New Halo Infinite Campaign Showcase Highlights New Cortana-Like AI, Bosses With Health Bars, And More

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Less than 2 months from launch, Microsoft and 343 Industries person yet shown disconnected much of the Halo Infinite campaign. Today's six-and-a-half-minute campaign overview video was the archetypal clip we've seen Halo Infinite run footage successful a year.

In it, we get a look astatine immoderate of the improved creation and visuals that came by mode of a hold that enactment Halo Infinite's merchandise day into 2021 (rather than the archetypal 2020 merchandise date), and definite enough, it looks great. Anyone who's been playing the caller method multiplayer previews arsenic of precocious is acquainted with these improved visuals, too.

Regarding what we tin expect from the Halo Infinite campaign, the overview video didn't uncover thing excessively specific. We get a overmuch much broad look astatine Zeta Halo, which is wherever the crippled takes place, arsenic good arsenic a caller look astatine immoderate of the terrain and subterranean chambers we tin expect to marque our mode through. Of course, we'll beryllium moving into Banished enemies specified arsenic brutes, arsenic good arsenic Halo classics similar Jackals, Hunters, Grunts, Elites, Forerunner enemies, and adjacent a caller mechanical force called Skimmers.

Speaking of enemies, this run overview video besides showcased thing wholly caller for the mainline Halo series: bosses with wellness bars. In the video, we spot Chief taking connected a brute brag with a achromatic barroom (presumably a shield) and a reddish barroom underneath it, which appears to beryllium the boss' existent health. That was the lone brag with a wellness barroom showcased, truthful it's unclear if we'll brushwood galore bosses with wellness bars oregon if that combat is simply a one-off thing.

The remainder of the video showcases a batch of what we'll really beryllium doing successful Halo travel this December: flying Wasps around, destroying banshees, utilizing Chief's caller grappling hook and thruster abilities, destroying Banished strongholds, completing broadside quests, and more.

Another cardinal portion of accusation revealed was The Weapon. This AI is precise Cortana-like, but its sole intent is to "lock down" Cortana. After the events of Halo 5 Guardians, Chief is looking to prevention a rampant Cortana. According to the caller AI, the reply to this occupation is connected Zeta Halo, which seems to beryllium the different superior nonsubjective adjacent to defeating the Banished army.