Geez if there was ever a case of rose colored glasses...”Best” should very much consider features as they contribute to the overall experience (the reviewers literally mention them in the slideshow). Things like graphical quality and performance are probably tertiary considerations b/c they are not directly related to…

I’ll be honest, I only saw videogamedunkeys playthrough of this game, but it did seem pretty indefensible from a quality and gameplay perspective. Wasn’t surprised to see it on this list.

I think this list is already void because Infinite is still an unfinished game and part of the considerations for other titles include features that Infinite still doesn’t have. Even then, how is it making top 3 of main titles?? MCC probably should just be an honorable mention. It’s a collection, not a game (even…

This is such a tremendous award for video games and this studio. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the YT channel, check out NoClip. They have a whole series on this game. Before that though, checkout their doc on Bastion. Pretty incredible how far this studio has come since that game.

“previously” shoud’ve been used over “had” or used together as you described.

I agree. I read it a few times.

Between this and Shoeboxjeddy’s call out, this could be post of the year.

Old Halos: Included the entire f-ing game and didn’t have missing or broken features or MTX nonsense.

Pretty sure most would be happy paying for a quality product.

Imagine a painting in the style of Bob Ross featuring himself on top of one of his iconic mountains jacked, with tattered clothing, fighting off money hungry vultures to the death a la Doom cover art...THAT would make a great NFT ;)

Not sure what’s so hard about saying something like “2 going mid” or “1 shot by flag” or “need a gunner”. I’ve played online PC games nearly 15 years and have used text chat for more than half of that.

I think voice comms are a big part of why this wasn’t a big deal before. The casual playlists are dead quiet and ‘strategy’ is really just things happening to come together. People don’t even use text chats on PC.

“That, though, is just another helping of the black pain narrative.”

Yes exactly. It does depend on the story people want to tell. Like the best writing teams can get the best of both worlds, but I wouldn’t say it’s a requirement for a genre like this. I can very easily see a black writer coming on board to tell a more…

Is there supposed to be an implication of a black person form NY? I don’t get your point here.

I don’t think you realize that we agree about the same thing. None of us have seen the game so this is all speculation, but her being from anywhere could simply be a setup for the game to explore a fantasy world by comparison…

I’ve seen this as far back as H3 and have used it myself , although more as a ‘if I can’t have it, no one can’ measure :). The randomized spawn points seems like the easiest and most reasonable solution. I’m surprised 343 randomized CTF spawn points but not this.

I mean...

“The term could have also derived from the Middle English cnac, craic, or crak, which originally meant the sound of a cracking whip but came to refer to “loud conversation, bragging talk”.”

“It’s disparaging an ideology.”

Where have you heard this? Even the etymology of the word does not include this use. And the only times I’ve heard “cracker” in person or in media is as a slight to the race, as in to say [white] cracker. It’s synonymous to “white bread” or being “a pasty white person”. The word…

Given the nature of the main setting, it feels like the character can be fairly interchangeable. Like, I’m curious what role cultural origin would even play for a game primarily set in a made up world like this. There are stories set in some version of the past that would benefit from exploring other cultures and…

You make it sound like the Little Shop of Horrors plant. Fungal/cancerous typed lifeforms have been explored in IPs other than Halo. The idea of a hivemind communicating through the lifeforms it feeds on didn’t seem to farfetched to me. I think the series has had goofiness sprinkled in, but maintained a pretty…

Of all the things to define immersion by, you chose repetitious level design? Halo has its share of corridors (especially the first one), but it also has plenty of sandbox spaces of varying climates. Awfully weird to compare considering Infinite is the most open world title yet. Regardless, a game doesn’t have to be…

What was the inspiration for these colors? Cheap binders from Staples?