Personally I like idea of the Kevlar/hardshell body armor combo for the Marines that appeared in Halo 4, but their overall design & appearance just did not seem very Halo. Obviously going by this picture of the CH252 helmet, 343industries was originally going for a Halo 3-esque Marine design for Halo 4 which would have been awesome with a Kevlar vest & hardshell body armor over it. Hell! Even the Meridian miners in Halo 5: Guardians had a better overall realistic/futuristic design than the Halo 4 Marines. My advice 343i, go back to the drawing board with the more iconic Halo 3 Marine design & work from there. Keep vest idea, but also remember the VZG7 armored boots from Halo 3 as well as this elevated portion of the helmet.
While personally I am indifferent about the designs of the Marine BDUs, I see where you are coming from artistically, since the “Bungie Marines” did have more variety to their design, despite the number of models for Marines in Halo 4. Also, I think you might find my next Halo theory article quite interesting as it will talk about the evolution of BDUs throughout Human history up until 2558 and what their defensive and integral components are.
Sincerely,
p1ay4OURFUN
Edit: I call them “Bungie Marines” because I could not place a better broader term for what they were. I am sure there is a better term though. Bear with me its late where I am haha.
I’d imagine pretty much every unsc thing will be drastically redesigned in halo 6. on account of all active military personnel likely being outlaws and all
To me, I liked the diversity in design of the Halo Reach UNSC personnel. I would like to see art or spreads of the Halo 4 and 5 Marine and Insurrectionist on Meridian.
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Because any remaining active UNSC assets will be under supplied and out gunned because of the Guardians. So they will be going adaptive, low tech, gurrilla combat.
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It’s the Locke/Genesis mission. There’s a sniper rifle next to him, might have a data pad too. I guess he got sucked up in the guardian portal.
I agree and disagree. The vest is the worst part, aside from the odd reds, whites, tans, and other odd non-military colors. It’s the mid-26th Century. Armor should surely be more advanced. Yet they dumped the awesome stylish metal body armor for an ugly outdated-looking Kevlar vest. Slightly improved in H5, but still.
Bring back the Reach Trooper designs, please. And pretty much the rest of Reach’s art design.
Just for gods sake don’t make use have to look at the horrible attempt at cosplaying Ghost from Call of Duty and an umpire anymore.
Honestly just bring back the Reach aesthetic for UNSC stuff in general. That was easily the best look for it. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Covenant stuff in that game though, so with that pull from other sources. Specifically Halo CE and 2.
