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So you give Returnal a higher rating than Halo: Infinite??? “Strongly recommend” “recommend” 🤨…. Halo available on gamepass and free to play mp…. How much you cough up for Returnal? Maybe try finishing your reviews with a simple score out of 10 in the future.

@@thebhoy8561 Returnal is sort of unique and interesting compared to this unfinished online only micro transaction garbage from a company that's been screwing us over for over a decade now soo... Yeah my guy : )

@@thebhoy8561 returnal is a really good game lol

He’s only ShillUp when he’s covering Destiny. He’s SkillUp when he covers everything else lol

@@Scarecr0wn what is this black magic?...

@@MaxIronsThird you missed the joke mang

@@MaxIronsThird woosh

just download the chrome extension and u will see dislikes

Yooo bandstand based?

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Same. Shillup makes great Reviews

he's the only one who gave an actual honest review that it's just a generic story with very generic open world lol. Like this is all I needed to hear to save my money. Mint said he literally cried during the story, like what?

For me personally: 1. Digital Foundry for the tech 2. Ggman if he has review available 3. SkillUp otherwise

Perfectly said. I felt like skill up was missing something. The only one of Chief's companions that live is the arbiter, a badass elite with an energy shield and the ability to cloak almost on demand. No humans survive. Not even Johnson. Sure he was badass and an amazing character, but the thought that chief was a winning machine and he was practically invincible while with Chief cost him his life eventually. I think the pilot is going to be a voice of reason. Just a human who wants to survive to attempt a somewhat normal life again. Hell if Chief had just got his ass wooped and I was abandoned in space for months I know I wouldn't trust Chief. I would sure be acting like the pilot and would be nervous as hell and want to live. I'm tired of all the marines just saying "You got it Chief." I'm glad the pilot wasn't another marine who just said yes and stood back while Chief did his thing.

Comparing the pilot to Johnson is definitely unfair, too. Johnson was an experienced leader and a Spartan I. The pilot is just one of many pilots. One who had been adrift for some time before finding Chief and had just witnessed the UNSC get beaten, despite it's many advancements since the Cov war.

Yeah, but remember how marines were all excited and high-spirit when chief show up in previous halo games? Even when they are facing certain death? Halo was supposed to be cartoonish power fantasy, that why i have no problem with the graphic issue when the 2020 demo first came out. But i guess time has changed, it is all about realistic human emotion nowadays.

Seems like your review is mixed. You hated the game but you liked it.

I only beat Halo 1 yesterday and uh…..yeah. Yeah he has a reason to be terrified

I liked the Weapon when she is mad during boss fight against the Boss Robot. She talks down to Chief: "Did you hear me?, He''s.... Got..... Friends!" That was pretty funny.

@@aarone1981 Yeah, I really liked her too. Biggest complaint I have otherwise about her is they played her you should go to the main quest voice lines while you are having fun exploring way too often. They could probably fix that in an update though.

After he stopped complaining I really liked the guy. He just needed a good talk.

@@Mediados agreed. The last scene with him in the game was especially great too.

I also liked the pilot. I think the one scene where he freaked out was a bit melodramatic and we should have a bit more background to relate But otherwise he was ok Weapon AI I thought was amazing (maybe cause I loved Cortana) she was innocent and funny at the same time and grew after each mission

I mean, he's not wrong. He really didn't want it anymore.

@@samzilla567 I mean if he even wanted it he couldn't have it so...

That shit was funny

HAHA yes that part was awesome :D talking about poor life decisions!

Had the Elite dying too.

Godammit, you make me spit out my coffee.

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Garbage so no thanks. Get out dude.

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@@TheREALHugo4 I don't think anyone ever asked for your wrong opinion.

I think when they add more Story Campian we will get just that.

@@AnimeAmvStar yeah. it feels like a sort of chapter 1.

@@AnimeAmvStar Didn't age well

Did we expect anything else? 343 never understood halo, never.

@@johngalt7713 Yeah, it really isn't that surprising but I think a lot of people (myself somewhat included) thought they were gonna put in the work to step it up a notch this time around

@@johngalt7713 Hopefully now Joe Staten came back we are going to get better writing.

@@johngalt7713 i mean halo wars 2 had a good campaign story. Don't know who wrote that though

Some of his story criticisms were bad. I saw some of the leaked campaign story cutscenes and they were enough to make me confused on what the hell Skillup is talking about in terms of the Pilot getting annoying even with Chief, when it's understandable because guess what they literally told us the UNSC lost and in the opening cutscene of the game Chief gets manhandled hard, so wth is SkillUp on about Chief being this unstoppable God? XD

I hear you but I do like how the sandbox has been expanded upon. Creating the crazy set piece moments yourself sounds amazing to me, but to each their own.

@@PointlesslyNecessaryConvos If you're creating them yourself they're not set pieces. And Halo 1 to 3 had enough player-driven moments of hilarity, drama or action, without losing its tight story.

@@NicholasBrakespear Yeah, but it still great to have moments made by yourself, as your own MasterChef. But yeah, the less amount of campaign moments does upsets me, especially for a 69 dollar campaign only game.

@@PointlesslyNecessaryConvos in other word 343 is lazy and uncreative and they just want to follow what ubisoft did while claiming '' giving player more freedom ''

So what happens after the tight well told story has ended you have played the game for the 5th time and there is nothing else to do? looking on the other side of the mirror there is a player who took the less well told story that is playing the latest multiplayer Halo with his mate and running the latest DLC as its open world? Oh, I get your point - you have no mates?

I thought the story was horrible. Go watch a halo 2 cutscene. You'll see.

@@Ziggy695 not as good but much better then halo 4 and 5 !!

@@whitedragon1204 damn this pathetic try of a story made me miss Halo 5 story... this feels just so rushed and not finished story. And when something makes you miss Halo 5 story, things are really fucked up. Gameplay is amazing and I liked a lot how the game looks like.

@@Ziggy695 I felt this game emulates CE and to that end it meets its goal in terms of story, while adding background to the villains and some more emotional weight.

@@royshavrick Thats a good point. I still think the first games story is so much more simple and yet better than this, although the villains and gameplay in infinite are pretty sweet.

After playing Through twice, I can 100% disagree with shillups review as well. Only thing I agree with is with the main villain basically is a Saturday morning cartoon villain.

Yeah I just finished the game and all there is to do is to find a few audio logs and its 100% and I'm totally with you guys on this..

100% agree with everything except the repetitive areas. They could have done so much more with them, especially indoor areas. When it comes to the characters though people really do be expecting nothing but Chief being badass and everyone else praising his deeds at his feet, which admittedly every UNSC soldier you rescue does. So when you get someone who rightfully calls him out on his track record of getting pretty much anyone who's ever associated with him killed it's suddenly them whining for no reason and being annoying.

Master Chief sounds old, or bored the whole time. There is no energy in his voice or even any anger from all the other spartans being killed. You think he'd want revenge or something. I have to say that I didn't really enjoy the voice acting in this game.

@@cargorunner9960 Not trying to be a shill, but it's been pretty established through the more recent games than Spartan II's (Chief) are pretty much emotionless sociopaths that are so traumatized from childhood that they're barely keeping it together. Chief is unique in that he did keep it together, and he does show genuine empathy. However his character has never been overly expressive. He's stoic, composed, and yeah I guess you can say boring. But that's his character. Not the fault of any actor involved

Halo Reach had the best campaign

@@Pete-vz5uj no fr

@@Pete-vz5uj Halo reach might just be my favorite halo game in general

I get what you’re saying but still, that’s a pretty sad perspective to adopt. Years in development for a Halo game with a great sandbox but not much else. Infinite will come near the bottom of people’s lists when talking about their favourite Halo games and that’s honestly just kinda lame. A hugely limited multiplayer with deplorable micro transactions and a repetitive single player with a weak narrative. If you’re satisfied with that then that’s fine. I definitely won’t be buying this game, if everyone does then why would 343 ever try to aim higher?

@@samuelabbottchannel Umm... people would buy it because it's a good game? Buying the game doesn't mean there won't be enough criticism to have 343 make it even better

Even with the first game, you had human and covenant ships (x2), forerunner structures, a desert setting, woods setting, an island, a swamp, a nuclear waste area, and a snowy setting. Even if there were repeats, you remember those levels. Sounds like there aren't any stand-out spots in Infinite and that disappoints me more than lack of set pieces The game is supposed to last a decade though so I'm sure there's going to be more variety with time

That is why you should try it out first.

@@matthewdopler8997 I'm certain I'm going to love the game based off what reviews have said, no doubt. I'll play the hell out of it. Halo is Halo

So would have most of us. Open world is slowly killing many game series and tight stories just to make way for "player freedom" sandboxes.

@@brightenblack207 I think the day and night cycle will help with the variety. There's still the underbelly of the Halo ring that's pretty cool and new for the franchise. While it may not have the variety of the old, at least it's totally new in concept if that makes sense

My favorite scene so far is Griffin’s death. That scene was so fucking good

It’s why I transitioned to him from Yongyea.

Yes, his ability to fence-sit for 343's benefit is remarkable...

@@capefear56. He'd criticized them left and right. The fuck are you smoking?

@@Garbageman28 you must have a good surgeon

@@dragonbornexpress5650 Do you understand what "fence-sitting" is? It's simultaneously voicing support for two opposing camps, which he does. The fact that he criticizes them in one breath and makes excuses for them in another, then says "it's up to the player to decide if they think it's worth it!" is literally fence-sitting. I haven't seen a single major KZfaqr have the balls to actually straight up say "this sucks ass in its current state and I encourage you not to buy until 343 improves it." yet this is a recurring theme within the community. I wonder why...

doom eternal

Or games like dishonored. Big levels, still very detailed corridors.

I really miss level based games. Halo was one of the better games to do it, Bioshock was a really good example of that too. Especially when levels are designed really well and play/look and feel differently from each other. Like the other guy said though, Dishonored is a very good with the missions and levels. ESPECIALLY Dishonored 2! If you haven’t played them yet you need to JUST do you can experience the sequel. It’s really fcking good. Feels a lot like Bioshock as well if your into that

amen.....

Yup. Watching the gameplay doesn't excite me. I also don't like the grapple hook, because there is no thought or challenge on how to get somewhere.

All youve said is meaningless platitudes. "The human is human so acts like a human".

Yeah I really liked the Pilot. His "oh man this is crazy we're gonna die" stuff just felt like it was creating a contrast between what humans are normally like, and what chief is like. And, like this trope goes, you prove to him that you can overcome the odds, and he does let up on the freaking out. I felt like SkillUp kinda overexaggerated how annoying the Pilot actually is, but that's his opinion I guess.

@@enjoshi-godrez8775 yeah, he's not gun-ho about anything nor is he an unreliable coward. They struck a good balance with him in the face of despair. Any other worthless comments you have to offer?

@@ChezzyKnytt I agree. Trying to put yourself in the shoes of the pilot and then playing through infinite will make his reactions seem more organic

Halo 4 and anything made after were trash

100% agree I remember when I was hunting for audio logs and skulls being completely fascinated the amount of “show dont tell” moments in the open world. Like seeing warthogs and ghosts scattered around along side bodies, a crashed pelican or banished drop pods strewn across the landscape. Your imagination runs wild wondering “what happened here?” Also spoilers… …I personally dont agree with the annoying characters analysis. The weapons naive and jovial nature mixes well with Chiefs experienced and “to the point” demeanour. The pilots anxiety and energy bounces off of Chiefs stoicism delightfully and sometimes hilariously. It leads to incredible moments like the “we all fail” pep talk

nah it can mean better, but not in halo. Try ghost of tsushima.

@@michaelblue4619 I do not agree with that. What I am trying to say is that linearity and open worlds are different concepts, with different strengths and weaknesses. There are games that manage to incorporate elements of both design philosophies. But most game are made on a budget, and sometimes it's better to do what you know best, rather than shoot for the stars and run out of budget when you're halfway there.

@@KaiSchSp Yes but this is Halo. It's budget should be: yes. Ghost of tsushima is an example of a far more accomplished open world that gives you everything you want.

Bigger can mean better. Look at gta 5 story and rd2. Rockstar has done linear before, but when they went big, it was an amazing experience. Sure it's different type of game but when you say bigger does not mean better it is very subjective. In terms of accolades and reviews of great story telling it can be done based on units sold and review feedback positivity on success. I believe thay is a good marker as evidence in my opinion for being bigger is better.

@@diocub4022 I don't really get what you're saying. Yeah, GTA 5 and RDR2 are good, big games. And Rockstar Studios may really be better at developing large scale open world type games. None of that leads me to the conclusion that bigger is better. By that logic GTA5 would be a better game if you copy pasted all the missions 3 times and scaled up the map by 200%. "Big" alone achieves nothing.

I recommend Guardians of The Galaxy!

@@FlacoChevere. fuck yeah!

its a double edged sword having your marketing point being "open world game"

Halo was suppose to be open world even for CE. It went closed corridor and linear because of Microsoft at the time and timeframe/ hardware. Also this is chapter 1. There’s more campaign coming. Or did you think the halo for next 10 years is just what you get in 2 days?

@@F0xSH0X1 Judging by this, I don't want more campaign lol

my whole experience playing the game.

literally me

He’s never needed to. You don’t play CE, 2, and 3 and then say “wow Chief is flawed and needs an arc”. In my opinion we never should have played as him after 3, at least for another trilogy. His return should have been triumphant fanfare. Simple, but it’s what Halo did best

I know exactly what part this is, and I think I might have done that unintentionally to get the the gravity hammer.

Exactly, the story defintley brought back the mystique of the old Halo games. Not everything has to be explained and showed off the bat and explained all in one game. That was one of the biggest weaknesses with Halo 4, introducing the big bad didact and then instantly killing him like nothing.

Yea but considering how bad halo 5 was written, even a chimp could've improved upon its story The story in infinite isn't as bad as it is just generic

SPOILERS * * * * * * * It was a waste of a story. It was a Cortana + Chief story AGAIN for the third (arguably fourth) game in a row, with everything else pushed to the wayside. They're wasting the universe, with barely any effort put into the events and worldbuilding that Halo has expertly handled before. This focus on drama and character-driven stories is what I personally hate, and Halo has never felt compelling ever since the stories have relied on their weak characters as a primary plot point. How would the Banished use the ring to destroy Humanity? No answer. Why are the Endless dangerous and 'worse than the Flood?' No answer. What happened to the Infinity and Cortana? Their fate is off screen and we, the players, learn important details that the Chief ALREADY KNOWS near the end of the story. The drama between the Chief and the Weapon is cheesy and weak. The most compelling plot point was revealed near the end of the game, when it should have been revealed at the start to set the tone and motivation of the villains. Every cutscene is a close-up of a character's face, or a hologram. The open-world activities have no impact on the story, and all the encounters feel like cheaper versions of what we had before which is SUPER disappointing considering the enemy AI and design are some of the best of the series. The excellent music is cheapened by conforming to the weak open-world encounters. Some people (like me) haven't even heard the new Under Cover or Through the Trees in the game (and I've done EVERY SINGLE activity possible). The only praise I can give to the game's story is that I can HOPE that the Cortana plot line is finally over with and we can move on to something more compelling without the weak character-drama driving the narrative. With my luck though, the next game/dlc will be another single-biome open world with only Forerunner structures and the story will be about the Weapon + Chief's relationship. And the pilot'll be there too! The Halo campaigns deserve better writing and they need to ditch the 'pseudo open-world' gimmick as we lost more than we gained because of it (and I'm betting the dev team would breathe a collective sigh of relief too). Here's hoping Joe Staten can turn things around, but I am extremely skeptical as NONE of 343i's games has had a compelling story (and that absolutely includes 4 for many of the reasons I dislike Infinite).

He deal is his negatives are other reviewers positives, specifically with the characters. This sounds pretty subjective.

343 confirm they will support halo infinite for 10 year but haven't explained is it only multiplayer or including the campaign if both we can expect expansions/big dlc

Very rarely do I completely agree with ShillUp - make your own decisions.

@@themightyempire3511 I do truely think there were reviewers incapable of being neutral and subjective when it came to this game. Ryan mcafrey of ign has literally been gushing week at the knees for this game for 2 years he was never going to say a bad thing about it at all.

It's worth remembering that reviews are completely subjective. You may or may not agree with his points. Things that disappointed him you may not even consider. Reviews can be helpful but don't let them taint or alter your view of something, especially before you've actually played it.

there is no such patch for replayable mission well i do think new game+ is possible as DLC if they're not available at release

2021 was a letdown tbh. 2022 will be better

@@TheREALHugo4 Can you stop jinxing the timeline so early in december?!!

@@rattango9819 This year is done, dude so stop it.

@@TheREALHugo4 nooooooooo

It truly is. I don't know why this was decided, but it was clearly one that was made early on. So there must be a reason. Of all the things Halo Infinite could disappoint me with, it's this one. I know some story points that I shouldn't... The pieces I *have* seen have left me very satisfied with the direction of the story, particularly with why the Banished and Cortana have beef with each other (that's all I'm gonna say). So story isn't something I'm going to be even slightly dissatisfied with. But the biome... I live nearby where The Act Man does, and I agree with his recent assessment: if I wanted to get more of the Pacific Northwest, I need only go outside. The lack of setpieces strongly-discourages me and makes me wonder how much the novelty of that "self-storytelling" is going to last. The setpieces have always been spectacular in Halo, whether it's inside a planet-sized anus called High Charity, floating across a lake on Aztec-like hover trams, or in a vast desert with the Milky Way in the distance... Climbing the BADASS Banished Scarabs to disable them, participating in intense aerial dogfights, and the feeling of fighting an actual *war* against the Banished is a great idea, and it's a real shame we don't get to have that feeling.

@@QrazyQuarian Could'nt agree more brotha

The campaign might, but the micro-transaction focused multiplayer surely wont.

Same. Perhaps when they actually finish the game in like a year or 2 from now lolz. Then maybe it will be worth getting for like 5 bucks to mess around in for a day or so until you move onto a obviously MUCH better game. That's my plan... Or I just wont play this trash lol. The latter is more likely...

@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Cope harder fanboy

BUNGIE no longer being there= Halo is MID

A good variety of random encounters really help to make an open world feel more alive. Even more-so if those encounters are tailored to change a bit based off your actions in-game.

Isn't it the same in halo infinites multi-player the fan base hates 90 % of the things about the game. But despite that still recommend it. It's just halo now..

@@moovudu4822 So, skins are 90% of Halo's multiplayer?

@@MaxIronsThird lol there's so much worse parts of Infinite MP than just the poorly made coatings, like no cross core customization, lottery playlists, legit the same amount of maps as Halo CE at launch when every Halo had way more to offer, and a dogshit progression system that encourages people to not play the objectives or just play with bots to finish the challenges faster. It's all a mess, and the gameplay can only carry it for so long. Its population is dropping off fast already lol Six years and they can't even add a slayer playlist, what a joke

@@MaxIronsThird no. But as of now we are complaining about the monetary system, the customization, the Playlists, and the hackers as the big four. But aside of that we as a community have also complained about the graphics (typically newer fans) certain modes, some guns even. Yet despite all of that, despite all the criticism around the game we still recommend it

@@semperk1482 yep. Although it's very obvious halo infinite is going to be one of those games like halo mcc it has a rough start then it will slowly become a better game. I'm already expecting the game to die by the 6 month mark. Then get revived due to forge both the campaign and multi-player have stuff for it in the future such as the more then one campaign basically dlc for halo. Which might fix the campaign story and lack of Biomes. While there is also whole maps, modes, and even guns being made we aren't seeing the full halo gun list. As well as most likely in the future. A lot of this stuff is going to be fixed. It's just sad that we have to wait 6-9 months to get to that point. And I'm fully prepared for the game to die off early January until then due to how bad the background is around it right now. Hopefully the campaign is good enough to last us to February. But that was the hope for the three months. Now that it's 6 months for co op. I don't think halo infinite will be very good for very long due to just how fast we are getting burnt out

I don't understand why they didn't add a layer of snow in one location, or make another a desert. Maybe make on more jungle/swamp. They've been at this for nearly 7 years and they only have 1 palette of assets? Realistically, how hard would it have been for them to add snow? They could've even mirrored H1, something. This just looks like the Pacific Northwest.

@@JZStudiosonline they worked for 3 years on the game not 7 thats a common misconception

@@JZStudiosonline That's what happens when you focus on high fidelity and realism, suddenly adding different types of trees and biomes becomes harder when they have to be high quality realistic models. I honestly think the game looks uninspired af, you look at the terrain from high up and it's just a bunch of randomly placed rocks next to unrealistically shiny metal (no dirt, no scratches, no erosion, etc.) and the same size trees copy pasted everywhere. 343i's devs don't have a single creative bone in their bodies.

@@JZStudiosonline Because they are lazy.Horizon zero dawn is an open world game and it have many different locations/ environment.

@@snark567 That's not true at all.

I always preferred the Warthog escape at the end of Halo CE. 3 felt like an homage to it while trying to make it more difficult, which for me just made it more frustrating.

There won’t be anything like that in this game

@@mitchellp7739 still looking forward to play it

@@avengerx2000 I am too but I am still disappointed with how average it’s looking like it will be. The days of Halo 3 and Reach will likely never return

Honestly i always thought ce and 2 had better campaigns. 3 just feels like 2s wrap up arc. Crows nest, Floodgate and Cortana aren't great missions and even the last one is just climb a tower, kill guilty spark and drive away. Never really understood why people are so obsessed with 3 in comparison to the others.

Yea recently i started to like SHILL-UP who doesn't SHILL lol ~

The villian feels like ~ Holo-Twitter bot user who just want to provoke attention and throw twitter tantrum.. but never even in my human-self i felt threatened by the guy who only brags about himself and does that borderlands 3 villians things they do.

Shill-up* please don't misspell our Lord and Savior's name

Amazing is a bit of a stretch with all the negatives, but it looks like a bit of dumb fun with the good combat. Reminds me of doom eternal. I gave zero shits about the story but the gameplay is awesome.

Seems like it really depends on what you're looking for in this campaign. If you just want a game - something that plays well mechanically and the rest is whatever to you - Then this is a recommendation. If you want a _Halo_ game - something that actually recaptures the good parts of the original trilogy and does them justice in the story - Then it's a recommendation against.

@@BackwardsPancake if you just want something that plays well........you would play multiplayer....

i was thinking the very same thing. He spent most of the time destroying the characters and story. I'm getting the same vibes. Need to change that thumbnail title. The compliments are about 10 seconds and then he goes right back destroying it. A back-handed compliment of a video if I every seen one. Honestly this is the first review I've seen where they didn't like the campaign.

Was it? "I still had fun even though it was repetitive bc the sandbox was phenomenal" To be clear, no one having THAT much fun is not going to recommend that game. yikes dude, there are dumb takes, but then there's yours.. LOL.

Not really, but hey it's the internet, you can't not be dramatic

Lol you automatically think the story is shit just cause this youtuber said so 😂

@@xUseTheForks it is shit always has been a shit story to avg with really good gameplay and CO-OP CAMPAIGNS I would have NEVER played any halo CAMPAIGNS if I could not sit down with my friends and play through on hard and have a ball..... who plays halo for the shit story? Fanboys that I'd all.

@@xUseTheForks still going to play it bro. Nothing wrong with keeping your expectations in check.

@@xUseTheForks ALSO I don't think the story is shit, but it sounds like it's not satisfyingly concluded. Go touch grass

@@kameronbelcher 😂 says the person that believes the story isn't gonna be good just cause skillup doesn't like it lol think you need to touch some grass

Freedom of approach just means they don't have to actually design the levels

@@nenadmilovanovic5271, that doesn't make sense. One thing doesn't exclude the other, nor freedom makes level design unnecessary. Level design and storytelling by level design are different things.

Nah, what?? That's the main thing 343i said they would focus on. Storytelling through the levels. Idk man, ill just wait and play it for myself

@@rogercls I am saying game designers won't design levels, they just use open world as an excuse. Look at every Ubisoft game from the last 5 years.

@@nenadmilovanovic5271 While I do wholeheartedly agree that by making players "create their own set-pieces" it means less care and attention is given to curating an experience through the level designs; I also would argue that the open world formula in Far Cry and older Assassin's Creed games is so solid that they don't need to put crazy amounts of work into the story missions, and still, I can think of more than a few Ubisoft story missions that were incredible. The problem is when the developer treats story content like the optional objectives, and not the driving force that dictates the experience, the environment and the pacing. Which it seems like Halo Infinite has dropped the ball with.

It’s more like having a popular opinion vs an unpopular opinion.

Nah, I still remember his Deep Rock Galactic review recommending it and the comments saying he did wrong because he only played on easy

He recommends the game.

When Under the Mayo and Skillup BOTH agree on something, then I know something's up. What I'm getting is good gameplay trapped in a half-baked open world map/game. Plot is mixed

His story criticisms were bad man like I am confused on wth he's talking about with Chief being unstoppable and never losing when the first thing we see is Chief being manhandled XD

@@imixupwords5340 he obviously doesn’t know the lore, his reviews are terrible which is why I try to avoid his channel

/facepalm

@@Jaykurosakii why are you here then?

Oops, salty fanboys in the comments.

Sanest take I've seen. Well done.

Same. Halo 4 left me dissatisfied. H5 made me pull my head out of my ass. And halo infinite made me release its time to grow up and let this new generation have halo. Cause I just can’t recognize it anymore.

HiddenXPeria completely disagrees with SkillUp, and he was just as skeptical about the campaign. Sooooo yeah.

@@seroccoprime2774 and it could be good. Who knows. But if it’s where I want it to be then I’m sure the Unanimous cries of joy from the community, and the long lost fanboys returning will signal my return. If not it will fall by the wayside. And the player base will drop off like every other 343 title. The difference is. I’m not paying my money to find out this time. Especially after 5

@@Spabsa just game pass it man why are being so dramatic lol

Agree, I am about 50% through the campaign and I really like the Weapon. The pilot is a bit annoying but you start the game seeing him just want to go home so it is no surprise that he is desperate to do just that.

Yikes

@@amaterasu2320 what's yikes

what is the lip thing people keep bringing up about the weapon, i don't get it

@@flyingdoggo9887 she has this little hair lip thing where she raises the corner of her mouth

343 doesnt make halo, its a bunch of suits in upper management. This game was mostly made by 3rd party studios 6 to be exact. They even have stolen fan art in one of the maps.

Halo Infinite sequel directed by James Mangold just called John

The story over the last 2 years or so has been great

@@erichall090909 ok then explain what the 9 is

@@relaxedberserker4156 they’re not supposed to be fully known the same way there are still many unknown things about Oni in Halo, especially if you only play the games.

Destiny has a good story.... they just choose not to tell it in game

@@burningphoenix6679 difference is oni stuff we don’t know about is just fucked up human experimentations while the nine is some weirdo shit that doesn’t make any sense

I'm enjoying MP, but 90% of the people in there are far better than me... so I hear you. Soon as I start getting pissed, I walk away. Lots of practice, and maybe I can only be beaten by the top 80% of players. :-/

Dude I know. Wtf? Nobody even mentions it.. So many aspects of the old halo missing here. This is literally just one level of Halo:CE that they took and made into an open world.

That's what happens when u get the whole fanbase begging them to just redo stuff they did last time.

lmao

looks like 343 will be too busy fixing multiplayer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

What exactly are you balancing? do not know what 343 has in store for all Spartans what happens if after 3 weeks of playing they change the enemies or missions in some way to keep you coming back or in 4 months time add another 1 hour Story mode do the campaign as its open world? I love the way no one gave a sh*t about Halo 3 weeks ago and now everyone is a Fu*cking die hard Halo fan, bashing the game that has not even come out yet. GAMERS = RETARDS

So nostalgia or innovation? Cause last I checked, can't do both unless committed to one or the other. And if neither, than you get what Halo 5 is

@@jsrocker248 or you can get Elden Ring, which seems to be doing open world Dark Souls pretty well

? Who in their right mind would pay for their “future campaign expansions” though, with how borked and money grubby the multiplayer is.

No please try it. Its really a fun ride with ups and downs. This review did not do it justice.

@@KidGreeD14 Its ups only go to "boring and generic" at its peak, so not really saying much

@@Freelancer837 i completely disagree i haven't had this much fun in halo since reach. You can't tell you didn't enjoy the house of reckoning.

@@KidGreeD14 Considering I had to look up which part of the game the House of Reckoning was to even remember what part of the game it was, I think my answer should be pretty obvious. And even then, the House of Reckoning was basically just two short Firefight arenas mixed in with two really simple and unfun boss fights. The only part that felt any fun at all was unlocking the Spartan Charge / Groupound upgrade from Halo 5 and realizing it was pretty OP

@@Freelancer837 wow that's amazing. To each their own then.

Yeah this was the same feeling i got. Halo 4 was the best story in a Halo game, in pure narrative sense and it's hated by the fanbase. So of course 343 is leaning heavily into the sandbox after that.

The thing is, the story always unfolded around the chief and cortana. They made the story about chief and cortana, and even then, they complete ruined the story they wrote in 4 with 5 anyway lol

And absence of level design diversity; And the absence of challenging enemy compositions; And the absence of unpredictable combat encounters. etc.

What makes you think 343 can actually support a game for 10 years, when all their predecessors couldn't? Every game they've made has had a dying player base and never re-establishes after. And the funny thing is you can't even say MCC because that was done by all 3rd party studios and was fixed by ALL outsourced studios. Same with infinite 6 outsourced studios stapled this game together and 343 is taking all the credit.

@@EUTOPIATTV everyone does this now. Outsourcing is the word. For example, bluepoint is so small because all the heavy lifting is outsourced. They said it themselves in the noclip video.

@@rocstarang5747 Not to the extent of what 343 does, thats an excuse to pay college grads 40k/year on contracted work. Believe what you want though, I've been in around the industry to long and seen that first hand.

@@EUTOPIATTV true but all 40k/year kids aren't equal. That's what I've learned from years of dealing with contract work 😉

I’d play this game. Don’t think Halo will ever be this ambitious, the reality is a game like this would cost more and why do more when you can do less and it still pays big money? Make your own fun, sandbox, etc, etc, its just the same recycled emergent experiences, that’s we’ve experienced in tonnes of games before. People have been saying for ages, graphics, presentation, etc, dont matter, its about game play game play game play. It’s right, gameplay is key, but, its just the same combat loops in different orders. No surprise they focus on that the most, that’s the addictive part that this industry is mastering so far. Everything else takes a backseat, yet still scores high for some reason.

Yeah it is very odd I mean over the weekend people were complaining so much that 343 locked down their reddit but only a day passes and everyone is giving this game almost perfect scores

It was an excellent review. Guess we give our own internalised score. A 6/10 game is still good and has merit.

I'm confused as well. considering that ign gave it a 9, I think the main reason is because the previous games were bad and halo infinite is definitely a step up from that and since people love halo it feels like a gift for them after that long dark period.

@@Tekeysix IGN gave Halo 5 a 9/10, every Halo has scored a 9 minimum, so it reeks of bs

@@BlueLionsTVNiiNiiFC oh really? damn I forgot that. now it makes sense, they can't give halo infinite a lower score than halo 5

They had diff areas but that Chris dude had the game direction jammed up so they had to cut it. Hopefully they will add diff areas in the expansion

Lol we can't even the dislike.

LAME that it wont be there until jan, maybe later...

@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 it’s delayed for at least 6 months from now. It’s pathetic

Like 5 people, most went to work on destiny

Just play the game when it comes out, i watched 3 review so far. this the only one with some negativity

Don't give up on the story yet, you might enjoy it.

Honestly from that very first demo. I knew it would be lack luster. Seemed to be just as cheesy and cartoony looking as 5. Just with a HW2 skin.

Literally, what at all is to like about halo 5's campaign?

It is one level copy pasted 10 times over a huge map. Just like all the other open worlds nowadays.

@@enjoshi-godrez8775 Sangheilios, specifically Arbiter.

@@enjoshi-godrez8775 I watched a video that had all of 5's cutscenes again. what a disaster lol

No I think the Pilot and Weapon arent annoying I thought they were the best parts

Personally I also really like them. I don't see what's annoying about them.

I agree as well, I like them a lot

imma be honest i agree and i say that coming from a current age gamer (genZ) i played the original trilogy and i felt nothing for the most part except annoying game desgins

@@snuzzysnorlax1253 I played Halo 2 way back in 2006 and it was the only Halo I played until I played the rest of the games on the MCC this year. Halo CE definitely does not age well especially in the 2nd half on the game. The Library level design is just awful. But you can't deny it's a groundbreaking game for the shooter genre especially in 2001.

Doom and Halo are very different from each other. A good Halo level wouldn’t make a good Doom level and vice versa.

@@matthewdopler8997 understandable but if they can cut down on some of the open world, and put that effort to designing better locations of multiple variety then game definitely benefits from it.

@@matthewdopler8997 I think the guy above is talking about diversity, etc. ID definitely knows how to make the locations look totally different from each other, which looks like Infinite suffers from

Could also be a daughter so it gets the Last of Us dynamic while allowing them to pull the "game has girl, so progressive" card

Can you please explain why some of his takes are way off? Considering you haven't played it and he has. What do you mean please emphasize. Honest question.

@@diocub4022 Mostly stuff about the story. As you said, I haven’t played the game, do I can’t actually comment on that. But I’ve seen enough of the games story to kinda know he’s kinda off the mark there. One, everything I’ve seen of the Chief and the Weapon’s father/daughter relationship has been perfect, and SkillUps whole rant about games needing to mature with it’s audience seems to indicate that he wanted that to be as in your face about it as God of War 4. The Chief is NOT Kratos, and as young and naive as she may be, Weapon is still based on Halsey’s Grey Matter much like Cortana. Shit’s going to be a lot more understated on that front; a father/daughter subtext under a professional SpecOps Soldier/AI foretext, and not like Kratos shouting “BOOOOOIIIIIII!!!!” at Atreus and Atreus having a new form of Teenaged Angst/Daddy Issues every 30 minutes. I agree with him that Escharum didn’t make the landing, but him being hammy and a strongman is not the issue. There was in fact a fully fleshed out character there; an old warrior obsessed with his surrogate sons’ ideology that desperately wants to go out fighting the greatest warrior in the galaxy… or taste the reinvigorating glory of triumphing over Chief. Hell, even the Banished’s sudden obsession with genociding the UNSC (I know they say humanity all the time in the game, but considering there are canonical human members of the Banished it’s obvious humanity actually just means the UNSC here and they are doing that to avoid confusing people who aren’t familiar with the Deep Lore) is a hissy fit over a human killing his beloved Atriox. There was a potentially interesting antagonist there, and not just a piece of cardboard as Skill would imply. I will agree with ShillUp on one bit; he was severely mismatched as a antagonist to be pitted against Master Chief. He’s basically Bane being set up and a Superman villain and not a Batman one. Escharum would have been perfect for an ODST 2 or something. This wasn’t really brought up in this review, but rather in his impressions video: I roll my eyes whenever people immediately go “OH MY GOD MCU QUIPS ABANDON SHIP!” every time someone so much as banters a bit. ESPECIALLY if it’s a franchise already know for being quipy like Halo. But yeah, kinda hard to deny what he says about the pilot. I said he’s way off on a few things. That is not one of them :P