A genuine attempt at giving a Halo story some emotional maturity. Spectacular visuals. A sensational Neil Davidge score. Tweaks to game design encourages more dynamic, cerebral gameplay. Multiplayer is familiar yet fresh.
Cornball dialogue and wide-eyed emoting oversells things. Disappointingly formulaic, anticlimactic narrative. Too many story threads are left without development. Spartan Ops is uninspired and tedious.
Abstract: Halo's a series with a pedigree. Created by the fine folks at Bungie way back in 1999, the first game marked a watershed moment in first-person shooter gaming for many, proving once and for all that the genre - once heralded as only possible on compute...
Its fairly obvious by this point in the review that I really like Halo 4 and while it isn't perfect it does deliver one of the finest gaming experiences on the Xbox 360 to date. Although when I say it isn't perfect, its hard to put a pin on what exactly i...
Some may dismiss Halo 4 as the same old same old in the Halo franchise but the level of detail in the game, plus a more mature and thoughtful storyline and dialogue, makes Halo 4 the most adult Halo entry in the series....
UNSCContinues Master Chiefs story wellMulti player changes refresh the gameplayStunning visuals and soundFree Spartan Ops DLCCovenantMultiplayer might be tough for newcomersYou own this Total You want this Total You had this Total Halo Xbox Review have...
Great storyline with epic sci-fi feel, Superb visuals that stretch the 360 to its limits, Compelling and unpredictable action, Awesome multiplayer modes
Plays things relatively safe
By any yardstick, this is a fantastic return for the Master Chief, and proof that the spirit of Halo didn't die when Bungie left the building. Halo 4 is a visually dazzling, consistently thrilling sci-fi shooter, and while it doesn't do anything at all re...
Covenant getting boring, Still little weapon variety
This is tough, because Halo 4 epitomises some of the things that plague the games industry today. While there are tweaks, and good ones at that, this isn't the reinvention that many were hoping for, and 343i could be accused of a lack of ingenuity. At the...
343 has created the finest Halo game of this generation, no doubt, ensuring fans that Microsoft chose well when creating this studio. A little too safe at times, but with a sprawling multiplayer component, it'll be interesting to see what new tricks 343 c...
Abstract: Halo is to Microsoft what Mario is to Nintendo. The original Halo was, in simplest of terms, a game worthy enough to sell an entire console platform on its own merit. It may not have shown the ingenuity of French or Japanese games, nor was it revolutionar...
