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[alabtrosMyster]

It's the same game that was revealed last year with maybe a couple of graphical upgrades, but nothing that looks like it would not have happened to begin with (tweaks to lighting/shadows/less pop-ins, etc.). The world is extremely barren and lifeless, no apparent destruction, they ripped off the COD skull helmet, etc.

No wonder it's 120fps on consoles.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

It's the same game that was revealed last year with maybe a couple of graphical upgrades, but nothing that looks like it would not have happened to begin with (tweaks to lighting/shadows/less pop-ins, etc.). The world is extremely barren and lifeless, no apparent destruction, they ripped off the COD skull helmet, etc.

No wonder it's 120fps on consoles.

That's like calling Horizon Zero Dawn's world barren and lifeless.. There will be enemies to fight in the world, wildlife populating it. Does individual vehicle part destruction (such as losing tires and other parts during combat) and shooting off specific enemy armor parts count? But whatever lol.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

That's like calling Horizon Zero Dawn's world barren and lifeless.. There will be enemies to fight in the world, wildlife populating it. Does individual vehicle part destruction (such as losing tires and other parts during combat) and shooting off specific enemy armor parts count? But whatever lol.

In Halo nothing moves, there are no details, dynamic lights don't even interact with the environment, this is like these games were created in different time periods:

This is a crazy dense level of details (probably the least dense screenshot you can find for this game):

Last gen to be fair:

 

[SenjutsuSage]

In Halo nothing moves, there are no details, dynamic lights don't even interact with the environment, this is like these games were created in different time periods:

This is a crazy dense level of details (probably the least dense screenshot you can find for this game):

Last gen to be fair:

Halo Infinite has a wind system, so your claim that nothing moves is ridiculous. And as far as dense goes, if you totally ignore the areas of Halo Infinite that are highly dense then maybe you might have a point, but you're just ignoring reality. And, considering battles in Halo Infinite are likely to be more busy than either Horizon Playstation title, your claim again has no validity to it. You do know what a Halo game plays like right? There will be ground vehicles, air vehicles, flying enemies, explosions, you name it.

Your claim dynamic lights don't interact with the environment is again a nonsensical claim, even a lie based on the developer's own words and released footage. So, I'm not really sure what it is you're trying to say.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

The other AI (the weapon?) says she was also supposed to get wiped when the mission completed, but she was still there, and also Chief was supposed to take Cortana to Infinity but didn't. To me it sounds like someone else has Cortana and that plot isn't over. Also sounds like Cortana is talking to Chief like she was when she was with the Gravemind.

No you basically invalidated your post, the confirmation is Corona was deleted. The ai was also supposed to but something blocked it but she knows Cortana was erased and if MC doesn't remember doing it someone else did.

It seems clear that Ai is cortana's replacement for the game.

 

[Come On Tars]

Halo was defined by large outdoor sandboxes. The cleanest looking graphics possible. From what I have seen everything they produce is nearly bottom of the pack. The size isn't right, the environment is bland.

Someone tell me a single AAA open world game that doesn't do it better than 343.

For gods sake, make giant open fields, trees, cliffs. Hot drop smallish ai armies, with loose objectives. That's what I envisioned the future of Halo beeing. This is just so mediocre.

 

[LordOfChaos]

No you basically invalidated your post, the confirmation is Corona was deleted. The ai was also supposed to but something blocked it but she knows Cortana was erased and if MC doesn't remember doing it someone else did.

It seems clear that Ai is cortana's replacement for the game.

You can hear Space Ghost Cortana talking to him. We'll see.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

You can hear Space Ghost Cortana talking to him. We'll see.

You mean the memory scene? Yeah memory scene

 

[Blade2.0]

No you basically invalidated your post, the confirmation is Corona was deleted. The ai was also supposed to but something blocked it but she knows Cortana was erased and if MC doesn't remember doing it someone else did.

It seems clear that Ai is cortana's replacement for the game.

My money is on Cortana corrupted the new AI and is lying low in her. She'll take over the new AI during the game. Mark this down.

 

[Spacefish]

No you basically invalidated your post, the confirmation is Corona was deleted. The ai was also supposed to but something blocked it but she knows Cortana was erased and if MC doesn't remember doing it someone else did.

It seems clear that Ai is cortana's replacement for the game.

it's made very clear Cortana is still around and was either taken by another person or is pretending to be this new AI, She will be absent for some, maybe most of the game but the whole chief Cortana bullshit is going to come back at some point.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

My money is on Cortana corrupted the new AI and is lying low in her. She'll take over the new AI during the game. Mark this down.

Possible, but it's also possible that this new AI actually overtook Cortana, and what we may get won't exactly be old Cortana, but a new personality altogether.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

it's made very clear Cortana is still around and was either taken by another person or is pretending to be this new AI, She will be absent for some, maybe most of the game but the whole chief Cortana bullshit is going to come back at some point.

No it is said someone not MC took cortana and deleted it. You guys are imagining things that didn't happen.

 

[Aion002]

Not showing the sp gameplay was weird.

The MP appeared to be exactly what I expected... I am sure it will be fine, but nothing that made me hyped for it.... So... Indifferent?

 

[Spacefish]

No it is said someone not MC took cortana and deleted it. You guys are imagining things that didn't happen.

I think you need to watch it again with subtitles.

 

[Ammogeddon]

If they had something impressive to show for the single player campaign this would’ve been the time to show it. The fact they didn’t show anything makes me suspect it’s not going to be the flagship game it deserves to be.

 

[HoodWinked]

It's just insane how a studio so well funded has such mediocre output.

The multiplayer looks like last gen but at higher resolutions. They still use way too much of those shitty sprite explosions.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

I think you need to watch it again with subtitles.

The AI said cortana was erased. Yes or no?

 

[Zeroing]

 

[CuNi]

The AI said cortana was erased. Yes or no?

So when they said Master Chief is Dead in the Halo 4 opening, he also totally was dead right? Well, except not.
Just because a Character said something, doesn't mean it's fact since they themselves don't know everything.
Hell, even Master Chief thought Cortana was gone in the beginning of H5.

Edit:
To even expand your logik.
The AI said, their Mission was to capture Cortana, take her to Infinite, delete her and the AI would then also delete itself. So by your logic, IF Cortana were to have been deleted, so should have been the AI.
If the AI isn't, that means that Cortana probably also wasn't deleted herself.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

In Halo nothing moves, there are no details, dynamic lights don't even interact with the environment, this is like these games were created in different time periods:

This is a crazy dense level of details (probably the least dense screenshot you can find for this game):

Last gen to be fair:

Any how many different players vehicles and different action moments are occurring in Horizon compared to the screenshots of Halo you have provided lmao? What a ridiculous comparison

 

[Dave_at_Home]

I'm still a bit iffy if I'm going to actually play this thing, but from what I've seen, I think things are looking alright.

As for the way the new Halo looks, it's doing alright too. Halo is such a strange game to modernize artistically. It's so closely tied to the original Xbox era with its bright, colorful graphics and goofy, fun enemy design. I think it's part of the reason why the modern sequels have not been so well received (among many other reasons). We don't need wise cracking Nathan Fillion nor the more darker tones of its sequels. Let Halo be dumb red versus blue fun, right?

 

[Spacefish]

The AI said cortana was erased. Yes or no?

is this the first movie you've ever seen in your life? fake Cortana doesn't know what happened to her, she's assuming. You don't introduce a plot point like that and leave obvious ambiguity by saying Cortana needs to be taken to the infinity to be deleted if you aren't leaving yourself wiggle room to bring her back.

 

[angelic]

Was happy to see Staten back, the only person there with a clue about Halo. Still not buying an xbox again though, they lost me years ago.

Also, Halo is fanfic now, the story is long over.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Was happy to see Staten back, the only person there with a clue about Halo. Still not buying an xbox again though, they lost me years ago.

Also, Halo is fanfic now, the story is long over.

I agree with 5 but im liking what Infinite is setting up, this god of war style of story telling style they are going with is fantastic too

 

[fermcr]

I'm sure Halo Infinite will be a good game, but from what I've see so far, it just doesn't WOW me.

Graphically it looks good, but not great.

 

[Mr.ODST]

If anybody is interested in the lore and your not bothered about playing, still one of the best sci-fi stories in gaming.

 

[Jaybe]

Multiplayer looks fine but the campaign cutscene gave me zero confidence. Then they ended with an “Epic Campaign” like it was some slideware.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

So when they said Master Chief is Dead in the Halo 4 opening, he also totally was dead right?

We have a confirmation of death not a guess.

is this the first movie you've ever seen in your life?

This isn't a movie.

 

[Marvel]

Mp looks fun.

 

[angelic]

I was a little uninspired by new PC non cortana. The model was great but I feel it was made by a bunch of sjws making a point about de-sexualising the old AIs.

 

[LordOfChaos]

The AI said cortana was erased. Yes or no?

She said she was deleted, then noted she herself was supposed to be wiped upon Cortana being deleted but was still there, and MC hadn't taken Cortana to infinity.

Sounds like she ass-umed to me or there was a false signal, and whoever did take Cortana is going to be the next plot point. Does this scene really look like the climax of the created arc to you?

Like I said...Let's see.

 

[CurtBizzy]

Halo looks good

 

[angelic]

Oh and dont ever, ever get invested in modern Halo lore. For one, it's crap, the only good thing it did was show the precursors as humans, and that everything is one big cycle (a bit like R-type, the bydo are human in origin), but the plot is designed to just carry on forever. Theyve stated multiple times that theyre franchsing the hell out of it, they see 3 trilogies.

The real game was 1-3 obviously, 4 to infinite is their 1st trilogy reaching completion...but theyre LITERALLY a studio designed to keep pumping the games out. So there will never, ever, ever be a satisfying conclusion to the latest lore. Certainly not one written by people involved in the original....even if Staten gets his hands on it to fix it up, they'll command him from above to always leave cliffhangers in there.

Oh and if you want proof of how dissatisfying this studio can make a story, just remember the Didcact, shit character who died off screen. The ending of Halo 4, where you performed a QTE and then said WTF just happened, because no one knew if you killed him or not (you didnt). Now try to think of the ending of 5..what state is the universe in, who's alive, what advances were made in plot? Precisely fuck all, that's what, the whole thing can be summed up as cortana is now in charge of the Halo rings. That's it.

AND even then, the story in 6, pardon, infinite, is so fucking stupid already that we have to jump in half way, give us no idea whats going on apart from to not believe a word it says. Cortana isnt dead, this new AI will be the chiefs new girlfriend in it...theyre already flirting in the trailer..and she'll die at the end. She's written to be killed. It's a terrible exposition technique, deliberately confuse the audience, because the reality is a lot less remarkable. In the EXACT SAME way they pretended the chief had gone rogue, and Locke was out to get him

The new story will stink. I absolutely guarantee it.

 

[CuNi]

We have a confirmation of death not a guess.


This isn't a movie.

Nice Cherry-pick.
You totally ignored my other points.

Also, we do not have confirmation of death.
The AI says that Cortana was deleted, which prompts MC to ask if she did it.
She says of course she didn't. Her job was to contain her, so he takes her out of the system, over to the infinity where she is supposed to be deleted.
Cortana was janked out of the System, so she assumed it was MC who took her so she would be deleted, but since he asked her she realizes that it was not MC who took her, so she is unsure about the whole situation.
That also explains why she is not yet deleted. The deletion signal would probably be send from the Infinity once Cortana would have been trashed, but since she never arrived there to begin with, the AI was not deleted as well.

Thus, all we know is, that Cortana was taken out of the System by someone or something, but we know nothing about her whereabouts or current status.

And let's be honest here. It's Cortana. We know 100% sure that she is still alive as she is the second most iconic character in this franchise right after MC. That's why they brought her back in H5, and that's why she will be back in Infinite.
I am even 90% sure they will pull some crap like use the new AI to cure the old Cortana so everything will be fine and dandy afterall.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Oh and dont ever, ever get invested in modern Halo lore. For one, it's crap, the only good thing it did was show the precursors as humans, and that everything is one big cycle (a bit like R-type, the bydo are human in origin), but the plot is designed to just carry on forever. Theyve stated multiple times that theyre franchsing the hell out of it, they see 3 trilogies.

Forerunners were originally speculatively human, not Precursors, and that's not canon anymore and hasn't been for a long time. There's no cycle.

 

[Pfhunkie]

Forerunners were originally speculatively human, not Precursors, and that's not canon anymore and hasn't been for a long time. There's no cycle.

I mean, at one point, Bungie definitely had the intention that they were humans. Definitively during Halo 2's development and arguably to the end of Bungie's control of the franchise.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I mean, at one point, Bungie definitely had the intention that they were humans. Definitively during Halo 2's development and arguably to the end of Bungie's control of the franchise.

Yes, to keep the story going past 3 it became that Forerunners were another species. Before that it was vague but there were definitely hints that Bungie intended Forerunner to mean human ("You ARE forerunner"), but that's not canon anymore, there's no cycle as the other person thought, and it was Forerunners and not Precursors.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Aren't

Any how many different players vehicles and different action moments are occurring in Horizon compared to the screenshots of Halo you have provided lmao? What a ridiculous comparison

Then taken in a vacuum Halo infinite still looks dated? Is this good enough for you?

 

[THEAP99]

I think it's slightly worrying they didn't show single player gameplay.. multiplayer wise it seems the halo fanbase is happy so I guess it worked for them in the end.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

She said she was deleted, then noted she herself was supposed to be wiped upon Cortana being deleted but was still there, and MC hadn't taken Cortana to infinity.

Sounds like she ass-umed to me or there was a false signal, and whoever did take Cortana is going to be the next plot point. Does this scene really look like the climax of the created arc to you?

Like I said...Let's see.

There is no assume she knew the system deleted cortana, her knowing she was also supposed to dies not mean assumption. Dev questions repeat same plot.

I'm here for you man

 

[Javthusiast]

I really like the voice acting and personality of cor2na, kinda miss her slutty designs from earlier games though.

Nah jokes aside, she still looks plenty attractive.

Multiplayer looked fun.

 

[killatopak]

Very underwhelmed.

I’m not a fan of MP so I was really hoping for some SP showcase. All I got was in engine cut scenes.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

There were no other points just you trying to piece together an invisible puzzle with conjecture. There's no hidden message.

Nice Cherry-pick.
You totally ignored my other points

 

[Umbasaborne]

Preface. I think the visuals look much better now, multiplayer looks like a lot of fun.

now why are they hiding the campaign?

 

[Umbasaborne]

Stoked for multiplayer. It's one thing I trust 343 with

They basically hid the SP, and still not having a date is suspect

i agree, and i think it was done because there still exists the possibility it can be delayed to next spring 2022, and they certainly dont want to paint themselves into a corner with a release date much like they did with the marketing deals with monster and other brands last year.

i think that right now they still have an out to push to next year if they need to, if they give a hard date, it makes that much more difficult.

that being said, im not trying to spread fud, multiplayer looks great, and the visuals are a major improvement over last year

 

[LordOfChaos]

There is no assume she knew the system deleted cortana, her knowing she was also supposed to dies not mean assumption. Dev questions repeat same plot.

I'm here for you man

I want her to be dead. You don't have to be here for anything.

That just doesn't look like the climax to the created plotline to me, and yet another plotline abandoned so unceremoniously would be a bad look for them.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Aren't

Then taken in a vacuum Halo infinite still looks dated? Is this good enough for you?

Yeah I genuinely do believe the game looks fantastic, although the art style is carrying it more than the graphics

it’s not the next gen looking knock out I thought it’d be but considering it’s a very large scale, multiplayer oriented game designed running at 120 fps I think they did a good job with it, and I can’t think of any other games doing anything that looks better at those frames

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Multiplayer looks fine but the campaign cutscene gave me zero confidence. Then they ended with an “Epic Campaign” like it was some slideware.

They really have some attachment to that word. It's time to retire it 343. It's been on stage, on Waypoint, in marketing and boom there it is again with E3 2021. Let it go, stop trying to make fetch epic happen.

 

[Wimbledon]

I thought it looked really good but i wanted to see more of the Campaign.

The game is about to come out this year and i wanted to see 15-20 min of a level. But instead, we just get cutscenes. It left me both intrigued but also angry because im getting tired of the 5-7 minute clips of a new game and then the conference just keep going to the next game.

THIS THE FLAGSHIP TITLE shows us more, so i can get more hyped for this. It's like they're afraid of showing more.

 

[MvCSpiderman]

They really have some attachment to that word. It's time to retire it 343. It's been on stage, on Waypoint, in marketing and boom there it is again with E3 2021. Let it go, stop trying to make fetch epic happen.

Lol? The game is still going to sell doofys. Maybe not for years but at least two