[Halo infinite spoilers] so I might not have been able to get Halo Infinite this month, but I did get around to watching a playthrough, and man

I have some complaints, mostly having to do with how it seems like the open world sections seem to make the story feel a bit disjointed, but that's also coming from someone who hasn't gotten to play the campaign so it might work better in person. But considering where the story was left off at the end of 5, they made it the best it could probably be

without just retconning everything

I like the Weapon. Her naivete can sometimes wear a little thin but overall I enjoyed her.

would really like to know where the rest of the Infinity crew besides the random marines you find went, but that will probably get addressed in future installments. Obviously a lot of them died but like...was it everyone? Lasky? Palmer? Locke?

Endless are a neat concept but we only got a smidgen of them to tease for future stuff

Also the mention of Offensive Bias in the Legendary ending. I still need to go back and read the Forerunner trilogy.

Also I love the pilot/Fernando. kind of nice to have someone mortal tagging along, and him and chief get some solid bro moments

One (1) canonical hug

lmao

I like how John tried to return the hug for like half a second but just didn't know how

RIGHT

i've been saying that halo infinite did not tell me anything new about the chief, it just told me that I am right forever

lol

I also liked the details with his pass codes being about the Spartans and in particular Samuel. I had forgotten about the old books but someone pointed it out on tumblr

YES

that killed me

my bit about that was hey you know how Halo Infinite is constantly talking about how he lost Cortana and feels responsible for it to this day? Hey you know how Halo Infinite takes the time to mention Sam-034?
Guarantee he's been carrying that one for 30 years.

also side note, I love the enemy dialogue:

Anime on Twitter

It's so good!

I eventually stopped watching a straight LP and moved to watching a cutscenes supercut (at 2x speed because I am an animal) but I really loved how strong the combat chatter is.

Also, the grunt on the PA

Halo doesn't feel like itself without combat chatter.