Halo 4 reviews pour in, say game is excellent
With Bungie having gone to the dark side (meaning: Activision), everyone is wondering whether 343 Industries will have what it takes to keep Halo a top franchise on Xbox360. Judging from the first reviews that have been coming online today, it seems they have.
The overall Metacritic score is currently set at 90% so it seems MasterChief still reigns on Microsoft’s console.
An overview:
- Gaming Age: 100
- Machinima: 100
- Joystiq: 100
- Destructoid: 100
- IGN: 98
- Polygon: 95
- Official Xbox Magazine: 95
- Game Informer: 93
- Official Xbox Magazine UK: 90
- VideoGamer: 90
- GameSpot: 90
- Gaming Nexus: 85
- Edge Magazine: 80
- Eurogamer: 80
- Giant Bomb: 80
Here’s Edge’s view on things:
At the core remains the solid, steady hand of Halo, but those hoping Halo 4 would roll back Reach’s intricacies and deliver an alternative to the current wave of console shooters will be disappointed.
Still, if there’s work to be done with the multiplayer then Halo 4’s campaign, and thus the series’ overall sense of purpose, is back on track. Perhaps resolving just one problem at a time is the most we can expect. 343 Industries has certainly done that; Halo 4 isn’t a reinvention so much as a recalibration, a common-sense repair to a drifting narrative, with a hero who is now back in play and back at his best. Halo 4’s biggest victory is that it gives us Master Chief back
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