Halo 4 is this week’s number one but fails to break the sales of previous iterations in the series.
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 ?
. . . In the UK
Just checked some data
Halo 3=15th,Halo:Reach=12th
Reach=380k,around 20k more than 3=360k,since chart-track( http://www.chart-track.co.u... said it sold slightly more than AC3(AC3=around 333k),Halo 4 should be around 340k
Decent sales,not really lower,but little surprised Reach>Halo 3 in UK launch week
no worries!
http://www.cinemablend.com/...
As a UK gamer I suspect that people are being careful with their purchases just before xmas.
I've bought Forza Horizon and pre ordered Blops2 as there were good deals to be had. I want AC3 and Halo 4 but as there is so much going down with the two ive got I made the decision to put the otheres on my xmas list.
If im lucky I will get one or both as xmas presents. If not then I'll hopefully get them at a lower cost after xmas and once ive finished horizon and blops2.
plenty of choice at the moment. I'm also busy with Battlefield 3, Trials Evolution Origin of Pain and Forza 4.
happy days ;-)
It isn't like it didn't surpass all of them in sales worldwide though, I suspect Halo 4 will have legs throughout the rest of the year and into next year. I was actually surprised it outdid all the other Halo games like it did, mostly because BO2 and AC3 launched around the same time.