u think u Finishd Teh Fight? sorry but An Ancient Evil Awakens (the makers of games such as Too Human, Turok 2008 and Kinect Star Wars, all merged together into a MegaZord called '343'). Cortana looks like she belongs in a porn parody and I think that accurately describes the overall quality of this MTN Dew/Dorito wombocombo advertisement that received 9outta10's from all your favorite gaming media outlets, who were keen enough to inform discerning consumers that this made-with-love sequel has the strongest story yet (love and kind regards from GameSpot). Credit where credit is due, the people behind the story clearly cared enough to read every Bionicle book and the lore wiki in preparation for this, that's why they act like MasterChaff is an actual character with gravitas even though up till now he'd been a camogreen brick who doesn't afraid of anything while outside of the games he was a soda mascot. Look forward to my upcoming review of Halo 5 my felllow gamers who recently purchasd the master chief collection for 9,99 on steem (what a deal!!somany achievements for me to collect)

343's first attempt with a mainline Cheif Halo game and it was kinda disappointing.

The story feels like a fan fiction follow up to Halo 3, with a Cheif X Cortana "Romance", weird character motivations and writing. Awakening "Ancient Evils". Just really out of place stuff that doesn't feel like it belongs in Halo.

Gameplay-wise it doesn't really do anything new besides add a dedicated sprint button. Shooting feels okay, but not as satisfying as other Halo games because of the new enemy alien type you fight. The new weapons you get which aren't UNSC/Covenenat weapons are really bad and don't pack the punch the other weapons had. The gameplay kinda falls a few steps back from where Bungie left it.

The biggest addition are these new enemy types, the Promethians, are not fun to fight at all. They teleport all over the place, don't react to your shots, and just aren't satisfying to kill at all. It feels like you're shooting at rocks. They are also really annoying to fight as they can be revived by drones once you kill them. Very weird enemy design by 343.

The environments, being one of the best things about Bungie's Halo, is very uninspired here. You're just getting jungles, deserts and some facilities. Nothing really stands out besides the final trench run mission - that was pretty cool - and the fact that you get to control a Pelican.

I think on release many people gave 343 the benefit of the doubt with this game, giving them a chance since this is their first mainline Halo, but in hindsight they were going down a deep hole that Halo couldn't really return from.

Halo 4 isn't terrible. It's still a decent FPS but considering the games that came before it, it was really a drop in quality.

A expectativa pode ser uma faca de dois gumes, depois de ouvir várias vezes que esse é o pior Halo da série principal, fui com expectativas baixas e acabei me surpreendendo. O jogo é muito divertido! Tem algumas novidades interessantes, como pilotar um fodendo MECHA e também uma sequência nivel estrela da morte numa das missões finais. Ele deve um pouco na linearidade, que incomoda um pouco em certos pontos e não ter aquela trilha sonora épica dos outros jogos. Mas ainda assim, achei uma boa adição e um bom inicio da 343 na franquia.

It's really nice to revisit these games in 2024, especially after experiencing them on the Master Chief collection. It's much easier to get a feel for the campaign, not hampered down by the multiplayer or nostalgia. For many people, Halo is all about multiplayer. I get that, it is up there with Goldeneye as one of the most fun multiplayer shooters. Yet, with the servers shut down, does the campaign still hold up and is it still worth owning. The answer is yes, Halo 4 is still good. Halo 4 continues the epic series, but this time 343 have taken over the reigns from creators Bungie. Now, unless you have been hiding under a rock, you know what Halo is. A futuristic space FPS, with excellent controls and a cool story and world. There's vehicles, sticky grenades and weird alien enemies, it's great. Halo 4 is all of those things and more, it's really fun. I always think it's strange that this is not a Bungie game as it feels more like a Halo game than the previous Reach and ODST. They have kept everything you loved about the original 3 games and added in interesting enemies and weapons to boot. In some ways I actually enjoyed this more than Halo 3. It's graphics hold up much better which makes sense as it was more recent. I also think it is a bit smoother to control, if that is possible. The story explores the relationship between Master Chief and Cortana, which is a nice change and quite mature. In terms of criticisms, there are a few. The missions feature a lot more indoor environments, with corridor shooting style sections and less space to move around. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing, but it definitely feels different. The music is also unfortunately a step down, it's fairly hard to match up to Halo 3 though in this regard. I think my biggest gripe with the game is the final boss. I won't spoil anything, but it sucks. Overall I really enjoyed Halo 4 and looking back at it with a campaign focus, I think people may enjoy it more than they expect. Press R to climb was pretty dumb though. Of course you should pick up this one.

Oynanış akıyor. Silah çeşitliliği şu oyuna kadar serinin en iyisi, bölüm tasarımları hiç fena değil. Farklı şeyler yaptırmak için uğraşmışlar diğer oyunlara nazaran. Müzikler Bungie'nin yaptığı Halolar kadar iyi değil fakat oyunun son çeyreğinde çalan parçaları beğendim. Cortana ve Chief ilişkisine odaklanan bir oyun istiyordum ve oyun istediğimi verdi. Fakat hikayenin geri kalan kısımları özelliklede kötü adam kısmı baya osuruk. 343 Haloları hakkında o kadar kötü şeyler duydum ki bu oyunu yüksek ihtimal beğenmem diyordum ama beğendim valla. Keyifli oyundu.

I don't revisit Halo 4 often mostly because I think it fails to capture what made the Bungie games so great. The story is all over the place, feeling more like an action movie rather than a Halo game. The new threat the Prometheans are uninteresting and bullet sponges on higher difficulties. The music and art style are so far off from what you'd expect, it's just reminiscent of halo when it should be quintessentially halo. I do have positives to say, the weapon sandbox while it does have too many precision weapons, it does have a lot of fun new weapons such as the SAW or sticky detonator. The multiplayer is fun, I played it a bunch back when the game was new, but it feels too much like Call of Duty, with weapon loadouts, kill streaks and just an overall missed step when it comes to Halo. Overall, Halo 4 is not bad, but it really isn't great either. Some people really enjoy it though, and I'm glad for that, 343 tried something different and that's commendable.

Even though I enjoyed my time with Halo 4, it left me conflicted. On the one hand, Cortana’s deteriorating mental state and evolving relationship with Master Chief is an interesting dynamic to the story, the level design in some of the later levels was great and the forerunners new weapons and enemies added some welcome variety. On the other hand, the game’s antagonist bored me, some of the new weapons and enemies have mediocre designs and many levels are too open to promote strategic positioning on the battlefield. With some better writing and design decisions this could’ve been something special as the core gunplay, visuals and audio are all strong. I’d still recommend Halo 4 to Halo fans, but if you aren’t invested in the franchise and its antagonists, I’d skip this.

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Halo Ranked

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Bueno, lo recordaba peor pero lo volví a jugar y me di cuenta de que si esta fea, simple e insipida y no tiene momentos memorables ni en la etapa final donde se tenia que pelear vs el Boss.
El gameplay no es malo, cumple con lo que debe.
Su historia se puede decir que es muy X, lo unico bueno realmente fue el final donde John se muestra humano y demuestra más afecto a cortana.
Algo que tampoco me gusto fue como eran Las transiciones de misiones, se siente como muy apresuradas y raras.
La musica se me hizo muy meh siendo que Halo tenia un Ost de 10 siempre.

Ultimately Halo 4 just feels aimless, there's cool ideas sprinkled throughout the campaign but they're often overshadowed by boring levels or a story that convoluted itself with new characters that drag down what could've been a cool dynamic with Cortana experiencing Rampancy, but they don't really do that much with it sadly. Combat feels very different from Halo 1-3, you have much less ammo in reserves and enemies are much more defensive, teleporting behind cover and regaining their shields, its just very frustrating if played solo, this problem felt less pronounced when playing the campaign in co-op . Vehicles feel useless in many cases because of how small arenas are, and enemies use charged plasma shots SO much so you'll just end up getting sent into a ravine or killed. The art design is really desaturated too, readability of enemy ranks using their armor color is basically impossible in a firefight. I don't recommend this game to anyone except Halo fans who want to play all of the games just out of curiosity.

No voy a mentir que la nostalgia me sesga al evaluar este juego. Fue mi primer Halo, mi introducción a todos los elementos que hicieron grande a la saga y una revolución en los shooters.

El gameplay es excelente y sigue siendo muy divertido combatir al Covenant, y ahora a los Forerunners. Los diseños de los nuevos enemigos son buenos, las animaciones les dan vida, sin desviarse de la jugabilidad base. Al ser una especie de "constructos robots", tienen tácticas extra con los drones que generan enemigos, les protegen, te atacan, y pueden revivir a los Caballeros, el equivalente a los élites, además de generar unas torretas láser que hacen buen daño. Las nuevas armas rompen la filosofía original de diferenciar las armas humanas de las alienígenas, y esto será negativo para los fans más acérrimos. Para mí son divertidas de usar y me gustan los diseños, no puedo negarlo.

La historia intenta ser más personal con la relación del Jefe y Cortana, explorando el aspecto humano de ambos, preguntándose "quién realmente es la máquina", a la vez que introduce a los Forerunners como un ente presente, activo en la historia, y ya no solo lore que justifica cosas importantes en la historia.

Lamentablemente, a pesar de tener ideas con potencial, nunca tiene una profundización en los personajes que conmueva. Claro que algo debían hacer para variar la historia, y que no se sintiera como otro Halo más. Pero al fallar en la ejecución, se siente como una distorsión de la pureza de la trilogía original. Y los Forerunners se introducen asumiendo que el jugador ya sabe el lore que hay detrás, expandido en libros, y explorado en unos videos cortos desbloqueado en Terminales a modo de "easter eggs" o coleccionables para un logro.

El problema con Halo 4 es que mucha información y personajes relevantes se introducen en otros medios (una serie y libros) que el jugador no necesariamente conoce. Esto hace que los personajes se sientan planos, sin el suficiente tiempo de desarrollo para que podamos entender por qué la historia les da tanta importancia. Además, ocultar partes de la historia en coleccionables repartidos por los niveles es otra forma de complicación que, si no se ocultara y se mostrara a medida que avanza la trama, ayudarían a entenderla y apreciarla mejor.

Me apena cuando juegos enfocados en su historia, ocultan partes relevantes tras "coleccionables" solo por llenar la caja de "tener coleccionables para los hardcore gamers". En otros juegos, como Doom 3, los correos y audios que podías escuchar eran para mentalizar al jugador en el ambiente, y a veces en el nivel en concreto. Acá solo dañan la historia al esconder partes relevantes para el jugador.

Así, Halo 4 se queda como una entrega que, en cuanto a jugabilidad, cumple con ser un shooter entretenido, con buen diseño de niveles, variedad de armas y herramientas, un aspecto visual excelente tanto en gráficos como en dirección artística, una banda sonora notable (la canción del menú principal es pura nostalgia), e ideas interesantes para expandir la saga y ofrecer perspectivas distintas del mundo de Halo. Lamentablemente falla en lo que más quería innovar, la historia y los personajes. No tienen un desarrollo suficiente, mucho contexto necesario para entender bien lo que pasa está tras libros, una serie y coleccionables que muchos ni siquiera sabíamos que existían. Halo 4 se convirtió en una víctima de la moda por expandir universos en varias obras y productos, forzando a conectar todo.

Por eso dejó un mal sabor de boca a los fans, y por más nostalgia que me dé, no puedo más que lamentar lo fallido que fue, y lamentar que fue el primer paso en la caída de esta gran saga.

I haven't played any other Halo games. I can't comment on the story because I skipped it to prevent myself from spoiling the original/well-received ones, which I hope to play someday.

I wasn't very impressed during my hour of gameplay. The soundtrack and the general aesthetic were bland (at least for the opening level). I thought Halo was known for having a great soundtrack and art direction.

The level design is uninteresting. It felt like a bunch of enemies were placed around haphazardly.

The enemy AI is some of the worst I've seen in a modern FPS. You can hide behind a wall 10 feet away and enemies won't even throw a grenade toward you. They're laughably passive.

The inability to carry multiple weapons (besides a little pistol that's also used up in two seconds) greatly limits strategy and feels frustrating. The issue is compounded by how little ammo each weapon has; I've never played an FPS that's this stingy with it. Even with good aim, I often had to backtrack to find more weapons, which hurt the pacing.

The nicest thing I have to say is that, on a purely technical level, this looks very good for 7th-gen standards.