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[elliot5]

Halo 5 released October 2015, which is seven years from now if you don’t understand numbers.

 

[FlyyGOD]

Wait what? They aren't saying it's decent and forgettable, that's a 7/10, not 9/10..

It's funny how some of the people on this forum push an agenda.i never saw a critic rate something a 9/10 that was forgettable.

 

[Son_of_Zardoz]

Sounds good, just bummed that coop won't be here for a while. Will probably just wait until then to jump in with my kids.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Sounds good, just bummed that coop won't be here for a while. Will probably just wait until then to jump in with my kids.

Why not re-visit it in May for a 2nd playthrough via co-op?

 

[RAIDEN1]

This game is trying to tackle two things at once, in some respects cater to a new audience that wasn't alive when Halo 1 came out but then at the same time, move the series forward for veterans of the series...and we are fortunate that this entry is a return to form for the Master Chief otherwise it could so EASILY have ended up as a Mass Effect Andromeda, or a Metal Gear Solid 5...(games that were meant to take things forward yet ended up failing at that...)

 

[TrebleShot]

Watched the whole IGN review and I was shocked to hear him say a 9/10.

He said the story didn’t do what it set out to do (soft reboot and wrap up the failures of 5), the game looks artistically bland and there is nothing new in the game that we haven’t seen before somewhere else.

That doesn’t sound like a 9/10 to me but hopefully those that play it enjoy it

Read between the lines basically.

 

[balls of snow]

Not sure if posted already. Gman is pretty lukewarm on Infinite.

2nd minute in. "Im not invested in the series or story". Close tab. Next.

 

[J3nga]

Which is 6 years and 2 months if you don't understand the dates.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

2nd minute in. "Im not invested in the series or story". Close tab. Next.

And? Should you be required to be a Halo super fan to enjoy their first game in 6 years?

 

[M1chl]

I hope when they publish the co-op review, it will be with the second character appears as Craig and it would be fucking free, no premium skin bullshit. Until then, it seems solid. But looking at SkillUp review, seems like it's a mess story wise.

 

[J3nga]

2nd minute in. "Im not invested in the series or story". Close tab. Next.

And? Means he's not biased and the game isn't getting extra credit for being Halo game. It either makes someone love the game or say that the game is overhyped by fanboys.

 

[kyoji]

why would you think it relevant to derail into a conversation about ‘recouping budget’ when the campaign is not yet released?
This thread is for the paid single player campaign, not the F2P multiplayer. And even if it were about the MP, it would still be a puzzling conversation to be talking about budget recouping at this point.

Please refer all questions comments and concerns to the resident gaf accountant and budget manager, Thankyou~

 

[Stuart360]

2nd minute in. "Im not invested in the series or story". Close tab. Next.

To be fair, GMAN often talks about not liking Halo, and in this very vid he says he hasnt even played Halo since Halo 2 on the orig Xbox lol. Gman is def more into DOOM style gameplay.

 

[Kacho]

2nd minute in. "Im not invested in the series or story". Close tab. Next.

I'd argue that most people aren't invested in the series or story at this point, especially after Halo 4 & 5. Just completely forgettable.

Gman is a good YouTuber btw. He covers FPS almost exclusively and is always fair with his critiques. It's weird that people would get overly defensive about his review just because he isn't a Halo 'mega fan'.

 

[balls of snow]

And? Should you be required to be a Halo super fan to enjoy their first game in 6 years?

If youre not invested in the series then your opinion is just lower on the totem imo. Why would I ( who finished all the halo campaigns on heroic and enjoyed the story) want to listen to someone decidedly not interested in the series. Does he even care about Forerunners (nope.), how about chief and cortana kinda fucked up relationship( nope). Is the semi open world better than odst ( did he even play it), hows the moment to moment gameplay, is it slower or faster than 5 ( maybe ...)

 

[Warnen]

Please refer all questions comments and concerns to the resident gaf accountant and budget manager, Thankyou~

dont need to drag me into your mess, deal with your own post.

 

[balls of snow]

I'd argue that most people aren't invested in the series or story at this point, especially after Halo 4 & 5. Just completely forgettable.

Gman is a good YouTuber btw. He covers FPS almost exclusively and is always fair with his critiques. It's weird that people would get overly defensive about his review just because he isn't a Halo 'mega fan'.

Yeah ive seen some of his vids circulating my youtube algorithm. Just not what I look for in a halo review.

 

[TheBomb]

I need to correct myself. I said 10+ hours on when you are dealing only with main mission, but now I read on Kotaku, that game clock reverts when you die so it is probably quite more.

Thank you for the update.

 

[Bogroll]

That biome shit is WACK!

How do you more than one!?

Outside of that it sounds pretty damn awesome, but that does suck.

You never know they might had a bit of snow over Xmas to change it a little
Hopefully they had expansions.

 

[Phase]

Review: Halo Infinite’s campaign finishes the fight—but arrives in tatters

Nice to see all the good scores (I'm sure we can believe them just like 2042, lol).

 

[OmegaSupreme]

If youre not invested in the series then your opinion is just lower on the totem imo. Why would I ( who finished all the halo campaigns on heroic and enjoyed the story) want to listen to someone decidedly not interested in the series. Does he even care about Forerunners (nope.), how about chief and cortana kinda fucked up relationship( nope). Is the semi open world better than odst ( did he even play it), hows the moment to moment gameplay, is it slower or faster than 5 ( maybe ...)

Should it not stand on it's own? I didn't play 5 so will I not be able to enjoy it?

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Now it's 7 years?

By the end of this thread, the detractors will be saying it was a decade long project that cost Microsoft over a billion dollars. Hyperbole has no limit for trolls.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

And? Should you be required to be a Halo super fan to enjoy their first game in 6 years?

Halo games aren't open ended RPG experiences like Fallout or Skyrim where each entry is pretty much a self-contained story. Jumping in to Halo Infinite (6th mainline entry) without knowing/playing any of the other games is like watching the Disney Star Wars trilogy without first watching the movies written by George Lucas.

 

[sinnergy]

Good to see this thread brings in the usual suspects carry on!

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Not sure if posted already. Gman is pretty lukewarm on Infinite.

good review

discusses everything that looked disappointing to me and sadly weren’t addressed for release

glad he went through and pointed them out rather than glossing over them

 

[Javthusiast]

Disappointed at the pretty lame open world and same setting without variety. Seems these banished are also lame and the only enemies?

 

[Sakura]

And? Should you be required to be a Halo super fan to enjoy their first game in 6 years?

The dude straight up says he was never a fan of the Halo games. Don't know what you are talking about with this "super fan" business. But if I were looking for a review to see if the new Halo was any good, I would be more interested in the opinions of someone who is actually into the Halo games, than the opinions of someone who doesn't like that style of shooter in the first place.
He is entitled to his opinion of course, and all the power to him, but as someone who did really like the original trilogy, his review is kind of meaningless to me.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Halo games aren't open ended RPG experiences like Fallout or Skyrim where each entry is pretty much a self-contained story. Jumping in to Halo Infinite (6th mainline entry) without knowing/playing any of the other games is like watching the Disney Star Wars trilogy without first watching the movies written by George Lucas.

If the internet didn't exist I would agree with you. I haven't completed a Halo game since three but it's not hard to at least have a familiarity with where the story is atm.

The dude straight up says he was never a fan of the Halo games. Don't know what you are talking about with this "super fan" business. But if I were looking for a review to see if the new Halo was any good, I would be more interested in the opinions of someone who is actually into the Halo games, than the opinions of someone who doesn't like that style of shooter in the first place.
He is entitled to his opinion of course, and all the power to him, but as someone who did really like the original trilogy, his review is kind of meaningless to me.

He gave it an honest shot. He played it for 14 hours. I think it's obvious you didn't like it (if you even watched it) was because it wasn't glowing praise.

 

[MOTM]

Review: Halo Infinite’s campaign finishes the fight—but arrives in tatters

Nice to see all the good scores (I'm sure we can believe them just like 2042, lol).

Now GTFO of here.

 

[Phase]

Now GTFO of here.

Just wait

 

[remember_spinal]

86/86 on metacritic and opencritic

Not bad but not the ‘BOTW’ halo moment some of those journalist were claiming, even if it goes back up its not enough to make it onto opencriticcs best of for 2021

 

[elliot5]

Which is 6 years and 2 months if you don't understand the dates.

Exactly which is why I'm confused about the 7 years commentary

 

[Concern]

Interesting to come back and see fanboys have been shitposting constantly on here for 9 pages now.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

86/86 on metacritic and opencritic

Not bad but not the ‘BOTW’ halo moment some of those journalist were claiming, even if it goes back up its not enough to make it onto opencriticcs best of for 2021

Maybe more like a Twilight Princess 8.8 moment.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I get that they are by different people but it is funny the Infinite review talks bad about Halo 5 and says Infinite is better, giving Infinite a 9/10, while IGN also gave Halo 5 a 9/10 lol


I think that is IGN France.

If you rearrange the letters you get IGN "Farce"

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

What the heck

 

[Sakura]

He gave it an honest shot. He played it for 14 hours. I think it's obvious you didn't like it (if you even watched it) was because it wasn't glowing praise.

Dunno what you're on about mate. Watched the whole video, actually. Halo 5 was trash, Halo 4 was kind of middling, I've expressed issues I have with the multiplayer and concerns I have for the campaign before. I don't even really dislike his video.
But a guy who doesn't like Halo games that much, not being too hot on the latest Halo game, isn't exactly a revelation. Like, yeah, no kidding. I'd be more surprised if he loved it.
Useful for people who also aren't really into the Halo franchise, I guess.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Dunno what you're on about mate. Watched the whole video, actually. Halo 5 was trash, Halo 4 was kind of middling, I've expressed issues I have with the multiplayer and concerns I have for the campaign before. I don't even really dislike his video.
But a guy who doesn't like Halo games that much, not being too hot on the latest Halo game, isn't exactly a revelation. Like, yeah, no kidding. I'd be more surprised if he loved it.
Useful for people who also aren't really into the Halo franchise, I guess.

Fair enough. There were multiple kneejerk reactions to his video and I might have lumped you in with them. I'm a very mild fan and I found his review useful.

 

[Kacho]

Review: Halo Infinite’s campaign finishes the fight—but arrives in tatters

Nice to see all the good scores (I'm sure we can believe them just like 2042, lol).

This 4K capture of Halo Infinite was taken from an Xbox Series X. Seriously. That's a screenshot from an actual Series X video game in 2021.

 

[Fake]

Can not wait. MS as a publisher had an absolutely killer year.

Indeed.

 

[McCarth]

A few very polarizing reviews, which I guess isn’t super surprising. Hopefully reviews like Ars Technica’s are a little overly harsh, I’d like to see 343 with a win here. Feel like that studio needs one.

 

[Sosokrates]

Literally people are having a meltdown with Xbox having a good year.

 

[twilo99]

A few very polarizing reviews, which I guess isn’t super surprising. Hopefully reviews like Ars Technica’s are a little overly harsh, I’d like to see 343 with a win here. Feel like that studio needs one.

I'd say they already have a winner considering what I've experienced with the multiplayer part of this game..

 

[DragoonKain]

Has there ever been a guesstimate on when campaign co-op will be available?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Is that Minecraft's island out there?

 

[IntentionalPun]

It sounds fun.. and while PC Gamer gave it a low-ish score, the things they didn't like.. were still described well enough for me to actually LIKE those parts. I do find it rather hilarious that the author criticized the open world side missions while calling them "Fun".. lol

 

[McCheese]

Part of me wanted this to continue to be the dumpster fire it's been for the last 6 years and receive terrible scores just for the entertainment value of it. But you know what, credit where credit is due - despite all the setbacks and memes it sounds like 343i delivered an enjoyable single-player game (eventually!) and I'm glad folks will have a fun gamepass title to romp through over the xmas holidays.

But Microsoft shouldn't be patting themselves on the back, both Playground Games and The Coalition have released 4 massive AAA titles in the time it took them to get this out the door, now is the time for some serious self-reflection and change so the next Halo doesn't have to go through the same circus act by the custodians of Microsofts biggest franchise

 

[ResilientBanana]

So why bring up 500million? Especially if i didnt say that, i know you dont know but warnen has been found in ‘other threads’ worried about development costs so i just thought he would be equally troubled over such a big budget free 2 play game and rather or not it will manage to recoup, berk got involved because shes one of those people who throw out the phrase console warring without any thought or logic.

also i dont owe you a response but im doing it because i actually think youre a decent poster, cant say too much bout the other.

That $500 millions budget was from an old rumor that Frankie debunked a year or two ago on resetera. It’s not a real number and has never come up since. But people that hate on Halo being it up as if it’s some form of scarlet letter.

 

[MastAndo]

Not quite up to the level I was expecting after seeing those gushing early access impressions. Still, I'm sure it'll be a blast to play, as the gameplay based on multiplayer is top notch. I will say the lack of biome diversity is a bummer, and the environments come across as looking very static. It just seems visually underwhelming - going to watch DF's review to see if my opinion changes. Either way, it seems 343 has done a good job righting the ship after having their game become a running joke a year ago.

 

[JimmyRustler]

I‘d really like to play it and all but sadly have been unable to buy a Series X for 2 months now since I activly started looking for one.