High level update

ran and shai wrote:

BlueDevistator wrote:

"High level" most often is related to a high elevation. From a mountain peak or plane window you can see a city's buildings, major roadways, rivers, open spaces, etc. You cannot see the details like the quality of the infrastructure, the types of vehicles on the roads, and you certainly won't be able to see any bugs.
So in short, I would expect them to "show" us (again at this far away level of detail) the major parts that make up the game.

There's so much unclear about the game at this point that an Infinite Q&A in a community update would do wonders. They need to address a few things such as what is included in the 60$ package, the free-to-play multiplayer's features and how they compare to previous titles (at least in broad strokes), how monetization will work, what is the structure of the campaign (free roam open world or just very large missions? and what of the length?), what is this "Reach style customization" really going to be since custom colors have been replaced, etc

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Bet you that we won't see literally anything from 343 until late January. That's just an excuse to escape from VGA. I have literally nothing to 0 faith in 343 right now. I acknowledge that its a challenge to deliver a game quality level bar that bungie set, but you failed at it anyway. You can't even do the marketing part well. 343 is just playing balls with us. And they better stop playing with them. They are on the verge of becoming the worst developers ever to exist . Go ahead mods, remove/ban my post but even you know what's going with the situation

UrbaneRocket495 wrote:

Kakashi Lord wrote:

See I find that counter intuitive. If you hear the term “high level” people should expect “high level”. Something of a low standard such as vague announcements should be considered a low level since its low... They are setting up for failure again if they give us a low level announcements despite explicitly saying high level.

High Level in development usually means more of the 'surface details', the 'tip of the iceburg'. It has nothing to do with quality. Its the level you use for your boss who likely doesn't know programming or at least the inner workings of the program. When it comes to 'low level' discussion (though i've usually heard it called 'in depth', but that does imply 'lower than the surface') its more of the nitty gritty, the many smaller details that make the project work . The inner cogs of how it works. How the people actually making the program talk about the project.

I could be wrong, but its how I instantly read it when they said high level. English can be a really weird language as yes, if they're using high level in the context of quality you'd be entirely right. But when in the context of development, a high level discussion is usually the opposite of an 'indepth' one.