The Halo Experience Showcase: Difference between revisions

This Showcase Event, set in the summer season, is a 5.0 mi (8.0 km) long Cross Country route, represented by the icon of the front of a [[D79-TC Pelican]]. Unlocking it requires the player to qualify for the Horizon Roster, which means the player must accumulate 285,000 Global Influence. The event's starting point is located on the Bamburgh Castle Beach, north of the Bamburgh Castle and immediately to the left to the Bamburgh Beach Drag Strip.

''The camera pans around the player's current vehicle. The player can choose to do the event solo, cooperatively, or as part of Rivals. The player makes their choice.''

''A [[SPARTAN-II program|SPARTAN-II]] clad in [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor/Mark VI#GEN2|GEN2 MJOLNIR Mark VI MOD]] armor is seen walking towards the Warthog, with the camera changing to show him from the front. The Spartan is revealed to be none other than [[John-117]]. He stops walking and briefly observes his vehicle.''

''John then turns around to see a [[D79-TC Pelican]] touch down in front of him and walks back to his Warthog while still facing the Pelican. Unintelligible radio chatter is then heard. The camera cuts back to the front of the Warthog for several seconds, and the environment is changed to show the Bamburgh Castle Beach during a minimally cloudy afternoon, with a [[Halo Array|Halo ring]] in the background. John is seen relaxing by the driver's side of his Warthog.''

* This event is also reminiscent of the final missions of ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''[[Halo 3]]'': ''[[The Maw]]'' and ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]'', respectively. All three events involve escaping a Halo ring in a Warthog (in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s case, [[Installation 04]]; In ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s case, [[Installation 08]]; and in ''Forza Horizon 4''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s case, a currently unidentified Halo ring).

** Her line "Hey! Keep your head down! There's two of us in here now!" is derived from the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 3'' missions ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' and ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]'', respectively.<ref name="hce-topa">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]'' ("Keep your head down! There's two of us in here now, remember?")</ref><ref name="h3-halo">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]'' ("Just keep your head down... There's two of us in here now, remember.")</ref>

** When Chief enters the highway tunnel, Cortana jokingly and confusedly comments, "This cave is not a natural formation..." This is an infamous line that was first heard in the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' mission ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''.<ref name="hce-halo">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]'' ("This cave is not a natural formation.")</ref>

* When a player plays the event, their Xbox status will read "Forza Horizon 4 - Finishing the fight in the Warthog", an obvious reference to ''Halo 3''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s advertising tagline.

* This is the first Showcase Event in any of the ''Forza Horizon'' games where the player does not have to race against another mode of transport. In this case, the player simply has to complete the event as quickly as possible.

** It is also the first Showcase Event to feature multiple AI-controlled Drivatars; in this case, Marines in Warthogs. However, the player actually never races against them, but can get behind them for Drafting skills or pass them to earn Pass skills.

* ''Forza Horizon 4'' marks John-117's first full appearance in a ''Forza'' game, in contrast to ''Forza Motorsport 7'', which featured an [[:File:FM7 MasterChief DriverGear.png|unlockable set of Driver Gear modeled after him]].

* The game does not address the individual Marines or Kilo by their actual names in the subtitles, instead referring to each of them as simply "Marine" or "Pelican", respectively.