I Wish We Saw This! #halo #gaming #masterchief

[shatterpoint]

Even during Halo 4 they could have done something similar. Like the Didact crushes Chief's armor, so he is in dire need of upgrades. When Chief defends UNSC Infinity from Didact, he gets a prerendered cutscene of removing old suit and getting into the new suit.

[wonkatar]

I think the first mission of Infinite shouldve been a level like “Pillar of Autumn” as you try to repel boarders and fight with other spartans and marines to retake a hanger until Atriox appears and maybe uses a banished Ai or the Endless creature to ground and heavily damage the Infinity. Here chief is beaten and tossed into space where his armor is severely damaged. Upon landing on the ring with the Pilot her finds a downed prowler with his upgraded suit we see in Halo Infinite. Then slowly throughout the missions we watch as the armor gets grittier and acquire more cosmetic damage until it resembles something more battle worn.

[cubetamalvada]

The same Armour change you proposed in Infinite could also apply to Halo 4. For the first half of the game Master Chief could use the Gen 1 Mark VI and when he gets to the Infinity they could change his armour for the new upgraded Gen 2 that Spartan IV use.

[mileyroses]

I think it’s kind of entertaining to fill in that part of the story yourself, what you came up with was great

[ArchOfWinter]

I had similar thoughts on armor change between 3 & 4. The opening mission until Chief reach Infinity would be in his old 3 armor. After the first mission and crashing down to the planet, his armor would be both visually and gameplay wise severely damaged. Shield wouldn't go all the way up, ammo counter on the HUD is inaccurate, the motion sensor would jump all over the place. This will also increase the tension as the Promethean is introduced, making them harder to fight. Then on the Infinity, Chief would get his new armor along with all the new abilities, bringing the fight back to the Promethean.

[TheKiltedGerman]

The change between 3 and 4's armor is simple: art style. That's the only explanation that was ever needed. Frank O'Connor trying to whip up a convoluted lore explanation just made reactions worse.

Bungie, too, made plenty of art direction changes between games with little to no explanation. Best example is the Jackals. They look like geckos in CE, caiman in 2, and birds from 3 on until 343 took over.
The brutes were completely different between 2, 3, and Reach in nearly every way.

Games are interactive media and have never been held to the same kind of artistic consistency standards as non-interactive media, and for good reason I'd argue.

[TheKiltedGerman]

Infinite's armor change is fine. It was literally part of the marketing material.

[boinksi]

Chief’s armor change into Infinite is clearly described in Rubicon Protocol and all of the advertising for the game lol

[finns]

That nanotech one is the most arm wavy, lore breaking excuse ever

[MisterChief]

My biggest complaint between the games since 3 is how different the physics engines are. Halo 3 was so special, it felt perfect to play. It still holds up so well even today

[imapack]

The armor change in Halo 4 serves my headcanon that everything made by 343 was just Chief having a nightmare in chriosleep

[thename]

"If only" has become every halo fans mantra these days

[Mystic-j]

I don’t really mind the armor transition between 5-infinite purely because of how sexy chief looks in infinite.

[TheLastArbiter]

The expanded universe should exist to add extra detail and supporting stories for people who want more. It should not be a necessity to read material outside of the games in order to simply understand the game.

[rafaelpozo]

They still need to explain how the battle rifles aboard of the forward unto dawn changed form into the newest model😂😂😂

[djbass]

Nice transition in the first few seconds

[Aethelhart]

The armor change between 3 and 4 is easily explained by the fact that 4 is an alternate universe and not part of the same continuity as the original games and books, hence all of the canon changes after that point.

[colgate]

343 wanted to reimagine halo which is why the covenant looks different as well. But it got backlash so they went for a lore aspect of it and tried to have it make sense

[doomguy]

It's getting exhausting constantly hearing fans come up with awesome concepts and what-could-have-beens when I know none of this will happen or it's too late for it to happen.

[Malpais-Legate]

"Nanomachines son!"-Petty Officer Master Senator Chief Armstrong