I know this is probably kinda late to talk about but I’m going to talk about it anyway. Halo 4’s marines in my opinion are a improvement over Reach’s terrible UNSC army troops. However they still act very stupid. The only way they can be effective is if they are given powerful (as long as they don’t blow themselves up). They just stand there shooting instead of taking cover. But the Spartan IVs are alright. I think its probably because of the Xbox 360’s hardware limits and there weren’t enough resources on the hardware to make good friendly AI. But with the next Halo on Xbox One I think they could do some improvements since the Xbone is a big leap in hardware. What do you guys think?
Halo 4 Marines were a small step up from Reach, but still a step down from Halo 3’s
in Reach, you could see Troopers on almost every level, and if you worked with them well, they would be very effective even with the weak weapons they spawn with.
but in Halo 4, they spawn on only 2 levels (3 if you count the Space station Security), so they were not as helpful, but they deal much more damage than Reach, so that’s a plus
also, In Halo 4, Marines would constantly shoot at dead bodies, which was very unhelpful in battle. Reach Marines did this also, but not as often, they were better gunners.
I do somewhat agree with you Twizzsted. The marines in Halo 4 don’t show up very much. You only play along side them in three out of the eight missions and they don’t follow you all they way through the level.