Microsoft and 343 Industries just gave everyone a fresh glimpse of Halo Infinite‘s single-player campaign.
It looks like a return to fine form for Halo, with plenty of physics-defying action, exciting explosions, and vehicle-based carnage. In one scene, Master Chief jumps from an aircraft before grappling onto another and pulling himself into its cockpit. It’s cooler than it sounds.
Halo Infinite appears to be taking a leaf out of the Far Cry series, with open-world compounds that you can destroy in any manner you please. It builds on the sandbox feel of the original game in smart ways, and it also comes complete with an upgrades system that can make Master Chief even more agile and deadly. You’ll even encounter marines in the world who will aid you in your battle against the Banished.
As for the story, the core question is: “What happened to Cortana?” You’ll be looking for clues that point to the fate of the AI helper. Just because Cortana is gone, though, that doesn’t mean Chief is alone. Here he teams up with a new AI called simply ‘The Weapon’. Chief has enough of those, surely?
You can watch the gameplay trailer below:
When 343 revealed the campaign for the first time back in 2020, fans ridiculed the showing for its underwhelming visuals. Until now, we haven’t seen anything else of it, but it’s looking much improved.
Shortly after its initial gameplay reveal, Halo Infinite was delayed to 2021, and when it does launch in December this year, the campaign won’t be playable in co-op — a traditional, fan-favorite mode for the series.
Luckily, Halo fans have been satiated with semi-regular flight tests for the multiplayer modes, allowing them to sample some of the gun-on-gun action they’ll be getting later this year.
Written by Kirk McKeand on behalf of GLHF.
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