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Posted by: TedToaster22
Posted by: Cmdr DaeFaron
Posted by: TedToaster22
Posted by: flamedude
Personally I quite like the new look Cortana, if anything its the only believable makeover in H4 that could be justified by lore. I am much more concerned by the weird makeovers of the Elites and Grunts and even the Master Chief's Mk VI (which I actually like by the way).
It's hard to take a sci-fi seriously when the aesthetic is something in constant flux, it would be like the Millennium Falcon changing in every Star Wars film without reason and us viewers being expected to just roll with it. I understand that H4 is sort of a reboot by 343i but I just don't understand why they felt it merited one. A jump forward in time in the Halo universe helps justify new weapons and factions but it doesn't justify the Chief completely changing or Grunts changing their physiology.
Personally for me the biggest disappointment is the Warthog. Beforehand it has been a trusty and beautifully designed vehicle that looked like a human design but with futuristic suspension linkages underneath (the wheel arms) but for some reason 343i felt it needed redesigning so that the suspension has been replaced by double-wishbone suspension instead. Double-wishbone suspension was designed in the 1930s, and it just looks unoriginal and dull compared to the wheel arms of the classic Warthog.
Elites and Grunts changes are explained by lore, in Glasslands we're told that without the Engineers former Covenant tech is falling apart. And that's right after the war - H4 takes place 4 years later.
So glasslands explains how grunts physically changed? Why their skin is different, number of toes/fingers is different?
Physiology = body. Not armor or gear.
That's just graphics updates. You're not going to get the same thing every Halo game.
Yeah, notice how in every one, the grunt has THREE toes(+ one in the back)
Check this out http://www.halopedian.com/images/9/99/Halo4_Grunt.png I see four toes, and no toe in the back
Skin is completely different. It's not 'updated' it's brand new. Hell, it doesn't look like an exoskeleton as described for grunts. It looks like SKIN, with tougher spots on hands and feet.
However, their bodies are armored with a hard exoskeleton as with crabs and insects.
The Unggoy have flat, three-toed feet, with another toe on the back of their feet.
[Edited on 06.19.2012 7:13 AM PDT]