u/CompetitivePisser037

As my doge is demonstrating, it can, in fact, do thiiiiis

There's still some things I don't like about it but honestly I've never really been able to bring myself to hate it overall. A big part of that stems from the fact that I prefer my spartan IIs to look like walking tanks and all beefed up as hell.

I don't think Chief's Halo 4 armor is perfect, stuff gets on my nerves (in addition to the way 343 just ham-fisted it on him right out of the cryopod) mostly how the edges of the armor pieces look so thick and disconnected that they make the tech suit underneath way too noticeable, plus whatever was going on with the feet (that's gotta make him sore after a few hours). I was really not a big fan of how the suit looked too much like a skintight suit with pieces stuck onto it, and this complaint is moreso to regular multiplayer armors in halo 4 and 5 with small pieces scattered far apart that exposes the techsuit way too much and leaves vital areas vulnerable, how is this even armor? And without the space diaper there's just this awkward empty space of nothing in their lower abdomen.

This is gonna be a stupid hot take, but I never really was a fan of the Mk VI armor in halo 3 and 2; even before Halo 4 came out I was way more a fan of the Mk IV and V armors from Halo Wars and CE and the dummy thicc Spartan III armors in Reach because I preferred how those looks were so decked out with mass and armor and properly portrayed Spartans as giant beefcakes, as opposed to the Mk VI armor which looked too thin and flat for my taste of super soldier. I thought Chief looked better in the Infinite armor with the bulkier shoulders and chest, and that special set he wore in Halo Legends: The Package and that Forward Unto Dawn movie.

Despite my dislike of 343's early armor style, I love Chief's Halo 4 armor exclusively because of the busy-ness that everyone complains about- the armor pieces being more janky and tanky makes him look like such a giant (love that scene at the end where he walks by all the Spartan IVs and he dwarfs them), plus the the thrusters in the back and the tech suit having that subtle military camo thing. I think it would have been perfect if the armor pieces were better integrated with the suit. I found this edit on Twitter that puts the Halo 4 armor with the Halo Infinite techsuit and gives him back the space diaper and it honestly fixes almost all of my little issues with it.

Hopefully this succeeds and finally leads to a real revival of the franchise (y’all motherfuckers better not ruin this)