"Halo 4 comes out on November 6th for the Xbox 360, and we know for a fact that the game looks incredible, and is a massive boost as far as the visuals are concerned. However, let’s take a look back at all the amazing Halo games to have been released so far; no no, don’t worry, you don’t have to read a lot of text here, just enjoy the splattering of 56 images we have for you that shows the series’ evolution from Halo 1 which came out a decade ago to Halo 4 that will release soon."
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 ?
well microsoft understands their hardware compared to the beginning of the gen.
I love these kind of gaming evolution articles. I am always amazed by the evolution of some of the longer series. I wish more sites would do these kinds of comparisons instead of the "which sku/version looks better" fanboy articles.
Really amazing to see the differences. It kinda urks me that they put in Halo Wars when it wasn't even made by Bungie or (obviously) 343I. Sure it was a good game but they should have stuck with the main entries in the series. Still a lot of good memories with Halo, from the year it was released to now.
We've come a long way, hard to believe there was a time when Halo CE was the epitome of great graphics. When that game released people were going nuts because it looked so good.
Wow, huge differences between Halo 3 and Halo 4. Even Reach pales in comparison.