So, I’m pretty sure that most of us were excited to finally fight alongside Spartans in Halo 4, but I feel as if it was a missed opportunity, especially due to the fact that they all wear the same ODST-looking Recruit armour. It’d be a lot cooler if the Spartans had they’re own armour, just like Fireteam Majestic. Apart from Majestic, Commander Palmer and that one other Spartan during the Epilogue cutscene, they all wear Recruit armour.
I was also a bit disappointed to see that they weren’t really shown doing “Spartany” stuff, such as boarding vehicles, carrying turrets, dual wielding (with the exception of Commander Palmer in the cutscenes) or assassinating enemies.
Also, it’d be great to see them in more cutscenes. The cutscene “Monsters” from Halo Wars is a good example of this. It showed just how badass the Spartans are.
Basically, all I’m trying to say is that the whole point of Spartans is that they’re super soldiers. In Halo 4, especially due to the armour, they just felt like ODSTs with shields.