Hello, and welcome to my in-depth analysis of the new Halo 4 video just posted today. Let’s begin.
Okay, so the video begins showing Halo 3’s ending, and we listen to some of the employees tlk about the game.
Starting between 0:50 - 1:00, we get to see some awesome Halo 4 in-game footage. First, we see a player bunny-hopping around. Obviously, this is Halo 4’s matchmaking. We also see Master Chief, standing up and lowering his BR. Yes, the Battle Rifle has returned. The background of wherever Chief is looks a lot like the level Cortana from Halo 3. I was never really around during Halo 3’s glory days to really make a good opinion about the BR returning, but it looks nice. Also, at 0:57, pause the video. On the butt of the rifle there is some sort of symbol…what does it mean? The symbol looks like three sets of wings stacked.
Let’s move on.
At 1:41, you see a nice picture of Master Chief prying apart two huge doors. This looks like it takes place on the Forward Unto Dawn. The first level of Halo 4 will probably be Chief trying to escape the Forward Unto Dawn. If you look in the top right corner from 1:42 - 1:44, you see some more of Chief trying to get out of the Dawn.
1:53: We get our first view of the HUD. You can see that there are 3 grenade slots in the top right corner and there is no health bar. Also, the player is springting, without a little Armor Ability picture in the corner of his screen. What this means is that armor abilities do not return, and everybody starts the game with sprint. This is awesome.
The BR looks spiffy.
Around 2:10: The guy talking says that all enemies and vehicles have been updated graphically. Enemies? Updated? Could this mean that enemies from the previous Halo games return?
2:14, we see Master Chief sitting in the Warthog, with a cool-looking dashboard. I wish that we could drive and sit in vehicles in first-person perspective in Halo 4.
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Bungie half-yoink!-ed it in Reach.