User blog comment:NeverToWalkAlone/Halo 5, thoughts?/@comment-2026417-20130614185825/@comment-1870764-20130621135544

Halo 3 did end wonderfully. I agree wholeheartedly, but I am heavily against your opinion of Halo 4 being a "disappointment". You can leave Halo at just that - leave it at Halo 3! That's all you need to do - you can ignore future installments if you want. Fine. That's not an issue.

As for the cloak, it's horribly obvious that Chief's armor is damaged. Take a look at his back - the shielding unit and the entire back is missing. His visor his cracked. He's been in a rather severe fight and in a state where he cannot fix his armor. He's using the cloak for practical reasons as well as rule of cool, so don't jump to conclusions.

I eagerly await this next installment. Maybe to only see what it's about...now the Xbox One's had a reversal of policy, I think I'll get it second hand much later. Bloody expensive machine.