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Submitted by stickskills 373d ago | news

Halo 4's New Hero is Revealed

StickSkills.com writes, "Halo fans, for the most part, have come to known John 117 as their hero of choice. After 343 Industries and Microsoft announced the release date and unveiled the cover for Halo 4, gamers are quite anxious for more details on the upcoming game." (Halo 4, Xbox 360)

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Laxman  +   373d ago
If this is true info, this is brilliant news! Halo 4's really shaping up to be something special.
crXss  +   373d ago
So the new hero is me? ...boner...
Nimblest-Assassin  +   372d ago
a hero is you!

That sounds very cool, even though I do not own a 360 I follow all Halo 4 news since me and my friend have made a tradition of split screen co-oping all the Halo campaigns
irepbtown  +   372d ago
A campaign,
and a campaign with your friends.

Now thats what I call awesome.
pixelsword  +   372d ago
@ irepbtown

That is very nice. Inxomniac attempted that with Resistance 2, but they dropped the ball when they made the story "cutscenes" all text as the initial loading screen and voice instructions and a smattering of storyline while you play. The multiplayer part and teamwork was phenomenal, but the way it was put together was sorely lacking. Halo 4 sounds like it will be a much better experience.
P_Bomb  +   372d ago
After I see a cutscene once in co-op, I tend to skip it everytime after that. The replayability for me comes from how fast I can get into the gameplay with my friends and skip the cutscenes, no matter how good they are.
aviator189  +   373d ago
2 campaigns sounds awesome.
BringingTheThunder  +   373d ago
interesting
Hufandpuf  +   373d ago
That sounds so awesome. I really wasn't expecting co op away from the main campaign. This is a welcome surprise.
Les-Grossman  +   373d ago
I wonder if there will be some Project Freelancer Easter Eggs from Red vs. Blue with the UNSC ?
Drazz  +   373d ago
Little more excited for this now!
IHateYouFanboys  +   373d ago
sounds awesome - a FREE second campaign that is added to every week! if 343 are anything like bungie, theyll be supporting this game for years, so we dont have to worry about this never seeing the light of day unlike some other games' promised dlc.
Godmars290  +   373d ago
So wait,
Raiden for Snake in MGS2 = Rage.
Nero for Dante in DMC4 = Rage.
Euro emo Dante for anime emo Dante in DmC = Rage (Sorry, Extreme Rage!).

Assorted cast of characters for Master Chief in Halo 4-6 = Cool?

Meh. Not like Spartans weren't interchangeable since Halo 2. But still.
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Dread  +   373d ago
What is ur point dude?

People should not get excited about halo changes because some people at some pont were not excited about character changes in other games

What do you think ur proving anyways with ur so called analysis.

I think ur just hating for the sake of it.
Godmars290  +   373d ago
My point is what actual value is MC as a main character. Why bother to go to the lengths they have when they're effectively going to phase out someone who had no real definition or history to begin with.

Why can't a new Spartan simply find Cortaina and take up the MC mantle instead of having the original magically pop up in new armor?
aviator189  +   373d ago
"magically pop up in new armor??"

What exactly do you mean by that? At the end of Halo 3, the chief and cortana were together, lost in space. It only makes sense that he and the a.i. are together in Halo 4.

And the new armor can be attributed to cortana's firmware creation/modification program and the cryo's nano-tech that alters the chief's physical appearance.
koh  +   373d ago
His point is that people will find a reason to complain about anything.
noctrnl13  +   373d ago
He's just saying the fact that people will usually complain about the fact that something they love so dearly is being changed a little and how unfair it is that when these other series attempted change they were shot down and Halo is not.

Personally I don't care I was never a huge fan of the MC character anyway, I felt more connected to the Reach set of characters....Kat why did you have to die like that? First rule of war never leave without a helmet.
Dms2012  +   373d ago
Not sure why you had to take a dump all over the conversation. The thing is, I see multitudes of articles about games I am not interested in, and guess what? I don't comment. At all. On topic, the extra campaign sounds like a very fresh idea, and I cannot wait to get my hands on this.
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lashes2ashes  +   373d ago
They are not replacing master chief. It's a side story type thing.
360GamerFG  +   373d ago
I'm going to try and make this simple for you.
SIDE CAMPAIGN!! Also, MGS 2?? Really?? You're going to drag a last gen game into this?
Anyway, this new hero is for a side campaign so why are you moaning? MC is playable from start to finish in the main campaign. Also your retarded remark about his armor being different is just a testament to your ignorance and lack of imagination.
And you ate the whole... wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? Heck, I'm not even mad; that's amazing
TheDivine  +   373d ago
I guess you proved Halo players are cooler and less nerd ragy (ragie? rage-y?). They dont assume anything or bash somethig because it takes risks and tries to spice it up.

Im just glad 343 got the series because they seem to want to prove themselves and are adding new ideas and things which should keep halo fresh. Im really excited for this and i was never a halo junkie in the slightest. I think this will blow some people away that ar expecting a rehash of past games.
Godmars290  +   373d ago
Nice to know someone can let that roll off their back like the casual comment it was and not go ballistic.

And really, was talking about general fan reaction, even though I can't help but think about MC's worth as a character in his own narrative. Lack there of. Also not getting the whole "magical" armor transformation via means which would have had major implications within the context of the story universe.

And as 360GamerFG so smartly pointed out, sure MC could have a certain type of nanite coursing through his body in a medical capacity, but something able to reconfigure materials are on a whole other level. Weaponized would have been a threat to the Flood. Nevermind Cortaina designing and building something matching an upgraded version of MC's armor using them.
Patriots_Pride  +   372d ago
Just let it go Godmars - Halo is a Sci-fi fictional video game.

Why does it matter if the chief wakes up with a diffrent type of armor or if he wakes up with a sex change.

Do you want us Halo fans to send 343i some angry letters telling them that we will kill them if they dont change back the armor. His armor should be the last thing you complain about becuase Halo is more than just how things looks.
JellyJelly  +   372d ago
Godmars290 - Bitter PS3 fanboy.
cl1983  +   372d ago
@godmars290
The article states that chief meets up with UNSC Infinity. Chief may very well not get the new suit until then.
ALLWRONG  +   373d ago
Halo and DMC, or even the fanbase of Halo or DMC, have nothing in common. One is a sci-fi SP/Co-op/MP FPS and the other is a SP action fantasy fighter in 3rd person. MGS2... really?

?
?
?

I think you just came in to hate on Halo. I bet you're one of the many ghost disagrees.
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JokesOnYou  +   373d ago
Godmars, you're talking in circles, unless you can point out WHO were these mysterious people who were filled with "Rage" over character changes in all these other series and now the same folks like the changes 343 are making then your simply ranting for no reason other than desperately digging for something negative to say when there's really no need for it. Also isn't it possible to not like the changes made to one character while being excited about the changes for another character?...for example you even acknowledge the "emo" label for Dante, I read alot of fans of the series felt that way, whether its true or not that in no way has anything to do with Halo4, unless your suggesting that any evolution of a character must be met with rage simply because fans of 2 other franchises were upset, lol thats some terrible logic there...Now your ridiculous backpedaling in subsequent posts just makes you sound even more foolish. Damm you used troll better than that, what happened?
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blue7_7  +   373d ago
lol of course Godmars would be the first one to bring up something negative about this.

It's not the same did you even bother reading it or are you just illiterate I'm guessing the latter. The new hero is not for the main campaign but for spartan ops.
munish23  +   372d ago
The campaign is only Master Chief. The separate mode called Spartan Ops lets you use your multiplayer character in a sort of co-op mission mode. The title is misleading.
Patriots_Pride  +   372d ago
Godmars are you bipolar? One day your a neutral gamer and another day your the biggest 360 anti baby.

After all these years you been on N4G YOU WOULD THINK THAT MATURIITY WOULD KICK IN.
DarkSymbiote  +   373d ago
Suddenly my excitement for this dropped. Online pass for story content again? Didn't we get that kind of crap with Diablo III?
SignifiedSix  +   373d ago
Why? It comes with the game if you buy it new. Unless you're one of those people who don't support the devs and buy the game used. That's your fault.
Eamon  +   373d ago
It's our fault we legally bought a game second hand and should lose part of the product?
DarkSymbiote  +   373d ago
Don't be single minded. I don't have online for my 360. It's not my fault at all.
aviator189  +   373d ago
As long as there is no online pass for the multi-player, I think I'll manage. Besides, I always buy Halo games day-one, so it won't be a problem for me.
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ALLWRONG  +   373d ago
obvious is obvious
munish23  +   372d ago
It comes with the game, I don't see the problem, unless you decide to buy it used.
swice  +   373d ago
Please don't suck...This is too exciting to suck
Kamikaze8  +   373d ago
WOAH "new hero" is revealed. OXM mentions the "new hero" but then all article talks about is the new multiplayer. Not sure what the point of this was, besides drawing viewers in.
koh  +   373d ago
The "new hero" is the main character of the co-op storyline. It is a bit of a misnomer perhaps, but certainly not in a malicious way in my opinion.
Whore_Mouth  +   373d ago
Link is broken. Maybe it's getting bombarded by the angry little dudes at Waypoint.

Anyone care to explain?
Is this about Spartan OPs?
Whore_Mouth  +   373d ago
I provided an alternate source, since the original link site was down.

Eh, I was expecting a bit more.
If you have been following the Halo 4 news, then you most certainly figured this out months ago.
hennessey86  +   373d ago
I'm gunna stick my
head in some sand, I don't want to know anything about this game. I just want to play it. I hate it when to much is reveiled, it ruins the suprise.
MoreConsole  +   372d ago
This is a duplicate story http://n4g.com/news/997632/...
munish23  +   372d ago
The title is so misleading. The campaign will be Master Chief. Spartan Ops which was already revealed lets you use your character from multiplayer. This is a separate thing from campaign and will let you do different missions, in co-op or solo. Its basically a replacement for firefight, but more story and mission focused.
Ares84HU  +   372d ago
I don't know much about the Halo universe since I only played and finished Halo 1 on PC and I'm a huge History buff, but calling these space marines Spartans is very funny to me especially since they have nothing in common with Spartans.
munish23  +   372d ago
They called them Spartans because similar to the original Spartans who had so few to fight against so many, these Spartans were very small in number and had to fight whole armies. The original spartans were also used as a motivation and inspiration for the Halo Spartans while they were in training.
iNFAMOUZ1  +   372d ago
halo was awesome back during halo 1,2,3,.....lots of memories, now with the features like loadouts they spit in their most loyal fans face...halo is dead to me after reach, ill pick this up to see if its different, if it is then awesome, if its not ill put it away like reach
NeXXXuS  +   372d ago
I'm actually very interested to see how this does. I really loved Halo 3's co-op and multiplayer. Me and my friends always used to have sniper and rocket wars on blood gulch and valhalla all the time. It was like a daily routine :P
Old McGroin  +   372d ago
Cool, 343 are really putting in a good shift by the sounds of it, might reinvigorate my interest in Halo.
AngelicIceDiamond  +   372d ago
This game is gonna be a monster.
etownthree  +   372d ago
Awesome news.
So aside from the mail campaign with MC, and the multiplayer,

343 will include every week some CGI storytelling, and new co-op missions where we play as our own customized Spartan IV.

When all is said and done, it's like we get a movie and another campaign included.

That's pretty awesome.... And it ensures gamers will want to buy a new copy of the game.
Now, let's see who will be the first to copy what 343 is doing.
Omnislash  +   372d ago
I thought it was gonna be a cow... you know, since they love to milk this series....
Old McGroin  +   372d ago
Halo 1 was released in 2001. Halo 2 was released 3 years later in 2004. Halo 3 was released 3 years later in 2007. Spin off ODST released 2 years later in 2009. Halo Reach was released in 2010. That's 5 proper Halo games (if you count ODST) in spread over 11 years. That's not milking a series. See COD, Fifa etc for how to milk a series.
HarryKawkReturns  +   372d ago
Halo Wars ring a bell?
Omnislash  +   372d ago
Wasnt Halo: Reach supposed to be the last Halo game ever? So instead of bringing new exclusive games why not just re-release Halo 1 and give you a Halo 4 which will bring you 3 more Halo's?

Theres gonna be more Halo games than the word Halo in Beyonce's song...
MadMen  +   372d ago
Bring IT Halo4Life

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