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Halo 4 Still Holds Up As The Best Halo Game Ever, 14 Years Later
Halo 4 is still the best game in the series, despite never getting the full reappraisal Halo games typically do in years after their release.
Halo 4
Released Nov 6, 2012
Rating 77/100
Metacritic 86
Playtime ~75h
Rated Mature
Halo 4 arrived in 2012 as a major Xbox 360 shooter that has since expanded to PC and Xbox One. The game has largely faded from cultural conversation compared to other entries in the franchise, yet some still argue it remains the series' strongest installment from a design standpoint.
Recent coverage has focused on behind-the-scenes decisions that never came to pass. Former Xbox leadership apparently proposed grafting a real-money auction house onto the game, drawing comparisons to Diablo 3's widely criticized monetization system. The proposal exemplified a broader period when Xbox decision-makers pursued directions that ultimately proved unpopular with players, contributing to a decline the platform has spent years attempting to recover from.
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Don Mattrick apparently wanted a Diablo III-style auction house in Halo 4
Not very many gamers remember Don Mattrick's time as Xbox head honcho fondly. He was the guy that took the stage to tell us about how Xbox One would be more of an entertainment all-in-one than a gaming device. He tried to sell us that janky Kinect, and then told fans they could k…
Onetime XBOX CEO Don Mattrick Once Suggested Adding A Real Money Auction House To Halo 4
Yeah, maybe Don was never good at his job.
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"Game execs remain stupid detached money grubbing idiots": Former Xbox boss wanted Halo 4 to copy Diablo 3's horrible real-money auction house, dev says
Don Mattrick oversaw part of the decline Xbox has yet to truly recover from
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Former Xbox boss wanted Halo 4 to have Diablo 3's most hated feature, dev says: "Game execs remain stupid detached money grubbing idiots"
Don Mattrick oversaw part of the decline that Xbox has yet to truly recover from