This is the longest cycle we have ever waited for a mainline entry, with very sparse details given to us in the wait. The campaign reveal on 7/23 was interesting and teased all sorts of new mechanics for better or worse. My biggest question is when will we learn more? Now that the showcase has passed, we still don’t have a release date or a price on the Series X. We don’t know when Infinite will be discussed again. At least last year’s E3, they said more info to come in 2020, but this wait has been the most bizarre in Halo’s history. Now hungrier then ever for more details we are still pretty in the dark, with only 5 months left in the year and no beta on the way.
At this same point in time during 2010 we knew so much about Reach it was almost as if the game was already out. Rewatching Vidocs to analyze every small snippet in the background, and just when we thought we saw everything they dropped the forge world Vidoc on us and it sent the hype train off the rails.
Release Date: 9/14/2010
Forge World Vidoc: Uploded to YouTube 7/22/2010
Multiplayer Beta: Launched 5/3/2010
Carnage Carnival Vidoc: Uploded to YouTube 4/22/10
Once more into the Breach Vidoc: Uploaded to YouTube 2/12/2010
It was a whole year full of info dumps, and in comparison H6 hasn’t shown anything. I applaud the studio during these trying times, but I would appreciate a return to the weekly community update with even small morsel of details of what’s to come.