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Available on: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Developer: 343 Industries
Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
Genres: Action, First-Person Shooter

Halo Infinite

Halo Infinite for Xbox Series X game reviews & Metacritic score: When all hope is lost and humanity’s fate hangs in the balance, the Master Chief is ready to confront the most ruthless foe he’s ever faced. Begin anew and...

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Halo Infinite Reviews

Halo Infinite's multiplayer is nearly perfect, presenting a free and cross-platform offering with genre-defining potential. In the contrast, the campaign is sufficient for any fan of the series.

opencritic.com

Game Informer: 9.3 / 10.0

Halo Infinite Review - A Return To Form, And Something New - Game Informer

343 Industries captures the magic, embracing series traditions without being held back by them.

www.gameinformer.com

GameSpot: 9 / 10

Halo Infinite Campaign Review - What If Master Chief Was Daddy

Halo Infinite transforms the series' two-decade-old formula for the better, giving protagonist Master Chief more characterization and implementing an open world.

www.gamespot.com

PC Gamer: 78 / 100

Halo Infinite review

Master Chief's long-awaited return comes frustratingly close to greatness.

www.pcgamer.com

IGN: 9 /10

Halo Infinite Single-Player Campaign Review - IGN

www.ign.com

VGC: 4 / 5

Review: Halo Infinite is a return to form for the series

343's shift to open-world results in a fresh and nostalgic experience, but there'

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[CamHostage]

Halo Infinite Single-Player Campaign Review - IGN

www.ign.com

IGN: 9

 

[remember_spinal]

85 on metacritic so far about what i expected

 

[Helghan]

Pretty great reviews for a shooter

 

[Stephen Curry]

IGN’s review is a 9/10 but an 80 on metacritic

 

[Mercenary09]

About the same score Halo 5 had lol. So I'm assuming it's a 7 or 8/10. Not surprised that Jeff Grubb, Windows Central, and Ryan from IGN are praising the hell out of it. These same people praised the hell out of Halo 5's mediocre campaign

 

[Bernkastel]

 

[Bernkastel]

 

[geary]

I watched SkillUp video and that does not look as a 2021 game....is he playing on medium settings or what?

 

[yurinka]

If it ends getting an 86 I'll have nailed my prediction.

 

[Chukhopops]

87 MC right now

 

[Sakura]

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

IGN’s review is a 9/10 but an 80 on metacritic

I think that is IGN France.

 

[Ma-Yuan]

Any idea if the disc version is playable or a bug infested mess without patches?

 

[remember_spinal]

About the same score Halo 5 had lol. So I'm assuming it's a 7 or 8/10. Not surprised that Jeff Grubb, Windows Central, and Ryan from IGN are praising the hell out of it. These same people praised the hell out of Halo 5's mediocre campaign

They are very transparent

 

[Banjo64]

 

[DragoonKain]

Very excited about the campaign. I don't do multiplayer these days much anymore. Only downside is apparently lack of diverse environments, which is disappointing, but I'm looking forward to the sandbox style format.

 

[Exanthus]

Ryan

About the same score Halo 5 had lol. So I'm assuming it's a 7 or 8/10. Not surprised that Jeff Grubb, Windows Central, and Ryan from IGN are praising the hell out of it. These same people praised the hell out of Halo 5's mediocre campaign

Wrong, Ryan did not like Halo 5 campaign at all. So they again.

 

[Duchess]

Any idea if the disc version is playable or a bug infested mess without patches?

To be fair, it's rare these days to get any game, disc or digital, that doesn't require a downloadable patch.

 

[Stephen Curry]

I think that is IGN France.

Oop you are correct.

 

[Blue_Barry]

Any idea if the disc version is playable or a bug infested mess without patches?

Arstechnia reported a lot of technical issues....

 

[Duchess]

The summary of the campaign reviews seem to suggest it's a decent, if forgettable, experience.

 

[balls of snow]

From ign, guess its only one biome for the whole campaign. I cant wait to play but thats hella dissapointing coming from even halo 5 which im replaying.

 

[TVexperto]

The summary of the campaign reviews seem to suggest it's a decent, if forgettable, experience.

How did that take 6 years to develop..

 

[IllegalLemon]

I think this is going to be 343's comeback. It sits at an 87 meta right now. What it does still need is some fixes for the multiplayer.
Edit 1: A small remark, i do pretty much agree that having just one single biome is a tad disappointing considering the fact that multiplayer has some pretty solid looking, vertical maps. I expected the campaign to have some of that too.

 

[mcjmetroid]

I'm sorry but a 9/10? Unless it really surprised me it doesn't look like a 9/10 game to me. The lack of environments seems to be a big one anyway. That would mark is down

 

[MOTM]

So 343 actually cooked up a great package of a game .. who would have thought they would be able to pull it off after that infamous E3 showing? Not me that’s for sure.

So congrats to them, a couple more days and I’m jumping in!

 

[MOTM]

I'm sorry but a 9/10? Unless it really surprised me it doesn't look like a 9/10 game to me. The lack of environments seems to be a big one anyway. That would mark is down

Looks like they played the game and you didn’t, could be the reason why.

Relax it would probably be a 10 with more environments. Happy?

 

[SJRB]

From ign, guess its only one biome for the whole campaign. I cant wait to play but thats hella dissapointing coming from even halo 5 which im replaying.

Proceeds to give it a 9/10 anyway, lol.

 

[Godot25]

From ign, guess its only one biome for the whole campaign. I cant wait to play but thats hella dissapointing coming from even halo 5 which im replaying.

Yup. Open world is one biome. Technically, game has 3 distinct types of enviroment. Banished bases, Forerunner stuff and open world with forest

 

[Shubh_C63]

The summary of the campaign reviews seem to suggest it's a decent, if forgettable, experience.

Goddamit. I should have known it isn't like MS to keep things under wrap. If they had a baller campaign they would had plastered it all over marketing. I really thought campaign would be stellar.

Well Gamepass then, no steam.

 

[THE DUCK]

Halo is back!

 

[Robb]

Nice, I was getting a good feeling after all the positive previews, but you never know..

Cant wait to play it!

 

[THE DUCK]

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

 

[Bernd Lauert]

86 on Opencritic, exactly what I predicted in the other thread.

The lack of diverse biomes is a big bummer. Everything else seems solid though.

 

[Topher]

Reviews are looking great. From IGN's review, the story seems to be the weak point, but the game play sounds incredible. Really happy about the open world exploration.

 

[Edder1]

So 343 now made 3 games and they keep proving that they can't write a decent atory as that's a universally criticised aspect of all their games.

 

[reksveks]

The lack of diverse biomes is a big bummer. Everything else seems solid though.

I have been expecting for a while to get campaign content drops that unlock more biomes and that's fits into thier halo infinite is a platform comment.

 

[Ozriel]

About the same score Halo 5 had lol. So I'm assuming it's a 7 or 8/10. Not surprised that Jeff Grubb, Windows Central, and Ryan from IGN are praising the hell out of it. These same people praised the hell out of Halo 5's mediocre campaign

I’m glad you’ve found a way to cope with these great review scores, but it’s not sustainable to have all this bile. You could save yourself all this pain by either

- buying a Series S
- streaming via xCloud
- setting up a gaming PC

cheers!

 

[Godot25]

So 343 now made 3 games and they keep proving that they can't write a decent atory as that's a universally criticised aspect of all their games.

I would not say that story is bad.
It's great. 343 really dig themselves out of Halo 5 hole lore wise. Story is more intimate and character focused, characters are great and some revelations are fantastic.
It's just, they left one big plot point unanswered because they are shooting for live service. And that's probably story's biggest fault

 

[Banjo64]

So 343 now made 3 games and they keep proving that they can't write a decent atory as that's a universally criticised aspect of all their games.

It’s Halo though. I’m sorry for the campaign lovers, but gameplay is king.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Our lad ACG has his up.

 

[Coolwhhip]

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

Gaming websites don't want to upset their biggest advertisers, nothing new.

 

[Ozriel]

The summary of the campaign reviews seem to suggest it's a decent, if forgettable, experience.

Actually, they read like it’s one of the best - If not the best - Halo campaigns, with stunning gameplay.
Several reviewers are talking about multiple playthroughs and eagerness to jump back in after completion. That’s not a quality associated with ‘forgettable’.

87 MC is also considered way more than ‘decent’

 

[MOTM]

 

[Topher]

I have been expecting for a while to get campaign content drops that unlock more biomes and that's fits into thier halo infinite is a platform comment.

That's exactly what I'm hoping for. Just curious how they are going to do it and how often the drops will come.

The summary of the campaign reviews seem to suggest it's a decent, if forgettable, experience.

That's not the jive I'm getting from these reviews. The story isn't stellar but the game play knocks it out of the park.

 

[Edder1]

I would not say that story is bad.
It's great. 343 really dig themselves out of Halo 5 hole lore wise. Story is more intimate and character focused, characters are great and some revelations are fantastic.
It's just, they left one big plot point unanswered because they are shooting for live service. And that's probably story's biggest fault

Wait, you already played through the game to know story isn't so bad? I don't think you did. Almost all reviewers have singled out story as the weakest link and being quite subpar.

 

[RespawnX]

From ign, guess its only one biome for the whole campaign. I cant wait to play but thats hella dissapointing coming from even halo 5 which im replaying.

It‘s one Biome with really good Halo level design and rock solid shooter sandbox. I didn’t miss other Biomes but after this long development time … There are other design flaws in the game which demonstrate quite well how struggling the development had had been. On the other side, and that’s very important to note, despite those flaws it feels and plays really good. Story is strong and by far better than Halo 5 but didn’t resolve every plot in the game. Overall one of the best Halo campaigns. Looking forward for they approach on future content.

 

[Ozriel]

Gaming websites don't want to upset their biggest advertisers, nothing new.

explain reviews for Anthem, ME: Andromeda, COD vanguard, Battlefield 2042 et al.
i guess EA, Activision and Ubisoft don’t advertise at all.

 

[Godot25]

Wait, you already played through the game to know story isn't so bad? I don't think you did. Almost all reviewers have singled out story as the weakest link and being very subpar.

yup. I played whole campaign

 

[Banjo64]

From Digital Foundry in the other thread.

Halo Infinite's campaign can finally be fully revealed and the news is good. 343's take on the open world is great, combat is the best it's been in years and audio is sublime. Problems in the tech department take off some of the sheen, but 343 tell us that key issues are already being fixed for a post-launch patch. And ultimately, even as it stands, the developers have delivered one of the best first-person shooters of the last decade.

Sure sounds ‘decent but forgettable’…