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toadslayer72 on 05 March 2012
pezus said:

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Halo 4 franchise director Frank O'Connor clear on differences between the most popular shooters.

Published on Mar 5, 2012

 

Halo 4 may have a perks system, but 343 Industries intends to forge its own path without being influenced by the likes of Call of Duty - according to franchise development director Frank O'Connor.

"I bet the CoD guys got that about Halo for two or three years and were sick of hearing it," O'Connor said of the comparison in an interview with NowGamer. "I haven’t ever looked at a competing game and thought, 'They stole that from us!' Some of these things are just natural evolutions of player habits and desires."

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is widely credited with popularising a deep system of perks in FPS multiplayer - but Halo 4 won't feature too many other similarities.

"We’re not chasing hard detail," added O'Connor. "That’s a dangerous avenue to go down because if you end up doing their thing badly then that’s twice as bad as if you hadn’t done it at all.

"So what we are doing is naturally evolving directions Halo is going in, improving on things we should have done better on last time and building on experiences appropriate to what audiences want. You’ll definitely see places where the streams cross but we’re absolutely, strategically not trying to copy anybody. I think that’s a foolish path to go down."

Halo 4 was blown wide open at an Xbox showcase event last week - check out all the new info in one place.

 

Anyone know what he could be talking about specifically?



I LOVE paying for Xbox Live! I also love that my love for it pisses off so many people.

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usrevenge on 06 March 2012

depends on the actual perks. but still i don't like it. everyone should be on a level playing field. perks have never been good, some games did it right, some wrong. COD has always done it wrong. but games like BFBC2 did it right, the best perks saved you from maybe 1 bullet from an SMG (basically nothing) or gave you 1 extra grenade.. so it was more of customizing what you want.

in COD you would get near instant reloads, or 10% more HP meaning you could survive 2-5 shots, or even a sniper hit.



Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 06 March 2012

Halo 3 mechanics was the best. It was one of the most balanced games ive ever played...



Yay!!!

usrevenge on 06 March 2012

halo CE was the best.. it's what made the game what it was ... halo 3 sucked did you not play 1 or 2?
the series has been on a downhill incline since release
halo1 was the best, 2 was 2nd best ect.



MonstaMack on 06 March 2012

Yeah Halo CE was the best, but also sold the least. Let's be honest here: 343 Wants the most buys as possible. One CoD fans learn that Halo 4 has perks they will give it a go (and if they ever decide to add Killstreaks? They will get even more CoD fans).

Look at sales: CoD has destroyed the competition. It's the ultimate casual FPS out there. People say Battlefield 3 is better. Well maybe it is, but it doesn't got shit on CoD sales. 343 Wants a piece of those sales, and while Reach did pretty damn well they want Halo 4 to do even better.



It's just that simple.

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 06 March 2012

Well, I for one don't see a single reason to copy anything from CoD :P (except possibly the sales.....)



IIIIITHE1IIIII on 06 March 2012
pezus said:
IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Well, I for one don't see a single reason to copy anything from CoD :P (except possibly the sales.....)

Arguably what the publishers/developers desire most


Which is sad since it's at the cost of originality