Disclaimer: I am not bashing any company or franchise as I am just stating different things I have done research on (If you want me to link something DM me or ask in comments and I’ll hopefully be able to link you with information) and am a dedicated die hard Halo fan since 2010! (I wasn’t even alive when Halo first came out, sorry to make old veterans feel older)
I’m going to start by ripping the band aid off saying I don’t think we should blame 343i for the controversial atrocity that was Halo 5’s Campaign. I’ve heard over the years different things to the effect of Microsoft stepping in to make changes to the game last minuet leading to an unfinished product and entire cuts being made to the game as well as a janky, short, and confusing story, expecially if you haven’t read the books, watched the movies, or played the Halo 4 side game “Spartan Ops” (I pride myself in owning the entire Halo novel collection on my bookshelf and people think I’m crazy having all 30-ish something books on display). Despite all of that the biggest pain was that the trailer(s) we got for Halo 5 had nothing to do with the actual game besides the character’s that were there (I’m specifically referring to the live action trailers) but I think we can give grace to them here because it seemed they were headed in a different direction with the game entirely (Almost a Halo 3 ODST style, because of Osiris finding chief’s gun) when we saw the gameplay footage at E3 2015, and if the rumors about Microsoft are true we can’t really take anything out on 343i.
What I can say is that all the Halo Infinite trailers up until the point of the actual Gameplay reveal this year at the online E3 2020 livestream, has the entire Halo fanbase super hyped for the game! I say “Up until the point of the actual gameplay” because once people saw the graphics and some of the janky animations and blocky textures a lot of people started getting worried. I also learned that 343i’s marketing team pushed the gameplay footage to be released even though they were begging not to. Apparently there’s a whole thing going on with underpaid staff with Blizzard and a few other companies that’s currently in investigation, but that has nothing to do with 343 and the main question at hand (but imagine how much more hyped a bunch of people would be if we only got the cinematic where they are building the Master Chief suit and we got a more polished trailer later on in the year… just saying marketing team… good things come to those who wait, as I think they have learned by delaying the game.)
Halo was the Xbox series X “Launch Title” and with it now being delayed, what now? I don’t know what to expect as there are a bunch of unknown variables revolving around the pandemic, the Slip Space Engine, and Project Scarlett, but I think the greatest development is the return of Joseph Staten to the team. All things considered Halo Infinite still has a shot to become the best Halo game created yet, but that all depends on a lot of things that hang in the balance. My question to everyone is do we think that the Halo Infinite game will be different to what we have seen so far? Do we think the story will change at all? (I know there were a lot of mixed feelings about the new brute leader guy Hyperious I think it was? There was not a Locke Helmet on his shoulder in the gameplay demo btw leading me to believe we will meet fireteam Osiris in game) Also what the hell happened to those two new Spartans and the doctor we got introduced to awhile back? There is also this new Elite spartan hunter dude we have as well. I’m just believing that the campaign is just extremely long because of the short halo 5 campaign complaints that there are so many different things we simply don’t know yet about it ( I could see something like 25% campaign meeting Osiris/new characters, 25% campaign Beating Hyperious, 25% campaign figuring out back story, 25% campaign flood) anyways I’m interested to see what you guys have to say about this as I’m wondering if there is something I’m missing or someone could Enlighten me on to help me grasp what’s going on so far!
PS: I love you guys at 343i and know you guys will make this an epic title in the face of all of the challenges we have in today <3 !! (I hope this post didn’t seem like I was hating on anyone)