Do you know how much money did Halo 3 make? 170 million American dollars. You could buy 1 700 000 tons of carrot in Poland for this (that is a net price though, so it would be a bit less when adding the tax). That’s a lot. A LOT. Do you know how much did it cost? 30 million American dollars. It’s like 2 F-16s (Think about it Bungie! If you would cut the cost of Halo 3 by half you could have gotten yourself a fighter jet.). That’s a lot as well. Especially for a game budget. You know what’s makes it funny? The fact that the most expensive element of the game was the graphics. There is another funny story connected to this. Some experts (or rather “experts”) stated that Halo 3 introduced a new era in HD gaming.
Let me just give you an example why this is so hilarious for me.
One evening I was showing two of my friends some 360 games. Here I need to explain that both of them are gamers, but neither has entered the HD era yet, so to speak.
My console swallowed Gears of War first. My friends were like:
-“ Damn, this looks awesome! Look at the textures…”
-“Yeah, this is incredible. Looks almost like a CG movie.”
After playing Gears we decided that it’s time to proceed to a next game, so I put Halo 3 on.
The response was not what I would expect…
- “What a piece of crap!”
- “What the fuck is this, an Xbox 1 game?!”
Because I’m fond of the Halo series I wanted to convince them it’s not that bad…:
-“Come one, it’s not that bad. Look at the lighting effects, they are pretty cool, and the overall artistic design is nice, right?”
-“Sure, if you’re into Action Man.”
Come to think of it, they do have a point. Let’s be frank – Halo 3 looks worse that Gears of War that was released almost a year earlier.
That said I have 2 suggestions.
Suggestion for Bungie:
Guys, maybe you better brush up on your coding skills making Flash games. It’s a bit of a shame to make a game for 3 years and end up with a cold meatloaf.
Suggestion for the “experts”:
Drugs are bad for you.
(I like Halo, but that doesn’t stop me from bashing it from every direction.)
2 comments:
This guy is wright. I was astonished by the graphics I saw in Gears Of War.And as far as Halo 3 is concerned....yhmmm... If it was a ps2 game it would be a miracle! To bad it is not. As for X-Box 360 game - not bad.
It's true, that HD era is for me as unattainable as Artificial Intelligence for police officers
in GTA, but I'm working on it :) It's true! Some people still play PS2 games!For now...
If I was the publisher of HD games? Well..... someone said it before, but let me put it my way (remake of famous dialog :)):
Bungie: So what's up? How's orders looking for the first week?
madaraczlep: It would be better if you gave me nothing at all
Bungie: What?
madaraczlep: This AI and graphics are less than nothing,
I can't sell this fucking game!
Bungie: What?
madaraczlep: Either change the scripts or it's not coming out!
Bungie: What? I-
madaraczlep: Now get the fuck out of my office!
NOW!
Don't get me wrong - it's not that I don't like Halo. All I want to say is that some people
should be aware that the time, technology and gamer expectations are advancing. It's not
enough to make HD 3D tetris out of the original version, with golden blocks, dimond blocks, singing
or copulating blocks to make game attractive(and worth it's price)...
Halo 3 was only a little more than slightly disappointing..... =/
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