At this point, every Xbox 360 gamer is well aware that Master Chief will be pulled out of retirement to finish the fight in Halo 4, and it’s unsurprising that fans are very excited to watch the events of the fourth Halo game unfold before their very eyes later this year. The iconic Spartan may be known as a man of few words, but that hasn’t stopped the series’ community from desperately longing to know more about the man behind the mask.
According to 343 Industries, gamers will get just that, and they’ve released a new ViDoc that provides avid followers with a sneak peak into the humanity that lies just behind Chief’s helmet.
Titled ‘A Hero Awakens’, the latest ViDoc gives fans a look at all of the voice acting and motion-capturing that is going on behind-the-scenes for the much anticipated Halo 4. It shows an unprecedented depth of emotion that the series isn’t well known for, and all of the hard work that the folk at 343 have put into MC’s latest outing at the very least looks as if it’s paying off.
An interesting note to take from the trailer is that Jen Taylor and Steve Downes (the voice actors for Cortana and Master Chief, respectively) have recorded sessions together for Halo 4. This marks the first time in the franchise’s illustrious history that the two have ever saddled up in the same sound booth together, and it shows just how serious the development team is about conveying the humanity buried within the faceless 117 protagonist.
Accompanying the ViDoc in a press release were details on a new multiplayer map known as ‘Exile’. The level takes place at the crash sight of a UNSC ship called the Diadochi, that has harboured the growth of a community in the years following its strand-inducing fall. Filled with caves and fast vehicles, ‘Exile’ claims to offer plenty of “frantic” action for fans.
With all of this information, on top of the new and improved Grifball mode in Halo 4, the game may very well end up being the best Halo title yet. 343 has proven they know what they’re doing thus far, and anyone still on the fence about the series’ future post-Bungie should be finding the overall appeal of Halo 4 growing with every new detail released.
There’s still plenty of content that Microsoft has yet to unleash upon the masses (they do have a 10 year plan for the Halo franchise, after all), so stick around Game Rant for more news as it unfolds.
Halo 4 will attempt to finish the fight… again on November 6th, exclusively for Xbox 360.
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So, Master Chief will finally have…character? Ok. Just hope it won’t be too little too late.
wow… this game is going to be beautiful
It’s one of the best looking games on 360. That much is evident by the screenshots, as well as the in-game multiplayer I had the pleasure of experiencing during this year’s E3.
You know what I really want Chief to say?
“I’m too old for this s***.”
Just once.. LET HIM SAY IT JUST ONCE!!!!! lol
YES!! That would be so badass, especially if they get the context right.
Unless I was imagining things, did anyone see that other person clad in Spartan armor?
Might just be that Halo 2 will FINALLY have a peoper successor for REALLY compelling storyline! ODST was not Chiefs story, and Reach…same thing.
I agree with AlexMech, but at least Reach had Spartans.
The new map looks awesome though I really want 343I to remake the map in Halo CE with the two seperate ships if you know what I mean!
You mean Boarding Action? That was a sweet map, I think that that might have been fun, have a UNSC cruiser and a Covenent Crusier in a space battle and the two ships close enough for boarding. Teleportors and man cannons, it would be carnage! Ship design might have been a challenge…perhaps boarding through damaged sections?
Don’t get me wrong BTW Socfuz, I own ODST and Reach both and have played the campaigns through 3 times each, I’ll start on ODST again soon, but its NOT the same story. 3 was really good for coolness factor, but it needs something different to pick up the threads. Cortana was a mild part of 3, when High Charity shows up it was a feeling of elation/dread knowing that it was going to be a slugging match to beat the Flood, but rescuing her was almost anticlimactic. But this looks good, finally Chief NEEDS Halsey again, and thats going to be a problem cause he has not exactly been keeping in touch. Plus it has a chance to flesh out the rest of the Spartan story, and provide a final tally on what happens to June from Reach.
Enemies newly introduced in Halo 4 with latest Graphic engine makes it possible for the players to enjoy better gaming experience and new kind of shields also introduced makes gaming a better experience in Halo 4.