ResilientBanana
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Oh look l, somewhere in this shit storm of a thread, a halo fan’s review. I’m pretty hyped now.
If 1080p 60fps is good for u then seriesS is a good option, u can always sell it when series X is in stock.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.
I can't believe there are people who think the Metacritic score will drop by 20 points if they wait long enough.Just wait
WTF is up w/ it even today still only having 16 critic reviews?
Now GTFO of here.
Look, I'm excited to play the campaign but I also see the other side with lots of issues. I'm not expecting a lower review score from outlets. I mean the public. People are going to voice those issues when they get the game. It's not going to be as bad as 2042, not even close. But the player base's take is going to be less forgiving.I can't believe there are people who think the Metacritic score will drop by 20 points if they wait long enough.
if only they had some games to go playLiterally people are having a meltdown with Xbox having a good year.
MC uses weighted values though, so depending on which outlets they more heavily weigh in regards to those with pending reviews, it's possible it still moves.WTF is up w/ it even today still only having 16 critic reviews?
Did they just send nobody codes?
Halo has 5 times that and it's not out yet lol
Statistically the Infinite score has little chance of budging any more than 1-2 points in any direction from here on out since apparently everyone and their mother already posted a review.
Game looks great. Halo not really my thing but I’m still looking forward to starting it this week on my Series X.
One review made me laugh though:
VG24/7
Score: 100%
First line of review on Metacritic: ‘Halo Infinite isn’t perfect’
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.
With Gamepass, I don't know why anyone wouldn't spend the $1 / $10 bucks to play the games when they come out. Gonna do the same thing because it is cheap and easy. Joined Ubisoft + last year for AC and Fenyx.No way I'm spending $60 on this after the f2p cash grab antics.
PC game pass, 1 dolla is all you get M$.
Just wait
With Gamepass, I don't know why anyone wouldn't spend the $1 / $10 bucks to play the games when they come out. Gonna do the same thing because it is cheap and easy. Joined Ubisoft + last year for AC and Fenyx.
Non-fan opinions could be interesting as secondary opinions but I agree the main review should be done by someone who has actually looked forward to play the game.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.
Add Gamereactor too, they got their biggest veterans to review this, both has been around as critics since probably the 90s, professional and serious but not on Metacritic.Score summary as of now
Perfect 100: 4 sources
Great/Excellent 85-99: 40 sources
Good/Great 75-84: 25 sources
Mixed 70-74: 4
Negative: 0
For the most part, Halo Infinite has excellent scores with a total of 40 sources scoring between 85 and 99 including 4 perfect scores, totaling 44 amazeballs reviews.
25 sources have it between 75 and 84 (Green mark)
A mere 4 sources scored it below 75 (Yellow aka mixed)
0 negative.
For those wondering how things ended up to this point here is a recap:
Review I saw said similar to previous games, about 15 hours, maybe shorter if you're blowing off all the side content.I didn’t see the videos. Did they mention the length?
As someone who works on a site that still does reviews, I can confirm that very few people click on reviews.
It's been a big discussion for us internally for years. Can we have a website that aims to be the ultimate destination for PlayStation fans without reviews of PlayStation games? The discussion is ongoing, but they'll remain for now.
The way I see it, there's so much media surrounding games these days that people aren't using reviews to decide if they want/don't want a game anymore. Instead they're simply using it as confirmation bias for what they already expected.
its true. that's why there are prediction threads for every major releaseQuote from the Asylum that sums it up.
That's the multiplayerIs the 25.9GB preload correct on series x?
It's 86, right? That's mid-80s to me, which is pretty good and what I expected after seeing the improvements.Mid-high, mid-high. Let’s at least give an honest appraisal.
Yeah fair play. Was 87 all day with 69 reviews in but it’s dropped to 86 now with 75 reviews in.It's 86, right? That's mid-80s to me, which is pretty good and what I expected after seeing the improvements.
Is the 25.9GB preload correct on series x?
Do we know the actual campaign file size?That's the multiplayer
The fact that they scored BF 2042 higher is all you need to know.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
I don't think you're under any pressure to redefine straightforward terms, only to admit that human discourse is generally a mix of the two and that trying to strictly demarcate one type from the other is to miss the point. I can't find a review by Jez Corden, but 'excellent' doesn't really say much as a review goes. A dollar bet says if Jez and Ryan sit down, they'll probably agree on most points and where they don't it won't be hard to fathom why. Understanding this and anticipating common objections is a part of the review process and most reviewers do it - they're writing for a very broad audience, after all.Some aspects of a review done by an individual are going to be objective and others are going to be subjective. What I think is a great story (TLOU 2 comes to mind) and what someone else thinks isn't always going to jive. Jez Corden thinks the story in Halo Infinite is excellent. Ryan McCafferey disagrees. There is no objective correct answer here since each review brings in their own personal preferences to their review. Inherently, a review is not an objective analysis beyond describing factual metadata.
Regardless, the words "objective" and "subjective" have specific meaning and trying to redefine and misuse these words to portray opinions as factual is just absurd.
Last I heard the game was around 90 GB total, no source on that but I think it was a store pageReviews look good. It seems like a big win for 343i and MS.
Do we know the actual campaign file size?
I'm actually really pleased for 343i. They work so damn hard, but get shat a lot. It will be good for the devs to see this after last year's media teabagging over the gameplay trailer.Reviews look good. It seems like a big win for 343i and MS.
What a garbage review. If you hate Halo and sit there trashing the story and NPCs then why the f*** are you reviewing it?
This review sounds more like a Sony fan grudge/hate-playing this game so they feel they can hate on the game on NeoGAF threads.