{"id":4395,"date":"2012-11-01T03:08:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T08:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2012-11-01T03:08:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T08:08:48","slug":"halo-4-reviews-are-in-spoiler-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=4395","title":{"rendered":"Halo 4 reviews are in! (Spoiler FREE!!!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Okay, while I’m posting the ratings and some text from the reviewer, I am also including the link to their actual review.<\/p>\n

BEWARE. Those links MAY have spoilers. So click at your own risk.<\/p>\n

Here we go:<\/p>\n

360.mmgn.com<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Halo 4 succeeds where most shooters fail. \u00a0It remains true to its core experience made famous over five games, but it excels in actually making us care about the characters, be them good or evil.
\nWhat Halo 4 Got Right
\n<\/strong>Great campaign and story
\nMemorable Halo experience, new 343i flavour
\nMultiplayer is still great
\nSpartan Ops is brilliant co-op fun
\nWhat Halo 4 Got Wrong
\n<\/strong>Some new vehicles are a chore to control
\nGame sometimes holds your hand<\/p>\n

www.polygon.com<\/a>\u00a09.5\/10
\n<\/strong>Halo 4<\/em>\u00a0gets what made\u00a0Halo: Combat Evolved<\/em>\u00a0special. (Positive review)<\/p>\n

IGN.com<\/a>\u00a09.8\/10
\n<\/strong>Amazingly, Halo 4 is not only a success, but a bar-raising triumph for the entire first-person shooter genre. And just how new developer 343 Industries has done it will surprise,\u00a0delight, and excite you.<\/p>\n

G4tv<\/a>: 4.5\/5
\n<\/strong>When gamers and games media alike turn to look back over the releases of 2012, there’s one word that you’ll see frequently associated with 343 Industries’\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>: “safe.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(Semi-negative review)<\/p>\n

insidegamingdaily.com<\/a>\u00a010\/10 with a “Gold Award”
\n<\/strong>The overall question persists: do we need another\u00a0Halo<\/em>\u00a0trilogy? The answer to that is a surprising no, for you, the general public that\u2019s looking for nothing more than a minor multiplayer distraction. But from one dedicated\u00a0Halo<\/em>\u00a0fan to those looking for an evolution in story, creation, and online play, yes, we freakin\u2019 do. It feels good to finally say after many years that\u00a0Halo\u00a0<\/em>is back<\/p>\n

joystiq.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a05\/5<\/strong>
\nHalo 4<\/em>\u00a0is Halo \u2013 a surprisingly successful, mandatory step for 343 Industries. But the game strives for more than competence, giving it a forceful march and a decadent show of strength. Our doubt and questioning of Halo’s continued existence has, in some small way, helped deliver one of the best games in the series and one of the finest shooters in years. Of course, if we want to use this tactic for the next one we’d better start now.<\/p>\n

destructoid.com<\/a>: 10\/10
\n<\/strong>At its core, everything still feels like a\u00a0Halo<\/em>\u00a0game. While there are new some new elements that change the gameplay a little, that weight of playing as a super soldier is well balanced between the sense of speed and strength in the multiplayer. 343 Industries have done a remarkable job at continuing the\u00a0Halo<\/em>\u00a0legacy.<\/p>\n

www2.britxbox.co.uk<\/a>: 10\/10
\n<\/strong>Halo 4 succeeds in every possible way. This is both the Halo you remember, and the game you\u2019ve always wanted.<\/p>\n

kotaku.com<\/a>: (no rating given other than a “YES” to play it)
\n<\/strong>343\u2019s take on the franchise humanized what was up until now mainly just a really fun, well-made series of games.<\/p>\n

popcultureblog.dallasnews.com<\/a>\u00a0(positive review-no rating given)
\n<\/strong>343 Industries has done something amazing. They\u2019ve put more effort into the storytelling \u2013 humanizing the Master Chief and making more connections to those books we really nerdy gamers read \u2013 changed the setting, given us new, interesting enemies to fight and fun weapons to play with \u2026In other words, they\u2019ve made me excited about Halo again<\/p>\n

penny-arcade.com<\/a>: (no rating given)<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>If you were curious about 343\u2019s ability to pull this off, to make\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>\u00a0as good as Bungie\u2019s games, here\u2019s your answer:\u00a0Halo 4<\/em>\u00a0is not as good as\u00a0Reach<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0Halo 3<\/em>. It\u2019s\u00a0better<\/em>.<\/p>\n

xboxworld.com.au<\/a>: 94\/100
\n<\/strong>It’s on point, true to form and keeps you enthralled.\u00a0Welcome back, Halo. It’s been a long, long five years.<\/p>\n

Well if that isn’t enough to convince you that Halo 4 is awesome…<\/p>\n

I’ll have my review when the game comes out. But I’ll forgive you if you don’t read it as you’ll likely be knee deep into playing it too…<\/p>\n

-Sal (HFFL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, while I’m posting the ratings and some text from the reviewer, I am also including the link to their actual review. BEWARE. Those links MAY have spoilers. So click at your own risk. Here we go: 360.mmgn.com:\u00a0Halo 4 succeeds … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halo-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4398,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions\/4398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}