What Makes The Mk4 Mjolnir Armor So Cool?
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Discover the secrets of the iconic Mk4 Mjolnir Armor from the Halo series! Learn about its unique design, advanced technology, and history as we explore why it's so cool. Get ready for Halo Infinite Spirit of Fire and immerse yourself in the world of Spartans and Power Armour!
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Video title: What Makes The Mk4 Mjolnir Armor So Cool?
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I love the Mark IV just because Jerome being a badass in halo wars and the fact his weapon of choice to fight the flood is a folding chair.
I mean if you had the strength of flip a warthog a folding chair is lethal,
He only used it for like a second but yeah, he is cool
BAH GAWD IT'S JEROME WITH A STEEL CHAIR
AND ITS JEROME WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!!!!
WATCH OUT WATCH OUT WATCH OUT
@@QuarrelsomeLocalOafbeat me to it,by 10 days at that.
Well other then the plain fact of halo wars, Mk IV is extremely awesome, because it fulfills that human wrecking crew aspect of armor, while still looking great.
Also thanks for the video dude!
It really does make them look like a full metal agent of destruction. Looks the most like actual armor out of all the Mjolnirs too. By far my favourite
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I’m gonna get some hate for this one but I actually liked how Chief looked in halo 4. I thought it was cool.
@thizzmonkey7846 me too. My only gripe was gaps in back and chest plates. Apart from that he looked amazing
Other than adding a Shoulder pad with a Knife, I can't Change the color of the Mark lV, it's too perfect. The military green is just soo good
I know right. My biggest reason is the texture on the under suit. That metallic hexagon pattern just feels right. If 343 wanted to I don’t think it would be hard for them to add a texture customization option. It would make spartan customization so much better. I don’t think they will though, if they won’t even let use pick our colors why would they let us pick our texture.
I'm disappointed that isn't a Red Team color for it, with the stripe on the helmet and shoulders. I still love it though, and like you said, it's just too good on its own to change. I don't even want the store bundles for the armor, though they do still look cool in their own right.
I like cadet olive just a little bit more. It's the exact same color, but with black accents and a little less dirt.
@@jacobbecklehimer7781heres something i changed, i changed them to the default shoulders you get for MK5 and i gave them the MK6 helmet
The best armor in Infinite currently!
The mark 4 looks like the silhouette of a chiselled addonis human with a chunky plated tank aesthetic layered over it , thats what makes it pop so hard, the helmet literally has a jaw line, nose line, a thick powerful brow, the features we subconsciously note on impressive looking highly masculine men.
The design mirrors the iconic design language of ancient spartan helmet that also have the exaggerated jaw, straight nose, brow cut ect. and like some ancient Greek plates the rest emphasises their bodies, wide shoulders, large pecs, thick arms and legs. They look beefy, a chiselled human tank, clean and strong.
No, it's just a image AI-like mishmash of CE Mark V and Halo 2/3 Mark VI, since it was designed for 2009's Halo Wars game. All that stuff you said is just larp.
u sounding sigma pill brain rotted fr rn
Didn't know the Mark IV in Infinite is canon. I mean I know the armor is canon but I didn't know there was a reason for it in the customization.
We probably were gonna see it if the multiplayer story wasn't cut
Isabel modified Red Team’s armor to canonically be able to use shielding after their encounter with Atriox, I wouldn’t be surprised if the UNSC were so desperate that Spartan IV reserves are being issued Modified Mark IV armor
@@DEEZ_N4Tprobably what’s happening
All cores are canon apart from fracture cores.
Canon: Mark VII, Mark V [B], Rakshasa, Mirage, Hazmat, Mark IV.
Non canon: Yoroi, Eaglestrike, Chimera
@@DeadEyes63 Yoroi could be canon, I could imagine some space yakuza stealing spartan 4 augments and making an in house Mjolnir with their aesthetic, possible? yes, probable? no but it is a cool head canon to have and there's nothing that directly conflicts with it
I'm completely obsessed with MKIV Mjolnir Armor for some reason, the moment I saw it for the first time in a Halo Wars trailer I was instantly hooked
Shows some of the better looking GEN2 armour sets.
"Arguably hideous"
Nice.
Vale and Buck definitely got top 5 best Gen 2 armors, and Locke’s got a cool helmet.
Not Tanaka though. That armor set is disgusting.
No, buck is the only good design there, the rest look like they're some from knockoff
They look like generic sci-fi armor sets. 2nd gen are devoid of what made the mjolnir armour so badass, instead looking like Metroid suits
I like how thick the armour is. Probably because there are no shields, it needs it more, especially against plasma.
Well, they do have shields now, after the events of Halo Wars 2. Isabel used surplus Mjolnir Gen 2 stock to improve Red Team's Mjolnir in many ways. This included shielding.
You thought Jerome was a tank before? Now he's got shields on top of that, as well as various other performance improvements.
Well its thickness was originally due to insurrectionists who used normal ballistic small arms, not plasma. Other reason was that at the time of Halo Wars’ original conception was that they didn’t know what the MKIV would look like besides a few concepts of it looking like a MKV but without shields. Ultimately the art team decided to just make it losely resemble the MKVI but older and more derelict looking design
@@raghuvarv I would be down for a spinoff Halo game called Halo Spirit of Fire where you play as Jerome
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Plus the pretty AI lady in your head keeping you company.
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Mark IV just screams "Spartan". you feel so strong you could withstand a MAC round just by using your chest armor, send a grunt flying just by ramming him, knock a brute out cold with one upper cut. A group of Spartan's wearing all Mark IV's charging up to me would terrify me more than the modern ones the Spartan IV's wore when they first came out
Yeah, I definitely gotta give Mk VII credit for making the S-IV’s look like Spartans and not upgraded ODSTs.
And I mean, it kinda makes sense for them to look like upgraded ODSTs, given that’s basically what they are, but in my opinion, if they’re being called Spartans, they should look like Spartans.
Though I will say, Recruit with green armor and a gold visor does go kinda hard.
yeah cal-141 Destroyed a Brute chieftain on close combat with a Mark IV
For me its 3 reasons
Its Bulky yet "Athletic" Its not all around big like the halo 3 armor, The chest and shoulders are bigger making the Spartan look more Lean.
#2 The Top of the helmet almost looks like a rim of a cap. Like a navy seal wearing cap on mission
The Visor Looks "Angey" without overdoing it like Lockes
#3 weve seen it in action unlike many of the other armors
Fun fact, the stolen shield tech was upgraded on as well to the point that ONI declared it a strategic advantage, hence Mjolnir suits having the self destruct failsafe
I think a big factor of the MK IV's quality is its almost perfect level of bulkiness. It isn't too bloated like MK V but it has a silhouette that appears bulkier than MK VI.
Have you looked at Mark V and IV side by side in game? Mark IV is way bulkier and bloated, to a cartoony level. Mark V actually looks like it could be a real military design, Mark IV looks like a 2000s person's idea of a futuristic American football player lol.
@@Gallic_GabagoolNo, Mark V from CE looks like a toy you'd see associated with Buzz Lightyear.
Mark V [B] and Gen 3 Mark VII are the closest to looking like actual military hardware, but I'd argue none of the marks get to the point of actually looking like something you'd see in real life military.
@@Cardboard_Cut In the original some what cartoony graphics of the old Xbox, sure I could see it looking like a toy. But have you seen the Infinite Mark V CE? Looks like it could be a legit armour, all of the pieces are sloped, look like real armor plate, and utilitarian unlike the Mark IV or Mark VI which go for a more aesthetic "buff greek soldier" look.
@@Gallic_Gabagool I don't know how you fucking boomers can look at the fucking MK V and say "Mmm yes... this is peak design"
It's all Nostalgia for HCE. MK IV "looks" great, it looks like a Spartan should be. Big walking tanks that are still agile, and it makes more sense in the era before Energy Shielding.
Also, it's just called Football. We have more nukes than you and have a far larger and superior military... thus it's the true definition of the word football.
@@Gallic_Gabagool WOW ITS ALMOST AS IF THAT IS THE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
MKIV is what Johnson likes.
*BUILT LIKE A BRICK*
As a huge halo wars Fan, Mark IV has always been my favorite. It’s also the uniformity of it all and seeing everyone rock the same armor but with small variations
In my opinion. Mark IV is THE spartan armor. It’s just very cool and basic. Straight forward and says a lot without doing much. It gives the “I’m about to fuck all this shit up” vibe lmao
Yep. Being in the army makes me hate the power ranger ness of modern Spartans, especially the 4s
Best looking armor and I like the fact that it’s the armor the 2s started out with way back 2525.
Can you do a video on SPI armor please? I think it would be awesome to have an in-depth look like this one too
There's already a ton of indepth videos on it.
Out of all the different armors on MkIV, I love Robert’s armor from Omega team the best
Ahhh, Mk.4.
Built to withstand most ballistic projectiles, as well as limited protection against plasma, slim and nimble enough for acrobatic combat.
My head canon is that Mk.4 was designed to be sleak yet tankish to take a beating but maintain mobility, whereas the Delta variant (Halo CE) of Mk.5 was built mostly for tanking hits and increasing ammo capacity, less so for acrobatics. Mk.6 went back to sleak and nimble but with improved shielding obviously.
I'm all for the Halo lore everyone is putting out, especially informative deep dives like this.. and it's not even that long a video. Excellent 👌
Glad you liked it! Feel like Halo content is having a slight renaissance at the moment
well in the lore it gave us on the update it says that they recovered the engrams to build it again but this time reforged for the new gen and now this thing packs quite the punch i would dare say evem more so than mark 7 and 6 together
My all time favorite is the very MKIV armor that was all over the cover art of the early books. Namely Fall of Reach. I loved the number on the chest plate, the larger pauldrons, the arm band design around the arm/ bicep. My second favorite is the MKVI variant that Cortana modified for Chief in Halo 4 and 5. It's very juggernaut. Apparently she was able to manipulate the nanites to evolve his armor.
Definitely the most aesthetically pleasing. My only gripe is the helmet. I think it'd look much better with a sleeker 117-ish look.
I'm between IV and the Mirage, they actually feel like armor with someone inside and not just something designed for a game
Mk IV and Mk VII GEN 3 best armor ever
I think Kelly and Linda should have gotten the upgraded GEN3 Mk4.
Mark IV is my favourite due its design and functionality. I honestly wished tge UNSC didn’t phased it out just added or improve the armour instead of replacing fully 😢
mark 4 didn't have shields, mark 5 did
What makes the original mojlnir armors so cool is, weirdly enough, they're uniformity. They worked, fought, bled and died as a team. Spartan 4's feel like a bunch of kids playing dress up so they can be like their Dad. The original stories felt like a military sci-fi shooter, the new stuff feels like a kids show.
The mark 4 and the mark 5b are my personal favorate armors that Spartans ware I live the bulky look of the mark 4
NGL I like Mark 7 armor the most. It’s a nice and sleek design.
Best original design from 343i imo
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So Halsey wanting to upgrade the old mk4s, I’d hope this is a hint towards Jerome making an appearance in the mainline games. Jerome and Isabel working alongside Chief and Weapon to pursue Atriox would be awesome
Personally my favourite part about Mk.IV is the helmet. But overall the whole design is only what I could call a stroke of genius because there is no other way to describe it. It's clearly stylized and exaggerated because it was created for an RTS game. You need some features to stick out more when looking at minatures from great distance. But at the same time it remains believable and stylistically consistent with the rest of the franchise. It doesn't deviate and uses a ton of the same design language used in other Spartan armors, specifically Mk. V. In fact it almost looks like a merge of Mk. V and Mk. VI in many ways. Except all their most defining features are more pronounced.
As to the helmet, they somehow managed to make it look ergonomic, utilitarian, practical and militaristic but at the same time like something that will look imposing and calming depending on from what angle you view it from (or who's side you're on). The big reason I prefer it over Mk. VI for example is because MkVI from most angles looks very neutral. It can't convey much of an emotional response by itself. Mk.IV on the other hand when viewed from the bottom, with the spartan looking into the disance, sun reflecting from the golden visor. It looks almost wide eyed and hopeful. When viewed head on it has more of a neutral look, although still quite intense. It doesn't evoke a strong emotonal response but you can feel the Spartan is clearly looking as something with intent, surveying his sorrounding and analysing everything he sees. But when the Spartan takes combat position with his head slightly down, the helmet looks angry and focused. Like the Spartan is about to pounce on you and you can do nothing about it. All this despite the design itself being quite minimalistic as well. It doesnt have many defining design features to begin with. The big golden visor, vents at the bottom and a big brim to complete the design.
Thought Mk4 was a stylized Mk6 for years, loved the design since Halo Legends.
My favourite armours are Mk 6 mod Gen 2, MK4, MK 7.
Im loving my infinite spartan. Mk 7 with some mk5 core options mixed in like juns helmet and jorges shoulder.
Cross core has given me so many options, and my spartan is the best it has looked in any halo.
I like Mark 4 better than 5, looks very cool
Honestly my favorite design of MJOLNIR. It's bulky without being too much like Halo 4 and 5 Master Chief, and that helmet in particular looks so cool, I love the smooth mouthpiece.
Might be outdated but just give it shields and refurbishing and the new grappling hook and it's good to go, the best one
I always thought that the mark 4 helmet looked like a dirtbike helmet for so long
Can't unsee that now
To answer the title question: the MK IV, unlike the V and VI, doesn't look good or push tech in the same way as the other suits. It's there to do a single job, and do it well. There's no finesse, no elegance, no aesthetic (though it looks good). It's function over form in the purest sense.
Think that's what I like most about it, it's all business
The answer to the question Nostalgia. If the Master Cheif wore any other version in Halo:CE that would be every ones favorite.
My only gripe with mk4 is that the back is flat and the thruster fin things dont continue down the back like on mk 6 which i think looks very cool. Apart from that i think it is the coolest looking armour. Even the undersuit looks armoured
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Its a cooler looking version of the MK5 armor. But canoncally its the weakeat armor, even a charged plasma pistol shot put a hole in it and had no shields, its also the first armor that the teenage spartans used briefly against insurrectionists, till the covenant came and realized our armor is shit against plasma weaponry which led to the development of the MK5
Great video, and the Mark IV is easily my favorite Mjolnir suit in the games, ever since Halo Wars. Just two questions:
1. What is that model and concept art at 1:48? It looks like a hybrid of Mark IV and V, and I love it!
2. Was there ever a lore reason to the Mark IV having two differently sized shoulders as its standard issue? I've tried finding it but with no luck. Also, I hope they add the left shoulder to Halo Infinite.
Thanks! 1. I believe its just the concept art for the MkIV. 2. Not that I can find, historically shoulder pauldrons were sometimes larger on one side, however it was usually the left side as this side took more of a battering from left handed opponents, yet the MkIV has a larger right Pauldron. Potentially it was to provide additional head cover when a Spartan raises their arms to a shooting position. Just a theory.
@@LoreTours Thanks. I was under the impression for a long time that the right shoulder was larger for improved shoulder bashing, and the left one was smaller for extra flexibility to reload more comfortably, but that theory got derailed when I replayed Halo Wars and saw Jerome shoulder bash an elite with the left shoulder.
Mk.IV really looks like a bunch of buff dudes who can manhandle covenant boogers
I think they're all neat
Spartan II's in Mark IV's fighting humans is just an overkill.
My favorites are Mk lV, Gen 3 Mk VI, and Gen 2 Mk VI from 4.
0:05 do most people really think Lockes armor is ugly? I thought it was one of the few decent looking armors from Halo 5
It’s meh compared to the mark IV and VI.
not really ugly, but i consider it more of a bodysuit because of it's sleak appearance. Most people are used to a heavy looking armor like the one Chief usually wears
It's not the worst, personally just find most of the Halo 5 armors too slick and clean
That helmet was meant to be the new face of halo, it never could fill that role
Lock's armor looks like your generic science fiction space suit. Mk4 looks like actual power armor that a super soldier would wear.
My favorite is mark 4 from halo combat evolved
As much as I like my Mark 6 kit. The CQB helmet, GND left shoulder and odst right look better on the Mark 4.
Be better if I had nicer purple coatings. Old Voodoo doesn't look bad but is only available on 2 cores so been using Cadet Violet since the start
My favorite MJOLNIR armor is the third-generation Mark VI; it's the armor John-117 uses in the Campaign for Halo Infinite.
It's a good mix of the more rugged and clean looking armor, I really like it too
@@LoreTours
John-117 has never looked better, in my opinion.
makes sense that the grenadier armour has a bulky section on it
Yggdrasil MK 1 Exo-suit please 🙏 Id love to use the same suit Ghost got to use in Halo Legends.
because it makes the user look big. Drives home how the Spartans are like 8 feet tall
Really makes them look like a one man army
Baddest armor ever
wait most of the stuff in making a spartan is real now
In relatively primitive stages, but yes. Stuff like the augmentations and gel layer are likely impossible. And of course energy shields and true AI are impossible as far as we know.
But SPI and ODST gear could be replicated, probably within our lifetime.
Mk IV and Mk VI are the best looking Mjolnir
I disagree with the thumbnail. I wouldn’t say mk iv is the toughest mjolnir armor but is up there sure, I’ll give credit to infinite master chief armor, that armor withstood atriox blows and maze better than mk iv did, not to mention the sub monitor beam. I remember quite well that 343 gs beam had chief almost incapacitated, but now he just block monitors beam like it’s nothing
One answer. Its fucking huge.
It wasn't designed by 343. That's what makes it cool
Given its history, Spartan IV's should earn the right to wear that armor
“Mass production”
Yep it was designed for insurrectionist warfare. Predominantly for handling kinetic damage. I wish they would have kept the aesthetic across generations.
As if I didn’t love the mk4 armour enough, they recently added it to halo infinite… and it is, perfect 🤌
This may be an uncommon opinion but I don’t think we’ve had a bad version of Mjolnir. The Mark V is a classic. Mark VI feels more real, practical and militaristic. Mark VI Gen 2 felt like the armor was more integrated with the wearer and felt very technologically advanced. But damn the Mark IV is just a beast! It makes the Spartans wearing it feel like a tank and I love it for that.
"Mass"
"All units"
Mjolnir armor doesn't double the strength of a spartan. Dr. Halsey said it multiplies their strength by 5
That's the later version of the armor, MkVI multiplies their strength by 5. MkIV and MKV is just by 2
Halo and jazz go together like peanut butter and jelly dog. Great great video I really love this kind of content. True passion
halo reach mark 5 and mark4
Hideous? Ok mah guy
Halo 5 has the ugliest armor (in my opinion) looks too sleek
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the astetics are more heroic than brutal
I love it cuz it makes me feel like a badass
"Outdated"
Mark IV is my favorite
Why MkIV is so cool? Because it was an armor that made Spartans the Spartans and didn't create in devs minds an image of Spartans who just tank incoming shots just because they have shields now. (like Chief did in intro of Infinite)
My favorite mjolnir is everything 343 didnt design
Not even Mk VII?
@@Banana-Boi i feel like mk VII was and acknowledgement of failure in h4 and h5 but its just mk VI when its on chief.
I don't want to ruin the 117 likes for this video.
Can someone else give me 117 likes?
it was halo before bungie left. thats it. before stupid shit like some made up lore to justify radical design change. its jsut the original design. for the love of god stop simping over shitty corporate writers and artists egotistical shortcomings.
I like the aesthetic of halo wars but was never a fan of the Spartans. Just seems too bulky
it looks ugly and not realistic
Fair enough, personally prefer the ugly, brutal look of it over the some of the slicker, more clean ones
Nah I think it's the most realistic and rugged looking definitely the best armor in my opinion
@@justaguybeingadude1552 CE Mark V is the most realistic, it has sloped plate armor like a tank or real life military body armor would, no real life advanced military would design armor with giant pecks and shoulders...
It just looks like Master chief went to the gym. Thats it. That's why it looks cool. The most iconic thing about halo armour to me is the "pecks".