Personally I think it looks SWEET! Not bulky and clunky looking.
UPDATE
Frankie talks about the photo:
> There’s a shot of the costume in Variety this morning. I am going to just go ahead and tell you that costume is from about 25 years before current events - but that it ties neatly together with Halo 4.
I think it looks just right. At first galace it looks like a mix of crysis and iron man. But, after looking colsely it has it’s own “halo” feel to it. I really like it and I’m looking forward to this.
> Love how his armor looks like Reach’s MK V suit. As far as the back goes at least and the “spine” up his back along with the power pack.
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> I still don’t get why they didn’t make an entirely NEW Engine to make H4 with… instead of taking Bungie’s abomination that is the Reach Engine.
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> I just PRAY that this game becomes HALO 4 and NOT Halo: Reach 2.0
Halo: Reach was made with the Halo 3 engine. Could you tell the difference? No. You could not.
> I think it looks just right. At first galace it looks like a mix of crysis and iron man. But, after looking colsely it has it’s own “halo” feel to it. I really like it and I’m looking forward to this.
> > Love how his armor looks like Reach’s MK V suit. As far as the back goes at least and the “spine” up his back along with the power pack.
> >
> > I still don’t get why they didn’t make an entirely NEW Engine to make H4 with… instead of taking Bungie’s abomination that is the Reach Engine.
> >
> > I just PRAY that this game becomes HALO 4 and NOT Halo: Reach 2.0
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> Halo: Reach was made with the Halo 3 engine. Could you tell the difference? No. You could not.
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> It’s the same for Halo 4