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  1. May 11, 2023
    6
    Why is this not a 8 or 9? UI the ui for this game sucks. The playlist system for this game sucks. my friend and I want to play capture the flag, Can I? No I have to queue for a playlist that has a 20% chance that has a capture the flag and if I dont get it then im wasting my time. Multiplayer asside, Campaign is pretty good.
  2. Jan 11, 2022
    6
    La historia no está mal pero tampoco esta muy bien. Lo mejor es el multi sin duda.
  3. Mar 4, 2023
    6
    Just ok. Overrated game,poor graphics boring gameplay... Repetitive missions, same enemies the shooting are fun but after few hours its become boring because its feel repetitive.
  4. Jan 29, 2022
    6
    (Note: This is all story mode, I do not do PvP.) It's not a bad game. However, it isn't really all that great either. I've played all the other Halo games and this is the first where the story was too weak to hold my interest. Gameplay in general feels inferior to Halo 5. Various game mechanics are simply given to you and their use is not explained. This made the first boss fight(Note: This is all story mode, I do not do PvP.) It's not a bad game. However, it isn't really all that great either. I've played all the other Halo games and this is the first where the story was too weak to hold my interest. Gameplay in general feels inferior to Halo 5. Various game mechanics are simply given to you and their use is not explained. This made the first boss fight (the elite that could cloak himself) after I reached the open world part far more difficult than it should have been. Halo 5 got the weapons perfect, but Infinite feels like a few steps backward in their handling, ADS behavior and general balance. The very first squad I tried to rescue wasn't anywhere near where it was indicated on the map and it was a real pain to get to where they actually were. The grappling mechanic was clunky to say the least, and only seemed to work when it wanted to. Co-op not being included at release was a major oversight, and I may try it again when I can tag team it with a friend or two. Overall, like I said, it's not a bad game, but it doesn't really feel right and is having a hard time keeping my interest. It just is what it is, and what it is is below what I expect from Halo. Expand
  5. Feb 14, 2022
    6
    This is an average game without a cinematic or interesting plot but with pretty good shooting. They should look at Destiny 2 to figure out how it should look. I was disappointed. Don't understand all the buzz around this game, in comparison, Forza Horizon looks like real next-gen.
    This is an average game without a cinematic or interesting plot but with pretty good shooting. They should
    This is an average game without a cinematic or interesting plot but with pretty good shooting. They should look at Destiny 2 to figure out how it should look. I was disappointed. Don't understand all the buzz around this game, in comparison, Forza Horizon looks like real next-gen.
    This is an average game without a cinematic or interesting plot but with pretty good shooting. They should look at Destiny 2 to figure out how it should look. I was disappointed. Don't understand all the buzz around this game, in comparison, Forza Horizon looks like real next-gen.
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  6. Dec 29, 2021
    6
    Gameplay was fun ,Weapon sound and battle rhythm are good.
    But everything else are trash.
    This is an unfinished game,in many ways. 343 recent work efficiency and attitude are also disappointing. Infinite got so much praise only because it's "halo" Otherwise, you will only get a low score like rage 2 and be forgotten slowly. I gave nine points at the beginning, but the more I played,
    Gameplay was fun ,Weapon sound and battle rhythm are good.
    But everything else are trash.
    This is an unfinished game,in many ways.
    343 recent work efficiency and attitude are also disappointing.
    Infinite got so much praise only because it's "halo"
    Otherwise, you will only get a low score like rage 2 and be forgotten slowly.
    I gave nine points at the beginning, but the more I played, the more I will find that the game is a semi-finished product, and all kinds of mistakes in multiplayer mode are maddening
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  7. Aug 9, 2023
    6
    I checked out the campaign and I'm disappointed, I knew the focus was on multiplayer but I didn't realize it was so extreme. The gameplay is good, but a game needs something more in my opinion.
  8. Dec 15, 2021
    6
    The multiplayer on this game is top tier, this is the best multiplayer I've played in years.

    Sadly, the campaign is a massive let-down. I'm used to flagship exclusives being perfectly polished and feeling like a finished game. I'm sorry to say, but Infinite's campaign doesn't feel finished. There is nothing breathtaking about the graphics, they are pretty poor for a next gen flagship
    The multiplayer on this game is top tier, this is the best multiplayer I've played in years.

    Sadly, the campaign is a massive let-down. I'm used to flagship exclusives being perfectly polished and feeling like a finished game. I'm sorry to say, but Infinite's campaign doesn't feel finished. There is nothing breathtaking about the graphics, they are pretty poor for a next gen flagship supposed system seller. The campaign is very short, and you are basically doing the same thing over and over again. The side missions can be pretty fun once you have unlocked all the vehicles from the FOB bases.

    The game is unfinished, you can tell it's not the vision 343 originally were aiming for. No co-op, No different biomes. It's just a boring looking game. I think covid stunted the development of this game, and it's been rushed out.

    I experienced multiple 5second freezes throughout the campaign. Also, another gripe I have with the game is the lack of environmental destruction. Driving a scorpion tank, and it gets stuck on a tiny tree stump, or it can't even bump up a ledge of a pond. If you are in a vehicle, you might as well just stick to the roads, and driving off-road is just a frustrating experience. They should have made the trees destroyable at least.

    I'm hoping they are developing more single player content and eventually finish it. Once that's done, it will be an incredible game.

    Single player 6/10
    Multiplayer 9/10
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  9. Jan 26, 2022
    6
    Review only for the campaign. After the big hype, I decided to play my first Halo game ever. Because it's a whole series I thought the plot will heavily rely on at least the previous title. After copious reading and watching recaps on YT, it turns out that they simply scrapped the buildup of Halo 5. Instead of continuation, we have a kind of soft reboot where throughout the game we learnReview only for the campaign. After the big hype, I decided to play my first Halo game ever. Because it's a whole series I thought the plot will heavily rely on at least the previous title. After copious reading and watching recaps on YT, it turns out that they simply scrapped the buildup of Halo 5. Instead of continuation, we have a kind of soft reboot where throughout the game we learn about events that had already happened. I hoped to find something more than plot exposition about things that 343 wrote off in the background.

    The game begins on a high note but loses a lot of its charm when we progress to the open-world part where things get very repetitive: Go to point A; Plug in the Blue woman to the thingy; Listen to Blue woman talking with Green Man; proceed to do the same thing in other parts of the map; Oh sometimes the big red guy talks through a hologram. Before you have a chance to plug the blue woman into some apparatus you have to destroy some coils, get power cells and clear out FOBs to get access to fast travel, weapons, and vehicles. If you are a completionist you can do other very repetitive things like destroying propaganda towers or collecting audio logs.

    The plot is really weak, and like I said it consists mostly of Master Chief talking with the Weapon. I liked the combat, especially the grappling hook that allowed me to be more dynamic and creative on the battlefield. Boss fights are simply awful. You are trapped in a small arena with a guy that is simply a bullet sponge. They made the combat area small to hide the fact that boss AI is basic, helped by high damage and HP. The hammer guy is the worst boss I fought in a long time. He is not challenging in a good way, this fight is simply annoying. If you go into it with bad weapons you are screwed because he jumps across the room and 1-2 shots you.

    The grunts made my day many times with their humorous quips, so big thumbs up for that - the grunt communications officer is an especially funny one.
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  10. Jan 3, 2022
    6
    It has a good story line and cool weapons, but the map is literally metal flying buildings, and grassy mountains covered in banished. Also this game feels not very next gen. I am playing it on a series X, and I think the graphics and controls are last gen.
  11. Dec 11, 2021
    6
    Tiene buen gameplay, pero es un dolor de huevos el marine , solo se sabe quejar, la historia no atrapa, las armas están súper desvalanceadas, no sirve ningún arma más que el rifle de batalla, me aburri en las cinemáticas, y cuando llegas al Zeta halo las misiones se resumen en destruir torres y reactores , demaciado cinemática aburrida s, escharum es un villano horrible y la mayoría deTiene buen gameplay, pero es un dolor de huevos el marine , solo se sabe quejar, la historia no atrapa, las armas están súper desvalanceadas, no sirve ningún arma más que el rifle de batalla, me aburri en las cinemáticas, y cuando llegas al Zeta halo las misiones se resumen en destruir torres y reactores , demaciado cinemática aburrida s, escharum es un villano horrible y la mayoría de cinemáticas del juego son de el hablado mierda Expand
  12. Jan 5, 2022
    6
    Everyone applauds that it looks incredible, that the campaign is incredible, that the multiplayer is incredible.
    It looks like nobody has taken a closer look!
    They don't describe the game in depth ... the game is very good yes ... but it has big problems that people don't mention! The campaign is very entertaining, but it has other problems, it becomes very repetitive, we do not have
    Everyone applauds that it looks incredible, that the campaign is incredible, that the multiplayer is incredible.
    It looks like nobody has taken a closer look!
    They don't describe the game in depth ... the game is very good yes ... but it has big problems that people don't mention!

    The campaign is very entertaining, but it has other problems, it becomes very repetitive, we do not have different biomes, we cannot select the missions, and we can't change the difficulty before starting a mission since everything is connected. No coop of course. (Right now isn't here)

    The art style and the story are good! But also the campaign also feels like there's a lot missing, and you need to listen to audio logs... the audio logs are good idea, but a better idea could had been to play those moments instead of only listening to them.

    And now MULTIPLAYER... It's okay... but it's usually really bad because of balancing issues, questionable decisions and cheating.
    Melee is broken (somethimes it works, sometimes let's you punch someone that isn't close to you), some weapons are too good and other are too weak, then the MAPS, most of them are bad when we talk about close quarters, always somebody can flank you in any small map.
    The enemy sensor is almos useless, since you can sprint, graple, use the thruster and attack you from far with the broken melee and some close quarters weapons that can be used at mid range... so almost always you can get jumped and get suprised.
    Now finally the progression and monetary stuff is still bad... it was worse, but they made it a bit better.
    I mean I can carry on with so much stuff, but I'll leave it here.

    I'm also running into some server connection problems... and it's not about my internet or the console. (because this happens also to the people that I play with)

    And I feel generous with a 6 but all the negatives that could be fixed so easily makes me not give it a 7 or 8... I played Halo since the original Xbox, so I know what I talk about, since I played ALL Halos in all difficulties, and all multiplayers!

    Campaign Score: 8 / 10
    Multiplayer: 5 / 10
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  13. Feb 20, 2022
    6
    Same old halo. Grappling hook is cool. Stupid that it’s an open world but you can’t go around an entire ring. Repetitive quest system. Weak story.
  14. Dec 11, 2021
    6
    A single company is about nothing, but the multiplayer is interesting, but the modes are as boring as possible, there are very few cards, often the same mode is thrown with the same card several times in a row, this is very annoying, especially enrages that the match lasts on average 6 minutes, even with large teams, when you just start to warm up, the match is over and you have to lookA single company is about nothing, but the multiplayer is interesting, but the modes are as boring as possible, there are very few cards, often the same mode is thrown with the same card several times in a row, this is very annoying, especially enrages that the match lasts on average 6 minutes, even with large teams, when you just start to warm up, the match is over and you have to look for the server again and wait forever for the players to load, which can sometimes take up to 2 minutes, a constant feeling of dissatisfaction. Expand
  15. Apr 18, 2022
    6
    So I normally don't post metacritic reviews unless I find it really necessary. The only one I did was battlefield 2042 because it absolutely deserved the criticism. However, just like with the really bad I need to do reviews on games that are also really good and that's where Halo comes in. With the travestys for shooters this year in call of duty and battlefield, Halo stands alone as theSo I normally don't post metacritic reviews unless I find it really necessary. The only one I did was battlefield 2042 because it absolutely deserved the criticism. However, just like with the really bad I need to do reviews on games that are also really good and that's where Halo comes in. With the travestys for shooters this year in call of duty and battlefield, Halo stands alone as the only sucessful multiplayer shooter of this year. The multiplayer is fun, fast paced and well balanced, with new equipment and weapons that fit in perfectly. The campaign is awesome with 343's transition to a action rpg style campaign with an open world payed off big time. There's a ton of content to explore with a great story and good lore as well and I might argue its one of the best Halo campaigns to date. With the let downs that were Halo 4 and Halo 5 I wasn't sure if 343 would be able to get Halo back to the standard of the Bungie titles. 343, your third attempt was a success and Halo Infinite stands with the best Halo titles that were made. The game is a 9 because of minor issues like xp progression and a lack of playlists but im sure that will get fixed and added along the way. Halo Infinite is what a AAA title should be and it's free, obviously I recommend that anyone should play it.

    Edit: I had to come back and lower the score. After going through the campaign, the faluts of Halo Infinte come to light. Halo Infinte multiplayer runs out of content fast to keep you come back and playing 343 did fail in an area of this game and thats as a live service game that they promoted on being. The campaign is still a must play and I would still give the campaign a 9 out of 10. The multiplayer, however, I lower to a 6 out of 10, you will have some fun for a little while but then the content becomes dry and theres no reason to come back.
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  16. Feb 22, 2022
    6
    Multiplayer is enjoyable enough but doesn't feel quite cooked all the way through. As many others have stated the battlepass progression is ROUGH. Hopefully they can adjust this. I spent more time with the campaign which again just didn't feel quite finished. It feels like I need to do something to unlock the rest of the map. The lack of co op has stopped me from re playing and I willMultiplayer is enjoyable enough but doesn't feel quite cooked all the way through. As many others have stated the battlepass progression is ROUGH. Hopefully they can adjust this. I spent more time with the campaign which again just didn't feel quite finished. It feels like I need to do something to unlock the rest of the map. The lack of co op has stopped me from re playing and I will revisit once it is released then update my score hopefully + after experiencing co op campaign which I am looking forward to. Expand
  17. Dec 9, 2021
    6
    this was supposed to be the most epic game ever created with funds of $500Million yet we got this incomplete game:

    the multiplayer launched solo from the game, the game launched without a lot of modes especially Co op and yes I Always play Co op it's a tradition with my brother and no I don't want to wait 9 months it should have launched with the game the same is said for forge and
    this was supposed to be the most epic game ever created with funds of $500Million yet we got this incomplete game:

    the multiplayer launched solo from the game, the game launched without a lot of modes especially Co op and yes I Always play Co op it's a tradition with my brother and no I don't want to wait 9 months it should have launched with the game the same is said for forge and other modes like slayer.

    the game has average graphics for being an exclusive to the most powerful console ever.

    you can only unlock a few things in multiplayer the rest is behind a paywall forcing you to buy the season pass unlike past games.

    a very **** campaign all the characters do this one weird face as if they've been paralyzed I get the feeling they're planning on releasing the rest of the game in forms of DLC just like destiny.

    gameplay is ok it's halo nothing new don't really mind.
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  18. Dec 9, 2021
    6
    This review is focused on the multiplayer side of the game as that's where I spend most of my time playing Halo.

    Infinite is in an incomplete state, its launched with much fewer maps and gamemodes than 2010's Halo: Reach, despite having a longer development cycle and a massive budget of 500 million. While there are things in the game I like, the lack of content that I expect in a
    This review is focused on the multiplayer side of the game as that's where I spend most of my time playing Halo.

    Infinite is in an incomplete state, its launched with much fewer maps and gamemodes than 2010's Halo: Reach, despite having a longer development cycle and a massive budget of 500 million.

    While there are things in the game I like, the lack of content that I expect in a Halo game and especially the the egregious monetization system that ruined the once great armor customization is a massive turn off and I'm completely unwilling to support the game.

    I love Halo and I wanted Infinite to succeed, but serious changes need to happen if 343 industries is ever going to have my trust again.
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  19. Dec 10, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Halo Infinite lacks a lot of content, the world is monotonous, as are the missions. there is no forge yet, the online mode is still unfinished. Expand
  20. Dec 10, 2021
    6
    The Multi-player is truly Halo back to its roots, but the campaign just feels like far cry with better gunplay, and a weak narrative
  21. Dec 11, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Missed opportunity, it was good but was so close to being amazing that it was disappointing they didn't add the few features needed. Marines driving vehicles and helping you in missions (not just the open world), this basic feature would have made the game so much better. The Covenant, The Ark, Silent Cartographer, some of the best missions in the Halo franchise have you pushing objectives backed by groups of Marines or Elites etc, and it was amazing and memorable. The mission foundations were there (no spoilers though) but no marines to help.

    But it wasn't just random NPCs that weren't present; Arbiter, Spirit of Fire, Locke, Lasky, any Spartan IV minus a brief cameo from Griffin, there were no legacy characters in this campaign at launch, Even Atriox wasn't in the damn thing except the intro!

    Backstory the game, 50% of missions were flashbacks to the loss of Infinity, Cortana and Atriox, all of which happened before the campaign even started and we go to experience through "data echos" that didn't follow you if you didn't want to stand around and watch.

    "The Endless" - Snooze. Stop introducing these forgettable enemies, you got it right with Atriox, no need to add whatever these were meant to be.

    This game can be enjoyable, but there is so much holding it back from comparing the the originals.

    I realise I have ranted so let me just list some things they got right:

    - Music, using a lot of the original stuff felt really good
    - Enemies, the banished are great and the grunts are hilarious again (jackels suck though, they're just vorcha from ME)
    - Visuals are great
    - Humanising Master Chief and his relationship with Cortana
    - The Weapon and Echo 216 were great
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  22. Dec 11, 2021
    6
    Story is short and seems fragmented to sell dlc and multi-player crap to the consumer enemy collision is broken you'll phase through a enemies when melee and again 7 dollars for red and a worse battle pass than cod
  23. Dec 19, 2021
    6
    Good things: story, characters and the core gameplay. Everything else: underwhelming.

    The open world is a nice fresh feature, but it's incredibly bland. Feels empty. Lifeless. Copy-paste spruce trees everywhere (literally, you can see there's just a couple templates that's been replicated). Basically just a single biome with little variation is a major disappointment, considering cool
    Good things: story, characters and the core gameplay. Everything else: underwhelming.

    The open world is a nice fresh feature, but it's incredibly bland. Feels empty. Lifeless. Copy-paste spruce trees everywhere (literally, you can see there's just a couple templates that's been replicated). Basically just a single biome with little variation is a major disappointment, considering cool different environments have made the Halo campaigns so great in the past.

    The campaign missions are boring, repetitive. Endless forerunner corridors. At some point I just wanted to run it to the end to just get it over with. It's riddled with bugs on Xbox Series X. Freezing (fortunately, no crashing thought), checkpoints not registering, stuttering music on the "epic" moments..

    Many on social media have pointed out how funny the marines are, behaving like idiots. To me, it's just another indication that despite the 6+1 years (?) of development, it still feels rushed, unfinished. And don't get me even started with the multiplayer.

    I'd say the graphics are average at the best. Doesn't really look like next gen to me. In comparison, if you look at the environment e.g. of few year old Red Dead Redemption 2, it's miles ahead in everything.

    I guess they really tried. The story and general feel makes it a great Halo game, they succeeded in that better than in Halo 5. But it's far from a polished game and it's a shame as this could have been so much better. I think they should have focused purely on Series X/PC version instead of wasting resources to make it play on prev gen consoles. I hope they will address some of the issues in the future.

    Anyone giving it a 10/10 as it is right now is lying.
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  24. Jan 6, 2022
    6
    Was expecting more than a go wide and enter an blue (or gray), copy paste installation game, the physics is more downgraded as halo 5, no different scenarios like halo 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (winter, desert, stormy), bad use of ray-tracing, this game won't push a next-gen basis, and optimizations? The need of dx12 features cause its 30fs locked on one s, just hype
  25. Jan 8, 2022
    6
    If you enjoyed the gameplay from previous Halo games then you'll have a good time here, gunplay mixed with the grappling hook is a lot of fun.

    However, you can tell this game was rushed. It's let down by a poor story, a lack of cutscenes or interesting characters, terrible friendly AI and repetitive areas and missions. Overall the lack of variety made the game feel very hollow, and it's
    If you enjoyed the gameplay from previous Halo games then you'll have a good time here, gunplay mixed with the grappling hook is a lot of fun.

    However, you can tell this game was rushed. It's let down by a poor story, a lack of cutscenes or interesting characters, terrible friendly AI and repetitive areas and missions. Overall the lack of variety made the game feel very hollow, and it's odd that even little features that were present in previous games didn't make the cut here. I dread to think what the game would've been like if they had gone ahead with the massive map they'd initially intended.
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  26. Jan 16, 2022
    6
    campaign is good but multiplayer is trash.
    the map is dead. it don't have any Destructibility. cs1.6 is better than multiplayer
  27. Feb 19, 2022
    6
    Graphisme moyen jeux fps décevant difficultés pas tres adapté 7h de jeux je m'ennuie répétitif Monde ouvert mais vide
  28. Mar 8, 2022
    6
    Halo Infinite was one of my more anticipated titles, which is why it’s a shame the campaign failed to be.. exciting, at least in my opinion, compared to previous titles in the series. If wasn’t bad by any means, but it just didn’t invoke any feeling of interest, and that’s coming from a big Halo fan (myself). The multiplayer is fantastic and smooth, the core gameplay and gunplay is fun andHalo Infinite was one of my more anticipated titles, which is why it’s a shame the campaign failed to be.. exciting, at least in my opinion, compared to previous titles in the series. If wasn’t bad by any means, but it just didn’t invoke any feeling of interest, and that’s coming from a big Halo fan (myself). The multiplayer is fantastic and smooth, the core gameplay and gunplay is fun and doesn’t feel like a chore, but when it comes to multiplayer content the game feels incredibly incomplete, missing Forge and Co-Op modes that have always been in Halo games at launch, and for a live-service game it’s very disappointing to see a lack of post-launch support and content. Hoping they change direction soon, as the player numbers have been falling the last few months quite drastically. Expand
  29. Feb 19, 2022
    6
    В этой игре сделана хорошо только стрельба и все. Стерильный, однообразный открытый мир, стерильные однообразные сюжетные коридоры. Унылейший сюжет. Весьма удручающий итог 6 лет разработки.
  30. Mar 25, 2022
    6
    10 hours campaign only and it was very repetable!
    Empty flat open World experience.

    Gameplay feeling 8/10
    Grapics 9/10
    Overall excitment and variaty in a short 10 hours campaign 6/10
Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 99 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 95 out of 99
  2. Negative: 0 out of 99
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    80
    If the open-world concept had been better utilized and if the writers had added more interesting characters to the story, Infinite could have easily been one of the best Halo games ever. The shootouts are highly entertaining and the open world brings new tactical possibilities. The multiplayer is just as good, being slightly faster than before. [Issue#317]
  2. Apr 18, 2022
    90
    Halo is back to its best with Halo Infinite, tight controls, and seriously thirst-quenching gunplay that feels so intuitively satisfying. Traversal has been improved hugely by the addition of the grappleshot, allowing Master Chief to zip around at speed, as well as adding a unique element for multiplayer matches. A particular dampener has to be directed at the online multiplayer, which is riddled with cheaters, but, if they were to be removed then the multiplayer offers a solid free-to-play experience that is fast and frantic. Halo Infinite, alongside a number of other Xbox first-party titles is a great addition to Xbox Game Pass, and it is certainly a marquee game that warrants a subscription to the service.
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 7, 2022
    85
    There’s not much to do in the open world, but thankfully, it doesn’t play a big role either. Infinite mostly sticks to what makes Halo great: first-person action. Smart level design, great mobility mechanics like grappling hook, and good AI make for some really memorable moments. [Issue#258, p.42]