Halo Infinite

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Wow.

Just reading about what little we know of Halo Infinite, it's been brought home to me what a god damn narrative catastrophe Halo 5 was. What were they thinking!?

I don't think 343 meant to go full lefty but there's clearly some lefties in there as their behaviour matches up. They took the franchise, they tore it apart, shat all over everything that came before and tried to make it theirs right down to the art style (they even desexualised Cortana). The result is a total bastardisation of one of the greatest sci-fi shooters of all time.
I know that at least some of 343i's creative leads are leftists, but that doesn't track here.

The rise of woke trash is largely due to corporations deciding to make more of X (Where X is Terminator, Star Wars, some children's cartoon from the eighties, or any other media franchise with a proven track record) and greenlight more of X. They then hand this project off to writers, directors and producers who are talentless hacks. In the case that these people do have talent, that talent is set aside in favor of regurgitating the woke agenda. See, for example, James Cameron. He's one Hell of a storyteller and an incredibly competent producer, and yet any interesting story that Avatar could have told was shredded in favor of repeating hamfisted environmentalist cliches.

These writers, directors, and producers then brag about how woke they are and how woke the production will be, because sending a message is more important to them than telling a good story. In some cases, this is a cynical attempt to cover up for the shortcomings of a film (Fant4stic is going to be progressive! The Emoji Movie is going to fight Trump!) but often it is a genuine attempt to evangelize for the woke movement.

So... MIcrosoft wants more Halo.
343i is made to make more Halo.
343i is... not exactly competent at storytelling, worldbuilding, or visual design. The company is staffed with people who are good at climbing the corporate ladder, but not at writing.

But 343i hasn't gone woke. Sure, there's woke employees, and the usual faffing nonsense during Pride Month, but wokeness hasn't taken over the story. 343i didn't brag about how Fireteam Osiris is diverse and inclusive. Linda and Kelly weren't turned into Strong Womahn who don't need the Master Chief. The story isn't great, and boy howdy was 343i too big for their britches whenever it came to comparing themselves to Bungie, but it's not woke.

And desexualized Cortana? Dude, Halo 3 Cortana may have had jiggle physics, but Halo 4 Cortana had holographic shadows to emphasize where all those curves were.

The infuriating thing is that a post Halo 3 galaxy is a writers playground. Humanity getting back on its feet, dozens of Covenant Warlords fighting for the scraps of their old empire, the Arbiter trying to assert control, and perhaps even ONI being reluctant to hand over its war time powers. And this is what they gave us? Yet another fucking rogue AI story?
Indeed. Fortunately, some of us are working on that problem.
 

Lord Sovereign

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And desexualized Cortana? Dude, Halo 3 Cortana may have had jiggle physics, but Halo 4 Cortana had holographic shadows to emphasize where all those curves were.

Poor choice of words there. Wokery doesn't quite come into it (as you say, not nearly to the same extent as elsewhere) until Halo 5 where Cortana's redesign is a heavy indication.
 

Zachowon

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Poor choice of words there. Wokery doesn't quite come into it (as you say, not nearly to the same extent as elsewhere) until Halo 5 where Cortana's redesign is a heavy indication.
I think that is more since she took on a physical form.
 

Lord Sovereign

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Quick question, concerning the naming of things. Given that the United Nations Space Command serves as the military force of humanity, wouldn't it make more sense for the government to be called just "The United Nations" instead of "United Earth Government"? The latter sends like a attempt by the writers to not use "United Nations."
 

Zachowon

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So, the game comes out December 9th, and having played the Beta, looks fucking amazing. THe multiplayer is actually very fun and reminds me a lot of Halo reach and halo 4 combined. It is really noce.
They brought back the original Forerunner style architecture.
The guns are fucking awesome, and well, here is a video of a bunch of concept art. How much will we see in game? Who knows
 

Husky_Khan

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Pringles AND Wal-Mart have joined in... can anyone survive such power arrayed against the consumer?!?!?!

 

Free-Stater 101

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I really don't care for Halo Infinite at the moment because I am perpetually stuck with an Xbox One and Microsoft can't make enough Series X's to sustain my demand. 😢
 

Zachowon

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We are just about a month away everyone.
New video about the campaign, some never before seen things, some new villains, and some more story behind some of what we saw last time.


PLus, Sexy lady cortana voice narration
 

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PLus, Sexy lady cortana voice narration
She has been replaced for a 'better' model apparently after she was written into obscurity by the idiots who wrote Halo 5 my headcannon will always be that Halo 4 was the last Halo game were she gave her life to save the Chief. 😭
 

Zachowon

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She has been replaced for a 'better' model apparently after she was written into obscurity by the idiots who wrote Halo 5 my headcannon will always be that Halo 4 was the last Halo game were she gave her life to save the Chief. 😭
Look, for all we know, her replacement will help us find the true cortana. Not the corrupt one.
Plus we have a new female enemy for John to kill.

I like the new Elite guy.
I want Thel though so jump in out of no where because Arbiter vs Assassin would be awesome
 

TheRejectionist

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So, I never played the Halos.

The reasons being :

  1. It was basically console exclusive until a few years ago
  2. Not enough money to buy both Sony and XBOX consoles
  3. Not enough space for said console also, which in turns make impractical
  4. Now I discovered that my "old" HP can be upgraded despite being a notebook and oh boy my fan was dirty and mildly burn it for some reason besides the interior dust.
  5. It's been almost a decade I sail the high seas of the internet and I am not ashamed of not giving money to Microsoft
 

Zachowon

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So, I never played the Halos.

The reasons being :

  1. It was basically console exclusive until a few years ago
  2. Not enough money to buy both Sony and XBOX consoles
  3. Not enough space for said console also, which in turns make impractical
  4. Now I discovered that my "old" HP can be upgraded despite being a notebook and oh boy my fan was dirty and mildly burn it for some reason besides the interior dust.
  5. It's been almost a decade I sail the high seas of the internet and I am not ashamed of not giving money to Microsoft
You can get all but 5 now on PC in one paclage
 

Zachowon

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Yeah but now. Let's be frank. Before the announced the ports, who would have though of seeing PS or XBOX exclusives on PC?

What's the package you speak of ?
Master Chief collection.
Also, Halo 1 and 2 were both released to PC at some point
 

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