Save for instances where you can wrangle a power weapon capable of delivering a one-hit kill, you'll find yourself in plenty of cat-and-mouse situations, ducking behind cover and tossing grenades to either kill your opponent or move them into a position more advantageous to you.īrute forcing your way through enemies tends to be a losing strategy, save for when you can catch a group of opponents off guard which is a bit too easy in radar-less modes, thanks to some issues with audio cues. Relative to the games it is competing with, titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield, Halo is still a high time-to-kill game, reliant on team shooting opponents and landing headshots after you've whittled down an adversary's shield.
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It plays fast relative to older games in the series and does so without losing its soul. Halo Infinite nails the most important part - this feels like a Halo game, but a Halo game that is looking to iterate and meet modern standards instead of holding onto the distant past. Having played it extensively the last few weeks, here's what I think works, what doesn't, and where developer 343 Industries has to go from here. On December 8, the game will release officially around the world, a few weeks after the multiplayer was dropped off in a beta state to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. A game that was once a slow-moving shooter centered around map control has evolved into a game with sprinting, grappling hooks, and even a battle pass, with 'Halo Infinite' the first title in series history to go free-to-play for their multiplayer.
In the years since, the series has taken more cues from other games than the other way around. The pervasiveness of digital downloads has a lot to do with that, but for a generation of people, Master Chief was the king of FPS for a moment in time, combining big set-piece campaigns with no-frills multiplayer that helped usher in the online console era. The name 'Halo' doesn't mean as much as it used to once upon a time, when fans were so eager to get their hands on Halo 3 that lines wrapped around Best Buys and shopping malls at midnight on a weekday.
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