Frequently Asked Forum Questions
Search the HBO News Archives Any All Exact		Search the Halo Updates DBs Halo Halo2		Bungie Webcam HBO XBL Gamertags *Ar's Simple HTML Guide Shishka's Guide for Newcomers The Lowdown on Download Accelerators Red Loser's Anti-Spamming Guide Egg FAQ | More Egg Stuff c0ld's Movie Starter Guide Shishka's HaloPC Pre-Release FAQ 3.1 AutoMagic 117 StripzMaker
Search Older Posts on This Forum: Posts on Current Forum | Archived Posts

Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc
Posted By: TDSpiral <brennagar@gmail.com>	Date: 1/13/13 4:06 p.m.
In Response To: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc (pete_the_duck) : This is, no doubt, going to end up on Wu's desk and probably on the front : page, so I wanted to post it here myself so I could ..perhaps provide a : relevant perspective to the piece. : I consider this some Forgers expressing their frustration at Halo 4's Forge : through a parody ViDoc. And, as such, I found it amusing and think anyone : that has similarly been frustrated at Forge will probably enjoy watching : it and might even laugh a few times. I did. : I do not consider it, in any way, a thorough or even accurate accessment of : Forge. They tend to focus on the Forge maps and game types, which are : items that can (and traditionally, have ) been added post-launch. And so, : I do not consider those relevant to an accessment of Forge itself as a : tool. : While the many improvements made to Forge itself are either not mentioned, : mentioned only once, misrepresented, or are presented with an : exaggerated, infomercial-like degree of difficultly that I found amusing. : Those improvements include: -Dynamic lighting : -Duplicate : -Locking : -Delete by palette (including Delete Everything) : -Multiple game type label slots : -Being able to move objects without worrying about your snap rotation : -Gravity Volumes : -And unique and versatile objects like extraction targets and dominion : vehicle pads : There are also some statements that are outright false, but I attribute that : to the structure of the video--it is a parody, and seems to resort to : simply providing a direct antithesis to statements in the original ViDoc. : So, enjoy it, but don't get caught up in it. They clearly put a lot of work : into the presentation, and that is going to get the video a lot of views. : As for the intended purpose of the video, if they legitimately want 343 : Industries to adjust Forge, I don't think their presentation is as : effective as a more traditional evaluation and bulleted list would be. That was actually a bit funnier than I was expecting, but it misrepresents Halo 4's Forge in a lot of ways. I'll definitely say that there is a lot of room for improvement, like precision editing and lighting, but other than that, I feel pretty satisfied with what I got. I've said this before, and I still feel like it's a fairly accurate assessment of Halo 4: A huge step forward, but a few steps backward.

Message Index

Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	pete_the_duck	1/13/13 11:31 a.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	DEEP NNN	1/13/13 12:03 p.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	pete_the_duck	1/13/13 12:48 p.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	Taco Power	1/13/13 3:25 p.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	pete_the_duck	1/13/13 4:42 p.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	Taco Power	1/13/13 8:24 p.m.
Re: Halo 4 Forge Parody ViDoc	TDSpiral	1/13/13 4:06 p.m.
Well said	iForge	1/14/13 9:06 a.m.
Re: Well said	Dundre	1/14/13 10:06 a.m.