Halo 4 is set to take a stab at combining weekly episodic content with playing the game. Frank O'Connor, development director at 343 Industries, explains what fans can expect from Spartan Ops.
"The dumb version is 'it's a TV show you play' or the flipside 'it's a game you watch and experience with your friends'."
"There are lots of ways to define it, but we knew instinctively once all these elements clicked into place, getting to that point was really difficult to do and it wasn’t about invention or some crazy patent scheme, it was just about effort."
O'Connor believes gaming and television work hand-in-hand.
"We're setting out to see if the two can be combined in a real and meaningful way and give the best parts of both. We want them to play off and enhance each other."
"The technology and methodology of making TV these days is almost on-par with movies in terms of spectacle and richness, I think that’s been a huge revolution and we’ve been following in their footsteps somewhat."
He concluded by discussing the extra depth such content brings to Halo 4.
"We're still a game, there are CG episodes, but they give us the opportunity to explore stories that are deeper and more character focused than you normally can in a videogame."
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