![]() You know what is surprising? The Sentinel beam has been completely overhauled and is an absolute terror especially when you find the special variant from an assassination mission. Speaking of weapons, Chief’s new set of arsenal features some fantastic weapons and some bizarre choices like the Plasma Rifle, the Ravager which is only decent in the campaign, and the terrible replacement of the DMR from Reach. With ability management, the game also features a fantastic in-game map, a lore page, and a section to manage High-Value Target assassination missions which reward you with unique weapon variants. Halo Infinite is a drop-dead gorgeous game. But before getting into that, let’s get one thing out of the way: I appreciate 343 Industries so much for taking an extra year to finalize the visuals of the game. ![]() The game sheds the linear structure for an open world with intriguing results. Halo Infinite’s story unfolds in a brand new setting and game-design approach. This is where the story becomes a pseudo reboot, but that’s something I rather have players discover.īut that’s not the star here, the real star is Chief’s conflict within and his conflict with the leader of the Banished, Escharum, who was lovingly portrayed giving a fantastic performance brimming with gravitas (and a gravity hammer). While the inter-personal storyline is well fleshed out, the overall story arc of the mystery of the ring and a brand new threat feels very by the numbers. Even with Master Chief’s helmet on at all times, the narrative designers have done an exemplary job using body language, pacing, and inflection in his voice to portray a character struggling silently with the weight of the world on his shoulders. ![]() We’ve seen his conflict, but we’ve never seen him truly struggle, something Halo Infinite introduces right away.Įcho-216 is a fresh character that the series needed.Īll of this is accomplished by a fantastic new approach to the narrative which feels very similar to the recent God of War with long-take scenes and a more somber, human narrative. ![]() The Halo saga has always been about high-stakes, big characters (and explosions), and Master Chiefs’ conflict against the many extraterrestrial (and terrestrial) threats that come his way. This is a new story, a more personal one. Since 343 Industries took the mantle of Halo from Bungie, many including myself felt that the studio still needed to find the soul that is synonymous with Halo.Īfter two entries into the series, I am more than happy to say that not only has 343 Industries found Halo’s soul, but fundamentally improved it in ways I was not expecting. Halo Infinite is both a sequel to its predecessor, but also what at times feels like a soft reboot of the storyline. One of those games is the Halo series, the story of humanity’s struggles in the stars, mysterious rings, and one genetically engineered warfare in the middle of it all.Īfter nearly five years, a delay, a myriad of memes giving birth to the now legendary “Craig”, 343’s follow-up to Halo 5 is here. That being said, Halo Infinite does penalise those players - quitting Ranked too often in a row places a temporary ban on playing that game mode for a short time.There are only a few games when released demand attention: a pause in your backlog, some time off from a multiplayer game. There's also one more thing to keep in mind - if a player leaves the game, either for connection issues, crashes or just voluntarily quitting, the game keeps going but nobody will fill their place, putting that team at a permanent disadvantage with one less hired goon. These rules clearly make things a little more dangerous and hardcore - the Battle Rifle is more deadly and precise than either the usual starting Pistol or Assault Rife, friendly fire means you now have to be wary of allies, lack of grenade hitmarkers means you can't scout ahead with explosives, and the loss of radar is a game changer that makes ambushes and stealth much more viable. Everybody starts with a BR75 (Battle Rifle) and no secondary weapon.There's no motion sensor/radar for anybody.
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