Ever wondered why Halo 4 has so bright colors

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I think I have the answer. Bright colours are associated with childish games, for the most part.

You know? Like Mario, Plants vs Zombies Garden Ware, Dora the explorer, Kirby, Little big planet and others.

What do you associate the games over with? I know many of you may think these games seem too easy, and is a lack challenge.

Everybody here knows that they would be able to beat (or at least thinks that they would be able to beat) “Dora the explorer” right?

Halo 4 gave you “cartoon confidence”: the feeling that you would succeed where you wouldn’t in a more serious setting!

What do you guys think of my theory?

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> <mark>What do you guys think of my theory?</mark>

Absolutely Ridiculous.

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Borderline too harsh. Have you lost faith in Halo? Because it’s far from over.

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> > <mark>What do you guys think of my theory?</mark>
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> Absolutely Ridiculous.

I thought my theory were pretty spot on if you compare it to the rest of the game. I just thought of this colour thing right now.

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> Borderline too harsh. Have you lost faith in Halo? Because it’s far from over.

Yes, I have, or close to at least, but I don’t see how this has anything to do with me losing faith in Halo. It’s just a marketing plot so more people will buy their games. Because you know, children plays games.

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> > Borderline too harsh. Have you lost faith in Halo? Because it’s far from over.
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> Yes, I have, or close to at least, but I don’t see how this has anything to do with me losing faith in Halo. It’s just a marketing plot so more people will buy their games. Because you know, children plays games.

Halo 4 is the best looking Halo. Heck, the Spartans actually look like flexible, mobile Spartans like they should be. Yes it’s brighter, has nothing to do with kids. You have thought too far into this IMO.

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I’m not sure I understand your theory. Why does halo 4 have bright colors? Because it can. Because it looks great.

Bioshock Infinite was very bright and colorful and that made it no less difficult than its predecessors.

Combat Evolved was considered bright and colorful when it was released, and now its dark and drab by today’s standards. Combat Evolved Anniversary is bright and colorful and it is just as difficult as the original.

And what does this mean?:

> Halo 4 gave you “cartoon confidence”: the feeling that you would succeed where you wouldn’t in a more serious setting!

Halo 4 cartoonish? It’s the least cartoonish Halo yet … by a LONG shot. You’ve played Halo 2 right? You’ve heard Johnson’s one-liners and the Grunt’s tarzan-eque ramblings? “Brutes stinky bad-bad!”

What’s a “more serious setting”? Don’t tell me ODST, the dialog in that game is nearly offensive. You have humanity facing imminent extinction an yet there’s this soap opera going on, plus three of the most cliche characters I’ve seen outside of a call of duty game (Micky, Dutch, and Romeo).

The only non-serious moments in Halo 4 come from Cortana when she attempts some of her trademark witty banter or snide remarks or clever comments in a vain attempt to put Chief at ease while she slowly deteriorates like a poor schizophrenic with dementia. How is that Cartoonish?

Again, absolutely ridiculous.

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> > > Borderline too harsh. Have you lost faith in Halo? Because it’s far from over.
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> > Yes, I have, or close to at least, but I don’t see how this has anything to do with me losing faith in Halo. It’s just a marketing plot so more people will buy their games. Because you know, children plays games.
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> Halo 4 is the best looking Halo. Heck, the Spartans actually look like flexible, mobile Spartans like they should be. Yes it’s brighter, has nothing to do with kids. You have thought too far into this IMO.

Yes, it sounds funny, but I think it is actually true. A game can look beautiful without having super bright colours. Right?

So if games can look beautiful without having bright colours and all children games have bright colours? The conclusion is: Cartoon Confidence! Yay!

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I am talking purely about the colour-palette used in Halo 4. In a more serious setting means: I am out in second world war(dark and serious), vs I am animated plant and fighting against animated zombies(bright and not serious). If you make all soldiers in world war 2 pink you change the setting, and the game will seem like a joke and nothing to worry about.

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> I am talking purely about the colour-palette used in Halo 4. In a more serious setting means: I am out in second world war(serious), vs I am animated plant and fighting against animated zombies(not serious). If you make all soldiers in world war 2 pink you change the setting, and the game will seem like a joke and nothing to worry about.

… wait … World War II soldiers weren’t pink?

Okay, now you’ve really lost me.

Right, so you’re saying that the bright colors in Halo 4 give you false confidence? But Halo 4 was the first Halo since Halo 2 that I couldn’t beat on Legendary solo (or given up on) and needed a co-op buddy. It’s a pretty difficult game. So if what you’re saying is true, and I go turn the color and brightness down on my TV, then I’ll lose that Cartoon Confidence and the game will be even harder?

How about this question: why? To what end? Why did they make their game so gorgeous? What was their sneaky little plan?

“We should make our game look really bright and pretty and pleasing to the eyeballs!”

“Why would we ever do such a thing? Who wants that?”

“I don’t know … bright things remind me of cartoons and we’ll trick nobody into playing it because it ends up being a big flop for a Halo game so our evil plan to make our game look nice fails”

“Then why are you suggesting it”

“Oh, well, see this is a satirical little bit of dialog to prove a point, there is no foresight here, it’s just to demonstrate how ridiculous this would be if it actually took place.”

“So this conversation never happened?”

“No”

“And we’re going to make Halo 4 look really pretty because that’s what people have been trying to do since the advent of video games?”

“Yup”

“Okay”

^ see? You heard it from those guys. It’s bright, colorful, and pretty because they wanted an attractive video game.

To convince me otherwise, sense is going to have to be made.

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The Halo franchise has always been colorful. Your notion is just ridiculous. You don’t need bright colors for a game to feel easy, after all most people find the many generic, brown, gritty shooters like Call of Duty and Gears of War easy.

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I have given you sense.

A game can look very beautiful without having overly bright colours - Every Battlefield game for example. Halo 4 is the easiest Halo game out there, when it comes to the campaign and multi-player.

Don’t you get it? It “looks” easy, it is easy = cash.

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> The Halo franchise has always been colorful. Your notion is just ridiculous. You don’t need bright colors for a game to feel easy, after all most people find the many generic, brown, gritty shooters like Call of Duty and Gears of War easy.

Call of Duty is an easy shooter. I am not saying a dark looking game can’t be easy, or a bright looking game can’t be hard.

But when it comes to the sales you’d want something that “looks” easy, because most people like to play easy games - Obviously it’s just a small part of it.

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> I have given you sense.
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> A game can look very beautiful without having overly bright colours - Every Battlefield game for example. Halo 4 is the easiest Halo game out there, when it comes to the campaign and multi-player.
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> Don’t you get it? It “looks” easy, it is easy = cash.

No, I don’t get it at all. I found Halo 3 to be easier. It may have even been brighter.

It’s also been statistically proven that people prefer challenging games.

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Probably just trying to troll…

Everything about this is so absurd and backward I doubt anyone could really believe it.

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> I have given you sense.
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> A game can look very beautiful without having overly bright colours - Every Battlefield game for example. Halo 4 is the easiest Halo game out there, when it comes to the campaign and multi-player.
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> Don’t you get it? It “looks” easy, it is easy = cash.

Halo 4 doesn’t have overly bright colors. You really think this is comparable to this? Your train of thought is unfounded. You have this notion of bright games giving off the vibe of a childish game and therefore being associated with being easy and therefore more marketable because of said impressions. Just because you felt Halo 4 was the easiest campaign and multiplayer doesn’t mean it was made to look like a kids game, that logic is just absurd.

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> > I have given you sense.
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> > A game can look very beautiful without having overly bright colours - Every Battlefield game for example. Halo 4 is the easiest Halo game out there, when it comes to the campaign and multi-player.
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> > Don’t you get it? It “looks” easy, it is easy = cash.
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> No, I don’t get it at all. I found Halo 3 to be easier. It may have even been brighter.
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> It’s also been statistically proven that people prefer challenging games.

I want to see a statistic that proves people like harder games better than easier games - Because surely the game industry proves otherwise.

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And I’d like to see a statistic of your premise that people view colorful games as inherently childish and thus easy, but I feel we’ll both be sorely disappointed.

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> <mark>I want to see a statistic</mark> that proves people like harder games better than easier games - Because <mark>surely the game industry proves otherwise.</mark>

You first then.

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> > I have given you sense.
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> > A game can look very beautiful without having overly bright colours - Every Battlefield game for example. Halo 4 is the easiest Halo game out there, when it comes to the campaign and multi-player.
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> > Don’t you get it? It “looks” easy, it is easy = cash.
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> Halo 4 doesn’t have overly bright colors. You really think this is comparable to this? Your train of thought is unfounded. You have this notion of bright games giving off the vibe of a childish game and therefore being associated with being easy and therefore more marketable because of said impressions. Just because you felt Halo 4 was the easiest campaign and multiplayer doesn’t mean it was made to look like a kids game, that logic is just absurd.

That’s not what I am saying. I am not saying that if something is easy it needs to look like a child’s game. Plants vs Zombies Gardenwarfare isn’t easy at all, but it still “looks” easy - The skill gap of the game is a lot higher than Call of Duty’s.

And Halo 4 definetly looks very bright in many areas and most maps and you know it:

I didn’t look as bright as I remembered it though, but still bright.