The release of Halo 4 marks the first time 343 Industries are in complete control of a entry into the Halo series. It will be a real test of their capabilities and a measure of the fans approval or disapproval at the change of command and creative direction.
As if you needed any more cause to pick up one of the most anticipated games of the year, read on for four reasons as to why Halo 4 will be worth what you pay.
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 ?
most underrated game of the year! fact!
i'm not saying underhyped or underanticipated, but definately underrated.
Thus far it has exceeded all my expectations so unless it goes into my mind to undo what i've experienced already i can't understand what problem some idiot critics have with it.
I agree. It seems like almost no hype went into the game compared to past Halo games but I think it's a very godo game.
The story was well done albeit I will say at the end a few of the fights did drag on but nothing as bad as some people claim.
Will be interesting to see where they go for the next game..which I am looking forward too.
Spartan Ops is actually nice as well....I'm playing it like it's a show where I play one episode every Friday to prolongue it haha.
I don't get persuaded as much as I did by reviews anymore. I think Halo 4 is awesome, the combat, guns and everything seems more of the same but extremely refined. I have to agree with you comments guys; H4 got less hype than the others.
I think there was plenty of hype surrounding Halo 4 tbh. Think of the mini series on Youtube with lasky in it. And all of 343's developer videos that were released months ago.