: In short, 343i should not have started with Halo 4.
: They should have done something else. Anything else. Something smaller in
: scope, more manageable for a new outfit. Think of it as a shakedown
: cruise. A chance to build a team, get it working together, and send the
: Xbox 360 off with one last Halo sidestory. Save Halo 4 for a team that can
: build it and a console that can run it.

: And that is what I have to say about that.

I just want to point out that 343i didn't really start out with Halo 4, they also made Halo Anniversary. And while that was just a re-skinning of Halo 1 at the time it gave me faith in their ability as it would have caused a huge portion of the team to spend countless hours working with the original Halo and should have given them a better sense of what the Halo experience truly is. Looking back now, I don't think it did.