343: “You Will Never See a Halo Game Coming Out Without a Beta.”

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With the Master Chief Collection having received more patches than months it has been released, it’s fair to make the observation the title is not a benchmark for stability. This has not gone unnoticed by the developer, as 343 Industries has a plan going forward for future titles.

Recently sitting down with Gamespot, Founder of 343 Industries Bonnie Ross lamented how the ambitious project would have been better served seeing each title released separately.

“The original pitch that we wanted to do was sort of a war chest. Ship all four games separately. Package them up.”

“(This) definitely created huge challenges. In hindsight, it would probably have been better to ship the four games separately. And I think that fans would’ve loved that. We wanted to do more. We wanted it to be this gift to the fans.”

So how does a developer go about not only releasing a dependable product, but regain the trust of fans going forward? Simple: Guarantee a beta for all future Halo titles.

Ross went on to add:
“There is so much we learned with the Halo 5 beta,” she said. “There is actually stuff we took from our Master Chief Collection–learnings that we were able to put into the beta.”

“Going forward, you will never see a Halo game coming out without a beta. It was obviously painful for our fans and for us. But it won’t happen again. There are things we put in place to make sure that we know everything, how it stands up outside and in the wild.”


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OwenPosted:

Halo is the best game ever made much better than cof

YinPosted:

-GoldCoast-
Yin Man, at least 343 is stepping up, realizing their mistakes, and are trying to fix it as best as possible. Even with the disappointment of TMCC when it initially released, I can't help but totally respect 343 with how they are handling it.


They should of realised that there mistake was halo 4, Awful game, as with the MMC, thats dead. Goodbye halo.


As that is your opinion. If I was done after a Halo I disliked, I would have never made it to Reach. Halo 4 was fine for me. Other than the Prometheans, the campaign was fantastic. As for multiplayer, it was pretty good other than the loadout system. The gameplay was fluid and worked fine. After playing Halo 5's beta, this one will be the same way just without the loadout system. I'm totally down with it. On top of the excellent place the story is going, it is nearly a must-have for me at the moment. Need to see what they have at E3 to finalize that.

-GoldCoast-Posted:

Yin Man, at least 343 is stepping up, realizing their mistakes, and are trying to fix it as best as possible. Even with the disappointment of TMCC when it initially released, I can't help but totally respect 343 with how they are handling it.


They should of realised that there mistake was halo 4, Awful game, as with the MMC, thats dead. Goodbye halo.

SteeenPosted:

-GoldCoast- "You will never see a good halo game after halo 3"
Thats my quote.


I second this. Only one i actually kinda liked after 3 was Halo: Reach but Halo 3 was still better than that. Too bad Bungie is gone so now they won't ever get better...

-GoldCoast-Posted:

"You will never see a good halo game after halo 3"
Thats my quote.

ehPosted:

Deranged These ****** have already **** up Halo 5 WILL BE A FAILURE guaranteed the only ones who will be buying it are the scrubs that loved Halo Reach and Halo 4.. The Halo label died the day Halo Reach was released these so called "Halos" that will be coming out in the future do not deserve to have the same labels associated with 1,2,3


I bought halo reach and I actually really enjoyed it, bought halo 4 and thought it was garbage. Im not going to buy halo 5. Cant speak for everyone man.

YinPosted:

Man, at least 343 is stepping up, realizing their mistakes, and are trying to fix it as best as possible. Even with the disappointment of TMCC when it initially released, I can't help but totally respect 343 with how they are handling it.

DerangedPosted:

These ****** have already **** up Halo 5 WILL BE A FAILURE guaranteed the only ones who will be buying it are the scrubs that loved Halo Reach and Halo 4.. The Halo label died the day Halo Reach was released these so called "Halos" that will be coming out in the future do not deserve to have the same labels associated with 1,2,3

CyimkingPosted:

RepBandit beta's with feedback helps better the game. As they have noticed this. Win/Win for when the game comes out


Win / Win indeed. The only thing that is tough for developers is when they are on a time crunch and they simply do not have the time to set up beta.

Chevy-Posted:

Great news man i appreciate the share


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