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Posted by: Arbiter 739
You know, I somewhat agree with this. I've been worried for a while now that 343i may change everything, the Terminals in Halo: CEA and the Halo 4 trailer realy drove that in.
Wow...
Do explain how CEA's Terminals did anything to change the established story? It's about 343 Guilty Spark's time on Installation 04 for the 100,000 years following the firing of the Halos, there is absolutely no detail whatsoever in the Terminals which conflicts with established canon.
And likewise with the Halo 4 trailer, I'm not sure which you're talking about so I'm going to go through all of them.
1) The reveal trailer at E3 was a non-canonical CGI teaser and the assets it portrays are only to show what things might look like in the game. In reference to this, I bet you're going to mention the armour... Well they've said that there's going to be an explanation for it, but I didn't hear you whining about your worry that Bungie was going to change things when they massively changed the Arbiter's armour from Halo 2 to 3 (somehow it changed colour, sprouted a flashlight and mandible guards).
2) The concept art trailer was... concept art - and therefore to be taken with a grain of salt for what they represent. Yet they perfectly pulled off the Forerunner aesthetic with that and are clearly putting a lot of effort into keeping the vibrant settings that were in the other Halos before Reach.
3) The recently released ViDoc shows how 343i are saying that they're going to keep the classic Halo feel, and it's pretty clear that they're not lying. Bloom is gone, the BR is back, etc. It's got a much more classic feel to it mixed with sprinting and a new equipment system.
For gameplay, change is the norm in order for these games to galvanise themselves and be fresh. 343i is doing exactly what Bungie did by changing up the formula a bit whilst the core of the experience is the classic Halo feel.
So at what point in these videos did you somehow get the feel that 343i are going to "change everything"?
I know that some are Bungie employees but I think, especialy after Halo: Reach, that many will want to craft an entirely diffrent game. On second though, I know they will. They confirmed CoD-style perks are still in the game at this late-stage.
Sigh... You don't pay attention to what they say, do you? Yes, 'perks' are in it but Frankie said that it's not at all like what is in Call of Duty. You're too quick to jump to conclusions on things you know nothing about.