30 seconds of fun = core game? (Destiny)

by Earendil, Monday, March 23, 2015, 16:07 (3781 days ago) @ Funkmon

And you say Halo 3 used the Halo 2 engine? I don't remember hearing that. Source?

I knew when I wrote it that I might have been wrong. I didn't mean to imply that art was the only change, only that there was a significant amount of code reuse, such that they had time to spend on other things. However, since I can find no reference for that, you may dismiss it as incorrect.

But I'd like to think my conclusion, despite an incorrectly phrased premise, is still true. The work required for Destiny was greater than the work required for Halo 3, in no small part because they were standing on top of Halo/Halo 2, where as Destiny (more or less) came ex nihilo. All significant expansions to Destiny, or Destiny 2, will get to start from where Destiny left off. They can pick and choose what aspects to redo, but otherwise build on what they have.