Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

40 to 100 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"All it's cracked up to be"

All right here goes my first review of a game that I really love, I have always been a big fan of the Halo series and have played each and every one. I'm going to break this review down into 4 categories story, gameplay, graphics, and replay potential.
Story: I'll start off by saying that if you enjoyed halo 3's campaign than you will also be very fond of halo 4's. There is never a dull moment and the cut-scenes are intriguing and cinematic without feeling to much like a movie and not enough like a game; which, I find to be a problem in a lot of games lately is the balance between cut-scenes and gameplay and their spacing. The story is dramatic and pulls you in as you play along. I found myself becoming attached to characters such as Cortana who before this game I really didn't care for all that much. As far as the ending goes it is one of my favorite endings in a game over the past 2-3 years! So the story gets 9.5/10

Gameplay: As goes for all halo games the gameplay is unique and flawless. I never feel like I'm doing the same thing all the time and you really have to perfect the controls in order to get really good at the game. NPC's are intelligent and funny which adds to the games enjoyment level. As far as difficulty goes the games learning curve over different difficulties is pretty standard. Online gameplay is just as good as campaign everything is flawless the game modes are fun and enjoyable. Overall gameplay gets a 10/10

Graphics: Halo 4 has probably the best graphics I have ever seen on an xbox game! I was extremely impressed by the graphics I would put them at the same level as the graphics from the gears of war games and Crysis 2 (xbox) and maybe even better! The textures look great and the cut-scenes really look fantastic. The opening cut-scene blew my mind I thought I was playing a game on my PC! overall I give the graphics 10/10

Replay potential: This is a category that I think is very important When I pay $50 or more for a game I want to play it for at least 50 hours! Let me tell you it is re-playable for more than 100 hours. The campaign is fun and the different difficulty levels will keep you playing and striving to do better while the online game modes will keep you intrigued while you try to level up and unlock all the armor, weapons, and various upgrades. If you are looking for a game that you will get your monies worth out of this is the game for you! Overall 9/10

As a closing note Halo 3 is still my favorite halo game just because I enjoyed the forge mode better and that game just has a certain feel to it when you play it, but halo 4 is easily my second favorite installment in the series. I hope you enjoyed this review as it is my first I appreciate any constructive criticism on my writing and I hope to review some more games in the future.