Frank O'Connor Halo 4 Interview - Comic-Con 2012

 @Muyypotpie you need to go hit that bong son, this conversation is getting a little silly lol

 @Muyypotpie people reply to one another not because its that big of a deal like you implie, but because they want to make their point heard. you know you could replie is it that big of a deal to absollutely anything happening in your life, or conversation and that wouldint really prove fruitfull now would it?

 @Muyypotpieis it really that big of a deal? there you go , answer for yourself. you dont need to involve me in your thought process.

 @vaillant085 Is it really that big of a deal?

dont care how he means sandbox: dishonored will be the pure definition of sandbox or hitman absolution. he uses the term to loosely just to look intelligent . he should know better! according to this deffinition all games could now qualify as sandbox and thats just not the case!

 @vaillant085 They aren't using "sandbox" in the sense that it means "open world" though, they are using it in the sense that it has been used in every Halo game in the past in that it offers many different tools to allow different playstyles to complete a mission in different ways ("ways" in the sense that sitting back and picking people off is a way, and running in with your guns blazing and spamming nades is another way, or perhaps you could speed-run it, or use a jetpack to bypass a whole section of enemies, etc.; not different outcomes).This would mean that games such as Splinter Cell: Blacklist (set up to be completable in different ways by each of the "Action", "Panther" and "Ghost" playstyles) are also "sandbox" games in this sense whereas heavily scripted games such as CoD are much less so (though I remember seeing that  you could choose to provide covering sniper fire or to personally escort the president in the E3 demo, so perhaps it will be more "sandbox" in Black Ops 2).