditional Halo format - but new studio 343 Industries doesn't think the core game mechanic needs to be changed.

Speaking to CVG, creative director of MS's 343 Industries - and former CVG employee - Frank O'Connor said he doesn't think the Halo series needs to be taken in a radical new direction... it just needs to go "deeper".

"Bungie tried to reinvent [the Halo series] every time," he told CVG. "If you think about it, with Halo it was about putting the controls on the sticks, which hadn't been solved properly.

"With Halo 2 we recreated the System Link, LAN party experience on Xbox Live and that wouldn't have happened if it hadn't been on Xbox... So there are a lot of things that comes from partnership with the hardware and platform guys, and a lot of innovations come through necessity, which is going to continue to happen with us.

"Ultimately the core game mechanic and strength of the universe doesn't need to be changed, it just needs to be taken deeper. We want to make Halo games - we don't want to make Call of Duty or Ridge Racer. We want to make Halo games because we understand what's special about Halo."

Despite the fact that the next Halo will be the fourth on the current Xbox hardware, O'Conner said he doesn't think it'll be a problem producing another innovative instalment.

"I would say that one thing that has happened with previous Halo games regardless of hardware or platform shift is that there were always ideas left on the table due to time constraints, there were also ideas that didn't quite work because people didn't take to them or audience player patterns weren't exactly what we expected," he said.

"So no matter when it comes out, the next Halo is going to contain improvements. Some of them are going to be dramatic innovations while others will be slight tweaks.

"You've got to say 'what can we do to make this better?' It doesn't matter if that is a giant innovation or a small tweak, you've got to do it all over the board. That's how Bungie approaches it."

In the same interview O'Conner told CVG he thinks the next Halo will be "scrutinised differently" without Bungie at the helm.

Posted: Mar 25, 2011 7:05 am

Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/294955/halo-4-will-feature-dramatic-innovations-and-slight-tweaks/

Comments

AC-130Posted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

Halo needs to do Halo. If people start pushing halo to be Call of Duty, then they will start hiring trash companies, like Treyarch, to make their games faster. I want halo to be as well designed as it has been for, well, the whole series! I can wait a two or three years for a halo, but they need to stop getting side projects started, then stopping. Just get the main game done. Because that's what WE want, and WE the customers, should matter the most.

-L96A1-

Kev1992Posted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

Kev1992 I think its great they are continuing Halo, and ide think it would be ok to have yaerly games as much as it would be better for them to take there time, they still always make new differences to Halo and its still fun. I am just happy they are not continuing the seiries.

I apologise for my grammar mistakes. i ment"happy they are not quiting making halo games. and that they are continuing the series".

Kev1992Posted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

I think its great they are continuing Halo, and ide think it would be ok to have yaerly games as much as it would be better for them to take there time, they still always make new differences to Halo and its still fun. I am just happy they are not continuing the seiries.

ForestPosted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

ZBrush
kingkottah I sure hope halo doesnt became a yearly release, thats what made it special is that they took their time making their games as perfect as possible. If they keep at the normal rate of pushing out halo games it will be like halo 5 and cod would be like COD12 which is crazy seeming halo franchise started first (i believe)

I agree,

The thing that annoys me is that they said they would stop at halo 3 and then make a CE version.

Where's the CE Version?!?
Now there making crappier and crappier versions that cant keep your attention after you complete the storyline.

Fix the core mechanics, they need fixing.
thats why no one plays on it.

A lot of people still play halo 3, and halo reach.

The games haven't gotten crappier and crappier each time, people just expect more and more from new games. Halo 3 added a lot more features than halo 2 had and some people loved it, some people loved halo 2 more. The reason being is that people got used to halo 2 so they didn't want to learn how to play a new game.

As for me I hope they don't make a new halo game every year.

PwnPosted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

Halo Will Always Be a legend of a Game and COD Won't beat it
I remember having Halo 1 in my hands for the first time ;D

skatertgPosted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

Aslong as they keep the Battle rifle from halo 2/3 in the games im fine, start changing it for DMR etc gtfo.

ZBrushPosted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

kingkottah I sure hope halo doesnt became a yearly release, thats what made it special is that they took their time making their games as perfect as possible. If they keep at the normal rate of pushing out halo games it will be like halo 5 and cod would be like COD12 which is crazy seeming halo franchise started first (i believe)

I agree,

The thing that annoys me is that they said they would stop at halo 3 and then make a CE version.

Where's the CE Version?!?
Now there making crappier and crappier versions that cant keep your attention after you complete the storyline.

Fix the core mechanics, they need fixing.
thats why no one plays on it.

kingkottahPosted: Fri. Mar 25, 2011

I sure hope halo doesnt became a yearly release, thats what made it special is that they took their time making their games as perfect as possible. If they keep at the normal rate of pushing out halo games it will be like halo 5 and cod would be like COD12 which is crazy seeming halo franchise started first (i believe)

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