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Halo Infinite | Review Thread
- Thread starter FarSight XR-20
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Agreed. It's what I've wanted Halo to evolve into for the longest time. Just would've liked more biome variety too, but feeling pretty confident that'll come in future content updates.
I keep my OS on a separate 250GB NVME drive. That's how we install in our labs and how we recommend. Granted, if you don't have that option then do what you must. Maybe partition 250GB to the OS on your current drive.
9/10 times pc reviews are lower across the board for any game.
It's interesting that Halo Infinite's metacritic score is only 2-3 points higher than Halo 4 and Halo 5, yet a lot of the reviews make it sound much better and some even outright say that it's a much better game than 4 or 5. I wonder why that doesn't bear out in the score itself.
Broaden your horizons
read/watch more than 1 review
your original post got 30 people quoting it for a reason
It's a difference of about 5%. Xbox has 69 reviews (nice) and PC has 15 reviews.
Doesn't take many lower scores to knock an average down 5% when you only have 15 reviews to make the average from. It's largely got the same scores across both platforms.
The funniest part is that the joke paragraph at the bottom of the the review (that contains literally every hackneyed video game review trope and stuff that Jeff has mentioned several times were things they tried to edit out of every review that came through him) is the one paragraph used in the OP.
I've heard close to Halo: CE level, a little less difficult than Halo 2.
Half-Life: Alyx doesn't even require high-end hardware. It's very well optimized. Everyone is free to develop something similar instead of the 10th samey feeling sequel.
Let's be honest here: there just haven't been that many true amazing FPS recently. Lots of good to great stuff, but nothing extraordinary.
The review scores for Prey are a travesty though. That is an easy 90+ game in my book. Another contender would be Amid Evil, which gets often overlooked. Stellar game with sublime style.
Doesn't mean much with all of these being GaaS.
Battlefield already made some major improvements since its release.
We will see how things turn out in the long run. I don't see Halo beating CoD in popularity, but it will probably beat Battlefield quite easily.
Even for the PC-focused outlets? I think PC Gamer mentioned what PC hardware they used to test.
But yeah, good to hear impressions from the MP are glowing. I'm not much of a multiplayer person myself these days but I know I have that option in my back pocket as well. Thanks!
I'm sure 343 is devastated to have one of the highest reviewed games of the year. What a big mistake they made.
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Wow. Great scores. And after Age of Empires and Forza Horizon, a phenomenal hat trick for Microsoft this fall. Congrats to 343
ah you are right there are just not many reviews for pc in comparison.
Is it a global release? Or should we quickly move to New Zealand 👀
Holy shit that Gene Park review, I'm sold.
I think this is going to mark a major turning point in the industry: This game is essentially the anti Cyberpunk in that it's receiving universal praise because of its delay. Microsoft under Mattrick would've probably forced a broken product out last year but the enormous risk of moving their flagship game back an entire year is paying off.
I think this is going to mark a major turning point in the industry: This game is essentially the anti Cyberpunk in that it's receiving universal praise because of its delay. Microsoft under Mattrick would've probably forced a broken product out last year but the enormous risk of moving their flagship game back an entire year is paying off.
I agree honestly. I don't read them anymore to figure out if I want to play. For that purpose, I'd rather listen to or watch conversations about the game that aren't bound by the structures and constraints and weirdness of traditional game reviews. And then if I want real analysis, whether of culture or systems or themes, well I can read a smart critique by a smart critic at any time after playing the game myself. I'd much rather spend time with criticism that enriches or complicates my experience with a work, than with the increasingly unnecessary "worth a buy?" style.
You never thought how fast travel worked in games? This is what is going on when the loading screen is in front of you. Now, with the power of SSD, you can experience it without seeing a single static image or text.
Maaaan I love this feeling. I know I shouldn't be this emotional over game reviews, but this just makes me feel a sense of pride like my baby grew up, went out into the world, and achieved something great.
The King has returned :)
The King has returned :)
ahahaha thank you, I was getting serious Doom vibes from this, very funnily edited trailer.
Really feels like Halo's going through the sort of revival the series has needed for a little while now. I'm glad it looks like the extra time in the oven has really paid off. I don't know when I'm going to be able to get a Series X but I'm really looking forward to the day I do and getting to play.
It isn't a major turning point in the industry though. Nintendo has always held close to Miyamoto's quote about a delayed game only being delayed for a short time, while a bad game is bad forever. Sony has shown a similar view towards their internal projects, including many delays for the last few GT iterations as well as recent delays for Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok.
This is a sign that Microsoft specifically has now moved into that same philosophy for their first party studios, which is a huge shift for them, but not the first party side of the industry. Spencer is clearly aware that first party publishers and third party publishers play by different rules.
Combined with their slate of studio acquisitions over the last 5 years this should mark a significant turning point for Microsoft, but its really them coming into their own as a first party and disposing of the archaic third party paradigms they used to operate under, than an industry-wide shift.
We'll still see third parties continue to push games out too early and Nintendo/Sony will continue with business as usual, but now we can hopefully see MS match the later in quality reliably (exactly what they've done this year) and forget about matching sales of the former in specific holiday windows.
Cool stuff.
I mean, with the really positive previews I was definitely givining it a go regardless.
Coupled with the fun I've had in the multiplayer (dying mostly) I am really looking forward to a god damn Halo game.
I mean, with the really positive previews I was definitely givining it a go regardless.
Coupled with the fun I've had in the multiplayer (dying mostly) I am really looking forward to a god damn Halo game.
I get a sense that this review will be much more in line with player sentiments, especially since millions of people have already gotten to play the multiplayers
Digital Foundry says the music is incredible and 343 finally "gets" Halo music.
They got one guy behind Ori's music, and another behind Death Stranding.
They got one guy behind Ori's music, and another behind Death Stranding.
Heroic for me. (Side note - upgrade your equipment, to your benefit!)
