I was just looking at the overall list of Halo emblems across all Halo titles and noticed how many, including some ‘classics’, were left out of Halo 4.
All of the following appeared in at least one Halo title prior to Halo 4, but are not in the latest game:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Arrowhead Ver. 1 (Different Arrowhead version in Halo 4)
Brute Head (No Brutes in Halo 4)
Bubble Shield (No Bubble Shield in Halo 4)
Buffalo
Bullseye
Cancel
Capsule
Castle
Champion
Chaos
Cleave
Clubs
Da Bomb Ver. 1
Da Bomb Ver. 2
Daisho
Daisy
Delta
Diamonds
Double Crescent
Elephant
Fleur de Lis
Frowney
Gas Mask
Grenade
Grunt Head
Grunt Symbol
Hawk
Hearts
Infected Ver. 1 (Different Infected version in Halo 4)
Jokers
Keep it Clean (Halo ODST rather than Halo 4)
Librarian, The
Lips
Marathon (Bungie related, so understandable)
Mark of Shame
Mombasa/New Mombasa* (Halo ODST rather than Halo 4)
Noted
ONI Ver. 1 (Different ONI version in Halo 4)
Optican
Peaceafist
Phoenix
Planet
Power is On
Race
Rampancy
Rose
Sergeant
Seventh Column (Bungie related, so understandable)
Smiley
Snake Ver. 1 (Different Snake version in Halo 4)
Spades
Spearhead
Subnova
Superintendent (Halo ODST rather than Halo 4)
Supernova
Surf
Thor
Trident
Trinity
Trip Mine (No Trip Mine in Halo 4)
Triplicate
Tsantsa
Tycho
Unicorn Ver. 1 (Different Unicorn version in Halo 4)
Vortex
Waypoint
Webmaster
Zebra
I realise the current game does have 117 Foreground emblems, which is very impressive, but some of the older classic ones, such as the numbers 0-9 and the 4 playing card suit symbols should really have been included in my opinion.
Well I definitely do miss my emblems. I used to have a Trinity emblem, but that was gone, so I went for my backup that I have used before which was the Champion emblem. But that one is also not in the game. My sister also cannot use her Pheonix emblem either. There are so many people whose emblems have been taken away from them for no apparent reson.
It doesn’t make any sense as to why all of these or most of these are not included in Halo 4.
It does annoy me that the 0-9 emblems were left out of Halo 4. My clan used that numbering system for squads in Halo: Reach but can no longer use that system in Halo 4.
Halo 4 screwed me over by taking out the pheonix. I did see one that had the unsc symbol, and it kinda looks like it. Then I realized that I had to get to level 130 to get it. I’m not going to waste my time for a stupid emblem, and I hope 343i makes them easier to access than they did in halo 4.
It bums me out. I used to use the same champion emblem from halo 2, all the way through reach. I even got a tattoo of it when I was younger. Between this and not having the ODST helmet anymore, I don’t feel a sense of identity with my spartan anymore, which I believe is something they were trying to go for.
I really hope they patch both of those things in. Hell, make it DLC, i’d pay for it.
My wife has been using the Fleur de Lis with the Banner from the very first time I got her to play H3 & her friend Kristal has been using the Phoenix with the Shield since we first met her, both of them are furious that their emblems were amongst the ones dropped, especially because of the lack of reason & the craptastic new ones added.
343i really does need to put back the missing H3/Reach emblems, there was no reason to drop them.
That really bummed me out. I’ve used the same emblem in Halo 2, Halo 3, ODST and Reach and they didn’t bring it back for 4. I can’t really figure out how the 4 in the title is justified if this game has less features by far than the last 2 Halos.
“It fit the artistic vision…” Well, I’m glad the artistic vision finds obscure and unappealing jaggy emblem backgrounds to be fitting. What a testament to itself.
The only emblems that are justified to be missing are the Septagon and the Bungie Community emblem. The rest? For shame, you non-community-oriented corporates. No excuse.
