See, whenever someone pulls out the whole chef comparison it doesn't work because taste buds and media literacy are two very fundamentally different things.
The only common thread is that they can be opinions sometimes
I remember seeing a group of guys breaking down fractions of a second to prove that sprinting was stupid and Halo 2/3 was god and it was just so funny to see them care that much lmao like I just enjoy all the games. It’s a simple life
That's largely because there are no actual principles and rules to making appealing design, yet they still subconsciously affect how you perceive things anyway, even if you dont take note of the specific aspects
You can "know" that something sucks, but determining "why" is its own separate practice
More muted colors, harsher angles in design, less unnecessary greebling, more rugged human weapon design. It's not hard. Hell, Infinite mostly got it right, aesthetically.
Halo fan here, 4 is my favorite game and i personally thought it looked beautiful. posting just master chief doesnt capture how the game looked. if you ask me, all the games look amazing, but all in different ways. I have never looked at a Halo game and thought it was ugly, and i hope i never will
i personally never played multiplayer until infinite (my gamepass ran out and before then i was just focusing on the story 100%… ill admit it, im a halo newgen, i started playing around this time last year), which is why i didn’t make any comments on that
i have not enjoyed mp in any of them after reach and going back to reach mp now feels actively much less fun than it did when i first played that game, i tried Halo 5 and infinite once each and they just feel bad to play and it hurts.
I hate to be a contrarian but I really liked halo 4 at launch, I grabbed it at midnight, it's not the pinnacle of the series but I always enjoyed it. Aesthetically its not great but nothing after reach has been very good in terms of visual appeal
(not counting MCC because that's just all the games)
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The only common thread is that they can be opinions sometimes
You can "know" that something sucks, but determining "why" is its own separate practice
The game was so ugly maaaan, it was fun as hell but all the armor for multiplayer was barf yucky
4 is beautiful
Just the spartan carbon fiber under suit thing looked bad in multiplayer red/blue plus all the armor was too small, felt like the Spartans were nakey
(not counting MCC because that's just all the games)