


Reusable equipment also returns providing armour abilities similar to Halo: Reach although expanded with new offensive and defensive capabilities. Players will encounter approximately 10 new never before seen weapons to assist in their fight though with a mixture of human and alien options for players to equip which is in addition to minor enhancements of old favourites.

While linear in nature like it’s predecessors the world is designed with open environments in mind so that players rarely feel like they are being sent along the world on train tracks with enough flexibility for players to feel in control.įamiliar HUD elements from the previous games also return with your shield, grenades, map and current weapon status all being displayed on screen and functioning in a similar manner. At times (such as vehicle usage) Halo 4 switches to a third person view of the Master Chief. Just like the games before it, Halo 4 is a first person story driven shooter that leverages a range of weapons, environments and enemies to challenge the player’s tactical and mechanical abilities. At the same time Cortana is battling rampancy which is severely impacting on her mental state making your attempts to return to Earth even more dire. Your wake up call isn’t quite the welcome home party you had been expecting though with players instead finding themselves taking on huge amounts of Covenant forces as they board your vessel making for one of the most intense openings in a Halo game yet.Īfter fighting your way through the forces you will find yourself and a huge Covenant fleet crash landing on the planet Requiem, leaving you to find a way home which takes you through a series of missions across the strange planet. Players join the story once again as Master Chief as Chief wakes from cryonic sleep and is met by the faithful AI partner Cortana. Starting this adventure four years after the events of Halo 3 players will need to be familiar with the current state of affairs to truly follow along with the Halo 4 storyline which focuses on the Forerunner planet of Requiem. Halo 4 is the 2012 instalment in the science fiction shooter Halo franchise and continues to evolve on the foundations of the previous titles with new story and challenges for players to overcome.
