I also don't see any level of polish in halo odst, but that's just me. it seems slapped together in a money hat attempt but I'm sure that was Microsoft and _not_ bungie.
Bungie are developer gods, leave them alone, you can hate the big green game killing machine, but you cant hate bungie.
On topic;
I'd love to work for Any nintendo developer. While I haven't liked a nintendo game since Majoras mask, i imagine it would be the most fun and the least amount of stress.