Halo 4 is an ugly looking game.

[TheRat62]

I remember being so disappointed with Halo 4 when I first played it on 360 because the graphics/art style looked so amateur compared to Reach and Halo 3.

Rocks and cliffs looked impressive and that section right before you hop in the warthog in the 2nd mission did look quite beautiful but overall I found 343 completely failed with their new "art style". To me, the game looks so cartoony and up until that point, Halo games always had a somewhat realistic vibe (even Halo CE and Halo 2 were going for realism but they were obviously limited withwhat they could do). Along comes Halo 4 and everything just looked so cheap and cartoony.

A lot of people at the time raved about the graphics. I'll admit, the rocks and cliffs did look more detailed than they were in Halo 3 but as soon as you would get up close and look at the textures they just looked low res and crappy. The cracks showed upon closer inspection and I found these more "detailed" textures only looked good in the distance whereas Halo Reach Halo 3 textures looked detailed up close.

Even in multiplayer, all the text/fonts were just atrocious. Weapon redesigns were hideous compared to the originals, Spartan armor looked cartoony, and they even managed to screw up the UNSC logo. Don't ask me why the look of a UNSC logo bothers me because it really shouldn't. But 343 managed to make the "UNSC" logo so damn ugly that everytime I see it I cringe. How 343?.... just..... how?

Halo 5 still had a somewhat similar art style to Halo 4 but overall I didn't find it to be quite as ugly. They also managed to fix a lot of the text/fonts so that they weren't such an eyesore when playing multiplayer.

But yeah, between the lack of proper Marty Odonell music, and hideous graphics I will always look back on Halo 4 as mediocrity. It just left such a bad taste in my mouth. I was all excited for a brand new Halo game as I was a huge fan of Halo 3 in highschool and I was sure Halo 4 would be just as epic as Halo 3 and I thought I was in for more of the same good old Halo. Purchased the game day one and I remember just feeling like why the hell did they change everything?

The game looked, sounded, and felt like some half baked Halo knock off. The game completely lacks polish in these areas and as a Halo fan that was just the complete opposite of what I was used to getting from Bungie Halo game and I was quite surprised that they messed it up.

I'm sorry if you love Halo 4 but for me it is easily the weakest Halo game in the series. You can sense the devs lack of confidence at every turn and you can see the obvious attempts at it being a COD clone and for that reason it will never feel like a true Halo game to me... not in multiplayer or campaign. (Even if the story has it moments)

I didn't like the Halo 5 campaign either. I really enjoy Halo 5 multiplayer because it has all that polish that Halo 4 was lacking and it's got very tight and fine tuned gameplay. The graphics may not be amazing in Halo 5 but the art style was definitely improved somewhat compared to Halo 4. So they somewhat redeemed themselves.

But I seriously can't wait for the Halo Infinite reveal because if they're going back to the original art style/graphics it's just going to obliterate both Halo 4 and 5.

Anyone else think Halo 4 is just a hideous game (even if it has a few moments of beauty here and there)?

[TrapperJ0hn]

I wouldn't say ugly, just over the top. It's like the artists tried to reinvent the wheel. Halo has and always will be remembered as having a very unique art style. I feel like that's what really put off the majority of the loyal players. The mechanics also didn't feel like Halo, but more like any other modern day shooter (cod). Just playing through 1,2 and 3 multiplayer reminded me of just how different a shooter Halo is.

[o-o-o-Tekno-Musang-o-o-o]

引用自 +Ironguard+：

He came from very religious family who didint even have tv in home!

I like how bad and good facts mixed together in such astonishing glory

[THIICUMS]

引用自 Delta：

引用自 Bruh：

Who said, it was an issue? I just pointed it out.

I like how you assumed, I disliked it lol.

So... you're trying to tell me this isn't you from earlier in this thread?

引用自 Bruh：

Halo 4 and Halo 5 reminds me of the Crysis games, doesn't look and feel like a Halo game to me.

That looks like it's you taking issue with it looking like Crisis.

Just like your name, this is a big bruh moment.

I compared the differences and similarities. Never had I stated that I hated those games.

Again you're assuming....

"sigh....."

[Doragor]

Would be cool if we had some duality in the designs
Like Spartan 2s and 3s wear the classic chunky suits and Spartan 4s wear the newer designs
The Banished could use some custom brute armor, Arby could use the classic sleek elite design and whatever remained of the covenant/mdama forces could keep the design from halo 4/5

[Vlad]

It's embarassing how poor Halo 4 looks. The textures are so bad. They ruined the appearence of the covenant, the elites especially, they look like lizards now. And they screwed over the voices for them too. I don't understand why they forced that HUD with the helmet on, it looks really poor and takes away from the screen. The chief's armor looks terrible. Halo 3 which is an old game looks so much better is not even funny. Halo CE aniversary, Halo 2 especially, Halo Reach look like games launched this year compared to it, in every aspect. What is it with this terrible art style ? The chiefs arms especially in first person look like they are made from cheap plastic, with terrible low resolution and textures.

[GabeKirk24]

引用自 Vlad：

It's embarassing how poor Halo 4 looks. The textures are so bad. They ruined the appearence of the covenant, the elites especially, they look like lizards now. And they screwed over the voices for them too. I don't understand why they forced that HUD with the helmet on, it looks really poor and takes away from the screen. The chief's armor looks terrible. Halo 3 which is an old game looks so much better is not even funny. Halo CE aniversary, Halo 2 especially, Halo Reach look like games launched this year compared to it, in every aspect. What is it with this terrible art style ? The chiefs arms especially in first person look like they are made from cheap plastic, with terrible low resolution and textures.

Year old post dude, this is long dead

[solibsneg]

Guess i'm in the absolute minority of Halo gamers because i like the Halo 4's story and how the game looks.

[Crescendoll]

Yeah, Halo 4 reminds me of the ugly live-action Transformers movies, especially the armor designs.

[Pwnage]

you dense halo "fans" are just too stubborn to accept something different. halo 4 gameplay experience is one of the best in the franchise.

games are evolving according to the current trends and the developers had to craft their games to fit into today's market. its almost impossible to satisfy old fans while trying to bring in new players with new designs & style.

you want original style and gameplay, go play halo 2 instead. its the best old school halo game ever made.

[GabeKirk24]

引用自 Pwnage：

you dense halo "fans" are just too stubborn to accept something different. halo 4 gameplay experience is one of the best in the franchise.

games are evolving according to the current trends and the developers had to craft their games to fit into today's market. its almost impossible to satisfy old fans while trying to bring in new players with new designs & style.

you want original style and gameplay, go play halo 2 instead. its the best old school halo game ever made.

There are 3 types of halo fans, bungie era, 343 era and just general fans of the series, unfortunately the community is more on the bungie era, and despite what 343 has done well only see halo 4 as bad because lul 343 bad, only few have legitimate reasons to dislike it

[Akemua]

引用自 FireHawk117：

引用自 Pwnage：

you dense halo "fans" are just too stubborn to accept something different. halo 4 gameplay experience is one of the best in the franchise.

games are evolving according to the current trends and the developers had to craft their games to fit into today's market. its almost impossible to satisfy old fans while trying to bring in new players with new designs & style.

you want original style and gameplay, go play halo 2 instead. its the best old school halo game ever made.

There are 3 types of halo fans, bungie era, 343 era and just general fans of the series, unfortunately the community is more on the bungie era, and despite what 343 has done well only see halo 4 as bad because lul 343 bad, only few have legitimate reasons to dislike it

There are plenty of reasons to dislike it. You just don't agree and mock them instead.

[GabeKirk24]

引用自 Shadowclysm：

引用自 FireHawk117：

There are 3 types of halo fans, bungie era, 343 era and just general fans of the series, unfortunately the community is more on the bungie era, and despite what 343 has done well only see halo 4 as bad because lul 343 bad, only few have legitimate reasons to dislike it

There are plenty of reasons to dislike it. You just don't agree and mock them instead.

When did I insult anyone? That is the general thoughts of most people here,I don't mock people, unless they give me a good reason to

[Akemua]

引用自 FireHawk117：

引用自 Shadowclysm：

There are plenty of reasons to dislike it. You just don't agree and mock them instead.

When did I insult anyone? That is the general thoughts of most people here,I don't mock people, unless they give me a good reason to

Which is it, you do or don't? I guess it's less mocking and more derisive "bad because 343 lul". You make it sound like that's what everyone who dislikes the newer games think.

Anyway, I just get annoyed at all the nasty attitudes thrown both ways when it comes to old vs new.

[GabeKirk24]

引用自 Shadowclysm：

引用自 FireHawk117：

When did I insult anyone? That is the general thoughts of most people here,I don't mock people, unless they give me a good reason to

Which is it, you do or don't? I guess it's less mocking and more derisive "bad because 343 lul". You make it sound like that's what everyone who dislikes the newer games think.

Anyway, I just get annoyed at all the nasty attitudes thrown both ways when it comes to old vs new.

Ok, I'll rephrase what I said, reading it again it doesn't make much sense, yes in some cases I do mock people but it's generally only the people who use the lame 343 bad excuse to hate on the games, you know alot are out there on this forum, now if you have legitimate reasons, then I will actively discuss it, but most of what I've seen comes down from the thoughts that bungie were the only good devs, now that's what annoys me, and has kind of turned my attitude towards this criticism sour, to me I'm the kind of halo fan that doesn't care who's names on the box as long as its good, whilst I love halo 5 I'm on the side of hating halo 5 because of the decisions made, story, mtx etc, that didn't feel like halo to me, where as halo 4 still had somewhat of the identity halo had

[TheRat62]

I've always thought Halo 4 was a hideous game. Never bought into the hype. Even at the time of its release on 360 I thought it was incredibly dated looking and I was scratching my head because Halo Reach which came out on the same console years prior... looked and played far better.... it confused me.

You would think that Halo 4 would've atleast looked AS GOOD as reach... if not better to some degree. It was the kind of thing that really.made lose respect for 343 cause I'm.like you have to be really bad at your job to produce a sequel that actually looked worse than the game that came before it.

And this isn't just opinion. The textures are just horrible with ugly.low.res detail. Explosions looked worse, art style was worse, the locations were ugly and repetitive looking, indoor environments which were once beautiful in Halo games were somehow now very generic and repetitive looking.

Just all around terrible looking game.

Don't even get me started on MP with the pink and baby blue spartan colors. Its not too often that I find graphics so ugly that it turns me off from playing a game but imo thr art style and graphics in Halo 4 are just that bad .