343 Industries Is Hiring New Talent To Help Out With Halo

How ambitious is this game??? Microsoft been killing it and developers seem happy to be working for or with Microsoft.

Is Halo hype to much or is the game trying to much? Well E3 is tomorrow

“ Expected to give fans another look”

They best come out with about ten minutes of some of the best campaign footage we have ever seen in an FPS.
Of course also some multi player stuff etc.

This needs to knock the ball out the park so there is something amazing for gamers to talk about and general public a lot more interested in series x console.

This Friday at work with my young graduates 21 to 25 years old, was all about battlefield and some are looking to buy a next generation console for battlefield for the 128 players. During the conversation Ratchet and Clank came up and the Duel sense controller.
Guess what next generation console they might buy at the moment.

Xbox needs some buzz about it and Halo can be the game to do that. Then they might buy series x.

I've repeatedly struggled to really like Halo series. From 1 to 4 I've never completed past half way but now I have GPU I think I'll try it all again from 1 and get myself ready for infinite. Now it's "free" I'll have zero expectations and may relax and enjoy them. When you spend £50 on an 8/10 game I feel you get disappointed but playing an 8/10 game for no extra cash and you tend to enjoy it more. Bearded logic!

Halo has always been an 8 out 10 game....it's no better or worse than it was when it was getting 90+ on metacritic...

Everything the sheep once overhype and bum the hell out of they eventually turn on

Looking forward to it myself personally and was fine with how it looked before

Let’s hope the staff they want to help with Infinite is for future DLC.

@StylesT I could agree that old Halo is around an 8, but I do not agree that there's no discernable difference in quality or execution of the older and newer games.

I mean, can anyone really say that Halo 5's awful campaign and heavily underfinished MP is anywhere near to being the same as the finished Bungie games, or even 343's own Halo 4?

It becomes trendy to take a crap on stuff nowadays, I hope Halo infinite doesn't become a platform for such trend. Either way I genuinely believe there will be those out there waiting to hate it despite whether it's good or not, those out eager to hold it up as the next best thing, and then the few whose expectations are so high they'll wind up disappointed. Personally, I'll enjoy it for what it is as I with every other Halo game

@Dezzy70 Xbox has to be careful, spending enough time on Infinite to get what they want across but not too long to derail the pacing of the event or give the sense that not much else is happening.

People generally mention E3 2008 and 2015 as Nintendo's worst E3 events but I'd honestly say the worst ones were 2016 and 2018 because they spent way too long on 1 game.

@StonyKL they are definitely worth visiting again. Halo 1-3s campaigns and MP were ahead of thier time. Didn't like the Reach campaign as much but the MP was incredible. As for Halo 4 and 5........ meh, couldn't get into them, never finished 4 and had to really drag myself through 5. Not really hyped for Halo Infinite because of the last 2 entries but I am very interested to see if they can turn it around. I hope they do just for Xboxes sake.

@Grumblevolcano
For me they need to get across we have some great new AAA in house studio games that are out this year and next that match the competitions.
It’s simple for me.

@Dezzy70
Then Microsoft might sell some of the over 1300 series s consoles that are sitting on shop shelves in Smyths Toys across their stores in the uk right now.

Yes a 7 month old new next generation console.

Microsoft really know what they are doing,
They have turned the glory xbox360 days into a joke.

@Dezzy70 1 game isn't going to do that though. What drove Switch momentum was Open World 3D Zelda + Mario Kart + Splatoon + Traditional 3D Mario (and more) all releasing in 2017. Similarly for PS5 there was the June 2020 event which showcased an insane lineup for the first year of the console and while multiple titles have been delayed the lineup is still consistent (at least 1 new game every 2-3 months).

@Dezzy70
"Then Microsoft might sell some of the over 1300 series s consoles that are sitting on shop shelves in Smyths Toys across their stores in the uk right now."

If Microsoft's sole goal would based on just selling Xbox consoles then they wouldn't release their games on as many devices as possible(see the recent " What's next for Gaming" virtual briefing).
I don't understand how Sony fan(boys) don't seem to comprehend that MS has a different strategy to Sony's, but go on, keep the console wars fire burning, bud.

@Sol4ris
I have owned every home console on day of release that’s not a fan boy. Including series x.
I do agree Microsoft agenda maybe different but Any other company with stock sitting on shelf’s of a next generation console at 7 months in, during a sales boost due to Covid and also a shortage of the other consoles to buy would be very worried.
That is the lack of games and sloppy ness of Microsoft, they are so mega rich it doesn’t matter to them, it’s like me losing £1 to them.
But remember consoles sell, game pass as well and controllers and games and dlc.
So 1300 series s sitting on shelf’s could be 1300 game pass subscriptions.

@Grumblevolcano
Totally agree the switch first year was outstanding and PS5 so far even if some are cross generation has been really good.

My moan is if Sony and Nintendo got their act together why can’t a trillion dollar company.
Instead of leaving our £450 next generation console with sod all games.
Microsoft is mega trillion dollar rich and out of touch and that’s why 1300 series s are sitting on UK shop shelf’s not selling. And there is still series x at Game UK Shop stock after a Saturday.
Part of me hopes they disappear out the console market, reason they can sell Bethesda back and the others and let them release games on other consoles and maybe even Sony or Nintendo might buy some of them and manage them properly.

@Doctorwhoooourgh The only fandom worse than the Halo fandom is the Final Fantasy fandom, but that's about it. Every Halo is the worst Halo until the next one comes out.

@Dezzy70 According to VGChartz (yeah, I know), Xbox Series is outpacing Xbox 360 by almost 2M units in just six months, with NO first-party releases besides Gears Tactics at launch, so I don't know what you're going on about.

@gingataisen
You are correct, let’s see what happens mid to long term.
But to me it’s concerning that series s are just sitting on shelf’s already and now series x is slowing down sales wise and easier to pick up.
They have had an ok initial first 3 to 4 months.
The Xbox360 sold 80 million ish as it had amazing legs and peaked well through out its life cycle, also the red ring helped I purchased 4 xbox360 myself during its life cycle with special and slim versions etc.

Anyway let’s hope for a great Xbox E3 later today.

@gingataisen
Selling only 30k in Europe a week whilst consoles sit on shop shelf’s is not a good sign.
Especially as the other two are selling around 100k a week in Europe each.
That’s just over 3:1 by two other companies.
I know VG charts. Same as you.

@gingataisen "Every Halo is the worst Halo until the next one comes out."

Just going by review scores, that is factually true.

@Richnj Going by review scores Gears 4 is just as good as Gears 5. Most people would disagree. The only score that matters is the one you award it.

@gingataisen weren't you implying that the Halo fanbase is toxic for thinking each consecutive entry was worse than the last?

If the general feeling from the fans is that each entry has been worse, and the general feeling from the professional reviews has been that each game has been worse than the last, where's the controversy?

(as a fun aside, I looked at user reviews for Gears and Halo. And indeed Gears 5 is rated better than Gears 4, and the Bungie Halos are rated better than the 343i games. Which all sounds about right, so I dont see why it's a problem for some when people talk about Halo 4 and 5 being inferior, when it seems to be generally accepted as true overall)

@Richnj You got it wrong, I think. Gears 5 is widely regarded as an improvement (specially the campaign) over Gears 4 by both fans and reviewers. For some "reason", they ended up getting the exact same metascore. Don't ask me why.