Halo 4 Teaser Trailer

[Bynary Fission]

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged...220417062.html

It's a little light on the story tidbits — we know that Master Chief will face a new foe, but we have zero idea who or what that is yet — though 343 does mention a number of cool factoids. Chief's armor and HUD (head-up display) have gotten serious facelifts, the burst-fire Battle Rifle makes a return, and plenty of multiplayer gameplay footage shows that yes, you will be getting your butt kicked online again.

But perhaps the most interesting news comes at the 2:55 mark or so, when Halo franchise development director Frank O' Connor mentions that they're finally going to give "a convincing reason" why the Red and Blue Spartan soldiers (the two opposing sides in Halo's long-running multiplayer) are fighting in the first place. A damsel in distress? The last pop tart? Just plain bored? The possibilities are endless.

Wow, this game doesn't come out until the end of the year but I'm already pumped for it. The part about the BR returning especially caught my eye - people either loved it or hated it back in Halo 2 or 3, but it seemed to be quite missed when it was taken out of Reach. I wonder how the community will react with its return. Even more so I'm wondering how that will affect multiplayer (since I assume the DMR won't be present as it was the replacement for the BR in Reach).

Some other thoughts are that the multiplayer looks SICK - it really feels like it was crafted in the style of Halo 2 and 3 rather than the Reach version. Clearly it's still in its early stages, but already it looks exciting. I'm also interested to see what this "new" threat is that they mention is the heart of the new trilogy - since it has been shown that it isn't the Covenant or the Flood, I'm interested to see how they'll continue the events that concluded at the end of Halo 3.


Thoughts?