Halo 4…a magnificent game, is it not? I must say that it is one of the greatest Halos I have ever played, with the exception of some features. Whilst 343 Industries, you have excelled out expectations, you have lacked and disappointed in quite a few. I will delightfully go into detail about each one as they need to be addressed, from least to most important:
1 - Forge: Where are out pallets? The UNSC, Covenant and Forerunner pallets? You have disregarded power-ups which were adopted for Duck Hunt and other fun gametypes. You have removed flying human vehicular options, which has destroyed Raids.
2. Theatre: We can only record in War Games and Forge, not Spartan Ops nor Campaign. We have always loved the variety and options to go into different playlists and record our experiences, where you have denied us this right.
3. Elites: Do you know how many Sangheili (Elite) fans there are? Do you know and UNDERSTAND the shear amount of devastation that was shown when we discovered they weren’t playable? Ever since Halo 2 where this variety was brought in, we have worked and slaved in our clans and community to get to where we were in Reach, for over seven years we did so. We saw you, you came and took over the greatest franchise ever and we had hoped that you, producers of future Halos, would be benevolent and increase the fairness and enjoyability of the Sangheili (Elite) community and population. What did you do? Instead of doing what was right, you removed one of the most loved races in the entire franchise. You destroyed years of work, years of history. You stopped the EXCELLENT rivalry between Sangheili and humans which was visible in Raids, clan matches and Invasion-styled play. The day you stopped us from playing as Elites, was the day we died.
We anticipated this new Halo, how fantastic it looked. For months, we searched for information on playable Elites, but there was none. This may seem sad to some people, but it would be the same for you if Spartans were randomly removed. I understand the story behind it, but it was unjust and uncalled for. Our fleets have transformed to hibernation, we had to halt our plans. Reach was our last memory and for us, it seems better as it has the one thing Halo 4 doesn’t: variety
I have heard that they could possibly be added in in updates or patches when they actually improve the games and fix/edit the renders…or they will be added in future DLCs. Everything is unconfirmed which is unfortunate.
I just hope that they are added in the future and I would love to return to what we were doing prior to Halo 4’s release.
Special Operations Officer;Veer 'Kai Zamamee