Halo 4

### ***General Description***

The seventh video game installment in the ***Halo*** franchise, ***Halo 4*** was released worldwide in November 2012 by **Microsoft Studios** for the **Xbox 360** video game console. ***Halo 4*** is a first-person shooter video game developed by **343 Industries**. ***Halo 4***'s story follows a cybernetically enhanced human supersoldier, **Master Chief**, and his artificial intelligence construct **Cortana**, as they encounter **The Covenant,** **The Prometheans** and **The Forerunners**. The game introduces a bunch of new weapons, enemies, and game modes.

#### ***Development Process***

Existing characters were completely redesigned and all cutscenes in the game were made using motion capture. Using motion capture and delving deeper into the relationship between the two protagonists, **Master Chief** and **Cortana**, helped achieve one of their main goals: to make the game and the characters more human-like. Developing started in 2009 and went well into 2012. THe 343 team decided to explore the **Forerunner** lore and inspired them to make new setting and a brand new antagonist: **The Didact.** In total, 350 people helped to develop ***Halo 4*** and make it the game that it is today. Including **343 Studios** and many other external studios.

#### ***Gameplay***

***Halo 4*** is an **FPS** (**First Person Shooter**) game in which players predominantly experience gameplay from a first-person perspective although the game perspective switches to third-person when using certain weapons, abilities and vehicles. The player's **head-up display** (**HUD**) shows real-time information on the player character's armor system, such as **shieldstatus**, information on current weapons and abilities, and **waypoints** for goals and objectives. The **HUD** also has a **motion tracker** that detects **allies**, **enemies**, and **vehicles** within a certain radius of the player. The game sees the return of the alien species who were formerly members of **The Covenant** as foes, and introduces a new type of enemy called **The Prometheans**, which are  **Forerunner A.I constructs**. There are three types of **Prometheans**: **Knights** serve as leaders of the group and are considered the deadliest of **The Promethean** forces; **Crawlers** are a weaker class that often attack in packs; and **Watchers** offer support and have the ability to shield or revive **Promethean** allies.

#### ***Modes***

***Halo 4*** takes place in a futuristic science-fiction setting in the year 2557, four years after the events of ***Halo 3***. Following a war with the parasitic **Flood**, the humans came into conflict with **The Forerunners**, a powerful race that upheld a policy of benevolent shepherding of other races known as the **Mantle of Responsibility**. Humanity's attempt at destroying all **Flood** infestations was misinterpreted as a fight for conquest. After centuries of war, **The Forerunners** defeated the humans, ancestors of the contemporary human race, and stripped them of their technology and empire. **The Forerunners** soon fought the **Flood** themselves; after exhausting every other strategic option available to them, **The Forerunners** activated weapons of mass destruction known as the **Halo Array**. **The Array**'s firing killed all sentient life in the galaxy to deprive the Flood of their food. Life that **The Forerunners** later re-seeded around the galaxy.

1. ↑ Wikipedia. (2018). Halo 4. 2018, de Wikipedia Sitio web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo\_
2. ↑ Rosenberg, Adam (November 7, 2012). "Halo 4 Promethean Guide -- Enemies, New Weapons, And What It Takes To Win". G4. G4 Media. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
3. ↑ 343 Industries (November 6, 2012). Halo 4. Xbox 360. Microsoft Studios. Level/area: Dawn. Master Chief: "How long was I out?" / Cortana: "Four years, seven months, ten days." [...] / Cortana: "Uh − I'm sorry, did I miss orbiting a Forerunner planet at some point?"

Wikipedia. (2018). Halo 4. 2018, de Wikipedia Sitio web: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo\_