343's design director Brad Welch is right in the middle of a fascinating Twitter exchange with various players and journalists (hello, Mike Gapper!) about Halo 4's multiplayer design, and (thus) where the franchise at large might head. None of it qualifies as granite-hard intel on the status of Halo for Xbox One, but it may be worth ruminating over. Or indeed, responding to. Welch is a fan of constructive feedback.
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.
Daily Video Game writes: "GameStop is running a new pre-owned game sale on over 1000 pre-owned games that offers four pre-owned ($9.99 or less) games for $20 across multiple gaming platforms right now, including PS3 and Xbox 360!"
Given the nature of backwards compatibility on new systems, this is a great sale in case you missed out on some gems from last gen.
Most of the games on Xbox are on game pass. The Switch games in this sale are trash c'mon farming simulator that's laughable. The PS4 games should be cheaper. I can't wait for the GameStop going out of business liquidation sale.
These sales, while potentially great, really struggle to be valuable given you can't easily parse what games are in stock. You can't just say "only show what is online & what are in my nearby stores". Probably 60-75% of these games in these massive lists are out of stock for shipping, and out of stock locally. It makes it a chore to find anything you'd want, much less 4 of them, much less enough if you wanted to get to a free shipping tier. It's a bummer.
NoobFeed Editor Joshua Burt writes - There are many games in the famous Halo Franchise that are stellar titles and need to be revered. And some that do not. These games stand out from the crowd and deluge of colossal Halo titles. Games that made Halo great. We do need to iron out what qualifies the game for this list. They have to be in the Halo franchise… Obviously.
Halo 3 at the top is correct the only thing id change is swap infinite and halo ce around.
If they make the Visible Ranking system similar to Halo 2 (been mentioned before they were thinking about this) and bring back the smack talking either in-game/post game instead of booting everyone out in 3sec after the game finishes then I'll be all for it.
Cant wait for a Next Gen halo game. Loved what 343i did with 4 but I still think 3 had the best MP so lets hope 343i can get the mp and sp spot on this time and it will be interesting to see a 1080p 60fps halo game too.
If this means that they actually sat down and considered the fan feedback in terms of what they did wrong with Halo 4 campaign wise and ESPECIALLY multiplayer wise ...
... we could actually see a solid MP offering from them in Halo 5. This excites me greatly.
how they have a reach/3 system. you still level up and get credits for armor but at the same time it has the same skill tree as halo 3
How to fix halo in one easy step...
Use halo 2 multiplayer as inspiration.