MP1st - A quick perusal of ‘fan-sites‘ has plenty of reasons for the decline of this stalwart franchise ranging from 343 Industries not knowing how to make a proper Halo game to the inclusion of Armor Abilities still ruining the core gameplay of Halo yore. This begs the question: Are we witnessing the demise of the Halo franchise as we know it, or are the concerns overblown?
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 ?
simple answer...No!
its still a top tier Fps, its still huge in terms of popularity, and it still gunna sell consoles, and its the best exclusive Fps of all the consoles (Sony, Nintendo). For 343i first attempt at Halo it was a pretty damn good one!
Well the halo makers left the ship.
I'm sure Destiny will be great.
Though halo 4 was good. Just not has good.
Doubt it. Combination of things happened...one of them was generation fatigue. If it performs this low once Halo 5 drops next gen...then that'll be surprising.
Thanks Halo for killing my favorite franchise TimeSplitters.
May you rot in hell.
Why do people bash Halo:ODST as if the game was a piece of shit. 4 player campaign co op,firefight with 4 player and halo 3 multiplayer with all the map packs. You can more here than you get for an average game.
Halo can't fail is one of the best FPSs out there. And the article seems to have been written by some pissed off retard who hate armor lock. He briefly mentions the story at the end as if Halos story is an afterthought when in the contrary it what drives Halo. And prove of that are the vast array of novels, comics and mini series(Emmy nominated series like 'Halo 4: 'Forward onto Dawn')and now with a newly announced TV series by Steven Spielberg the series seems to be getting bigger and bigger.