To start off on the right foot, I absolutely love Halo. Ever since I first played it in 2001 to when I bought my first Xbox and Halo:Reach four years ago(I’m 21, I just got a late start) to pre-ordering Halo 4, and now trying to save up for the Xbox 1 and Halo 5:Guardians. I love the universe and how epic and grand it. I really love the marines and even more so the Spartans, including III’s. These super soldiers were abductees taken by the government and trained from the age of 6 and on as warriors, meant to live of the battlefield and fight, first to suppress the Insurrectionist and then to defend humanity against the Covenant. They had this feel of awesomeness about them, one that a player could feel and for a few hours a day or week, partake in. But that changed in Halo 4. A player no longer felt like an olive drap, power armored super soldier, with ammo magazines and pouches here and there, and an armor system that made sense. Now it feels like one has a trans-mat ammo supply hidden on their back. One really can’t feel as if he was a soldier. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining. I think 343i has done a great job of transitioning Halo. In truth, built in thrusters, make practical sense. As do upgraded shields, even Infinity makes sense in using recovered technology to boost the galactic operational theatre to bring the fight to them. Mass produced super soldiers makes sense, as does their armor. But you don’t see anything that holds ammo or small packs that stores utility equipment. We don’t feel like a super soldier that was meant for long operations in SpecOps. I’m not saying CoDing Halo. But it would be nice to have that, utilitarian, military, dirt smeared soldier feel that the other games had. I’m not saying we should be stuck in some niche-cycle that is a repeat of its predecessors. Moving forward is what needs to happen. But we can feel, and look like we belong driving a Warthog, riding a Mongoose, or jumping out the back of a Pelican.
Thank you for what you have and will do with Halo, 343i.
Mass produced spartans? Like the II’s and 3’s?
I felt more like a supersolider during the Halo 5 beta than in any other Halo.
As for the rest if it: lol wut?