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Here you’re going to attempt to stop The Banished, an exiled faction that broke off from the Covenant Empire and who just happened to be the main adversary you faced in the Halo Wars 2, led by Atriox, a fearsome foe that had a face to face encounter with Chief. Along with a pilot that finds Chief floating in deep space (we've all seen the trailer), you’re on your way to Zeta Halo, which is a pretty big deal if you know your Halo lore. What ever happened to her? Why did she do what she did and betray Chief? What happened to Chief since then? All of these, and more, will be answered quite definitively. That’s not to say that new players can’t enjoy its fantastic gameplay and dive into the world, but the narrative is very focused this time around and doesn’t delve too far into the history of certain characters or events aside from a brief mention or recap, so existing fans who know the previous characters and events that have occurred will get the absolute most out of Infinite’s continuing saga.Īfter Guardians’ ending, Cortana’s fate and intentions were still a mystery. There’s so much that’s happened in Chief’s story since the first game that I’m going to assume you know most what what's happened to this point so far, not just because it would take a novel to fill in the backstory, but also Halo Infinite is clearly meant for existing Halo fans. Taking place roughly a year and a half after the events that took place in Halo 5: Guardians, players begin their journey as Chief alongside a new friend and AI partner. It’s been a very long wait to find out the consequences and outcomes from Halo 5: Guardians, as the game released back in 2015, but Halo Infinite finally answers many questions and ties together loose ends that us fans have been waiting years for, literally.

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Also, this review is solely covering the campaign as the multiplayer portion was released weeks ago and is completely free to play. You are Spartan 117 from the opening moments until the credits roll for Halo Infinite.

While I enjoyed the new direction that Halo 5: Guardians went in terms of its' lore, it is clear that most fans weren’t feeling the same way, so I was quite unsure what to expect with the long awaited Halo Infinite, a direct sequel to Halo 5.įirst and foremost, this is a Master Chief story, so no bait and switch playing as someone else for a portion of the game. Halo has always been special to me, and while I do have an obscenely large Halo collection, I’ve also read the majority of the novels, so my Halo lore is pretty on point. When you think Xbox, you most likely think of Halo, as it was what made Xbox so popular in its early beginnings. There are an endless amount of games, but every now and then there’s one that not only garners a massive following, but becomes the face of a genre, a console, and it becomes a brand as well.