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IGN: Halo 4 - Armory Walkthrough

IGN writes: A look at some of Halo 4's vast character customization options.

OrKuun4997d ago

THE VISORS

SO MANY COLORS

robavila954997d ago

And this video only featured 1/3 of what was available during PAX Prime :D

bubblebeam4997d ago

@robavila95

I was about to say I was disappointed, so thanks for that.

I think they should let us make up our own visor colours, that would be sick.

Also, I hope that there are more armour colours as well (sorry, I'm in Australia, hence the added "U" in a lot of words).

Halo Reach felt a bit rushed in the customization part, especially the Elite side.
I'm pretty sure there are no elites in MP this time around, which is a shame as I'd love to be able to play around with their armour sets.

robavila954997d ago

I'm glad they added so much customization and they took away the credit system :D.

Reach's armory was big, but playing for hours non-stop just to get a shoulder piece was a huge pain in the ass and it's the reason why most people didn't unlock half of it.

bubblebeam4997d ago

I hope this time if they have Medals, the requirements are reduced. A lot of them were impossible (or near enough) without cheating. One of the firefight ones would take years (so many rounds without dying X3000).

I'm all for challenging medals, but some people have jobs, and so couldn't dream of unlocking a lot of them.

E for Excited.

LX-General-Kaos4997d ago

This is going to be a fantastic game. I cant believe it has already been 5 years since a main entry in the Halo universe has released. So many things have changed since then. I am pretty much sold (which is automatic with this franchise) and will be waiting out late night for my copy. Hopefully they have some type of 1 on 1 tourney like they did with Halo Reach at my gamestop for a free copy.

Rated E For Everyone

Gazondaily4997d ago

Yup same here! This is gonna be great! I've booked TWO days off work. So worth it. Midnight launch here I come!

LX-General-Kaos4997d ago

Sadly for me I will not have those days off. I did not prepare myself like I did with reach.

Gazondaily4997d ago

Unlucky mate. If you see a higher level enemy combatant tea-bagging you with all sorts of armour mods you have't unlocked yet, you can assume that its me lol :D

Surely you still have time to book a holiday off?

LX-General-Kaos4997d ago

I can definitely try. The first few days of a halo release are always the best to be online. I need to race through the campaign so I can jump into multiplayer with my questions answered. Looking forward to clan battles too.

GearSkiN4997d ago

Goodness this is too much for me! I'm. So hype about the game that I just wanna punch a baby! Joke lol.

3-4-54996d ago

yea credit system was worthless garbage. Like the options though. I love options.

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Halo art director leaves studio after 17 years with ominous message alluding to discontent

Glenn Israel writes: "As of today and after seventeen long years, I am officially no longer contributing to the Halo universe. There is little more I can say for the moment, though I intend to share this particular story in its entirety when it is absolutely safe to do so next year. In the meantime, I have a message for anyone and everyone who needs to hear it.

I know that the state of our industry seems dire, but never forget that you are *free to choose*. No illusion of security nor promise of wealth or fame or power is worth trading away your health, your dignity, your ethics or values - and no one can force you to. Stay strong, take evidence when necessary, and find where you belong."

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Bathyj232d ago

My god.
There's a story for next year.

VenomUK231d ago

I’m really disappointed to learn there are still people/morale problems. I thought the whole point of rebranding 343i to Halo Studios was to signal that real changes had been made - not to cynically rebrand to paper over the problems.

I really hope the Halo CE remake is great and gets people hyped for the future of the series.

DarXyde231d ago

It's inevitable with the modern landscape. Even if some issues have been assuaged, new ones crop up all the time.

I'm willing to bet AI and the lack of regulation is causing substantial upset.

shinXseijuro232d ago (Edited 232d ago )

He said something very marking . We tend to complain a lot about the industry but deep down I realize that we never have we been offered this crazy amount of games all available for you to play now . You can literally play any sorts of games in 2025 . Nobody is forcing you to buy the latest COD or the latest BF . You’re more of a 8 bit cozy gaming guy there’s a whole niche of modern games for that . You like micromanaging there’s games for that . I feel like we have been spoiled so much we just stopped being realistic and thinking for ourselves . We follow trends cry about stuff online when you are the buyer you have the power .

Notellin231d ago

I'm not buying any games until another Immersive sim is made.

PhillyDonJawn232d ago

....wth happened over there?
Does this confirm a new Halo by next year?
What did they want him to do that made him feel it was morally wrong or a insult to his integrity?

-Foxtrot232d ago

Well how about that, a name change doesn’t fix internal issues

Who would have thought

jznrpg231d ago

MS was throwing money around for a long time but now it’s time to pay the Piper.

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Halo 4 & Halo 5: Guardians Sales Reached Nearly 10 Million Units Worldwide

Lifetime sales of 343 Industries' first-person shooters, Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, reached nearly 10 million units worldwide each.

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Sciurus_vulgaris322d ago

There were reports that Halo 4 and Halo 5 had similar sales to Halo: Reach years ago. The clickbait websites and rage bait YouTubers from 2012-2016 just wanted to spread excessive negativity about the franchise for their own benefit.

VenomUK321d ago

What did Halo: Infinite sell?

Sciurus_vulgaris321d ago

I don’t know. However, I would assume around 10 million. All the Halo FPS titles have done around 10 million sales, except ODST. Halo 3, was reported to exceed 14 million copies. I still remember back in 2007-2008, Halo 3 and COD 4 would duke it out for the most played XBL game.

MrNinosan321d ago

@Sciurus

There is NO WAY Infinite sold 10 million. Wake up dude.
Once upon a time, there was gamers on the Xbox side who actually bought games. Those times are since long gone.

Infinite has most likely not even hit 5 million sales

slate91321d ago

Nearly 10 million units and killing the brand is crazy work. Nicely done.

peppeaccardo320d ago

This New: Putting chocolate chips on top of a freshly made dog turd .....

1Victor321d ago

So let me get this straight in almost 13 years both games sold a combined 10 millions units.
Now I’m not going to use the obscured mentality and compared it to the amount of consoles sold and say it’s a failure 🤷🏿

thesoftware730321d ago (Edited 321d ago )

1Victor,

Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, reached nearly 10 million units worldwide "each."

Read it again, there is a word in there that clears up your misunderstanding.

1Victor320d ago

@thesoftware720
I apologize I skimmed through the article and the headline blinded me and stuck in my mind thank you for the correction 👍👍

AuraAbjure321d ago (Edited 320d ago )

Halo 4 is the best multiplayer ever! It’s even better than Titanfall 2. I admit Halo 4 got CoDified but there’s nothing wrong with taking inspiration from other games sometimes and halo 4 did it sooooo well with that speed boost plus sword combo and SAW plus damage booth combo, holy guacamole 🥑

Some crucial improvements to halo 4 could’ve been to boost the power of the AA sentinel, and whenever matchmaking pits people against each other with an armor abilities turned off completely then the map needs to routinely spawn, plentiful, predictable, power weapons. Also, all frame rate drops are unacceptable for a halo game during split-split screen or couch co-op. Just dynamically scale the resolution of the game down but whatever happens don’t let the framer dip in a Halo game for the love of all that is holy and good!

My personal gameplay of getting 30 kills in a 4 v. 4 game of team slayer up to 60.

https://youtu.be/ZYDvior_K-...

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OG Destiny artist recalls Bungie’s “disgruntled” reaction to Halo 4’s art style change

Original Destiny artist Darren Bacon recalls how Bungie reacted to the art style change of Halo 4 by 343 Industries.

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Tacoboto403d ago

Bungie at that time became the most wonderful bunch of hypocrites in the gaming industry. Knowing this now, gosh the entitlement they felt was out of this world.

Nothing like buying yourself from Microsoft because you don't want to be the Halo Studio anymore, and the FIRST THING you do is sign your next IP over to Activision, for a DECADE, while they are in the middle of ousting the heads of Infinity Ward so they can exert even more control over COD while screwing out the devs at IW...

Should've come as no surprise then that Activision gutted the content of Destiny 1 before launch and was a horrible partner through Destiny 2, until history repeated itself and Bungie had to split from Activision only to wind up in the arms of another major conglomerate that also doesn't know how to handle these unmanageable devs.

Profchaos403d ago

Tti their credit they praised the technical abilities of 343 and I remember at the time thinking halo 4 was a huge graphical leap above reach everything else was rubbish when I actually got to play it but there was no doubt it looked good for the 360 and is probably the best looking game on the system.

But ultimately I think bungie has always had a leadership problem and going independent ultimately proved this it's only getting worse with studio heads being outed by Sony for abuse allegations seems like all bungies past success has been in spite of management not because of it.

But really I think the bungie we have today is not the same one we had in that Xbox era of Bungie

PhillyDonJawn403d ago

I liked the artstyle change. For the most part. Something looked worse but most of everything else looked better. Weapons and vehicles for sure. The wraith come to my mind instantly.
And how can they get mad when the bungie changed it with Halo Reach?

Sciurus_vulgaris402d ago

I know a lot of people dislike Halo 4’s arts style, but there’s thing about it I like and dislike. Personally, the Halo 4 design of Master Chief’s armour is my favourite depiction of the character’s armour.