There’s a Halo that exists only in your imagination.
A dropship crash lands, and you’re the only survivor. You crawl out of the wreckage and stare toward the horizon of an alien landscape. In the distance, dozens of enemies search for your corpse. A banshee streaks ominously through the skies. Everything seems vast, unknowable.
But this version of Halo barely exists. It’s just a memory. Returning to the original Halo in 2021 is disappointing and strange. Like returning to your childhood home as an adult.
The years have made Halo, a game that once seemed impossibly huge, feel small.
It’s been two long decades since Halo: CE was first released. Plenty of time for it to become distorted in brooks shoes the memories of the millions who played it. In the years since, Halo has become as integral to culture as any video game you could name. The Master Chief is to Xbox as Mario is to Nintendo: A crystalized icon representative of not just the series he is part of, but Microsoft’s entire games division as a whole.
So when it comes to the release of Halo Infinite’s single-player campaign, the stakes are high. Halo Infinite is more than just another game in a storied franchise, it’s a game tasked with bringing Halo back its former glory. Nowadays the kids are playing Fortnite, they’re playing Valorant, Overwatch, Destiny, Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Battlefield.
At this point, Halo Infinite’s troubled development period is common knowledge. A revolving door of executive developers and creative directors, alongside a disastrous first gameplay reveal in 2020, resulted in multiple delays, leading many to lower expectations accordingly. But with Halo Infinite, lowered expectations aren’t gonna fly.
Halo Infinite can’t just be another Halo. It needs to be the Halo that exists in your imagination.
And incredibly, against all odds, it pretty much is.
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