Well seeing as the Halo 4 Panel is now officially over, the rush of topics are beginning with 'OMG WTF NO GAMEPLAY OR INGAME SCREENIEZ, I H8 U 343!".
Now before this magically becomes a trend on the forums after Halo Fest Day 3 is over, I would like to remind you all of the following.
Why nothing too much was shown…
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The game is unfinished: Two long years has been put into production on Halo 4, over 200 team members.
They may be the best in the business but you can’t expect them to rush out an instant good Halo game if they release unstable build videos of Halo 4 and have to constantly read through feedback of it when in the next build of Halo 4, it has been fixed/resolved.
Check back when Halo Anniversary was announced, note Chief’s helmet, the AR model and the other weapon’s models, notice how they looked wrong and out of place, they were placeholders until they had time to finish it off properly. -
It may not be in the final product: Remember the Halo 2 E3 2003 Trailer? If not, check it out here.
Look at that, tell me how much of that actually made it into the final game?
I don’t recall a single shot & 3 burst Battle Rifle option in Halo 2, nor do I remember a huge global battle in New Mombasa.
The relation? The same applies for every game, the game may be in solid long production, but it takes time and what you are shown, may not be in the final game and you will complain when it isn’t there.
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It’s going to be in the books & terminals: Well as we saw today from Frankie, we know that the books, mainly Cryptum & Glasslands are going to serve a huge part in the story leading up to Halo 4, same goes for the Terminals in CEA, they will tell a back story of other Halo’s and possibly, what happened to the other Monitors and if Chief will be involved in some way.
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Concept Art: Right, a final one really, Concept Art can kind of give you the feel & mood of what the game is going to be about, as we can tell from the trailer, concept art & 343i Members, it’s going to be largely based on Forerunner stories.
See how much you can discover just from Concept Art? Giving us another trailer when the final storyline or once again, gameplay hasn’t been finished will result in more complaining.