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Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes Video
Posted By: Joony JoonDate: 7/12/12 3:11 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes Video (kidtsunami)


: I'm just curious about your understanding of budgets and running projects.
: Building software and running a company is not this magical process where
: More Money == More GOOD. You can't draw direct comparisons about how money
: is spent in one area and compare it to another. Things scale differently,
: you can reliably take a perfect production line and well, just buy more
: factory space and hire more people and you'll reliably get more product.
: You can't on the other hand just hire more "sandbox map editor
: engineers" and expect a shinier better forge is going to pop out
: (though I bet if you pour even more money into test, you'll get fewer
: bugs, but that's a balance companies try to strike cost vs value...).

: So unless you have had to make tough decisions about how to allocate a budget
: on a creative project, please don't presume YOU know MORE than 343 in this
: regard. I'm not implying that I know more than you, merely that you sound
: like you're over reaching in your budgetary analysis.

Here's what I know.

I know that FUD cost between 5-10 million dollars, according to the LA Times.

I know that game programmers make between 50-100K a year.

I know that I care more about the game than the webseries.

So, based on what I know of Forge for Halo 4 so far, I feel like they should have spent that 5-10 million dollars differently. I understand that it takes lots of time and work to build a Forge World from scratch. I wasn't hoping for more Forge maps though. I was hoping for a complete overhaul of the mode itself - terrain editing, time of day, weather, lighting, textures, etc. I've seen nothing indicating that we'll get any of that and with the game only a few months out I won't hold my breath for it. I don't believe that they couldn't make that happen in three years.

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Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoEnfinit 7/11/12 2:09 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoGrizzlei 7/11/12 2:53 a.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoSonGoharotto 7/11/12 1:18 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoGrizzlei 7/11/12 1:45 p.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoLurono 7/11/12 3:50 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJaydee 7/11/12 4:02 a.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes Videobluerunner 7/11/12 1:54 p.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoDEEP NNN 7/11/12 6:39 a.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoApollo 7/11/12 8:32 a.m.
                 Was wondering the same thingBeorn 7/11/12 11:45 a.m.
                       Re: Was wondering the same thingGrizzlei 7/11/12 2:04 p.m.
                       Re: Was wondering the same thingFrankie 7/11/12 2:44 p.m.
                             Re: Was wondering the same thingNotTheVacuum 7/11/12 3:16 p.m.
                             Re: Was wondering the same thingVandle Valsher 7/11/12 3:19 p.m.
                                   Re: Was wondering the same thingbluerunner 7/11/12 3:25 p.m.
                             Re: Was wondering the same thingbluerunner 7/11/12 3:21 p.m.
                                   AgreedBeorn 7/11/12 3:46 p.m.
                             Re: Was wondering the same thingyakaman 7/11/12 3:26 p.m.
                             halo 1234 confirmed!hunt3r 7/11/12 5:16 p.m.
                             Out of curiosity...Quirel 7/11/12 6:06 p.m.
                             Re: Was wondering the same thingGeneral Vagueness 7/13/12 1:49 p.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoArchitechnid 7/11/12 9:17 a.m.
     That looks sooo good. *NM*Mixmasterchief 7/11/12 10:31 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/11/12 11:26 a.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoFrankie 7/11/12 2:50 p.m.
                 lollerpwnt *NM*Vandle Valsher 7/11/12 3:21 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/11/12 3:42 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoMetalingus627 7/11/12 5:07 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoKalamari 7/11/12 5:17 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/11/12 6:09 p.m.
                                   Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes Videokidtsunami 7/11/12 6:47 p.m.
                                         ...and that's the game! *NM*thebruce0 7/12/12 8:53 a.m.
                                         Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/12/12 3:11 p.m.
                                               Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoLouis Wu 7/12/12 3:32 p.m.
                                                     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/12/12 4:15 p.m.
                                                           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoLouis Wu 7/12/12 4:48 p.m.
                       oh yeahkidtsunami 7/11/12 5:22 p.m.
                       Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoApollo 7/12/12 11:46 a.m.
                             Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoNotTheVacuum 7/12/12 1:56 p.m.
                             Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoJoony Joon 7/12/12 2:47 p.m.
                 Answers.Joony Joon 11/11/12 4:39 p.m.
                       Re: Answers.serpx 11/12/12 12:19 a.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes Videostabbim 7/11/12 10:34 p.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoGeneral Vagueness 7/13/12 1:58 p.m.
     I got goose nipples *NM*thebruce0 7/11/12 12:45 p.m.
           Might want to see a doctor about that. *NM*SonGoharotto 7/11/12 1:16 p.m.
                 Point me to Dr. House plz *NM*thebruce0 7/12/12 8:54 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoNotTheVacuum 7/11/12 1:19 p.m.
           Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoMetalingus627 7/11/12 5:11 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 4 FUD Behind the Scenes VideoGrizzlei 7/11/12 5:20 p.m.
                       Tomato, TomatoMetalingus627 7/11/12 5:29 p.m.
                             Re: Tomato, TomatoGrizzlei 7/11/12 5:49 p.m.
                                   Re: Tomato, TomatoSonGoharotto 7/11/12 5:52 p.m.
     Very excitedSonGoharotto 7/11/12 1:22 p.m.
           Re: Very excitedstabbim 7/13/12 1:31 p.m.



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