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It would be cool, but I definitely don't think it should be a priority. As cool as VR can be (emphasis on the "can") its still super niche and not that common out in the wild. Microsoft is doing just fine focusing on their 1st party output. Keep the focus there.

I didn't have a chance to play much during the winter event so I plan to make up for it with this event!

There simply was no other choice for number 1. I'm primarily a Playstation player but Halo Infinite not only made me not use my Playstation in a good long while, but reminded me of how much fun an FPS can be. Congrats to 343 and Microsoft for putting out a real gem this year!

I mean Halo has had confetti popping out with children yelling "Yeyyyyyy!!!!!" when you get a head shot before so I'm not understanding the "keep it canon" argument here. I personally have no interest in cat ears but give my Spartan floppy dog ears and you got me!

I'm more of a dog guy. Now if they put up a spartan helmet version of floppy dog ears...I might not be able to hold back!

@Richnj
I differentiate between typed words and spoken words. I agree with monitoring comment sections like this where words would stay forever including the unfriendly comments.

However spoken words over a mic simply come and go...well unless you record it anyway like in this case but that's just how I see it. Just ignore the bad actors and move on.

Don't get me wrong. These idiots are terrible and should reevaluate their priorities in life but I don't agree with the idea of any company being able to control what people say and don't say online. I'd recommend people just use the mute option for people like this. That's what works for me and then I laugh as I imagine someone yelling at nothing!😆

They should just go all out and make plasma grenades look like snowballs! But this is cool too I'll definitely be participating.

Sounds good. Whatever the team feels comfortable using go with that. I know its far away but I'm really excited to see how the next Mass Effect turns out. I'm rooting for ya Bioware!

Never really been a big team battle fan anyway myself but hopefully they get it fixed for folks that want to play it.

AC2 is still the best no question in my mind. Great story. Great characters. Great setting. Great mission design. And most of all not bloated like the newer ones are these days. Sure the controls are a bit old by today's standards but AC2 to this day is one of my favorite open world games.

Still just Halo Infinite.

I had one time a Grunt managed to get the killing shot on me and then it just stood still and said "WHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTT!?"🤣

The little guy was so shocked he killed the Master Chief!

Halo Infinite! FPS simply doesn't get any better as far as I'm concerned. Simply excellent through and through.

I mostly go to IGN as a general industry news source. Their opinions from just about all of their journalists generally just don't line up with mine. That said I agree with them in this case as I'm not sold on Crossfire yet. Maybe reviews will change my mind but I need to see a bit more gameplay.

I'm saving my Legendary playthrough for co-op. One concern though I've found most open world co-op experiences to be kind of lacking. I don't like Far Cry co-op for example because there's just too much stuff and it's hard enough finding the time to play together with friends on it so we end up not making much progress until eventually we move on to other things. Sure Infinite isn't a huge open world game but I worry that the same problem I got with Far Cry co-op will carry over.

We will see how it all turns out though soon enough.

I think this is a good choice. As much as I enjoy Halo lore it is pretty complicated and would be difficult to bring in newer viewers that never played the games. It also helps interest myself as now I have no clue what's going to happen whereas if it just followed one of the game stories I'd already know the story.

I'm actually more excited for this approach than what The Last of Us has going on on HBO.

$20 is a bit steep with it also requiring the $10 battle pass. So I did this thing called "not buying it". It's difficult I know but if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything!

Since they don't mess with gameplay I just don't have a huge problem with it. I'd rather this then pay for map packs.

I'm kind of surprised people didn't think this was actual gameplay. Ninja Theory has always made super pretty games. Heck Heavenly Sword came out early on PS3 and I'd argue visually it looks just as impressive as some PS4/Xbox One games. Hopefully my computer can run this one! If not this might give it a shot on the cloud.

Surprisingly last night was my most frustrating night yet trying to complete the challenges. It was always "Win this mode in ranked" and I only like to play Ranked with a party since it's so intense so I used not one, not two, not three but four challenge swaps I'd saved up to get anything outside of ranked and I ended up getting the original challenge I wanted to avoid in the first place!🤦‍♂️

That said I still had fun though! Happy holidays 343 and my fellow Spartans!

I'm sure they regretted that decision big time! At least they corrected that situation pretty quick. I remember I was pretty annoyed as a PS3 player when GTA4 had the dlc only on 360 for what felt like an eternity so it all evened out in the end!

I'll safely put this in the "I'll believe it when I see it" pile.

I have a huge soft spot for Path of Neo. Sure it had problems but I absolutely loved how hard the devs tried to recreate some of the most iconic parts of the movies. The part in Matrix Reloaded where Neo faced off against hundreds of Smith clones was really impressive for the tech it was on! Sure if you watch it now you can see the smoke and mirrors they used to trick my young mind into thinking I was actually fighting hundreds of Smith clones (in reality it was more like ten🤣) But as a kid I was blown away!

Fable 1 to this day is still one of the best RPGs I've ever played. Such a shame what happened to that series and Lionhead. Here's hoping the new one get it back on track.

I give him props for being part of the documentary considering he has kind of become the prime example of how not to run a video game business. Funnily enough the always online requirement kind of happened for both Xbox and Playstation just not on a system level but on a software level. His main fault in my eyes though was how much he hurt 1st party development for Xbox. The Coalition and 343 were pretty much carrying the brand for a while there. Sure they had some 3rd party deals here and there but none really worked out too well with Scalebound being a prime example.

I remember reading in an article a while ago around Detroit Become Human's release that Quantic Dream was moving to multiplatform releases going forward so im sure this one will be on Xbox...assuming it gets off the ground. I'm honestly kind of surprised Quantic Dream has been able to survive this long with how big the budget for their games are plus how niche their games are. Loved Heavy Rain for what it was back in the day but their more recent games haven't grabbed me as much.

Sounds great! Though I'm already at level 50 in the Battle Pass without paying more than the initial $10 to get it. With them making progression even easier
I'm afraid it's almost inevitable that the next argument will be "Now that I finished the Battle Pass I got nothing to play for until Season 2! Hurry up and get Season 2 out!"

Don't get me wrong these improvements sound great. I just got a bad feeling that sort of attitude is coming sooner rather than later.

Halo, Halo, and I also might switch it up with some Halo.

At least it got nominated. Lost Judgment got the shaft with nothing at all. A true shame I loved that game.

Looks really great! People always talk about the Bethesda purchase but Ninja Theory is the most appealing new Microsoft studio to me. Have yet to be dissatisfied with any of their previous games.

I loved what I played...but have ran into issues more on the Xbox PC store front that long story short required me to delete it and download again...except it won't let me download it again...it's been a bad day. 😫

But the game itself is great from what I played.

I've had a couple big frame rate drops whenever things got a little too chaotic but that probably is just my computer more than the game itself. Thankfully it's never been bad enough to hurt the experience. Had a blast with it so far!

I got it to work by going into the game and starting the download from the in game menu. Downloading it now! I'm off work for today and tomorrow so I'll be totally immersed on Zeta Halo.

Nice I should get it all setup pretty quickly then. Already knocked out all my MP challenges this week so I'm all set to focus on the campaign!

Welp here's hoping the servers can handle it! Strange omission in this day and age but oh well. Not a huge deal.

When I was a child I cared about console wars, then I grew up. Now I just play what I can where I can. Sure I'll always have preferences. I generally play on Playstation the most but I still enjoy Xbox games now through my PC. It's been a while since I fired it up but I dabble with my Switch as well when something strikes my fancy there too.

It just doesn't matter folks. They're just games. Enjoy them!😁

I'm so pumped to play this week. Looks like the wait was well and truly worth it! My favorite shooter series has finally returned. Way to finish the fight 343!

Whew I tell ya people really don't know how good they got it these days! Back in my day with multiplayer shooters sure character customization was in the game already but you know what wasn't? All the maps. Map packs were pretty expensive especially considering you would only be able to play with people who also had said map packs. It was pretty disheartening to spend $10-$15 on a map pack just to realize now you have to choose to play between the haves and the have-nots.

But with Halo's current business model, that's no longer an issue. New maps will just be added naturally free of charge so everyone can play on them. And since it's free to play that's perfect for someone like myself who used to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold every now and then only when I planned on playing something online for a while. I plan to come back to Halo much more often for multiplayer now since I no longer need to deal with that.

As for the "What have 343 done for 6 years!?" question the answer is pretty simple. Building a brand new game for multiple console/PC configurations with a new approach to the campaign from previous Halo games along with equipment that probably required new physics which required a brand new engine to be developed in tandem.That takes time folks and I'm sure there are many other reasons for a game of this scope to take so long to come out.

And then really? The Playlist situation is THAT big a deal to folks? 343 has already said improvements like the precious Slayer Playlist are on the way just be patient.

I give devs so much credit it takes a special kind of crazy to want to go into this business. I originally wanted to be a game developer growing up until I tried actually building a level, not even a full game from scratch. I realized pretty quick I'd have been miserable for the rest of my life if I went into that field and quickly shifted gears! 😂

Don't let them get to you 343 you have done a great job so far. Highly looking forward to the campaign this week.

I already own it on Playstation but for anyone who has never played them this would be a great gift!

Halo Infinite? Never heard of it. That some sort of Angel based dating sim?

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!

Yikes that's a long list. Well at least they are trying to make improvements but I'll stick to Halo.

I've never been more thankful to be off work on a Wednesday. Very excited!

I want to watch it, but we are just so close I'm going to try and resist!...we will see how that goes!😅

Can't wait!

It's a good idea! I'm sure Halo Infinite will be very popular in college dorm rooms for the future so this makes perfect sense from a marketing perspective.

EA has actually had a pretty good year this year but yeah Mass Effect is Mass Effect so it's that one for me.

Well deserved. I'm already finished with all my weekly challenges and I'm still down for more. 343 has something really special on their hands.

I generally only talk in party chat but the one time I did chat in-game everyone said I sounded like a robot. Weird because in the party chat everyone says I sound fine.

Anyway I only had one toxic experience with some moron saying I wasn't pulling my weight in an oddball game even though I had more kills and I held the ball longer than him.🤦‍♂️

Some things never change I guess!😂

"Utterly"
I see what you did there. Good stuff!

I tried the beta...that was enough.