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Oh hey, some brand new Halo 4 footage

Check out this new gameplay and interview for Halo 4's revamped multiplayer mode.

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DaThreats4356d ago

Interesting
Halo 4 Vs. Black Ops 2

Echo3074356d ago

Yep... that looks like Halo.

I'm sure fans of the series are happy to see the game retain its look and (probably) feel from the previous trilogy.

dcortz20274355d ago

I'm not getting any of the two games, but If I was, I would definitely go with Halo 4. I never really got into the Halo series but Halo 4 looks great, while Call Of Duty gets worse with every new release.

crxss4355d ago

haha Halo 4 will probably be my only game in November. Can't wait to see how 343 tells the story between Master Chief and the new Spartans. Want more VidDoc's!

THESONYPS34355d ago

games looking graphically alot better, not as good as crysis or killzone but still very close. Anyway its not about the graphics but about the gameplay which I know fans will be happy about.

Nexgensensation4355d ago

Halo have its own identity and will be always loved by its fanbase.

JokesOnYou4355d ago

Wow, very nice...this has become my most anticipated game of the year.

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Nimblest-Assassin4356d ago

This looks great.. can't wait to split screen campaign with my cousin

DasTier4355d ago

I love how games over the last 2-3 years started advertising split screen coop as a new feature. It's been a staple feature in halo since the original! No body does it better.

aviator1894356d ago

I'm honestly just tired of CoD now. I've been waiting for Halo 4 for nearly 4-5 years now so it's definitely Halo 4 for me.

grailly4356d ago

you mean you skipped ODST and reach?

Laxman4356d ago

I think he means for the return of the Chief and the main story. I loved ODST and Reach, but it was always lacking a little something without Chief.

aviator1894355d ago

No, I didn't skip those two spin-offs. My answer's basically what Laxman said.

crxss4355d ago (Edited 4355d ago )

i definitely skipped ODST, got my way into the Reach beta another way lol. wasn't gonna spend that much on what was basically DLC for halo 3.

duplissi4355d ago

loved reach, but loathed odst... i rented it and promptly returned it the next day.

Kurt Russell4355d ago

Personally I enjoyed ODST, it was a bit different and a good campaign on the harder difficulties.

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JANF4356d ago

343i is not messing around. This is looking very good. Also looks like they are using AA this time, edges look very clean. Cant wait for this game.

xtremeimport4355d ago

the square scope on the BR looked a little weird.
but my bigger concern...was that a different guy announcing "killing spree"?! his voice sounded slightly different. if this is the case, Im going to cry. haha

IcarusOne4355d ago

Listen again. Same guy. Just a different reverb or something.

zeddy4355d ago

black ops 2 all the way. treyarch came seriously close to making a great game with black ops 1, hopefully they can nail it this time.

duplissi4355d ago

hope so, but sadly its really the community that killed black ops for me. i dont see that aspect changing much.

kingdavid4355d ago

Animation and lighting looks notiably improved.

Muffins12234355d ago

Why are you comparing THAT thing to halo...

mewhy324355d ago

It doesn't have to be VS just get both.

Nexgensensation4355d ago

1.) the characters- who's the main character in C.O.D anyway?

2.) the story

3.) the history

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WrAiTh Sp3cTr34356d ago

Looks good! Has the god beams in there and some great shadows plus with Halo's sandbox type of philosophy, I think we're in for a great treat. Looks like it may give Crysis a run for it's money on the 360.

mcstorm4356d ago

I agree with what you have just said. I really cant wait for this game and for some reason i think 343 are going to do a better job with halo than Bungie did with the 5 they made. Last year forza 4 was the game i looked forward to the most this year its halo 4.

Paradicia4355d ago

The god rays reminds me of the same tech used in gears of war 3. It's certainly a nice effect. I can't wait for campaign footage to blow us all away at E3.

Some gifs of the footage in the attached below.

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Convas4356d ago

Oh man, oh man, I can't wait for that hot new batch of Halo 4 goodness from E3.

My body is re- Nahh, just roll the press footage already!

Dread4356d ago

day one!!!!!!!!!

I am buying halo and then voting for president.....
(perhaps i wont have time to vote..lol)

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Master Chief Became More Than A Machine In 343's Halo

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.

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kingnick401d ago

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.

BandarHub400d ago

A lot of people give the 343 version of Master Chief a lot of slack.
But Fundamentally he is still the same character, he just has a couple more dialogues. He has not changed in terms of attitude.
"Not every character has to be a damaged soyboy, a soldier has to suck it up and do his duty."
And that's what he has done at the end of the day, he did his duty. Watch his partner die, and was ready to destroy the weapon in Halo infinite....he is still the same soilder that everyone remembers

Halo Infintes one was a nice balance between both.

slate91400d ago

Chief and the halo franchise became a joke under 343

Sciurus_vulgaris400d ago

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.

Obscure_Observer400d ago

"However, in Halo 4-Infinite, the Master Chief overtime become. gradually becomes more willing to show some emotion."

Which is awesome! I love how Master Chief become more John and less soldier.

Sciurus_vulgaris400d ago

I didn’t even notice my typos,lol

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Halo's Identity Problem Began With an Admirable Mess

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.

The3faces521d ago

True Halo 4 was a sign of 343i's incompetence and the decline of Halo.

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10 Years Later, Halo 4 Proves Itself a Disappointing Omen for Halo Infinite

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.

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Sonyslave3529d ago (Edited 529d ago )

Halo 4 and infinite have a 87 on metacritic and five a 84🤣. 343i need contents and everything else will play it self out.

ChasterMies529d ago

Halo 4, 5, and Infinite reviews are good examples of the pressure on review sites to score everything between 8-10 out of 10.

ChubbyBlade529d ago

As if reviews scores are any indication of a franchises health.

Halo has been in shambles for YEARS

-Foxtrot529d ago

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

CoNn3rB529d ago

That's actually a pretty good way to sum it up

LucasRuinedChildhood529d ago (Edited 529d ago )

I would argue that the new Star Wars trilogy is still better. lol

Most Halo fans would kill for the equivalent of The Force Awakens at this stage (a competent rehash of what came before it). Halo Infinite tried to be that but was undercooked and failed. Halo 4 wasn't that either - they started messing with the formula straight away although the story was okay.

There was nothing particularly compelling about Halo 5's story besides the fake plot they advertised. The Last Jedi is a divisive movie but as RedLetterMedia would say, it was "sporadically interesting" because it tried some new things and set up things that could have been great (like Kylo teaming up with Rey after backstabbing Snoke). That conversation with Yoda is great and it felt like the real Yoda, not that CGI thing in the prequels.
- "Skywalker, still looking to the horizon. Never here, now, hmm? The need in front of your nose."
- "The greatest teacher, failure is ... Luke, we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters."
- "That library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess." (because she already took them, haha).

The Rise Of Skywalker is the only one where loads of stuff happens off screen ("Palpatine has returned") in between and nothing makes sense because ... they just needed a main villain and 100 star destroyers to blow up. They could have done something much better.

MrChow666529d ago

no, all disney star wars sucks also disney marvel and everything godamn disney touches

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Yui_Suzumiya529d ago

Um, didn't Halo 4 have the best campaign out of the new Trilogy? Lol

ChubbyBlade528d ago

Yep and even then it wasn’t very good.

Levii_92529d ago

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 ?

Stanjara529d ago

Halo 4 campaign great, multi bad.
Halo 5 campaign trash, multi good.

Best Cortana halo 4.

ChubbyBlade529d ago (Edited 528d ago )

Halo 4 was when they started turning it into a “modern” game. Aka taking tips from CoD.

The older titles were sandbox based with weapons that all filled a niche and vehicles that did the same. Open levels with multiple ways to approach in different spots with different weapons etc.

Halo 4/5 doesn’t have that. It’s a linear shooter and nothing else. The story is alright but that’s about it. If it wasn’t a halo game, it would be ok but because it is a halo game, it’s outshone by the previous games.

It’s a hell of a lot better than 5 though. I found infinite pretty meh

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