Halo 4 is the incredibly anticipated eighth instalment in the legendary Halo franchise, featuring the signature first person shooter science fiction gameplay, and released exclusively for the Xbox 360. It is set in the wake of Halo 3, and was developed by 343 Industries and published by Microsoft. Halo 4 is designed to be the first of three in a new trilogy in the Halo series, entitled the Reclaimer Trilogy. Click Banner To Enlarge Halo 4: Red vs Blue: Remember to Not Forget Trailer The game takes the series in an innovative new direction, and re-introduces the previous Spartan super soldier protagonist Master Chief (John-117) as Halo 4’s hero, along with his AI companion Cortana. We re-encounter the pair adrift on the wreckage of the UNSC frigate Forward Unto Dawn, near an unexplored Forerunner planet they will soon know as Requiem that plays home to deadly secrets. Halo 4 continues on from the aftermath of Halo 3, four years after the pair helped humanity achieve victory against the Covenant, after thirty years of seemingly never-ending warfare, but at a cost. Halo 4 dictates the results of how its prequel’s events unfolded, and allows for the conclusion of a 100,000 year story to take shape. Halo 4 offers an immersive experience, with graphically and visually stunning environments just begging you to explore them, with the game’s graphic engine allowing for more detail and better lighting effects, showing improvements everywhere you look. Halo has also evolved in order to expand in both scope and scale, allowing for more discovery and mystery to be uncovered and found. Forerunner elements play a crucial part within the game, with humanity and the USNC finding their bearings and attempting to adjust to the galaxy now that they are no longer at war with the Covenant, and incorporating Forerunner technology into their new lifestyles. The game also offers a wide range of artillery and armour, for example the next generation of Mjolnir Powered Assault Armour, GEN2. This high tech armour boasts technological and ad hoc modification systems, which alongside Armour Abilities, allows Tactical Packages and Support Upgrades, amongst various other enhancements. These enhancements permit you to improve, tailor, and personalise your actions and combat, and also guarantee that you are the most reinforced, and the most deadly out there in the field. Halo Infinity Multiplayer has the incredible starship the UNSC Infinity as the hub for all of Halo 4’s innovative multiplayer challenges, where you can start and progress your very own custom Spartan-IV super soldier’s career. The campaign continues online, with the game modes War Games, which is competitive multiplayer battles that incorporate varied maps and modes, and Spartan Ops, which gives you weekly co-operative episodes from the Spartan Ops briefing room, which will give you five brand new co-operative missions. The multiplayer modes and campaign mode are linked, meaning that your progress and game choices will affect your appearance, arsenal, and role on the battlefield. Experience Halo as you’ve never seen it before, as the franchise takes on a new direction with the beginning of the Reclaimer Trilogy, guaranteeing to give you the most evolved Halo gameplay to date. (Cat Emerson) Click Images To Enlarge
Set almost five years after the events of “Halo 3 ” “Halo 4” takes the series in a bold new direction and sets the stage for an epic new sci-fi saga in which the Master Chief returns to confront his destiny and face an ancient evil that threatens the fate of the entire universe. In addition to a rich story and campaign “Halo 4” introduces a groundbreaking new multiplayer offering called “Halo Infinity Multiplayer ” that builds off of the “Halo” franchise’s rich multiplayer history and promises to continue to innovate and redefine the way people think about storytelling and multiplayer experiences. Click Banner To Enlarge Halo 4: Red vs Blue: Remember to Not Forget Trailer Introducing “Halo Infinity Multiplayer”The hub of the “Halo 4” multiplayer experience is the UNSC Infinity – the largest starship in the UNSC fleet that serves as the centre of your Spartan career. Here you’ll build your custom Spartan-IV supersoldier and progress your multiplayer career across all “Halo 4” competitive and cooperative game modes. Surrounded by the sights sounds and crew of the biggest vessel in the UNSC fleet your multiplayer experience will be embedded in the fiction of “Halo” like never before where your progress and game choices affect your appearance arsenal and role on the battlefield. Spartan Ops: The story of the UNSC Infinity intersects with the “Halo 4” campaign then continues on in a brand-new story-driven experience known as Spartan Ops. A first of its kind and an exciting new addition to the “Halo” franchise Spartan Ops is an episodic adventure that blends immersive storytelling high-quality cinematics and action-packed gameplay to deliver an unprecedented serialised experience.Through a weekly series of cinematic episodes on Xbox LIVE Spartan Ops will tell the continuing story of the UNSC Infinity following the events of “Halo 4.” These episodes will centre on the UNSC Infinity leaders and crew and a new team of Spartans – Majestic Squad. These cinematic episodes will provide the backdrop for the weekly Spartan Ops gameplay missions. Playable in single-player or cooperatively (with up to three friends) explore the corners of Requiem in these objective-based missions and help uncover the secrets of the mysterious Forerunner world. A massive-scale adventure that builds off the “Halo 4” story access to Spartan Ops is included with “Halo 4” at no additional charge – effectively delivering two campaign experiences in one game.*War Games: The competitive multiplayer modes of “Halo 4 ” known as War Games take place on the combat deck of the UNSC Infinity and revive the visceral and immersive experiences that “Halo” multiplayer is famous for. “Halo 4” introduces fresh immersive new game modes and strategies to help you progress your Spartan-IV career while also delivering an experience that’s still distinctly and uniquely “Halo.” More details on all the modes of War Games will be released at a later time.Total Combat Freedom and Player Progression: “Halo 4” features a vastly expanded suite of new multiplayer modes weapons vehicles armour abilities a new loadout and player progression system and a new armour modification system that introduces gameplay-enhancing customisations for the first time in a “Halo” game. These advancements can be used in both Spartan Ops and certain War Games matchmaking playlists empowering player choice vastly expanding their creative options and make the experience deeper for core fans and more approachable for newcomers.The “Halo 4” player progression system goes beyond simple aesthetic upgrades encouraging players to invest time and effort to create a Spartan that looks and plays the way they want. Players can earn and activate combat enhancements called “Specialisations” based on the style of play they engage in from stealth to all-out assault and everything in between. Click Images To Enlarge
I've been a Halo fan since 2002 when Halo first game out. I was at the release of Halo 2 and still remember buying it at a convention right before I moved from California. With each purchase of the Halo games I loved it even more. Then after Halo 3 release I found out that bungie was not able to work on Halo much longer anymore and another company was working on it. The news broke my heart. I found out that 343i is taking over, and I didn't like that idea. I had disliked 343i ..
