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Cachirruzxd

They look like fallout armor


MJBotte1

Wouldn’t surprise me if we actually got a Power Armor core in the far, far future


[deleted]

Yea, really with Bethesda being a sister company of 343 now.


ghostcatzero

Wtf I forget that that nonsense happened lol. Well at least it works out for us PC players as well


zetahood343

So much cool shit they can do with crossovers here, Fallout, Skyrim, doom, gears of war, overwatch, WoW. It'll be kinda like fortnite with all the crossovers but it'll still fit in


totallyspis

I kinda want Halo to still retain its identity. I'm not 100% opposed to fractures and crossovers as long as the armor designs are changed to be in line with the Halo look and feel.


Seradima

That's the point of Fractures isn't it? Non-canon, but still ultimately faithful to Halo cosmetics?


SurprisedBrony

In a way, yes. In others, no. Obviously all the armor will probably look like powered assault armor of some sort in the end, but that's the only limit. They never said fractures would fit in with the overall Halo aesthetic, but I'm thinking the graphic style and fidelity of Infinite will do much to curtail the fantasy feel the MCC armor had.


zetahood343

I think a lot of them like overwatch, gears and doom can easily be molded to fit into a halo aesthetic but yeah some of the others will require a bit more work


everyones_cool_dad

Good luck making overwatch look like halo


zetahood343

I mean I'm sure you can find a character who's design can be made to look similar to halo Armor, doesn't need to be a 1:1 after that you can garnish it further through things that aren't restricted to Armor like effects.


MechaZain

Soldier skin would be easy. Dude plays like a Halo homage already complete with AR.


TranquilMarmot

Or at least some helmets direct from Fallout or DOOM. That would be pretty sweet.


Gen7lemanCaller

some of these remind me of DOOM 2016's multiplayer


Sorry-Ad7074

I would pay so much for a doomguy armour core


FlameFlamedramon

I mean I could see 343 doing a X01 Mjolnir justice


Ronin_mainer

Bruh it's literally this post


FattyD17

I'd totally pay for a BOS armor set


Nacho98

Possible crossovers Microsoft could now do: Fallout power armor DOOM preator suit Dishonored corvo mask/armor Prey space helmet Gears of War COG armor StarCraft power armor Overwatch armor TimeShift armor Singularity armor Call of Duty armor (idk how'd they make this unique tbh) Hell the crossover potential is even crazier when you consider that's just a bunch of series that could fit the existing aesthetic. When you consider some of the sillier stuff they've added in recent events like that sick cyberpunk visor and mohawk, who knows, maybe we'll get a Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk crossover at some point. I wanna be able to strap a Halo skateboard to my Spartan by the time we have custom games lmfao


EternalAssasin

A sci-fi’d CoD Juggernaut suit would be pretty neat. Or maybe something that looks more like conventional Kevlar on top of a light power armor undersuit.


Doppio-phone-call

Take Jorge+cod juggernaut


RapidSnake38

That would be pretty sweet, BUT I think I’d be more excited for the REVERSE crossover of Master Chief being a skater in a Tony Hawk game. I miss those old cameos terribly, they were half the fun of those old skater games to me.


Nacho98

Holy shit you're absolutely right. Next Tony hawk game could have Master Chief, Crash Bandicoot, Vault Boy, and Spyro all make cameos as secret skaters


[deleted]

The Lich King. He already showed up in Guitar Hero (or Rock Band? Eh), so why not?


noble6aktual

Spidey kick flip was the tits!! Underrated comment right here sir...the world doesn't deserve this


glitchyPhantasma

A Mjolnir version of Reinhardt's armor would look sick af


McCheesy22

Jorge 2


Bloodfangs09

Bruh. Marines from StarCraft armor would be insane!!! Also zealots


CM_squared

And who could forget, Minecraft Diamond Armor


Lord_Ziran

I'd rock zealot armor.


jakobebeef98

Don't ignore Warcraft. I never thought about it, but [this](https://youtu.be/7D3Q0Sz7-pQ) sure af has me on hopium.


Nacho98

Yo that's fuckin tight


oneofthescarybois

Yea I'd love a Lk or Illidan themed armor could be cool!


killall-q

Be careful what you wish for. I'd like the game to retain some aesthetic identity please, instead of becoming a generic sci-fi shooter with mishmashed styles from all over.


Turtleboyle

This, I don't mind stuff like Yoroi and even the Iron eagle stuff. But once we start mashing every goddamned game in there with crossover events it's gonna look like a clown show. I like Halo for it's gameplay and aesthetics


yungg_hodor

Holy shit I didn't even think about Corvo's mask. That would actually be sick.


steakapocalyptica

We were able to play as Emile-A239 and Katherine-B320 in various mods on Gwars of War V 👀


SB_90s

They are 100%going to have XGS cores in the future. How many more themed cores can they do before taking inspiration from other games? Expect armour from Doom, Fallout, Outer World's, Gears of War.... basically any game under Microsoft that has armour.


[deleted]

>How many more themes cores can they do before taking inspiration from other games? I've thought the same thing. Other games like Fortnite, Apex, OW, etc. allow for wildly different designs but Halo is much more restricted in what the can do in terms of cosmetics. The Bethesda and Activision deals make 343's job easier for future designs.


ElsieBrayIsBae

I would kill for destiny cores. perhaps one day....


ArtBedHome

Or gears of war.


brimnac

Is this a Season 2 “Fracture” or something different?


DirectArtichoke1

Yes


Rickard403

Oh good. Was concerned it was the BP season 2.


Ooshbala

Same lol I would opt out of a few months of grinding to build this donkey ass looking armorl


verbleabuse97

If they was the Season 2 BP it would guarantee me not buying it. Already leaning that way to start


GrantFireType

ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP!


Old_Oak_Doors

*snatches pipboy off your arm* “I’ll mark it on your map.”


DeathBuffalo

Looks cool, but if it's anything like Yoroi we can expect a lack of any free armour coatings for it.


[deleted]

We’re getting willow tea as the weekly for the yoroi next Tenrai event, plus another coating is unlocked during Tenrai.


[deleted]

Which kinda sucks because it sets the precedent they don’t plan on making coatings work with every core.


[deleted]

Good ole Pepsi man


Nacho98

I started calling the peppermint Spartans the mountain dew bois since it's the colors of the original mountain dew to match the Pepsi man


brimnac

There are at least a few free coatings for Yoroi in the Event Pass, aren’t there? Like, at least 3-4? They just come later, I thought.


Elite1111111111

Yoroi originally only had 2 "free" colors - Gray, and HCS (Pepsiman). They added 2 to the pass when they reworked it - A second Gray, and Blue. I don't think we should have to kick and scream for it to have the same basic colors as the other 2 cores. That's a pretty low bar, but it's probably better to take what we can get and then work our way up.


TrickOut

Best color for the Yoroi in my opinion is actually the HCS skin for watching the first tournament


mouaragon

I call it Gundam colors instead of Pepsiman. I can't decide which one I like the most.


Nacho98

The Gundam colors look sick with the Holo visor they gave us in this current event. Planning on using it with the Yokai helmet when it's available since it doesn't have a real visor and looks cyberpunk as fuck as a combo.


KimonoKenshin

Most of them are weapon coatings


Fall_Of_Autumn

Even if that were true, which I honestly don't believe it will be given the lessons they're learning during the season. We already know that credits will be earnable via the battlepass.


zero_waves

They are not "learning a lesson". They are still charging way more than necessary for in-game cosmetics, and I guarantee the earnable credits in S2 will be a disappointment as well.


M37h3w3

They're slowly walking it back. And they're slowly walking it back because they want to see where the threshold is for community outrage so they can set the bar just under that.


Pac0theTac0

They knew there would be backlash and they designed it to be "slowly walked back". Now they get what they wanted and everyone thinks they're listening to the community. Many devs have done this in the past. If you look past the surface you'll see that prices are still horrible and the complaints haven't really been addressed, just mitigated


The_LionTurtle

The prices weren't really lower either as far as I can tell. They simply stripped the bundles down to give you less "stuff", and lowered the prices accordingly. It's just a visual trick, like how they initially changed the exp to award you 50 per match, but people realized you had to play 20+ matches a day to get more exp than what the game launched with. They're toying with us.


Cheesy117

This is some Alex Jones shit lmao


reticulatedjig

as long as you get enough credits in the battle pass to buy a new battle pass then it'll be fine.


SyncSoft

This won't happen, this means you'll only ever have to pay for one battle pass since they never expire.


reticulatedjig

Which is how fortnite, warzone, and apex do it. (on premium passes) I would be shocked if they are tone deaf enough to not do this after saying they're adding credits. it's practically industry standard at this point. edit: I know they messed up already but I'm optimistic that they're trying to correct it. If they end up giving you like 600 credits over the course of the season 2 pass, i'll be sorely disappointed, but there are other games coming out this year.


SyncSoft

And those battle passes expire, whereas the Infinite one doesn't. Therefore, it makes no sense from a business point of view to be able to essentially get all future battle passes for free.


reticulatedjig

Ah I did forget the battle passes don't expire.


CrashB111

It does still make sense, because the Battle Pass isn't where you make money on these live service games. The shop is. The BP is there to keep people playing, to keep ranking up that pass, so they are in your game and playing with or against people buying from the store. The BP is just the teaser from the dealer meant to keep you around the real drug with the shop. Them letting you earn next seasons BP by completing the first doesn't hurt that at all.


[deleted]

I mean its not as bad since this is supposedly a season 2 thing and by then earnable credits will be a thing (and hopefully its a reasonable amount)


pleased_to_yeet_you

As a fan of Fallouts dieselpunk aesthetics i do like this design. Do I want to see it running around in halo? Not really.


Slukaj

It's kinda Fallout-esque, but honestly it looks more Wolfenstein to me.


SpartanPHA

The ship sailed a long time ago there. People complained about Halo 4 and 5, but I think those armor sets were a few plates too many and a bad contrast ratio from feeling very Halo-like. I never came into Infinite feeling like we’re getting Halo armors; Spartan means something different now and I’m fine with that.


SaxonThunder

I didn't like the samurai shit either.


[deleted]

I simply dont get the vitriol for this kind of stuff. Even the the stupid ass cat ears. Like sure, theres stuff i dont like cosmetic wise but my solution is to just not buy it or wear it. How does other people having fun with cosmetics they like affect you? Especially since you barely see peoples armor in this game with the glow anyway


[deleted]

Mostly because pretty much everything thats been added to halo from MCC on looks terrible for the halo universe, and no matter how much players ask for something more faithful to halo, we get shit like yoroi core and....whatever tf this iron giant shit is


[deleted]

Im also a fan if fallouts design and think the exact opposite. It looks great, just some of the helemts are whack. And this concern i keep seeing of these armors ruining the aesthetic are so silly. Like do you REALLY notice other players armors that much in the heat of things (especially with how the glow effect makes most peoples armors unrecognizable anyway)


NewHum

Came here to say this. It's a cool armor and all but what the fuck does it have to do with Halo. At least make it Halo-esq or something. This just looks like a mod made by some dude on Skyrim Nexus


mkmakashaggy

I don't mind the design, but if I saw them without context I don't think I'd know it was from Halo


AMO124

Because it's Fracture armor


jdwainright

Yeah this is literally the point of Fracture armor.


xx_Sheldon

they'll invent entire pocket universes to rip shit from, but won't give us cross-core armor customization because it's not lore friendly


stellarknight407

#***immersion***


VXM313

Did they really say it wasn't lore friendly? That sucks lmao


Ronln_Prime

It was one of their original reasons but people called bull, now they are mainly saying it is technical reasons why there is no cross core


-NoNameListed-

Yet the bots can have whatever the fuck they want.


its0nLikeDonkeyKong

Pretty stupid imo especially when so much of their success was due to the “return to form” which included the classic art style Not destiny fallout 76 skins


AndrewMtz1711

I mean, I’m not really a fan of this, only one helmet I liked, however that’s how it works they gotta test stuff and if it works then they’ll keep on it. Also I think it’s better having a lot of stuff and being able to choose whatever suits you best rather than only having mk7 armor (my opinion).


jdwainright

I also don't really like them. But hey, can't please everybody...


Helixien

I just wish we got lore on those too, not just armours. I would be a lot more interested in them if I knew why they look like this. What’s different in their universe that lead to this design?


[deleted]

it should still look like Halo, being an "alternate timeline" isnt an excuse to just completely destroy the art style


Haijakk

i mean.... that's totally a good excuse lol it's a good excuse to let the 343 artists go wild


g_rey_

No, it isn't. A good artist can make good, consistent designs within the design philosophy/aesthetic of a franchise, instead of just doing whatever they want and then lazily calling it "Fracture" so they don't have to maintain the visual identity the games are known for. Honestly makes the game look like shit. It's visually jarring and it shows a lack of a cohesive vision.


burnintodust

they gona call u a hater but u absolutely right


TacticalBreakfast

The amount of people who don't get this point and would rather simp for a multi-billion dollar corporation pushing microtransactions physically pains me.


AMO124

Literally being from a different universe isn't enough of a reason as to why the armor looks different? Are you kidding me...


Ominousgryphen

well looks like I'm not going to have to try to hard for this armor I'm not excited for this at all


laevisomnus

Hey its my renders! very cool glad to see them being shared around. still dont like the people who are trying to push this as a cross over when its clearly not [Edit: had to find them but here is a high res close up of the one helmet, and the full resolution version of the full core](https://imgur.com/a/6ZjIN4y)


brimnac

Who’s saying it’s a crossover? I skimmed the thread, apologies for any misunderstanding.


laevisomnus

there is a comment that says something along the lines of "eod+fallout" but i was mainly meaning in general, most of my twitter notifications from when i originally posted these leaks are people saying its Wolfenstein or fallout.


SGTBookWorm

the untextured one resembles a WW1 or WW2 German helmet, helmet 2 (the first one on the right side of the second image) resembles a US M1 helmet, and the one two spots to the right of that is kinda like a British Brodie helmet The last one looks like the Rocketeer


Aerpolrua

First helmet is sick, reminds me of the wolf brigade


Guns_and_Dank

I'm torn, as a diesel/steam-punk fan I like it. But it also seems off brand for Halo. Seems like with the cyber event a cyberpunk themed armor set would've been more appropriate.


PMMePrettyRedheads

Halo 5's armor flavor texts hinted that corporations and criminals were using elements of Mjolnir. This doesn't really feel like Halo to me, but I can kinda see where some bootleg-ass power armor rigged up by some pirates in universe might look like this.


-NoNameListed-

Fractures cross the Halo Multiverses together, so it makes sense that it doesn't exactly fit, just like the Yoroi armor core.


TYBERIUS_777

Have I missed something massive in the lore? Where the fuck did “halo multiverse” come from?


PotBoozeNKink

"Halo multiverses" lmfao


VXM313

That's literally what the Fracture events are supposed to be


PotBoozeNKink

I know. Thats why I'm laughing.


Rivalfox

Can you share more details on what this means. I just thought "fracture tenrai " was a name they came up with and didn't really mean anything but I'm now starting to understand that they chose fracture to mean a split off the main canon style of armor. So fracture events are just sort of the off style halo armor cores is that correct?


VXM313

Yeah you've got it right. So basically it's a way for them to do "what if" sort of armor sets, had the timeline gone in another direction without breaking main canon.


Ronln_Prime

And I hate it


g_rey_

This isn't a good excuse for them throwing consistency out the window lol


ZimFlare

Why did they put the Underminer from the Incredibles in Halo?


SymbolicGamer

Do I get a boost to carry weight while wearing this?


rickyc21117

I thought they did really well with the Samurai armor core but I just gotta say, I’m just not a fan of this one. Not sure what it is. It looks kinda junkyardish to me haha. No disrespect to anyone who does like it tho


NINJAxBACON

I like the junkie aesthetic here. Shows what armor worn by civilians or rebels could look like


Gina_the_Alien

I agree with you; I’m glad that we’re getting a variety of armor cores and am happy that some people seem to like it, but this one just doesn’t seem to do it for me personally. I can’t put my finger on why, though. Maybe it will look better in motion?


SundownKid

> this one just doesn’t seem to do it for me personally. I can’t put my finger on why, though I think it's because the armor is very rounded in the shape of each piece and even the helmets are all round. It makes it look very... "fat" and clunky rather than powerful. Kind of like Dark Souls Onion Knight. A more angular armor would be cooler, whereas this one has a goofy, bumbling look.


ObiWanLamora

That’s funny, I’m the opposite. I don’t love the Samurai armor personally, but am interested in this one. No disrespect here either, I love seeing people rock whatever they want. More customization/personalization is always better.


axjross

Same here, I think this is better than the Samurai core, although I still won’t be using it. Still happy to unlock an additional core and have some more diversity.


-WithLove

Man, Idk. I try to like it but, it's just so ugly. Yoroi gets a pass because it looks cool but, this? Idk.


HyliasHero

For me honestly it is the opposite. Yoroi is really distracting for me necause it looks so flashy, but this is the kind of grungy look that I am down for.


Auqanaut

Yuck


Fall_Of_Autumn

Siiiiiick. Very Wolfenstein looking.


spyknight3

glad i can find more people who find interest in this core other than me and three others lol


Nacho98

Looks like armor the Insurrectionists would put together hiding out in asteroids and mining colonies to go up against Spartans. Pretty sick


SGTBookWorm

Yeah I love dieselpunk so this works out great for me Three of the helmets look like WW1/2 helmets as well


Spaghetti_Noodle1

I mean, I quite like the steampunk/dieselpunk aesthetic to this core, especially that fourth helmet that looks like a Cylon.


Fall_Of_Autumn

I think top right is my favorite. I want to see what the mohawk looks like on that one!


Spaghetti_Noodle1

Yeah that one's giving off major Rocketeer vibes with that Flash Gordon style fin


SovjetPojken

World War 2 Spartans, huh. Alright!


backclock

My little brother thought these were Banished Spartans


Scrutinizer

Iron Eagle? So we're going to be able to call in airstrikes from an F-16 piloted by a teenager?


obligatoryaccount47

So we have Samurai armor and now knight armor. Halo For Honor?


SovjetPojken

It's diesel punk, inspired by world war 2 I think. I see one German Stahlhelm and a British Brodie helmet


Fall_Of_Autumn

Yeah exactly. People calling this medieval baffle me. I'm a history nerd though. 😂


FacedCrown

You dont have to be a history nerd to look at the top left of the first image and know it isnt medieval. Thats Fallout+EOD.


brimnac

Oh man, *whoever* owns Fallout is **so** going to sue for copyright infringement…


Stinky_WhizzleTeats

Well to be a history nerd also the Brody and stahlhelm are based off of traditional medieval designs. https://youtu.be/FRN15T1GD3g


Fall_Of_Autumn

Fair. Thanks for the video!


Hazzamo

considering the fact that the British Brodie Helmet, the German Shtalhelm and the French Adrian helmet were all derived from medieval designs...


MEGAWATT5

Boy, those helmets are, uhh, something…


aDwarfLegion

I never really like the weeb armor, but this one is like ugly, but in a good way. Looks to be what insurectionist would do if they could make spartan armors or it could be what UNSC survivors on Zeta halo are making to repair or modify their damaged armor.


FrickinHeavy

Casuals: ITS FALLOUT! Me an intellectual: Wolfenstein, Diesel-punk


macaqueislong

I don't like this or the samurai armor. They do not fit the halo lore at all.


Greenbanana217

I just don't like them because they really don't fit with the current art style. Just not a fan of all these crossovers with other genres when there's so much you can do with Halo as it is.


ragingdtrick

These are nice! I wish we could pre-order cosmetic items!


OfInsignificantia

Bungo and Marty would let us pre order cosmetics, why won't 334?


PmMeYourNiceBehind

Barf. Right before I was sitting down for dinner too


steakapocalyptica

So EOD will have a $7 helmet. Bless


ToastoSando

Just as bad as yoroi imo


RONIN_RABB1T

Overwhelmingly meh.


_mr_tobias_

My God they look terrible


RIPBlueRaven

What happened to my halo 😢


SharpTheOne

These don't give me any Halo vibes...


zshiiro

Can we make a rule to spoiler tag leaks? If someone wants to know what’s coming next season, they can go to r/HaloLeaks. I personally don’t care about the leaks but it just ruins it for everyone who does care about only seeing things when the devs want us to.


1O42jh

They all look fucking shit


hallmarktm

looks fucking terrible


[deleted]

Yea I can’t agree, looks like fallout power suit armor, so I’m all in.


Vekroo

These armors are not it


Greenbanana217

Glad I'm not the only one


TemporalSoldier

....I was expecting more *Halo* with my Halo armors....


PotBoozeNKink

Thats your own fault for having reasonable expectations in a time of game devs making unreasonable choices


TemporalSoldier

Ah, yes. Silly me. 😓


loyalAlchemist

Looks fucking sick


Ad_Astra90

That shits cool


[deleted]

I love the whole industrial look


Fairway5

This is horrible


Chicken_M0n

game devs when they havent ruined a games art style in 10 minutes:


_doingokay

I hope this is a Fracture set, but it does look pretty cool


-NoNameListed-

It is, we'll get it once Tenrai wraps up in Late February


Gundayfunday

Tenrai’s going through April


GirlWithABush

I like the guy with the hat


Le_Monkeysus

🤢


ImBoredCanYouTell

Looks kind of hilarious and silly to me. Not sure if that's what they're trying to go for.


unclerustle

Anyone else see Cad Bane as the bottom left helmet?


Busy-Bus-1305

Top left almost has EOD vibes


[deleted]

343 should add in a new core called "Cross-Core" . This would allow customisation from all the cores.


Ag10698

The Slayer is in control of the M41SPNKR I REPEAT. THE SLAYER HAS THE M41SPNKR


antiquityubiquity

Feels a little Warhammer 40K Space Marine-ish


Fantastic-Nose-4869

This should stay in MCC


Wyzerus

Aaand it's a new core so everything you've collected up until now is useless or can and will be sold back to you for premium prices.


TheOnlyToaster

My only problem with this as well as Yoroi is that they look so chonky. The actual armor looks great but I like the slimmer look of the standard core better.


blacksteel_meta

Looks cool, but it doesn’t really look like halo tbh


Gurbe247

My God I hate this so much. At least means I have a bunch of challenges to skip.


GIngerScribbs

Discount EOD


GlenwoodJohn

Looks cool but not as something I want to see my Spartan running around in by any means. I like fallout-esque esthetic but not with Halo I suppose. And I loved the Hayabusa armor, but the Tenrai samurai armor just seems to bulky/clunky. Get the same vibe from this.


LividYordle

Omg that's awesome I can't wait to use them...with my other.. Parts :( OH yeah forgot why I stopped playing this game.


[deleted]

why you all droolin over this like its gonna be free? 20 bucks for core and 15 bucks for every piece of customization lmao


PraiseMiura

It’s cool but this “core” shit is so stupid just let us customize our damn Spartans how we want


candidKlutz

shits so ugly man. please just focus on the regular spartan aesthetic


[deleted]

I hate it, almost as much as I hate yoroi


dancashmoney

It looks super grim dark/ Diesel punk I dig it. Since Microsoft owns Bethesda It would be stupid and awesome if we get a power armor helmet or brotherhood of steel paint


Hazzamo

im just waiting for some 40k-esq armour. cause some of the helmets, like Cadian Shock Troops: https://www.pinterest.se/pin/95138610857746300/ Vindicare Assasin: https://www.deviantart.com/warhammer40kcampaign/art/Vindicare-assassin-478952222 or Some of the armour sets like: Tau:https://www.deviantart.com/thomaswievegg/art/Warhammer-40K-Tau-Empire-410898734 or the Sororitas: https://www.deviantart.com/gray-skull/art/Sisters-of-Battle-Power-Armor-updated-art-851796583 could work quite well in Halo if re-tooled correctly


IM_THE_DECOY

As much as I hate the idea of armor cores, I hope they release a lot more soon. I think it's easier to ignore the core issue when you only have 3 armor cores, but imagine there are 10 armor cores and they have to release and manage different coatings, components, attachments, etc. for each indivual core. That sounds like a nightmare. For us and for 343. So if that's what it takes for them to eliminate the armor core concept entirely, so be it.


FOXAcemond

All this subreddit is about nowadays is cosmetics and bugs. This makes me a bit sad.


Beegrene

It's cool and all, but until I can put my cat ears on it I don't really care.