Halo 4 - Xbox 360 (Standard Game)

It's a good game once you get past the suck.

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Scrugmat

March 3, 2018

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I recieved this game used, and unlike the lot of you mine works flawlessly. My complaint is that I started it and thought that I had played the level before and realized that 343 had just copied levels from previous campaigns.I was so confused as to why I was again fighting the Covenant but oh well, and at first it was rather boring. I got about two gours into it and honestly had had enough.
I did finish it and it did grow on me. However, 343 added some quarks that were infuriating. The reload mission setting is quite deceptive and when I got stuck on a part I used it, thinking that because I had just changed terrians and what looked like maps that a new mission had ensued. Not the case. I had to work for like an hour just to get back to where my original mistake had been and by that time I was so pissed I didn't want to go any further. The other thing was constantly changing the accessory pack instead of just letting the player keep what they had and liked. Most of those packs were garbage. The cloak was useless, the shield wouldn't let you shoot, and the only one that was actually really good was the jet pack. They did this with weapons too but since that was a part of the original game it was expected. As for the weapons some were great while some were horrible, but something that was in common with all was the pitance of ammo alloted to all of them. 36 total shots for the battle rifle? What bs. Like 13 for the sniper rifle, or others like it. If soldiers today carry more rounds wouldn't the future have better or at least the same capacity? It was just annoying.
The one thing that actually was pretty awesome about this game was the vehicle levels, although the flight controls were a bit off for a few of the vehicles. I have always wanted to fly a Pelican, and now I did.
I also dug the Tron like appearance of this game and surprisingly the music. Halo was never really knowm for a grwat score but this one's was rather enjoyable. Also the sticky bomb pistol was fantastic. I will play it again just to use that.

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The first halo was great, had a phenomenal plot and action was good

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Stephen Huse

December 12, 2015

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As the Halo series progresses, they are definitely not averse to change. The first halo was great, had a phenomenal plot and action was good. The second was good. The third was okay, though multiplayer was a bit like 2 v 1 always beats the 1.

Pros: same good ole science fiction shoot em up. The plot is engaging, and the action is good.

Cons: In Halo 4, the graphics style was updated. I miss the more cartoony look of the elites and grunts in the previous versions of the game. As is now, the enemies are harder to distinguish a push over from a super elite. The weapons have less ammo / seem to be under powered. vehicles seem to be more fragile and the vehicle weapons now overheat? Cortana is creepy. They took the whole female image way too far. and not even in a good way.

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T, Nguyen

Disappointing sequel.

May 12, 2014

Format: Video GameVerified Purchase

I'm glad I didn't buy this game the day it came out. I would've wasted $60. When I saw a used copy available through Amazon for only $13 + free shipping, I figured I might as well give it a try.

The campaign is unmemorable. This is the only installment in the franchise that I have yet to revisit the single player upon completing it on Legendary. I do so with the previous Halo games made by Bungie and still replay them to this day. I find the level-design in Halo 4 to be quite poor. There are only two missions in particular that I enjoy. The rest follow the same linear format of, "run here, press this button. Run over there, press another button."

I, unlike the majority of the fans on here, find the relationship between the Chief and Cortana rather stale. It's another cliche rendition of a machine falling in love with a human. I understand that it was necessary for 343i to detail her rampancy for the sake of the plot, but I wish they had done so differently. There are times when she's sad, irritable, and stressed, and there are other occasions when when she's happy and humorous; she's a lot like a woman who's experiencing premenstrual syndrome. Some of the dialogues between Cortana and John were quite sappy and cheesy. Examples:

Cortana: *goes AI crazy* THEY REPLACED YOU! Sorry!
Chief: It's okay.
Cortana: How? How is that okay? How is me putting you at risk because I can't keep it together okay?

At the end of the game:
Cortana: *touches Chief on the chest* sigh..I've been waiting so long to do that...

The multiplayer is fun, but it doesn't feel like Halo; it's the bastard child of Call of Duty and Halo. I also dislike the game's ranking system (SR1-130 in contrast to Halo: Reach's military-like ranks). But most of all, I hate the new armor permutation. 90% of the helmets are grotesque. The Spartan-IV's look like cheap action figures. I prefer the gritty look of the Spartan-III in Halo: Reach.

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