Poll: What Do You Think Halo Infinite's Metacritic Score Will Be?

This poll is asking to be abused 🤔
Honestly the score doesn't matter. What matters is whether YOU enjoy it or not 😁

This is a tough one as for the campaign there is sort of new things, the grappling hook and a sort of open world going on with side missions etc.
Also even though we have had a little campaign gameplay there has not been to much to go on.
So I didn’t vote.
Of course I hope it’s a ten 😊

@FraserG It'll be fun to see the score and what this poll predicted 😀😊

Is this site ran by the same people who run Nintendo Life? Its certainly not a big deal if so but I'm just curious.

@FriendlyOctopus agree!! It could be a 15 on metascore for all i care about. I'm just hoping that i have an amazing time playing it. It's always a personal preference. I've seen crap movies that I've loved and hated acclaimed ones. You can't tell me how my food tastes.

Having said that in saying over 90 lol

@FriendlyOctopus amen!!!

It's an Xbox game, hence it's not allowed to have 90+ in Metacritic. Unless it's Forza Horizon, since it's automatically disqualified for winning GOTY anyway...

@FraserG I figured that was it. Thanks for the confirmation and curing my curiosity!

I'd guess 87-88.
Can't see it getting any higher than that in all honesty, but then again, we've seen very little to make a judgement.

It will deserve 95+ but it needs to have the Mario or Zelda name in the title to get 95+. Or be made by Naughty Dog and feature controversial cinematic scenes.

I predict it will settle on 86

It’s already got an 87 based on multiplayer on Open Critic. I’m hoping the campaign brings that up above a 90.

I'm going for 87.

I think it'll be 80

I feel like it’s the 2000’s again with excitement building for a new HALO, I’m saying low 90’s.

I will have to wait for the campaign because multiplayer gets a zero for me.

Like most games that don't fit into action-adventure cinematic molds I think the "metacritic score" will be lower than the total popularity and regard for the game proves to be. Although I'm surprised FH5 managed to pull of such an amazing score.

@Medic_Alert Is it generational, or is it age based (I.e. kids just have no attention span or focus for strategic thinking and like fast & simple.) Or is it basically "I'm used to CoD and Fortnite so make it more like that" for kids from 1to 92?

We'll know for sure at December 6th, that's the day the review embargo ends.

84-86 for sure

90 to 100 would be awesome, but I expect 80-89, which is still incredible for an MC.

@Medic_Alert Not necessarily. Generational would imply it's the preferences of that generation that will be their overall normal preference henceforth (and the next generation will have a different preference.) Age based means that preference is because of their current age, and as they get older they'll change their preference, and the next generation will have that same general tendency when they are at the same stages.

I.E. (making up numbers" 14 year old like fast games. So if it's todays 14 year olds, or 10 year's from now's 14 year olds, the 14 year olds will like fast games, while the 24 year olds will prefer more strategic games (today's 14 year olds.)

Vs. Gen Z prefers faster games and won't really "do" strategic games as a group in their lifetime. Gen Alpha following them will have different preferences at the same age

etc.

Don't know, don't care, but I would guess in the high 80's

@IronMan30 I’m with you! I say 85. The game to me is shaping up to be one of the best halos. But since it’s open and will depend on the players choices and experience (not so much hand crafted and linear) it’ll get a variety of scores and rate in the 80s on average.

Before the inevitable review-bombing? 85-90.

@Broosh 2% have put zero on this poll. Review bombing is imminent =( saddo's

@xMightyMatt14x Yeah, 85 is possible but not at all disappointing. Btw, have you been playing MP at all?

@NEStalgia Probably yes. Games outside the "cinematic story-focused" most of which Sony specializes in rarely ascend past the 90s in Meta. I mean, there are open-world games like RDR2 there but obviously that game is another story.

I think either 70-79 or 80-89 (chose the latter in the poll). Multiplayer is very well received but has major issues regarding monetization, campaign has potential though could also fall into the same traps as your typical Ubisoft game given its more open nature.

It will defo be better than bf 2042 😀

84-87 for me. Not taking into account the inevitable review bombing from the wave of angry salty Xbox hating trolls.

Seeing as how it isn't a small-budget indie title available only on PC and Switch that deals with issues of great societal importance, I'm going to go ahead and guess that the gaming press will score it somewhere in the 30-40 region.

It's going to be good, realistically it should be around 80-89. BUT Sony people that haven't played it will destroy it because other platforms aren't allowed to have good Exclusives

80-89% but i wouldn't be shocked if its higher, either way i'm buying it day one and can't wait.

I'm calling it right now it's gonna be 87 metacritic

All I know is that IGN will rate it no lower than a 9.

I haven't been this excited for a FPS game in literally decades and plus the mostly positive word of mouth around both the MP and the campaign previews mean I'm expecting somewhere in the 90s.

I'd be extremely shocked if it isn't at the very least considered 343's best work even as someone that mostly enjoyed Halo 4 and 5 well enough. Hopefully this one let's them really step out of the shadow of the bungie games.

Good luck 343!

Probably high 80s…..
Until the PC crowd gets upset about some perceived slight and review bombs it.

Is going to be in the high 80s, I would say an 87

@IronMan30 definitely! Loving it! I’m not into cosmetics so I’m just enjoying the gameplay and it feels like halo 3 if it were made today. Which I love

I don't trust Metashill and haven't for a while, so I don't care what the score is there.

I'm actually going 90-92 for this one, eventhough I didn't care for Halo 4 and 5 at all. I stick to the campaigns, not really a multiplayer fan, and haven't been in love with 343's work but this one seems like it'll be a big step up. I'm hopeful, anyway, because there seems to be more excitement for this game than there was Halo 5.

No matter what, it's a day one buy. I'd love to be able to get a Series X before then but if not hopefully my XOne from 2014 will be able to play it competently enough.

@FraserG all 3 are the best for whichever console you prefer. I get my info from all 3.

@BrilliantBill open world like rdr2 is somewhat part of the action adventure cinematic class, really. It's the more traditional games categories, racing, fighting, platforming, puzzle, fps, rts, srpg, even largely rpg that seem to have no hope of the prize.

At least psychonauts 2 and death loop got Keighley nominations, I wouldn't have expected that in normal years. Idk how Metroid got a nomination and all 10s. It's an ok game and the good parts are great, but there's filler with the Emmis and an abbreviated last third of the game. but Metacritic easily compares better for that cinematic kind of game because people are more likely to rate it based only in production value, characters, and how the experience made them feel, so if it's decent it's more likely to pick up mostly top scores. Traditional game types end up with more deep reviews on the technicalities of the game where it'll shed more points. If GoW didn't have Blair witch shakeycam and Chris Judge, it would have been docked more points from more critics for it's lack of weapon and enemy variety and narrow corridor maps. The combat design itself is tight and sufficiently complex. But critics no longer seem to dock points for legit gameplay flaws when the "experience" is memorable. Same for rdr2. It's a deep cowboy simulator, but the gunplay it's the worst I've ever seen and the controls are inexplicable. How did more critics not dock more points for that? For all it did right it did some seriously major things wrong. Then tthere's the technical problems with hdr...

I can't believe they didn't just give cp2077 the win. It checks all their boxes. 🙄

I'm expecting a pretty sold 70-80. Though I'm expecting the typical paid off reviewers, IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, Polygon, etc, to give it higher scores.

@InterceptorAlpha Does Kotaku and polygon roll with Microsoft ever though?

I still expect 70s to 80s. Bias against 343i, backlash from anti f2p players, backlash from og trilogy obsessives, review bombing from the anti Xbox fanatics. The scores will sag from unbending fans and xb haters alike.

@Korgon To be fair it doesn't take much to be 343is best work 😆

@Richnj "Cortana, deposit check from P. Spencer. Cortana, update haloinifinitecp_review.docx, append "10""

68 metacitric average

I think the score will be..........infinite

85. Missing co op/forge,the crappy battle pass/progression, and still not great visuals after the delay will provide enough negative talking points to keep it out of the 90's.

It is flawed to assign a score on day 1 of a game intended to evolve over time. I think it will be a great game but I also think it will get better as new content in expansions/seasons come out. Like it or not, most games today aren't designed to have the full experience available day 1.

The Score will be over 9.000!

@themightyant December 6th, according to leaks. But I suppose FraserG cannot confirm that due to NDA.

Metacritic + Xbox = Lower 90

It really doesn't matter because it will be review bombed by non-Halo players.

i predict it will land on 95 out of a total 100