New GameInformer Reveals New Halo 4 Details

New GameInformer Reveals New Halo 4 Details

This month's new GameInformer issue reveals plenty of Halo 4 story and multiplayer details, as well as details on a new mode called "Spartan Ops".

By Altair - Apr 09, 2012 05:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games

The year is 2557. Four years, seven months, and ten days have passed since the end of Halo 3. "This game is really about the return of the Master Chief", says the game's creative director Josh Holmes. "There's a lot of focus on what that means, both in terms of how we embody the play experience of being the Chief and really connect the player on a deeper level of immersion, as well as on the story side- exploring the Chief more as a character and as a man."

This month's GameInformer revealed the following details:
-Cortana and the HUD have been completely redesigned.
-Master Chief will be referred to more as John, the man, rather than Master Chief, the character.
-The game starts with a detailed prologue for new players.
-The Forerunners are more prominently featured.
-Enemies have been completely redesigned, and not copies of the previous games.
-The Covenant reform in some shape, size, or form.
-The game takes place on a planet full of secrets called Requiem. It is based of a Dyson Sphere(for those unfamiliar with these, they are an artificial sphere built around a star that captures its energy, in Layman's terms.)

Multiplayer is completely reworked. It actually is part of the plot, in which a UNSC ship called the Infinity is sent into a mission in deep space. They are training the newest wave of Spartans, Spartan IV, on the ship, which is the largest existing human vessel. They have a training room similar to the Danger Room which simulates battles, which is where the multiplayer. At some point in the story, this ship will cross paths with John.
You start as a recruit, and as you rank up, you unlock Spartan points, which allows you to buy weapons, armor abilities, and more. This is all part of training.

Why are they training so hard, huh? The newest addition to Halo 4 is Spartan Ops, cooperative missions played with your multiplayer character. Think of them as away missions from your training. Every week, they will release a free DLC with five Spartan Ops, and you unlock more Spartan Ops as you progress through the story.

While the campaign appears a true mystery, the game sure does look great. I'll be picking this up, day one.

Additionally, they had a story for the Amazing Spider-Man that had some interesting details.
-The game plays heavily like Arkham City. There are stealth segments and whenever you can perform a counter on an enemy, a spider-sense icon appears above their head.
-As you fight, your suit gets damaged. You can travel to Peter's home and repair it.
-There is a slew of side missions, including chasing stolen cars.
-The new Web Rush mechanic speeds up travel and makes it a lot less boring.

So, what do you think? Will Halo and Spider-Man live up to their previous installments? Sound off in the comments.

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Asterisk
Asterisk - 4/9/2012, 5:56 PM
Pretty cool stuff.
Altair
Altair - 4/9/2012, 5:59 PM
Agreed.
Viltrumite
Viltrumite - 4/9/2012, 6:01 PM
As a massive Halo fanboy, I have to say...
I wish this game would come out yesterday
Altair
Altair - 4/9/2012, 6:08 PM
Lol @Viltrumite. Some people are disappointed in the addition of Spartan Ops. What do you think?
THORGodOfThunder
THORGodOfThunder - 4/9/2012, 6:52 PM
Looks sweet
Asterisk
Asterisk - 4/9/2012, 6:55 PM
The Spartan Ops and the story multiplayer sound neat. Gamers ALWAYS find something to pick on (though I will admit the ME3 ending sucks really bad).
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 4/9/2012, 7:49 PM
Sounds like they ruined halo and tried to make CoD. They took everything established by Halo and threw it out the window... I'm a HUGE fan and this is nothing but dissapointing
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 4/9/2012, 8:03 PM
Wow, this sounds very interesting. I LOVE the Halo trilogy, along with comic book movies & Doctor Who, I am incredibly passionate about the games & I was worried about where 343 Industries were gonna take it but this sounds great. Although, Halo itself will be ultimate proof if 343 Industries were worthy to continue Halo.

Im glad the games are getting an update though with the HUD & Cortana. They need to keep the franchise fresh & new. What I hoped for the new Halo trilogy was that they kept everything what made Halo great but brought their own, fresh spin to it & by the sounds of it, thats exactly what they are doing

After his character got great insight in the books, Master Chief deserves a bit more depth in the games

like they are doing a detailed prologue. Halo 4 should be marketed as a brand new game where new fans can begin to like them, not confusing new fans

Its surprising to see the Covenant reformed, the Elites wanted nothing to do with other aliens in the new post Halo 3 book

And I like the adding of Spartan IV's in multiplayer, they were already featured briefly in the post-Halo 3 booK
Luminus
Luminus - 4/9/2012, 8:22 PM
Who the frak thinks web-swinging through Manhattan is boring?
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