Does Halo Infinite Redeem the Halo Franchise?

[PGen98]

Full disclosure -- I'm writing this while only being about an hour into the campaign, plenty of time for it to disappoint.

I don't know where everyone else stood on Halo 5 Guardians, but to me it was a terrible game, a real letdown. The story made little sense, the way they wrote Cortana was a bit of a slap in the face, and Locke was more annoying than he was useful. Halo Infinite feels like a better game. It feels more fun to play, it has a story that already has me interested in where it's going, and I like that it's back to feeling like "us against the universe" like a Halo game should be. Again, very early in the campaign, so entirely possible this all changes, but for now it's nice to see it going back to where Halo should be.
For everyone else, do you feel like Halo Infinite is a decent release, and do you feel it makes up for the letdown that was Halo 5 Guardians?

 

[cm2]

Nope because the way they treated Original Cortana and the MEH ending.

 

[PGen98]

Nope because the way they treated Original Cortana and the MEH ending.

I hate to agree, but I absolutely do, it's a disgrace what they did to Cortana, that's very hard to make up for.

 

[cm2]

I hate to agree, but I absolutely do, it's a disgrace what they did to Cortana, that's very hard to make up for.

Indeed and the bond between Cortana and Master Chief is the heart of the series imo. They should properly revive Original Cortana or do a reboot of the franchise.

 

[PGen98]

Indeed and the bond between Cortana and Master Chief is the heart of the series imo. They should properly revive Original Cortana or do a reboot of the franchise.

I completely agree, Cortana humanized the Chief, if only slightly, and the lack of Cortana is a huge misstep. Not sure if there are plans to do some sort of redemption arc later on, but her fate in 5 was atrocious.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Not sure, Infinite is my first into the series.

 

[PGen98]

Not sure, Infinite is my first into the series.

You picked a decent one to jump in on, it's quite enjoyable!

 

[Demon_Skeith]

You picked a decent one to jump in on, it's quite enjoyable!

Until it crashes my PC lol.

 

[PGen98]

Until it crashes my PC lol.

That's a definite possibility with games these days!

 

[cm2]

Read from gamesindustry biz

Jerry Hook, the head of design on Halo Infinite has left 343 Industries.

In a tweet thread, Hook shared that May 25 was his "last day at 343i, Microsoft and Halo."

"This journey has been filled with creating new worlds, platforms and products from Xbox, Xbox Live to Halo," Hook continued.

"Most of all it has been working alongside some of the most passionate and driven people in the industry, that have impacted millions of players around the world. Thank you to all that have let me run alongside you in this amazing industry."

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Read from gamesindustry biz

Jerry Hook, the head of design on Halo Infinite has left 343 Industries.

In a tweet thread, Hook shared that May 25 was his "last day at 343i, Microsoft and Halo."

"This journey has been filled with creating new worlds, platforms and products from Xbox, Xbox Live to Halo," Hook continued.

"Most of all it has been working alongside some of the most passionate and driven people in the industry, that have impacted millions of players around the world. Thank you to all that have let me run alongside you in this amazing industry."

Just more and more bad news for the series.

 

[cm2]

Just more and more bad news for the series.

Indeed.

They should just reboot Master Chief with proper Cortana storyline.