![]() The hardware is only one part of this and I'm not even sure it's the most important part. It was mismanaged down from a machine that miraculously stood toe to toe with the PS3 - itself an obelisk of mismanagement and pride - practically to meme tier and then had to build itself back up. The most fascinating thing about the event, in my opinion, was that the foundation underneath all of it wasn't Xbox Series X but Game Pass, which is "the platform." The Xbox suffered greatly in the transition between generations. I'm telling you this is what they gave us and it's weird. I can imagine what Halo in an open world could offer its four co-op participants. I don't need a reminder that we are finite creatures operating with limited information. ![]() ![]() These decisions are incomprehensible outside of this framework. But I also think it looks like this because there are too many cooks in this kitchen, I think these cooks are way, way too online, and I think the pressure on them resulted in this retreat. This is something I really hate about this job. I've seen people saying they like the look in the trailer! But this is the most powerful system on the market, and you wouldn't know from this claymation thing at the end, or the draw issues. Halo has its own fans, though, and they feel some kinda way about all that stuff. ![]() Warzone did not stick with me and as much as I like cards I think the limited use REQ stuff represented a significant misunderstanding of Halo. The multiplayer in Guardians was the best it has ever felt, to me at least. But I'm mostly just confused by the reveal, as I think a lot of people are. And I literally do think about that kid all the time. I couldn't make heads or tails of the Halo Infinite preview. ![]()
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