As a sci-fi shooter series "Halo" produced by Microsoft's 343 Studios, the players have created a unique heroic character of the Sergeant Major, who has never revealed his true face and foiled many conspiracies of the Star Alliance and exiles in order to protect the earth, and his relationship with the artificial intelligence character Kotana is also a topic that players talk about. Following Halo 5, on December 8, the new sequel Halo: Infinity arrived, adding new elements to bring players the follow-up story after the ending of the previous generation.
The plot of the work is immediately after the previous generation, but the plot connection is not complete, even if you have played the previous game, without careful analysis, you can not understand the plot of the work, for some players who love fast-track, it is easy to produce a tiger's tail feeling. In previous generations, Kotana, obstructed by many Spartan warriors, including the sergeant major, failed to achieve her plot and disappeared into the void with her guardians. In order to investigate the reason for Cortana's change, the sergeant major went to another aura. But before the Infiniter was attacked by the Exiles, the Sergeant Major was defeated by the enemy leader Atriox and floated in space. But fortunately, he was saved by a survivor and returned to halo to continue the fight. The obstruction of the exiles and the appearance of the mysterious forerunners have added a mysterious veil to the plot of this work. The game is not only a sequel, but also opens up a whole new story for the series.
This game uses almost all the elements of the previous generation, including various types of guns, maneuverable vehicles, various melee and throwing weapons, and so on. But in terms of combat operation, this game has its own set of ways. The game can also carry two guns of any type at the same time and switch between them at will in combat. In addition, there are two kinds of equipment available, throwing weapons and combat tools, and can carry a variety of equipment, and can be switched at will. Among them, combat tools include ropes, detectors and fixed shields, etc., combat tools often do not consume reserves, but have cooldown time, weapons and controllable vehicle types are basically the same as the previous game. The game also adds Spartan core upgrades, which allow players to upgrade their equipment attributes after obtaining some cores. At the same time, the game also adds a special item coil, which has a variety of attributes, which players can use as grenades, or directly detonate against enemies.
At the same time, this game follows the five generations of life systems, the player's life status is divided into shield slots and health slots, if damaged, both of which can be slowly restored after a period of safety. However, when attacked, the shield slot is consumed first, followed by the health slot. Shield slots, on the other hand, have a higher durability and can withstand a higher degree of attack. However, if the shield slot is completely depleted, the health slot will quickly be depleted and killed.
Instead of using the linear level system of the previous game, the game adopts a semi-open world setting while retaining the level elements. Upon completing the prologue, the player will land in the halo zone of the semi-open world. At the same time, because it is a semi-open world, players can explore various locations in the area at will, and sweep the enemy strongholds, occupy strongholds and complete tasks. In battle, it is also possible to summon vehicles or supply ammunition in our strongholds, etc. Of course, in addition to occupying areas, players still have elements of main lines, side quests, and world quests. Completing certain side quests unlocks some special equipment and boosts the player's hard power.
The game will return to the perspective of the first to fourth generation of non-commissioned officers, manipulating the non-commissioned officers to fight. Since it is not the teammate system of the previous game, the sergeant major is still alone and travels from place to place. But in combat, the sergeant major still has helpers available. Human captives can be found in some places, and when rescued, they will automatically attack the enemy, and there will be soldiers in our strongholds. However, these soldiers did not take the initiative to follow the sergeant major, and only when the sergeant major was driving the vehicle, they would take the vehicle to act with the sergeant major. Although the game does not have Cortana to assist the sergeant major, there will be a new artificial intelligence "weapon", and she will also play a crucial role in the plot.
The game is more difficult, and it is reflected in both miscellaneous soldier warfare and BOSS warfare. The first is the improvement of the enemy's IQ, compared to the previous game, the enemies of the game will be more cooperative, the player does not pay attention, even if it is hidden behind obstacles, it is possible to be surrounded by enemies in different directions, and the number of coils in different places has caused too many unstable factors. Players are easily affected by enemy-detonated coils when fighting. At the same time, the enemy's marksmanship is also extremely high, especially snipers, with an extremely accurate hit rate. And boss battles are also difficult in many places, most bosses have high health and shields, and also have the damage and speed of one-hit kills, and players are often killed by full blood without any means of prevention. Therefore, in the boss battle, technology and luck are equally important, and such a setting makes the game much more difficult.
The multiplayer mode of this game is not much different from the previous game, and the combat mode elements and modes are basically the same as the 5th generation, but the map of the game is used. However, the map of the multiplayer mode is larger, and it may take a long time for players to travel to the location of the firefight. Once a player enters a multiplayer battlefield, they only have one weapon, and they can get secondary weapons and other equipment of different qualities from some weapon refresh points. The vehicle will also be refreshed at the vehicle refresh point, and the correct use of the vehicle will have some impact on the battle situation, but the way the vehicle is played is exactly the same as the plot battle.
Halo: Infinity is the sequel to the series, and the addition of new open-world elements has revolutionized the gameplay, but it will also cause some controversy, but the more refreshing and more difficult battles will still bring some fun. At present, the game has fully logged into the XBOX series of active and next-generation consoles and PC platforms, and launched XGP, players can easily experience this good sequel.