In Response To: Frankie/343i, direct question... (GrimBrother One)
: If I may...
: From the 2.15.12 Bulletin: "Typically, from Halo to Halo, the Master
: Chief’s armor has changed and adapted, and there have been fictional
: reasons why. With Halo 4, we’re taking a different approach and focusing
: on the storytelling aspects of art from the design standpoint. We don’t do
: that everywhere in the game, but we wanted to take this opportunity to
: really focus on him as a human being...
: ...When we first looked at the Chief’s armor, we studied what was done in
: Reach. We knew he needed to be understood as a nimble yet heavy superhero,
: and contrast that with Reach armor design that was more on the bulky side.
: Our goal is to hit that sweet spot where we represent what is fictionally
: true about the Chief while making sure you feel like you’re a
: super-powerful human being when you're playing him."
: (emphasis mine)
: While I certainly understand the idea behind the general idea of what is
: being said, I feel like there is a pretty precarious balance here. Halo is
: a Universe that for many of us, has its story told through its visual
: details. We hang onto things like the technical look of Chief's armor,
: the the visual details of a ship like the 'Dawn.
: If you told me the MC we've seen so far was Mk VII for example, problem
: SOLVED. But saying that it's the same armor but with much more vastly
: differences than what we saw say from H2-H3... That kinda sucks. I know it
: seems silly... but we LOVE those details. I don't look at an F-16 and an
: F-22 and say "That's a fighter jet... and that's also a fighter
: jet." I say "That one's an F-16 and has these attributes, and
: this one is an F-22 and has these..." The details matter.
: Now, I am for one am still holding as much judgement as possible until we see
: the "true" product (game). But at the same time, I would love to
: know just one thing, straight up, without any pre-launch artistic vision
: metaphors...
: Will there be a fictionally-viable reason for the change in Chief's armor?
: Not an artistic one. Not a narrative-feeling-experience one. A Halo
: story-bible sanctioned Loftonian-worthy technical reason.
: I thought that I had heard a few months back that there WAS going to be one,
: and I was comfortable with that. But recently it feels like there are
: mixed signals. I would just like to know. Even if you can't answer like
: this, here, in a forum... perhaps it can be made known when you next
: decide to reveal further details on the game?
: Apologies if my asking seems out of place. I do only because the details of
: this intangible universe are quite tangible to me.
: Much love,
: Grim
You're the man, Grim! +1
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