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https://www.digitalfoundry.net/2021...nds-on-impressions-xbox-series-x-and-series-s
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[Karak]

Spent most all week playing it.

 

[anthony2690]

Spent most all week playing it.

40 hours on the campaign?! Damn.

I can't wait for this game.

 

[MaulerX]

Damn I'm really liking what I'm hearing! This campaign sounds incredible.

 

[Gameplaylover]

Can't wait!

 

[Godot25]

God bless current Xbox leadership for allowing one year delay for this game

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I knew these were dropping, and I'm happy they finally have. Let's go!!!!

 

[SenjutsuSage]

They call Halo Infinite's grappleshot the best equipment ever created in a Halo game. This campaign fucking delivers bigtime.

There is a particular section early on in the campaign, where after scuttling a Banished ship Chief has to escape as it begins to explode. From having to battle enemies, evade explosions, and grapple your way as the ship slowly self-destructs it feels like a truly cinematic moment in a sci-fi movie. But the best part is that you are in control throughout the entire duration of this moment it’s not just some CGI cinematic, it’s you controlling that moment. With so many games relying on CGI and QTE moments to deliver these types of moments, I have to tip my hat to 343 Industries for making such an incredible moment so early on in Halo Infinite.

So it starts off with a banging set piece that is fully real-time.

 

[BadBurger]

 

[DJTaurus]

Microsoft is back to its glorious 360 days…… keeps delivering!!

 

[Stuart360]

Halo Infinite’s new, open world is filled with these small, carefully crafted details that at once feel both familiar and foreign. These sights, sounds, and secrets fill out the world around Halo Infinite’s more linear campaign, making for an experience that’s nothing like any Halo game I’ve played, but somehow evokes feelings reminiscent of the earlier games.

Sounds great, and sounds like it should please both open world fans, and linear level design fans.

 

[Plantoid]

*Insert* palatine's "everything is happening as I foreseen"

 

[Stuart360]

Spent most all week playing it.

Great video, amd nice to see you impressed by the graphics.

I dont know if you can talk about it but can i ask if you have finished the game, ,and how long it took you?

 

[AV]

I didn't grow up with Halo and played the original trilogy later, which was fine, and fun. Didn't hype me for 4/5 at all and even the fans were let down there it seems.

But between the multiplayer and these previews I'm actually really quite excited for something Halo for the first time. Looks great!

 

[prinz_valium]

God bless current Xbox leadership for allowing one year delay for this game

Game was content complete last year. They didn't add anything. Just polish for a full year.

Was mentioned again in a preview I saw yesterday

 

[Ic3man]

Looks amazing, can't wait.

 

[Adam_802]

Wow very positive previews!

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Looks like my Breath of the Wild suspicions were confirmed. Many are making that comparison.

If people thought Microsoft was hiding this thing, think again. They've got a hit on their hands.

So the sound design is incredible according to one of the videos posted in here. Guy says that shots echo throughout the environments, even multiple shots done by you. Killer sound design he says.

 

[onesvenus]

Eurogamer is not as positive and brings up some ways the game could fail. Let's see how it goes!

I'm still searching for a spark in Halo Infinite's campaign

Halo Infinite's campaign is about the spaces in-between. Open worlds live or die on those in-between spaces, don't they…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Chukhopops]

Can’t believe I’m gonna play a new Halo campaign in less than 3 weeks, been so long since Guardians.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Spent most all week playing it.

Dude, your description of the sound design!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Shtef]

Sweet, can’t wait to play it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sounds good. Maybe I'll get into Halo. Semi open is better than canned levels to me. Maybe one day it'll be totally open like Skyrim!

 

[STARSBarry]

Looks like my Breath of the Wild suspicions were confirmed. Many are making that comparison.

Ah so it's an over rated Ubisoft game where the weapons break, I suppose I can see the comparison with the way the Hammer and sword have limited ammo.

Will Halo be the Darksouls of Ubisoft titles?

 

[prinz_valium]

Ah so it's an over rated Ubisoft game where the weapons break, I suppose I can see the comparison with the way the Hammer and sword have limited ammo.

Will Halo be the Darksouls of Ubisoft titles?

Grapple hook, thruster and shield have limited use, too.

 

[highrider]

I’m super excited for this campaign. Would like to play it on something better than Xbox one but meh, I’m not willing to pay the Piper lol

 

[highrider]

Sounds good. Maybe I'll get into Halo. Semi open is better than canned levels to me. Maybe one day it'll be totally open like Skyrim!

No.

 

[onesvenus]

Ah so it's an over rated Ubisoft game where the weapons break, I suppose I can see the comparison with the way the Hammer and sword have limited ammo.

Will Halo be the Darksouls of Ubisoft titles?

Maybe you could read or watch some of those mainly positive videos instead of trolling

 

[Banjo64]

I’m going to laugh if this game delivers big time and reviews high 80s/low 90s after all the shit it’s taken over the past year. The multiplayer is already one of the best online FPS games in years.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Looks great. Halo always should have pushed in the open world direction.

If they can release a big open world multiplayer mode, it'll be the complete package.

 

[Bernkastel]

Ah so it's an over rated Ubisoft game where the weapons break, I suppose I can see the comparison with the way the Hammer and sword have limited ammo.

Will Halo be the Darksouls of Ubisoft titles?

God forbid anyone try to make a open world game, lest they be accused of copying Ubisoft. Lets forget that this open world design was everything Halo CE wanted to be but didn't because of the hardware limitations.

 

[Ceadeus]

I’m super excited for this campaign. Would like to play it on something better than Xbox one but meh, I’m not willing to pay the Piper lol

Maybe just a Series S? It's what I've got and it's pretty great if you don't mind the digital format. Performance is surprising!

 

[BigLee74]

Can you hear that? Can you? Sounds suspiciously like…

…rustling jimmies!

 

[Leyasu]

I’m tempted to wait for coop before playing this

 

[Darlingcognito]

Looking good like I knew it would.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

I’m going to laugh if this game delivers big time and reviews high 80s/low 90s after all the shit it’s taken over the past year. The multiplayer is already one of the best online FPS games in years.

Oh it'll deliver, and big by the looks of it.

 

[Schmick]

I’m super excited for this campaign. Would like to play it on something better than Xbox one but meh, I’m not willing to pay the Piper lol

I have the original Xbox One so I know how you feel but... I played FH5 on it through xCloud and it worked really well. I got all the next gen features but on my old Xbox.

I'm gonna try the same with Halo.

 

[STARSBarry]

God forbid anyone try to make a open world game, lest they be accused of copying Ubisoft. Lets forget that this open world design was everything Halo CE wanted to be but didn't because of the hardware limitations.

No there are plenty of open world games that are nothing like an Ubisoft formula for open worlds, Death Stranding, MGS V, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Deathloop, GTA etc etc.

Breath of the Wild however is just an Ubisoft title, right up to the meme towers. So Halo being just anouther Ubisoft title with the only difference being the fans get upset when you call it that is a little disappointing. Look forward to climbing my first tower to unlock the region on a map.

 

[Sosokrates]

 

[FireFly]

Ah so it's an over rated Ubisoft game where the weapons break, I suppose I can see the comparison with the way the Hammer and sword have limited ammo.

Will Halo be the Darksouls of Ubisoft titles?

Have you used the hammer or sword in a Halo game before?

 

[AV]

I’m going to laugh if this game delivers big time and reviews high 80s/low 90s after all the shit it’s taken over the past year. The multiplayer is already one of the best online FPS games in years.

I mean, it took shit over a year because they were poised to release it an entire year before it was ready. That's why people gave it shit. Now it's actually coming out of the oven piping hot it seems.

 

[STARSBarry]

Have you used the hammer or sword in a Halo game before?

Yes, moving on.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

No there are plenty of open world games that are nothing like an Ubisoft formula for open worlds, Death Stranding, MGS V, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Deathloop, GTA etc etc.

Breath of the Wild however is just an Ubisoft title, right up to the meme towers. So Halo being just anouther Ubisoft title with the only difference being the fans get upset when you call it that is a little disappointing. Look forward to climbing my first tower to unlock the region on a map.

Fair enough. I'm expecting you in the Horizon: FW thread in February then

 

[Godot25]

My biggest worry about Infinite's campaign was that 343 will turn it into sci-fi Far Cry.

Glad that's not the case

 

[carlosrox]

Might be the first Halo I play since the original (well, I briefly played 3 and ODST but they weren't my cup of tea). Looks pretty cool.

I have the MP downloaded off Steam. Very impressive file size. Gonna try it maybe this weekend.

 

[reksveks]

Not going to spoil myself with the leaked OST

 

[STARSBarry]

Fair enough. I'm expecting you in the Horizon: FW thread in February then

You won't be wrong especially if they copy the Store front from Ubisoft this time and not just the activities, at least the towers walked around in Horizon I guess.

 

[Shubh_C63]

I did sensed this campaign was going to be super long and super good. But after the previews I can get really hyped. It has been a while I played an FPS campaign.

 

[Ozriel]

Fair enough. I'm expecting you in the Horizon: FW thread in February then

There’s multiple previews in this thread, none of which mention unlocking new sections of the map after climbing towers, so I’m not sure where he’s coming from.

Not sure how he expects ‘climb towers to unlock’ would work in a game where you can hop on multiple aircraft and fly around.

 

[FireFly]

Yes, moving on.

Ok, good. Just wanted to confirm that you knew the ammo restrictions on the hammer/sword were always present for balancing reasons. Since it sounded like you were saying that they were introduced because of the open world.