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    John Keefer posted a new article, Halo 4 'wasn't half bad,' game director says.

    Halo 4 franchise director Frank O'Connor has taken a postmortem-style look back at the game, concluding that 343 Industries first effort in filling the big shoes of departed developer Bungie "wasn't half bad" and helped the studio emerge as a top-tier player in the game development space.
    Jan 09, 2013 6:00pm PST
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    John Keefer posted a new article, Halo 4 'wasn't half bad,' game director says.

    Halo 4 franchise director Frank O'Connor has taken a postmortem-style look back at the game, concluding that 343 Industries first effort in filling the big shoes of departed developer Bungie "wasn't half bad" and helped the studio emerge as a top-tier player in the game development space. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Did anyone find Halo 4 disappointing? : Keefinator
      • a little bit. It was a step back from Reach and the stuff that was in the terminals should have been adde... : sigproThis person is cool!
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        I thought the campaign was too short and the story too hard to follow. Instead of people saying, "Wait- : jeffcox111
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          Agreed. But I don't think it was disappointing. Great graphics, sound, gunplay. In sum: Halo. : pgharaviThis person is cool!
          • Seconded ... I had a lot of fun playing it, it looked gorgeous on the 360, and had at least one great son... : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
        • I'd have to agree with this, the single player campaign felt short, the missions were bland compared to s... : BrainiacrkThis person is cool!
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          I must admit that I am looking forward to the next Halo books. I need to read the Forerunner series by Gr... : Keefinator
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            I haven't read the series that starts with Glasslands yet, but I can say that the Greg Bear books are goo... : jeffcox111
            • Loved Heinlein. Starship Troopers was very good. : Keefinator
        • TIME TO DIE, DACT! : Dave-A
      • Having never played Halo before, I enjoyed it. I haven't played MP though. : breadsticks
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        The story was awful, it was basically we must stop this word we've made up, with this other word you've n... : SlingBlaze
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          Haven't played it yet but the story has always been bad in the main Halo games : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • And how! Playing through the series now has been weird. I completed Anniversary, played a decent chunk of... : GreggD
        • Halo 4's story uses a few things that were introduced (or at least used) in the novel Halo Cryptum. I gue... : Prometheus117
      • I've never been amazed by the Halo games. I've found them fun to play through and have finished each one ... : EntityThis person is cool!
      • I did. As an audio guy I have to say they messed with the sounds too much and the music. Also, the Promot... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
      • I've been one of the most vocal Halo fans on this site, and this one did not grab me. It's the first Halo... : Dave-A
      • Button Press Simulator 2012 : ashkieThis person is cool!
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        Quite disappointing, to be honest. : CruelLEGACEY
        • It's interesting that both of us came to that conclusion since we've both been banging the Halo drum on t... : Dave-A
      • It was. H4 does not measure up to the older games. H4's story is just not very good, being confusing or o... : Dr_Cube
    • I'm still playing it nightly. Having a lot of fun. : pun][sherThis person is cool!
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      I thought Josh Holmes was franchise director? : Sephiras
      • Holmes was Creative director : Keefinator
    • If I haden't read Halo Cryptum before I played the game, I would have been confused. 343 brought some ele... : Prometheus117