Halo Co-Creator Praises Halo Infinite's Campaign, Says It 'Brings Back The Magic'

It's a very good campaign and a real return to form for the series Single Player wise at least. The only thing stopping me from giving the campaign an A is the Wooded, Cliffy surroundings do suffer from repetitiveness over time.
Hopefully something that can be improved with the new one.
A great game nevertheless.

I really enjoyed the campaign so I would give it a solid B. The open world aspect is great and it was fun to explore the world and clear out bases, targets and so on with the grappling hook. It's a simple addition but it makes the game so much more enjoyable, both when exploring and in combat. I liked the story and the characters a lot, and I feel like Master Chief really got to shine in this game. The chatter from the Banished about him and the way he interacts with people made him so much cooler in this game than in previous titles.

My main gripes with the game are that most of the equipment aren't worth using and the linear levels in the campaign have very repetitive level design, which was a huge issue in the first game as well. But overall, this was a solid Halo game and the best one I've played since Halo Reach.

B from me. I finished it yesterday and enjoyed it, very fun. The story, I have no idea what was going on and still don’t, but story has never been Halo’s strong point.

@themightyant
I don’t need to comment as you have said it all perfectly for me.
It could have been so much more environmentally and size wise and effects wise.
I gave an overall C. Which sits in the middle of a B for gun play and a D for uninspiring environment and environmental effects and variety.
When you look across at HFW and Halo Infinite the difference is a lot bigger than it should be in the favour of HFW, after 6 years and millions of dollars I would questioning my investment.
Which I did and cancelled my gamepass subscription. To many old games and not enough new big end AAA exclusives, 2022 seems very quiet on the Xbox front in that way.

I'm enjoying the gameplay loop. It's fun, interesting, and tense.
Environment works amazing for grapple hook, but not so much for vehicles (or maybe I'm too bad controling them).

D for me. The campaign felt like a huge disappointment. It feels good to grapple and shoot, but Halo fell short of other games today in many categories. The FOBs were disappointing, kill ten enemies and you're done. There were very little vehicles used in the campaign. Environments felt the same, activities repetitive, and the world did not feel lived in. No discoverability of accidentally stumbling across something that takes you on a side activity. Graphics looked last gen and although this is the least important thing to me, it's still frustrating when the competition does it so well. And the story felt tacked on and uninteresting.

If this didn't involve MC/Halo it would universally get ignored or criticized. Destiny has better gunplay and feeling, Far Cry 6 had better FOBs and discoverability (and story) — and that was ignored! I feel this was an opportunity wasted.

I'm way off compared to most of the community here, and that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just want better for the flagship game. It had the potential to be epic. Certainly there were a few moments with the music, but it didn't feel very epic overall.

@Bdbrady
I have been with Halo since day one on the original Xbox and agree with your comments.
It is overall a let down of a supposed AAA game and franchise.
And if Microsoft think this and gamepass is the way forward, then let me tell them, there are now not just series s consoles sitting on shop shelf’s in the UK as I write this but series x consoles as well.
About 10 at each of my nearest stores.
The way forward is PS5 and Switch especially in 2022.

@Dezzy70 Each to there own...my ps5 literally is a warzone machine and that is all...and that's only to escape PC cheats....I will play there handful of sequela during the year over a weekend....Xbox series X is a far better console with alot more to offer to me anyway

I have it a C as the open world element was a let down especially compared to other open world shooters, I'd give them some slack as it's their first attempt at an open world environment but they had plenty of time and an extra year and the world is just plain and boring to explore.

Think they should stick to the old formula and leave other devs to open world games

@StylesT
Like you said each to their own, but I’m slowly losing it with Xbox being honest.
I really enjoy big AAA adventure type games the most and of course at the moment and this year we know what is coming all being well with HFW and BOTW2.
Maybe Starfield may do it for me, we shall see, let’s see if it releases 2022 and the quality of the game.

@Dezzy70 for 2022 atleast the ps5 and switch looked stacked with games, I will still use my series S for gamepass though as I'm sure they will get some decent third party games added such as Stalker 2. I think at the moment they are heavily relying on starfield to bring in the numbers this year

@Dezzy70 I do agree that Infinite could have looked better, given the budget and time spent in development it probably should have. The game does look last gen even on a series X, there are some higher quality textures but that’s about it. It does run at a solid 60fps though so that’s the most important thing. I too was disappointed by a lack of biomes and all of the linear levels looked the same too, almost copy and pasted it was disappointing in that regard.

The gameplay is on point though, maybe the best Halo has ever felt and I thought it was very fun. Master Chief is portrayed awesome too.

The sooner MS leave the Xbox one alone though the better, leave that thing in the past and focus on the future. I’ll say the same about any cross gen Sony games too it’s time to move on.

Xbox has been amazing this year. From the Ascent, 12 minutes, The Gunk, Wreckfest to bigger games like Pysconauts 2, Flight Sim, Forza Horizon 5, and Halo Infinite. There was something for everyone and the variety of experiences has been amazing. Very happy with 2021 brought us and really looking forward to what is coming out this year.

Remember. At this time last year we didn't know Forza Horizon 5 was coming out yet and we didn't know the relase date for Pyschonauts 2. Xbox, I am sure, has a few cards up their sleeves for 2022.

I loved everything about Halo, from the gameplay and story. Some of the level design for the campaign could of been done differently but I give it a sold B+.

Going to give it C. As it`s an open world, vehicles should stay where you park them and not keep disappearing all the time. And it`s getting an F also, due to the game deleting save bug that I`ve been hit with.

@Fenbops
I do agree let’s move to new generation only.
Though with the right studio FH5 on Xbox
And HFW on PlayStation cross generation can still look really good and take some advantage of this new generation of consoles.
I just think Halo looks wise etc was and is a dam old and simplistically and basic graphically from 343i and that’s what it is.
Not sure how Halo ended up in that condition after 6 years but it did.

Still playing the multiplayer, but I never finished the campaign. Got to the open world, did a few side activities and haven’t returned since. I probably will at some point though otherwise it’ll be the first halo I haven’t completed.

@UltimateOtaku91
Yes stalker 2 ia about in April, another fps on gamepass and Xbox. Only a limited timed exclusive though.
Xbox just needs more this year than Starfield releasing in hopefully November 2022 and at the right quality, definitely not lower Halo Infinite quality.

It will push a few more consoles at Christmas 2022 maybe and that’s it.

That is why right now in the UK I can walk into my three local shops and buy a series x sitting on the shelf.

Gamepass is not the answer, top quality AAA blockbuster titles and varied titles as well that are AAA and exclusive in house development.

@Dezzy70 gamepass is the answer for Microsoft though die to the poor xbox one sales so I think compared to last gen xbox are in a very good position.

But Tbh I don't want subscription services to be the answer, I don't want a future where its just subscription services and no physical copies. And I think the majority do think the same way, I'd say 90% of people who buy an xbox series S/X are only interested in gamepass so when the sales of those consoles die down then so will the subscriber increase apart from those using the service via cloud which I honestly Dont see a lot of people playing full size single player games on a mobile phone and some games can't even be played via mobile phone. And I bet its a minority or will play via TV's due to lack of trust in Internet speeds and the idea of not owning the games

@Medic_Alert Wow, so that awful all digital future is drawing closer 😔

I mean would be OK if the digital stores remained open for ever but what are the chances of that?

Eshop and the ps vita store will end up closing eventually, this is why physical never fully disappears

I'm still early on into the campaign but it's been a blast so far and having the option to just do a few small side quests and explore vs carrying on with the main story in shorter play sessions is great.

The game looks great, story is really good so far and the game play is outstanding. Helps that the multiplayer is top notch also.

@UltimateOtaku91
Well for me now, until they bring something out AAA and exclusive that is top end, well FH5 was being fair.
But 2022 looks bleak, until maybe Starfield.
I have left game pass, as old games and lower end games don’t interest me.
I will playing HFW and BOTW2 to start with and maybe some third party AAA.
Microsoft sort of lost Xbox for me after the 360 days and the series consoles days don’t seem to much better for new AAA exclusive experiences currently.
That’s probably why, like I said earlier my 3 nearest stores all have good numbers of series x sitting on shelves at close today in the UK.
At the end of this generation console sales will be roughly the same as last generation.
Consoles sell gamepass so it does matter, no matter what Phil and the groovy gang say 😂