The Xbox Game Event and Halo Infinite’s debut is finally happening tomorrow, and I can’t wait.
Hopefully July 23rd will be packed with games to enjoy.
Since Aaron Greenburg, marketing lead at Xbox, mentioned in a tweet
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> Well… what games will we see? I predict we’ll get Halo Infinite, Hellblade 2, Psychonauts 2, Fable 4, and a look at a next generation of Forza which will all hopefully make an appearance at the event in some way.
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> Forza will probably show us what the cars and tracks look like in a possible new game, how ray tracing improves the graphic fidelity of the series and how Forza plans to improve it’s realism with more variation to the weather and events. We’re almost certainly going to get gameplay of Psychonauts 2 as it is set to release this year. Hellblade 2 will most likely get some form of gameplay too since we got a teaser of Hellblade last year.
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> As for Fable 4, this game has been rumored for a while, but this event to me seems like Microsoft’s best chance in years to announce a new Fable game. We may get a teaser or we could get some gameplay, but as for now a teaser seems like it would be our best bet as the game would almost certainly launch a year or more from now.
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> Now, anyone who has followed Microsoft knows that Halo Infinite is the biggest game that will be shown at the event especially since it has plans to be a launch title for the next Xbox. Since Infinite will take up the most time out of any game or showcase, I believe it will be at the very end of the event.
> This game will either make or break the series, but I have hope that it’ll restore the public’s view of Halo. As a long time fan of the series I have some bold predictions for the game.
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> Prediction 1:The Gameplay. Spartan Abilities will almost certainly be in game and they can go either one of two ways. Either we get a remake of the Mythic Arena game type, which is like Halo 2 with Thrust; or we get Sprint, Clamber, and Thrust remaining and Ground Pound, Stabilize, and Spartan Charge removed. Base movement speed may get an increase by 20%. We may also get equipment like Halo 3, with added changes like a grappling hook as hinted by the art shown today.
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> Prediction 2: Story. My prediction is the banished gained control of Zeta Halo, the Infinity flees from the Created to the ring. Some sort of problem occurs there. Ring gets destroyed and now Chief goes back to stop the Banished from gaining control. (Arby and Atriox fight maybe…?)
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> Prediction 3: Music. Music will mostly be classic with a touch of H4/H5, and some newer ones too. How can I tell? I’ve listened to the first two teasers. You may be thinking they were 100% classic, if you recall the beginning of 2018 Teaser it actually has similarities to the last fifty seconds of ”Green and Blue,” from Halo 4.
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> Prediction 4: Playable Characters. Arbiter and/or Blue Team will fight with the Chief as playable characters. This is a bold prediction but it depends on if we get playable elites and a story that contains Blue Team. Without knowledge of the upcoming Shadows of Reach book, there is not info at the moment to confirm or deny their presence.
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> Prediction 5: Multiplayer. The Infinite reveal has been listed everywhere as showing campaign gameplay but I wouldn’t if we got one to two small clips of PvP. Maybe some small clips of Spartans battling it out, and we could get an idea of their Reach-inspired armor. Now this is wishful thinking, but we may even get a Halo Infinite beta-testing date. Even more wishful thinking would be if a beta dropped on us at the very end of the show.
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> Hopefully the Xbox Showcase will answer most of our questions. Just one more sleep left!