Indisputable Proof That Halo: Infinite Is Hot Trash (Real Life Review) 

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Modern halo is proof that it's OK to let franchises end.

Damn, humanity spent all those years, resources, and lives fighting the covenant when all they needed to do was invent the grapple hook

I mean when 80% of your studio is made out of temporary contractors to save money of course shit is gonna hit the fan.

I'm so tired of hearing people say 343 doesn't deserve the hate but reality is a cruel mistress. They were given MS biggest IP and not once have they made a good game

The worst thing about 343 is how much story happens off screen and between games…. Still can’t forgive them them for not finishing the Cortona story on screen.

In my head canon, the Halo Franchise ended when Chief got in the Cryo Tube in the Forward Unto Dawn. They never actually found him. The next 3 games have all been dreams he's having.

Tbh I've always felt like the positive response around the campaign of infinite was a big cope to lack of content in general. I mean basically nothing happens, the big villain dies off screen, and you're last second introduced to some new threat and it's over. I Guess when you've been given what 343 gives you you think the scrapings of the bottom of the barrel is something to behold.

343 making Cortana the villain is inexcusable.

The additional irony is that 343 Industries added ray traced shadows but only to the multi-player, not the campaign which needs it the most. I mean what kind of sweatlord would play the multi-player with ray tracing? That's just an additional performance penalty.

No single console splitscreen is an absolute disgrace

A franchise that set the bar now chases trends.

For me, one small but emblematic example of the lost potential was when I couldn't grapple to board the phantom dropships.

I’m glad you picked apart the campaign. Basically every reviewer and person would just say “the campaign is fun, but multiplayer is bad”. Which I thought was such a cop out. The campaign absolutely sucks.

Finally someone talking about the problems with the campaign, it wasn’t just the multiplayer that sucked.

Apparently MS would force 343 to hire temp workers to avoid paying benefits. Obviously this can only result in total disaster.

Just replayed every single Halo bungie release. Holds up phenomenally.

I'm so glad someone FINALLY called out Echo 216. People were way too eager to give him a pass to pretend he's a deep character because sad and not a Spartan

I haven’t played Halo in a long time, but I always preferred Heroic. It felt the most balanced

The original Halo Combat Evolved is by far my favorite game of the series. I love the way they balanced the weapons/gameplay/maps in this game. It's unique. It's so well thought out for all out fun. Yet if you want to play skilled modes you can too. You can couch co-op party play. Co-op the campaign. I love how the game is crafted to bring out certain types of play style with-in people. It leaves room for goofing around, while equally allowing for a test of your knowledge and skills of the game to see who can utilize things the best. The maps are so unique compared to other multiplayer games. They aren't just copying COD 3 lane map layouts. The campaign is great, the flood, the gathering of ammo, health packs, shields, cloak. The way they built it so you start out with base weapons and you each have to go around the map to aquire weapons and more during gameplay, really creates a awesome structure to how the game is needed to be played. +It's my opinion that The A.I. is by far the BEST A.I. It's so interesting to go up against the enemies in this game. The enemies have such diverse dynamic behavior and reaction responsiveness. Not just enemies, your own soldier's that team up with you to drive vehicle's in the story mode, really adds depth to the campaign mode. The level of customization of game modes is like nothing we have today. You could Customize your own personal character. You could make your own game modes. You could make Serious game modes or dorking around game modes or just all out crazy Overpowered madness game modes. I absolutely LOVE THIS GAME and I still own and play the OG version on a old school original Xbox as well as a Xbox 360. (I haven't gotten a Xbox system after the 360. That era was the peak in my opinion) What I don't get is that "The Original Halo Combat Evolved, on OG Xbox" has some of the best A.i. -As well as Left 4 Dead 2. I love the way they balanced the weapons/gameplay/maps. It's so well thought out & fun. You can couch co-op, party play. Co-op the campaign. It leaves room for goofing around, while equally allowing for a test of skills. The maps are unique compared to other games. The campaign is great, in Halo CE there's the flood, gathering of ammo, health packs, shields, cloak. The way they built it so you start out with base weapons and you each have to go around the map to aquire weapons during gameplay, really creates a awesome structure to how the game is played. +The A.I. is by far the BEST A.I. It's so interesting to go up against the enemies in this game. The enemies have such diverse dynamic behavior and reaction responsiveness. What happened?

the best part is, "rampancy" never meant "ai schizophrenia/dementia" before frank oconnor got his filthy mitts on the creative director position. in the bungie days, "rampancy" was basically the process of an AI becoming sentient.

Just look at the water physics between Halo 3 a 2007 game to Infinite. In 3 the water actually responds to what you're doing properly and bodies even float along in water too. Insane.

Halo can easily be itself again...with a new developer, or a 343 Industries with essentially 99% of the staff replaced.

The worst part of Halo Infinite's "open world" is the lack of destructible structures (including the infamous tree).

343's decision to turn Cortana into an antagonist from the previous games really screwed up the franchise.

They've been focused on making a game that they wanted to make instead of HALO itself. It also seems that since they failed to grasp at old fans again they seemed to have gone full blown out for the halo 5 fans

I never played the campaign because I wanted to let the multiplayer dictate whether or not I wanted to, and I had the EXACT same issues. The jitteriness, that input delay feeling, lack of feedback which made a lot of shots feel like they weren't registered. I felt like I was playing a different game while watching a video of the one I was in. Meanwhile, everyone was raving "it's just like the old days, hurrah!" I'm glad I wasn't the only one who experienced that as a sheer clunky mess of an experience THANK YOU.

I pray 343 gets shut down. The last thing my money went to with their name on it was MCC on PC. And It'll never go to them again. I always considered Halo 4 canon. But after infinite, I'm officially uncanoning 343s marred legacy from the Halo universe. Just like the Star Wars Sequels.

I feel like at this point talking about Halo isn't even worth it anymore. This franchise hit an all time low in 2012 and ELEVEN YEARS LATER nothing has changed. This is fucking ridiculous. 343bola are professional trolls.

Ooh, an hour with my favorite little boy? That's a 'yes, please' from me.

The halo game designers really said that sprint was a more important feature for halo to have than split screen

Excellent video. You put into words so many things I couldn't quite explain about Infinite that felt wrong

42:44 "No I'll put it in my video. I'll show those fuckers, I'll show the world" made me laugh way too hard haha

Why does no one talk about how annoying this quirky tumblr version of Cortana is?

The AI in halo infinite isnt even as good as Halo 1, wtf

It's like being handed a winning lottery ticket and then pouring white-out on top to change your numbers. Why did they change Halo so much? Who the hell knows.

It is amazing how quickly one of the most influential series in gaming was tarnished so quickly. I struggled to play through 4 and I didn't even complete the first chapter of 5.

i remember thinking boogie2988 had lose weight when i came across your channel, and needless to say, now my favorite little boy in the whole wide world is one of the most creative and original content creator. big ups Renn!

Renns videos are very underrated, i hope the youtube wave comes through

the dumpster greenscreen is top notch editing

Love that "30 seconds of NO fun" line

Did 343 forget that the Drones / Yanme'e exist? They haven't been in a game since like Halo 3? What happened to them can someone explain this? Are 343 just being lazy? Also I would have loved new covenant enemy types...it gets so bland fighting the same grunts, elites, brutes, jackals, and hunters over and over again...give us something new! And no I ain't talking about Prometheans...

I looked it up because I was curious if you had just left out any encounters...but uh...There are no Scarabs? Seems a bit odd because some of the best moments from 3 were those large open areas where you had these boss fights with Scarabs, and uh, well an open world just sounds obvious for including them. Seeing them wandering around in the distance, climbing up walls, attacking marines. I mean, can you imagine using a grappling hook to climb a scarab and take it down? That sounds pretty damn awesome to me on some Shadow of the Colossus stuff. Hell, their original purpose in the Covenant was for mining purposes, so maybe you hear or see them doing just that. They're also made of worms like the Hunters are so some cool events around that might be interesting, like forming together to make some large worm beast you hear burrowing underground occasionally popping up and fighting back. I'd also like the same with Drones, maybe make the sky go darker? Like the sheer amount is blocking out the light a bit and have swarms attack both you and the banished? Both of those would make for pretty interesting open-world encounters while changing up the gameplay.

I like the game, but you're right that the multiplayer maps are too claustrophobic and maze-like. 343 is more obsessed with making Halo an e-sport instead of making it fun. They failed at both objectives.

Halo infinite is the first and only game where I'm still so fucking salty about the $60 they scammed out of me. If I could get a refund through Steam, I fucking would. I stopped playing the multiplayer 3 months after "launch". The campaign even earlier (nothing to do). I was hoping for DLC to actually finish the campaign but that never did and never will come. God I wish I had those $60 back, even if just to set them on fire so at least I'd have the satisfaction of being entertained by the flame and ashes

Halo: Reach was the last Halo game I ever invested time in, it was the last Halo that felt like Halo. I have fond memories of being in a clan called the UN, god I miss those days.

Since 343 only chases trends I am convinced they saw the Meathook from Doom Eternal, and that is why they added the grapple hook.

So many talentless, passionless hacks in the industry just collecting a paycheck. The AAA bubble is close to collapsing. At least I can say I lived through the best time the industry ever had, and can look back fondly on those memories.

I'm just sticking with MCC. A better example in my opinion.

This was a factual review, wake up sheeple!

I disagree with the notion of Chief being a generic and empty husk, he's always had a personality. And I never liked the censored design that 343 gave New Cortana/The Weapon.

hate to break it, but bungie would have also turned it into shit, destiny 2 is the living proof

I forgot this game came out

Hey man on MCC you can fix your medals in the settings. No need to look at the H4 garbage designs. You can also lower the crosshair to the true Halo position, no need to play with a handicap.

ONE HOUR OF RENN. LETS GO

343 Halo is the Disney Star Wars of gaming.

Grapple is too OP it made the campaign way too easy even on mythic difficulty.

fucking finally some S+ tier content let's goo thank you so much renn can't wait to watch this you never dissapoints

The biggest issue with this game is that the story is boring. The most fun part is the audio logs! I wanna play that game!

Giving Chief an open world and a grapple gun was pathetic. (I will add that the grapple gun as an online component only would have been cool)

i've never played a COD outside of ww2 and warzone, but i thought those 2 COD reviews were the funniest things ever. i actually subscribed because of them and then was excited to see your past content. Renn you might not think those cod reviews were that great, but just know, to me it was the funniest thing I had seen on youtube in forever. I was cracking up for like a week straight at work lol

The only recent Halo game I care for is Halo Wars 2, and I give 343 zero credit for that.

Great video as always Renn. You’re the best boy on this platform.

I didn't even bother to finish the game. After capturing FOVs and hunting bounties the game became uninspiring/boring really fast. Uninstalled and went back to MCC.

Havent played a halo since halo 4, that was such an obvious step down.... heck i own halo 5 and never installed it

I keep referencing the first few minutes of Maulers "Force Awakens Part 1" Video where it shows people blinded by hype praising the movie only to over time come to realize the flaws and end with a "Eh its okay" take and it's the same with Halo. Also, I cannot express how much I hate that scene at 2:23...Even if Infinite was a 10/10 for me that cutscene alone drops it down at least 2 points.

Good work Renn! Halo 1-4 was such a different time in gaming. Having LAN parties, making huge maps, CTF ❤

One of my biggest issues with the game was the complete lack of depth in the world, there is no development other than the surface level and there never will be. The open world can provide tonnes of possibilities for gameplay, saving squads of marines, should spawn missions where those same units that you saved are aiding the war effort, rng will determine their success without your help and every soldier saved should matter, maybe even being able to call them in to reinforce and secure positions, setting up little bases with unique benefits for each one, then having you make the choice of which benefits are worth having. Find a powerful vehicle in the wild? Drive it back to your main base and it will spawn there now, your men will take them into combat and give them an edge in taking over the map, without your necessary interaction with them. There are just more misses than hits in this game and it's a real shame, a tighter more scripted series of open areas, linked together by the narrative would be far more effective, both in story telling and gameplay than the bland open world we got.

Remember when Chief was "extremely lucky super soldier"? Now he "old rouge with a terrible ass"

after finishing Infinites campaign i was really confused how sudden it ended. not because the story ended on a cliffhanger, but because it was over without ever entering any different biome and without any real evolution of gameplay. just look at how artificial Zeta looks, even for an halo ring. and you want to tell me this ring ONLY got "generic planes with lush forest here and there"? this could've easily been a "classic" linear halo campaign with the development resources spend somewhere else. but no, instead we gotta play what's essentially modern Far Cry disguised as a Halo title. and even Far Cry with it's monotone open-world gameplay got more variety than Infinite. how could anyone in theire right mind look at this game and genuinly say "yes, THIS is the Halo we'll build upon for the next decade"?

God I love how renn uses the environment to his advantage. Like turning some business' waste management bin into a green screen. Innovative game design indeed. We will need to nerf that in the next patch.

Mcc is just full of hackers, the last time I played just guys flying around and I kept getting banned for simply being matched with them.

I am glad you are back Renn, you are a little island of sanity in the sea of crap that is most of RU-vid, seriously though don't burn yourself out for the channel, I am sure most of us would prefer less content as none at all mate. Respect, from a fan in Scotland.

That AI is truly miserable. Exactly what I was afraid the game would be, all this "look, its halo guys! Its got all the big open areas you love!!!" bluster but with the same dogshit AI from the other 343 games. Didnt bother playing this, and yknow what? I'm glad I didnt waste my time.

What’s funny about the multiplayer is it felt super good in the beginning. It felt crisp but I played it last month and I was awful yes but everything was off and I just didn’t play well

visit baldurs gate, that will make you happy... and addicted

Well, there was goldeneye that did it first on console way back in 97. It was the first game to have multi-mission based objectives in an era where getting to the end of the level was the only goal. Halo may have mainstreamed the FPS genre on console but Goldeneye was the very first successful console-only shooter that paved the way for it.

Thank you for making this video. I played the mcc on pc and felt so excited for each new added game, playing every campaign and hundreds of hours of multiplayer. I was so excited for halo infinite. When it released I played the campaign for a few hours and the multiplayer a few times, but then could never bring myself to play it again. I just assumed that since I had grown older I no longer enjoyed video games so I stopped playing them for over a year. I recently realised that I do still love gaming, Halo Infinite was just incredibly bland and uninspired. I would never have been able to force myself to play through the whole campaign, and I appreciate you doing that for us. This was a great video and I am glad you made it. I love your videos and I'm happy to hear you're in a better place than you were when infinite released.

Never give up Renn, you're not like them.

Holy crap, MS really does not give a crap about making great games, just like Phil said.

Another studio has to take over 343i and REMAKE Halo 4. Continue Bungie's legacy from there. Chief is still in the cryotube, he never left there. That's my headcannon as it should be anyone else's.

The storytelling in your video is better than the one in the game. Great line about depression in the end. Hope you are doing better now.

The real unbelievable idea here is anyone thinks this was by accident or incompetence.

Thank you for talking about the enemy AI! For some reason one of the only things that Infinite seems to get consistently praised for is its AI… which is ludicrous since CE had much more engaging enemies

Glad you’re doing better, Renn!

Still lots of people rabidly defending the campaign in the comments, even 343 admit its garbage, you dont have to defend them.

I remember playing the alpha flight on MP. It ran like absolute dogshit, I uninstalled it immediately. My PC was running into overheating issues it never had before. Their other game I tried, MCC, would make my GPU fan spin so erraticly i thought it was going to break (EVGA 3080). I promptly also uninstalled that. It turns out the game did take the lives of quite a few 3080s.

You can beat people senseless with facts and logic and they will still stick their fingers in their ears and step in the shit just because the idiots think they know better than everyone else.

Renns redemption arc in full swing. Get em Ren you baddie. FYI Ren is a nickname for Renn.

you deserve 10x the subscibers and viewers you have, with the quality and effort of your videos

man Renn, if you wrote a book I'd totally read it. the scripts in your videos always got me giggling so much. 39:35 by far was one of my favorites.

I was so excited to hear about the open world. Imagining it allows player to travel across the whole ring seamlessly like botw, and was quite sad when the real map was a small bit of the ring

It had potential. I still think it’s better than 4/5, but they just dropped to ball so hard trying to hop on trends.

I don't know why the sound is so bad in this game either. I HATE 343's sound design in Infinite

Jesus Christ, sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy. Because the very first minutes I immediately noticed that the combat wasn't this beautiful chaos anymore - it was more like a cover shooter. And some people were telling me that I'm spouting nonsense, that the combat is good, etc, etc. But no, your video shows it clearly: combat is fucking garbage and that's that. You really are my favorite boy in the whole wide world. No joke - you're one of very few sensible reviewers out there.

I got a hard copy a month ago because I missed the original halo trilogy. Keeps crashing and freezing on me. Besides that, after about 2 hours in the world, you’ve done everything and now it’s just rinse and repeat

I still believe Zeta Halo was meant to be a BR map but then was used as a Single player map instead.

You WILL live long enough to see a Halo (20XX) soft reboot game. Embrace it. Become everything you swore to fight. Cast off all loyalties and pledges. Become what you were always meant to be. Not a hero. Not a villain. Something.. Renn.

So happy you're back🎉

What i dont get is why the elites and brutes dont try to dodge, they did that in the first halo?