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Halo Infinite launches holiday 2020, adds Xbox Project Scarlett version
- Thread starter Mista
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- E3 - Microsoft
Maybe that could be halos take on a BR mode. Would be interesting!
They 1000% won’t get rid of Spartan vs Spartan for regular multiplayer modes though.
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JimiNutz
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It would actually be a good move for everyone if they make MP a separate game that's free for everyone (and pre-loaded on every XSX).
It would mean that the player population would be far higher and Halo would probably have a better chance of becoming really popular again.
So long as it's available day one at launch I'd be perfectly fine with it. If the MP part was pushed back though I'll likely hold off on buying an XSX until the MP is ready.
Bernkastel
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Men_in_Boxes
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GAAS are great. The right choice for a game like Halo moving forward.
ZywyPL
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I speculated about it quite some time ago, that the "infinite" instead of "6" could mean that the next Halo will be something like WIn10 - more of a platform that's constantly evolving, rather than a product set to be released and forgotten after a yer or two. So think about it as a starter pack, where they could be adding chapters to the story once every few years, instead of new installment, new MP maps, modes, weapons, skins etc.
Bernkastel
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There will be Halo Infinite 2. MP can become a separate constantly evolving game.
Starfield
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kinda like rdr2 online or gta online
ZywyPL
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This sound just as bad as Xperia 1 II...
Bernkastel
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Halo Infinite is a franchise reboot. There will be sequels and they have hinted at it.
dorkimoe
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Fingers crossed for battle royale (yeah i said it)
the_master
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If it is a platform, I hope it launches with enough content for a full campaign from the get go.
Although Phil"s comments seem to be for the mcc.
The name infinite instead of 6 does say something.
I hope they stop the call of duty fication.
Replaying all the games, 343 did some good stuff in halo 4 and 5.
But they also fucked some things up which in the end, ruined them a bit.
Even from 4 to 5, they did fix several things, but again, fucked some others like the whole Osiris even existing, cluttered hud, left trigger to aim(why!!!) and a bad story. But improved the prometheans (not great yet, but in the right direction with easier to hit crawlers and the adition of soldiers. Still missing better damage reactions and gameplay interactions) added some better mobility (to be perfected, sure, but they make traveling a bit more fun) and prepared the game for coop teammates (that's great, I wish they had only blue team though)
Halo 4 has a good first stage and great graphics for the time, but the glowing lights everywhere and hard to see enemies makes it displeasing. Same glowing lights in halo 5. Luckyli, what we have seen in infinite is more halo 3 style, which is beautiful.
Can't hold the hype XD
Although Phil"s comments seem to be for the mcc.
The name infinite instead of 6 does say something.
I hope they stop the call of duty fication.
Replaying all the games, 343 did some good stuff in halo 4 and 5.
But they also fucked some things up which in the end, ruined them a bit.
Even from 4 to 5, they did fix several things, but again, fucked some others like the whole Osiris even existing, cluttered hud, left trigger to aim(why!!!) and a bad story. But improved the prometheans (not great yet, but in the right direction with easier to hit crawlers and the adition of soldiers. Still missing better damage reactions and gameplay interactions) added some better mobility (to be perfected, sure, but they make traveling a bit more fun) and prepared the game for coop teammates (that's great, I wish they had only blue team though)
Halo 4 has a good first stage and great graphics for the time, but the glowing lights everywhere and hard to see enemies makes it displeasing. Same glowing lights in halo 5. Luckyli, what we have seen in infinite is more halo 3 style, which is beautiful.
Can't hold the hype XD
the_master
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Btw. Where is the needle rifle?
That is such a cool weapon and an improvement over the carbine. Would lo e to see more needler weapons
That is such a cool weapon and an improvement over the carbine. Would lo e to see more needler weapons
the_master
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Every halo map needs its parent game mechanics to work. Otherwise they need to do a readaptation for infinite.
Hawking Radiation
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Im far from being a Halo fan but i'm starting to get hyped to see Halo again since i last played Halo 3 on my Xbox 360 many moons ago.
Can we get some Halo gifs or meme's going?
Can we get some Halo gifs or meme's going?
Hawking Radiation
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Are you meaning in the same vein as Destiny 2?
That certainly would be interesting for the franchise. If they can get the GAAS formula right it could pay off handsomely for MS.
Men_in_Boxes
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I also like it because it would allow 343 to work on a new IP while a percentage of their studio is supporting Infinite.
Stephen Curry
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I was under the assumption that 343 was made to solely create Halo (hence the name). I don't think they will ever create a new IP unless someone else takes Halo from them.
Tesseract
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i'd like to see it, also want arena shooting
Stephen Curry
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Think Phil is obviously referencing the work 343 has made on MCC and having everything be in one place.
Halo Infinite won't have a battle royale mode
For better or worse, Halo Infinite seemingly won't feature the last-man-standing mode.
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Tesseract
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that's aight, still in for the multiplayer pvpThink Phil is obviously referencing the work 343 has made on MCC and having everything be in one place.
Halo Infinite won't have a battle royale mode
For better or worse, Halo Infinite seemingly won't feature the last-man-standing mode.
Stephen Curry
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It's not a full reboot. It is a soft reboot where the events of Halo 4/5/Wars 2 have
As for the name and number, I remember an interview with Bonnie Ross before Halo 5 where she talks about not wanting to keep increasing the number on the box "like Final Fantasy" as to not discourage new players from hopping in. Halo 5: Guardians was sort of an in-between with a number but the first subtitle.
Men_in_Boxes
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I was under the assumption that 343 was made to solely create Halo (hence the name). I don't think they will ever create a new IP unless someone else takes Halo from them.
That was under old leadership. Phil Spencer seems to be more developer friendly than the old guard, by a lot.
01011001
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it doesn't, they announced that Halo 6 will not be numbered even before Halo 5 even launched
ZywyPL
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I don't know, 343 and Coalition names and logos literally scream they are there to make nothing but Halo/Gears...
Bernkastel
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343i yes, but Coalition seems to be hinting at a new IP for a while.
the_master
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Well, I hope 343 makes the ultimate Halo there can be before going for another IP in this case.
Also one thing is removing the number and another is calling it infinite, so "Infinite" Must mean something in the game
Also one thing is removing the number and another is calling it infinite, so "Infinite" Must mean something in the game
Bernkastel
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Infinite means Open world Installation 07.
AltogetherAndrews
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and the game will be renamed SpartanFall! it will have wallruns, and you can hack enemy robots... and Spartans will have ultimate abilities.
I'd buy that
JimiNutz
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I think Halo gameplay could work well in a BR mode and I'd like to see it but there definitely has to be solid arena modes as well.
As a gamer that mostly plays on PS4 currently I'm really missing a great arena shooter.
the_master
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I'd love some spartan wallrun, walljump, double jump, air dash, slide XD
I definitely don't want a BR mode. Walk around for 20 minutes collecting loot, be shot in the head, game over. I want to play, not to prepare to play
I definitely don't want a BR mode. Walk around for 20 minutes collecting loot, be shot in the head, game over. I want to play, not to prepare to play
Bernkastel
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Men_in_Boxes
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"Nothing but"
I'm not sure where you're getting this. I think the names suggest they're in charge of those franchises but I don't think it suggests they will make nothing but those games.
Plus, I don't think the studios names are very important. If management wants them to make something else, they will. They won't go "Oh, but what about our name!"
Plus, The Coalition was working on a brand new IP as early as 2018 according to job postings.
Bernkastel
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NullZ3r0
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This is not a trailer. Its a SlipSpace Engine demo.
Men_in_Boxes
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I have no interest in arguing semantics with people.
NullZ3r0
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Its not semantics. Its an engine demo that has no bearing on the plot of the game. The marines dropped the smoke canister to simply show how the engine handles smoke effects.
haveagood1
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Beats putting a quarter in a cabinet for 3 lives.
SpartanN92
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Can’t wait for the reveal that the smoke canister is actually the main character.
the_master
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After completing halo 1, 2, 3 & reach I started 4 again.
Man Halo 4 campaign is BAD. So bad. The level you start fighting the prometheans and they are soo boring! Bullet sponge knights, hard to hit crawling on walls crawlers, anoying and escaping flying drones... and then the covenant appears and you are like "yay, now we're talking, the previous 2 levels where actually fun" but the level is all dark with shiny glowing things that bear no gameplay value, and this glowing things bother you annoy you, create discomfort, take your atention, but the covenant are also dark and you don't see them, even less bc of the glowing pointless decirative lights. The covenant just move arround all the time and are everywhere and there is no point in anything. You need to destroy 4 spheres that are in an identical 4 copy pasted structures full of enemies arround that are boring to fight but at thesame time, unfair and frustrating, and you fight them with weapons that feel so weak! And have so little ammo, then you get a needler and omg it is so good but you have 2 mags pnly and it is pointless as well... Then you need to repeat this section (heroic) several times and just feel tired and frustrated and bored, and then your house lights go off and you just lost all your progress for the second time (first one at the scret terminal that sends you outside the game (!) To another shitty app that does not work and when comming back to the game "profile changed, fuck off the session and lose all progress")
Oh yes and now Cortana is so weak and shy and, nervous and insecure, and... Wait a second! That is not Cortana!!! At all!
Halo 4 is bad, even compared to other fps. They actually improved the gameplay in halo 5, significantly. Fucked up the anoying occluding and claustrophobic hud, bad new characters and story and added the stupid left trigger to aim like Call of Duty, but improved the gameplay and thr enemies overall.
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Man Halo 4 campaign is BAD. So bad. The level you start fighting the prometheans and they are soo boring! Bullet sponge knights, hard to hit crawling on walls crawlers, anoying and escaping flying drones... and then the covenant appears and you are like "yay, now we're talking, the previous 2 levels where actually fun" but the level is all dark with shiny glowing things that bear no gameplay value, and this glowing things bother you annoy you, create discomfort, take your atention, but the covenant are also dark and you don't see them, even less bc of the glowing pointless decirative lights. The covenant just move arround all the time and are everywhere and there is no point in anything. You need to destroy 4 spheres that are in an identical 4 copy pasted structures full of enemies arround that are boring to fight but at thesame time, unfair and frustrating, and you fight them with weapons that feel so weak! And have so little ammo, then you get a needler and omg it is so good but you have 2 mags pnly and it is pointless as well... Then you need to repeat this section (heroic) several times and just feel tired and frustrated and bored, and then your house lights go off and you just lost all your progress for the second time (first one at the scret terminal that sends you outside the game (!) To another shitty app that does not work and when comming back to the game "profile changed, fuck off the session and lose all progress")
Oh yes and now Cortana is so weak and shy and, nervous and insecure, and... Wait a second! That is not Cortana!!! At all!
Halo 4 is bad, even compared to other fps. They actually improved the gameplay in halo 5, significantly. Fucked up the anoying occluding and claustrophobic hud, bad new characters and story and added the stupid left trigger to aim like Call of Duty, but improved the gameplay and thr enemies overall.
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GaviotaGrande
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Let's increase the hype level. Remember this early Combat Evolved demo from E3 2000?
If they can re-capture that mystery and open-ended world exploration in Infinite with today's tech, it will be a truly magical game.
Crazy to think that there's no MC in the first 8 minutes of that demo but somehow it feels more Halo than Halo 4 and 5 combined...
If they can re-capture that mystery and open-ended world exploration in Infinite with today's tech, it will be a truly magical game.
Crazy to think that there's no MC in the first 8 minutes of that demo but somehow it feels more Halo than Halo 4 and 5 combined...
link1201
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Bernkastel
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Son_of_Zardoz
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Eh, I liked the overall package of 4 & 5 just as much as 2 & 3. I think 343 perfected the controls and just need to get a better story for the campaign and continue to experiment with MP modes. I think people give the story (in game) for the originals way too much credit. I think they established a great world and characters but the actual stories in the games where pretty meh. 4 & 5 just continue that in a different way. Hell the advertising campaign for Halo 3 had a better story than the game by far. The one thing I loved about MP in 5 was the separation between arena and warzone. I like big battles on big maps so I spent most of my time in warzone but my son would play a ton of arena. I hope they keep warzone (or have something similar) just with better maps.