Redmond Creative Director-IEB-Microsoft Studios-343 Industries-Halo (785538) Job - WA, 98052 ^Linked on waypoint. Josh Holmes probably isn't getting fired either, apparently he tweeted about going out to dinner with the 343 team the night before. Thoughts?
Good riddance. Unless they somehow manage to find someone even more in love with everything but Halo.
If he's quitting, I don't blame him. Everyone on Waypoint (the community where everyone takes turns kissing 343i's ass) is holding him responsible for the fact that Halo 4 is too "accessible."
*Crosses fingers* Let's hope 343i hires somebody who knows how to create a proper Halo game this time around.
The job has been filled! This is a good indication that Halo will move into a different and better direction. I hope to see Halo 5 have a much greater skill gap with focus on eSports. MLG contributed so much to Halo 2/3's success.
A lot of 343's choice's where specifically to support eSports. So I just hope whoever they got understands Halo and what makes it fun and competitive. (It's not just COD in space suits jumping really high)
Their sole goal with Halo 4 was pull in as many new players as possible. They dumbed down the skill gap and added features that COD players enjoy while completely disregarding the loyal competitive community. And now they regret it. Barely anyone plays their game and they are trying to make up for it with all these new features.
I'm not defending 343i, I actually don't think there intentional goal was malice or inconsiderate to "loyal fans" I think they wanted to make a good game there just ignorant and hopeless and the temptation of money was to great. I just said they made some choices for eSports like all the new HUD indicators on weapon drops Jeff spamming your ears 24/7 and stuff like that, I never said they where good choices or I support them just that they where trying to make it good for eSports, And failed just like they did with so many parts of Halo 4 because of there ignorance not malice imo but with the horrible job they did and the way they act and treat the playerbase and "loyal fans" of Halo(Things like flat out lying treating us like idiots with the "14 day trail") I wouldn't put it past them.