Halo Infinite Campaign Have you played it?

Glad I'm not the only one lol :). I'm at mission 14 now and so far that hammer dude has been by far the hardest part imo. Anyway I don't know if I have any great tips. You need to lower his shield first with a plasma weapon. One is downstairs if you haven't got one. Upstairs in the middle usually a couple of more powerful weapons drops.

But like you said the problem isn't really killing him, it's him killing you lol.

I used the construction in the middle a lot. You can jump through it, but he can't which is very helpful. He has to run to one of the sides. The grappling hook is good, and jumping down and going behind the stairs should give you enough time to recharge your health in an emergency. It's also important to not be too greedy, because he will kill you quickly.

Beat it on Legendary weeks ago.

Diamond 2 in multiplayer.

@mrbojangles25: I used the grappling hook on the ceiling to get past him.

And finished... Fun stuff! I thought they ran out of ideas a little bit in the second half. The game was very one note. Combat was fun, but I don't think they added enough new stuff to it throughout the campaign. But very solid game!

It was boring and has everything on a checklist of a cookie-cutter Ubisoft game. I’d have a higher opinion of it if co-op was available at launch. I kept thinking to myself that co-op would have made this game more enjoyable.

Glad it was on Gamepass. First Halo game I didn’t buy lol.

@hardwenzen:

The writing wouldn't be so bad if they would (can't believe I'm saying this) stop sucking Master Chief's nuts so much. They talk about him like he's a superhero and it's just annoying. They glorify his past waaaay too much like he was on a pilgrimage. And I think that's one of the biggest problems they have. The other would be trying to humanize the characters to a small extent but not enough to really make you feel for the cast.

It still doesn't feel like an adventure Master Chief would've had under Bungie. Everything just feels forced like you are being forced to hang out with people who remind you of your old friends but they're clearly not your old friends. One of them, the pilot literally won't stop complaining the whole way. The result is a lukewarm experience with a couple of good moments between long stretches of nothing. Remember your old buddy, giant, empty metal room with geometric shapes and lights that serve no purpose? Well he's back and bigger than ever!

Sorry if I sound like I'm ranting, I just had to get this off my chest. 3 games in and 343i still can't make a great Halo game with originality. Instead of focusing on the past, they should focus on making a new experience.

@nepu7supastar7: You are correct. MC is like a Jesus in the story and is nothing short of cringe.

@nepu7supastar7: uhh, when do they talk about MC? When does he even talk? He says like 10 lines the entire game. The story is about Cortana, what happened to her, then the story of the banished. Did you play God of war? The guy doesn't stop talking. Or how about spiderman? Will Peter Parker even shut up for a 30 second web slinging stretch? I'd like to hear exactly how you think this game makes mc into a Jesus. Yes, he's the protagonist, and he's fighting the banished single handedly. He's a super hero, just like any of the protagonists in your favorite games are. What are you expecting from what is essentially a super hero game?

I haven't even played the game, and know for a fact that MC talks way too much in Infinite. Compared to all other entries, he is spamming more than i on SW.

And you're wrong about this super hero you're talking about. In the trilogy, he was a soldier, an important soldier. Now he is Jesus🤦‍♂️343i writing btw.

Might as well add him in the Guardians of the galaxy universe🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@hardwenzen: mc says like 10 lines the entire freaking game. It's about on the level of what you'd expect from a nintendo game. I played gow for 1 hour, and he spoke more than what MC does the entire game. I guess it's ok for bald headed guy to be bald Jesus? The game does nothing but go on and on about how cool he is. In reality though, this bald guy is a nobody. The sony team must have been too lazy to make their own story so they ripped off greek myth. Now they're moving to Norse. Maybe they really will reach Jesus at some point?

No he does not have just 10 lines. He talks a boatload. He is opening his mouth where he wouldn't be saying anything if this was made by Bungie. And why are you comparing this to GoW? Kratos has always talked a decent amount, especially in the last two games before gow2018. MC on the other hand was supposed to be you, the player, and that's not constantly talking. As a matter of fact, this is a complaint since Halo 4 (since 343i are in charge), but in Infinite he fully unchained and spams like a mofo. People been crying about this for a while.

Finished it, and really enjoyed it. Still not a fan of the open-world design that nearly every game is built around nowadays, but it was still fun. Story was decent too. Not my favourite Halo campaign, but better than I thought it would be and gives the series something to build off going forward.

@hardwenzen: lmao..you pull a random reddit from with 7 upvotes and try to spin it as a major thing. It's It's dumb as that youtube video you linked about the chicken and disappearing bullet holes in the wall.

How the hell do you know, have you actually played any of the games?

Why are you even in a chat that is title have you played the game?

Halo has some serious free head space in your head, you should fill it with something else.

You guys are still feeding the troll? 🤣

@tdkmillsy: he hasn't even played it on pc, just watches twitch streams, or YouTube then talks bs here about random things

@blaznwiipspman1:

Umm.. Halo was NEVER a superhero game. lol It's a sci-fi war game with a super soldier. There's nothing super about Master Chief fulfilling his duty. No Bungie Halo game ever glamorised anything about him doing what he was built to do.

@templecow90999:

Halo 4 had a pretty solid campaign that felt right on par with the trilogy. It wasn't better than 3 though but it was a cool way to close the book on 3. I don't think anyone hated it except for maybe the ending. Multiplayer was decent but I did really enjoy Spartan ops. Sucks they never brought it back in some form. I think it would have been widely liked too if they just didn't charge you for it.

You don't need to play a game to know things🤷‍♂️Info is not scarce if you're looking for it. A bunch of youtubers mentioned this, and if actual Halo fanboys are saying it, you know its damn bad. Saying that he only had like 10 lines is a lie.

@mrbojangles25: I think for that boss you really need that new upgrade where you can see him.

I think that is true for the boss in the third mission. For the hammer guy you are suppose to use the grapple like your life depended on it and grab a needler to wipe him out. Hitting him with those fusion coils also works pretty well. People have found a way to stockpile fusion coils in a corner of the room and they try to force him to hammer those instead of MC.

Yeah been using the grapple. Problem is I think I have the wrong loadout, and the autosave is literally right when the boss fight starts so I can't get the right weapons before the fight now.

I'll give it another go.

Yeah that's what gave me the best odds so far but still not winning.

*Updated: just beat him! Thanks f or the pointers. I just spammed grapple on any ceiling and used the whole interior. There's an area right behind the where the battle starts where you can go down a level and it really buys you some time.

Destroyed his shields with plasma rifle then speared him with that bolt thrower thing and finally finished him off with the needler. There's enough weapons lying around that you don;t really need to reload, it's faster to just pick one up.

@mrbojangles25: Ah yeah sorry I got mixed up.

I think I know what you’re talking about now. The bit where you’re about to press a button and you get punched in the face?

I had some trouble here too and needed multiple attempts.

But there is a exit where you can go downstairs and then around the back. I remember he follows and you use the grapple to go up and shoot him while he’s on the ground floor and going up. When he gets up you drop down and shoot from the ground floor. He follows…repeat.

@mrbojangles25:

You gotta be real careful with those auto saves. They randomly happen whenever you take too long at a certain spot. I had an auto save happen to me at the intro when I accidentally fell off a platform and landed on a spot where I couldn't climb back up. Had to redo the whole intro because of it.

Just finished the game. Wow, what an experience. I love that there is so much to do, and the game play is top notch. Enjoyed the story and I am looking forward to their continuation of the story!

66 Achievements so far

48 hours of campaign and side missions, and I still need a few more skulls and audio logs and played on easy

This was a 9/10 experience for me, with the biggest dig being the graphics and some of the shadow issues with pop in. I agree the world seems a little quiet and would be nice to have more wildlife. Some of my marines were getting stuck in some assets, which shouldn’t be happening.

Was my 2021 GOTY

@x_hedon: I'm surprised but pleased to hear this. Do you need to have played halo 5 to follow/enjoy the plot?

Nice mini-review dude.

Nope! But the story isn't good anyway. Halo has written themselves into a hole and MC is the foretold savior of the universe. If only I was jesting.😑

No, not really. Yet the beginning doesn't cover any backstory either. As long as you know the Cortana backstory, you will slide right in.

Blimey that makes me about a 1/4 of the way through.

Have to say I'm enjoying it so far with the difficulty one below stupid hard.

Struggled in places but liked the challenge.

There was a bit where I thought it was repetitive but then it switched it up pretty soon after that.

If I played at your difficulty, I would never finish the damn game :(

@Pedro:

343i can still fix this by simply adding 4 player co-op and an open world version of multplayer so that players can take over each other's FOB's and shit. I think the open world game play would actually go great with multiplayer. Imagine exploring an open world with other players running around doing missions with each other and you can battle it out with folks in a coliseum. It would definitely make the game more worthwhile and it would give you more reason to come back because there will always be new events going on.

Also more campaign is coming

@x_hedon:

Good cuz there's A LOT of empty space to fill.

That is true. It is clear that the game wasn't ready and it was released incomplete. Imagine what this game would have been a year ago? Imagine they asking $60 for this game that has no co-op or multiplayer.

Could be, but with the story in the campaign and audio logs, we got a TON already with my first play through.

Not played yet but I'll get to it I'm not a huge halo fan so in no rush I have too much to play at this point. Heard some good things.

honestly, im a bit dissapointed about this point. Halo 5 guardians released in 2015, and before that halo 4 released nov 2012. 343 hasn't released a mainline halo game for 6 years yet it wasn't even complete by the time it launched. I need to ask, what the hell was 343 doing all this time.

Creating an all new Halo with open world and creating a new engine (Slipspace) nearly from scratch....and finally...COVID for the past 2 years, which has delayed many games.....and still does.

@x_hedon: well it's still got a long way to go. I think they should add different biomes. Like a snow biome, or a forest biome. This engine has so much potential with the dlc and I'd be happy to pay for. Also a "new game +" mode where you start the game again with whatever you unlocked previously including all fobs and spartan cores and armors.

I think theres a wasp variant that can fire rockets, and I didn't unlock it either, it's something I wanted to do. Possibly a new variant for scorpion that allows you to carry marines.

343 should get started on that imo.

Stop making excuses for their incompetency.

@Pedro: I have no excuse for enjoying their great game.

Your comment was not about you enjoying the game but making excuses for the releasing of an incomplete game. Note the difference.

@Pedro: are you saying the reasons I listed didn’t contribute to the long development time?

I agree they should have waited for co-op to be complete before they released it.

@x_hedon: I am saying the same thing I stated earlier, you are making excuses for their incompetence.

@Pedro: 🙏

Played up until I got outside and then shelved it until further updates. Waiting for a weather system and future dlc before diving into it fully.

As to what I've played, it exceeded expectations, obviously, but we all knew that it would be bare bones. 343 will be working to add more layers on top of the already great gameplay this year, so I'll wait.

@theam0g: what will they add to it? I already beat the campaign. I hope they add a "new game +" mode.

Playing it very casually among other things, has been decent so far.

@blaznwiipspman1:

New Game + actually would work. Most games that have a level up system like Witcher and Batman do this.