Gamer Living's Jack Moulder and Matt Prestwich got to sit down for a few rounds of Halo 4 Multiplayer in Toronto at a press only tournament event.
In Halo 4, 5, and Infinite, Master Chief became a more nuanced, human character.
In spite of the Halo series’ struggles, 343 deserves praise for adding nuance and characterisation to the ever-beating heart of Halo - The Master Chief. Playing through Infinite, it's abundantly clear that the events of the current and previous trilogies have irrevocably changed the iconic hero. He’s no longer the ‘blank slate’ that was previously presented by Bungie. He’s a fatigued, damaged and fallible protagonist, and one who is meandering through currents of grief, while reveling in his newfound agency. Giving the Chief a compelling and meaningful voice was no small feat, and 343 should be proud of that victory.
This article completely misses part of the appeal of the original iteration of character in the original game trilogy. It was the Chief and Cortana vs an entire alien collective. The blank slate Bungie displayed in their games was genius, he was an mysterious hero a wide audience could identify with because he wasn't as clearly defined as most characters.
The books added a lot of lore and backstory but most Halo players just want a fun game with exposition that doesn't get in the way of gameplay, it's why the Cortana level in Halo 3 was derided.
Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty.
The 343i Master Chief has is based on the books. However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion.
It’s a law of nature that eventually, every long-running game franchise will have a particular entry that gets dinged for straying too far from what made it so fun in the first place. Your Super Mario Sunshine, your Dragon Age II, Assassin’s Creed III, and so on. Whether or not that opinion changes more favorably over time, the initial specter of negativity will forever hover it. Microsoft’s Halo is no exception, except that negative specter hasn’t hovered over one particular game, but one whole studio.
Halo 4 released 10 years ago today, and its disappointing reception was just an omen of things to come with 343 Industries at the helm.
Halo 4 and infinite have a 87 on metacritic and five a 84🤣. 343i need contents and everything else will play it self out.
Halo 4-6 are like the Star Wars sequel trilogy
They all just seem like a brand new games with small connections to the last one but no solid arc connecting them, you’re just told stuff that happened off screen in between the games and nothing makes sense
It’s like they didn’t plan a new trilogy out
I'm getting a good gaming laptop soon and i'm finally going to play through the Halo franchise again plus Infinite but i never played Halo 4 before .. can anyone tell me how's the campaign in comparison to the games before it and compared to Halo 5 ?
"with a particular note made for the excellent texture resolution on plants and walls, something which a lot of first-person shooters are unfortunately lacking. What added to the realism of this game was that everything was carefully detailed down to the most mundane objects; due to a remarkable job on lighting and reflection effects, everywhere you looked in-game objects and environments were incredibly realistic and stood out sharply."
Halo 4 is truly the best looking exclusive game this gen on either console so far considering the size, scope and content in it.
"it seems that 343 Industries has done an adept job of taking the Halo mantle from Bungie."
I am confident that 343i has taken Bungie's masterpiece and made it even better on all fronts of the game.
Next week Halo 4!!! I can't wait!
The parts of the game that I love the most is how they revamped all the sounds. The guns and vehicles have a nice bass to them now. The game looks amazing. Can't wait to play it
Kudos to 343 for being so awesome. Hands down, the most excited I've ever been for a Halo game...
I'm clearing out my schedule next Tuesday. There is no time for anything else but the return of Master Chief.
Only complaint is lack of maps. no matter how good they get old after a while.
That was why everyone loved Halo 2. There were like 25 maps.