The Time taken to make ODST

R Richard P26 · 09-13-2009

I don't know about you guys but it seems bungie takes a long time to make games

For instance did you know that the time between Halo 3's and ODST's opening and becoming availible to the public is enough time for a can of Halo 3 Mountain Dew to EAT through its can,
TRUST ME I have two twelve packs here to prove it, if you've saved any for yourself you probably want to check them, now if you will excuse me I need to mop the floor and get sugar high on whats left

CaMOfo · 09-13-2009

And that's why their games are great. Don't complain, just let them stay at their own pace.

aMoeba · 09-13-2009

And I thought Valve was slow at making games...

Duckyz · 09-13-2009

i heard that it took around 1 year to make ODST
"which is short for a halo game" i think statin* said that
i read that in a magazine called EDGE

Roche178 · 09-13-2009

It usually takes about three years for Bungie to put out a new Halo game, so this is a gift.

Fastforward · 09-13-2009

ODST was a 14 month project. Halo 2 and 3 were around 30 month projects. I believe the average development time for a game is around 24 months.

Bungie may take longer to make games but they are damned good games.

Loscocco · 09-13-2009

They also said that they started Halo 3 right after Halo 2's release... They take the time to make the game good though. Also, why would you save that Mt Dew? It would have been terrible after 2 years... Perhaps keeping the Can, but the drink too?

DMM White · 09-14-2009

Blame teh Microsofts!

ODST could have been released a while back, at all the conventions they've been promoting ODST and Firefight as in its final build and the demos available there were variations of the final build. Plus they were going to announce it back at last year's E3 but Microsoft stopped them, ruining the SI ARG. :(

Perhaps that also explains why they let us look for the non-existant Secret of Sandtrap for months! Maybe they thought the Mythic Maps would be released sooner but ODST's delay meant they maps were also delayed.

Maybe.

CaptnSTFU · 09-14-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMM White

Blame teh Microsofts!

ODST could have been released a while back, at all the conventions they've been promoting ODST and Firefight as in its final build and the demos available there were variations of the final build. Plus they were going to announce it back at last year's E3 but Microsoft stopped them, ruining the SI ARG. :(

Perhaps that also explains why they let us look for the non-existant Secret of Sandtrap for months! Maybe they thought the Mythic Maps would be released sooner but ODST's delay meant they maps were also delayed.

Maybe.

Yeah that was not funny btw, but it is ture ODST is having a really short production time compared to halo 2 and halo 3, btw how long did it take for halo ce???

CriminaL · 09-14-2009

Wouldn't you rather have a game developer take their time over the game than rush it out