We NEED To Talk About Halo Infinite Season 5 AND THE FLOOD...

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Halo Infinite Season 5 is here, and oh my we NEED to talk about it... AND THE FLOOD TOO...
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0:00 - Intro / Setting The Scene
0:55 - Extraction
2:25 - The New Maps
9:37 - The DMR
12:04 - The Menu Overhaul
12:53 - Cross-Core, FLOOD Armor, Mk V and some big surprises...
20:54 - The New Battle Passes
24:01 - Forge AI (The Game Changer)
26:39 - Extra Stuff
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[@HiddenXperia]

💥Download War Thunder for FREE and get your bonus! ► Use my link - playwt.link/hiddenxperia #ad THE TIME HAS COME... Halo Infinite Season 5, Forge AI, Cross-Core, but most importantly... THE FLOOD. *TONNES of Flood Lore content coming over the next few weeks my friends, brace yourselves...*

[@PrimeTime1999]

WE BACK BABY

[@demonwolfsunefurrygreyjedi]

The reason the Flood has those "boils" is because of what 343 did to the Flood in Halo Wars 2

[@beerman5665]

Dont forget to leak classified documents on the War Thunder forums so they can make the game even more realistic

[@dylanwiseman3219]

Do you have a discord?

[@SeventhColumn]

I didn't get jfo either man, it's a cruel world😔

[@5thwalkztturner966]

I hope the plasma rifle make a return in halo infinite some day

[@Banana-Boi]

My #1 weapon wish is the magnum. Feels wrong having a Halo game without it. Only ODST gets the pass because you're an ODST in it and the pistol fits but the sidekick doesn't fit as a main pistol for a spartan.

[@HiddenXperia]

my fingers are crossed so hard they're breaking

[@methadone1212]

​@@Banana-Boithe sidekick is so good though

[@kristiankoski3908]

CE PR is still the GOAT weapon in Halo.

[@Ripa-Moramee]

​@@Banana-BoiHalo 2: allow me to introduce myself.

[@ryanhammond5989]

With season 5 the gravity hammer actually has impulse physics now, like knocking back enemies/corpses and objects.

[@BigBladeFan]

That's honestly such a good change having fun physics with the hammer is cool

[@armstronggaming8566]

Pretty sure you could already do that

[@BigBladeFan]

@@armstronggaming8566 nope all of the knock back and gravity effects were not working last season if they were around. If anything they probably fixed the netcode a bit and it works more consistently and better

[@armstronggaming8566]

@@BigBladeFan definitely seems like a car by case scenario then, because I was launching both players and vehicles last season. Splattered myself in mid-air by launching a mongoose in BTB heavies last season. idk, well, if it's fixed it for you, then that can only be a good thing

[@TheDeviousDave]

The Hammer is totally broken now. I played Slayer on prism and got killed in one hit from like 20ft away back to back

[@Xengix008]

One of the best things about campaign AI in forge is that when you have friendly elites in your map, you can actually trade weapons with them like in Halo 2 and 3!

[@itsyahomiescott3742]

You can do the same with brutes, grunts, jackals, skimmers, and marines!

[@lostbankai6521]

The flood being as a part of customization, and not in the infection game mode is quite weird.

[@suomynona4420]

Infection Flood was just horrible. We need to stay away from that.

[@ChiefCrewin]

Because all they want is your wallet.

[@brotherzael7986]

It probably would have if the story wasn't cut, as the story set up infection with the banished ai and clearly was heading in a flood outbreak direction.

[@mysteriousstranger5873]

@@brotherzael7986banished ai releasing the flood would be wild

[@brotherzael7986]

@@mysteriousstranger5873 Fr it would've been, but woulda been sick too ngl.

[@legendarymasterchief7620]

ONI will have to armor lock my suit to prevent me from munching on the explosive rock candy.

[@jessejive117]

That was a weird comment lol

[@The_Local_Goose]

​@@jessejive117 he's just right

[@Bluntman017]

That makes the needler a forbidden candy dispenser

[@The_Local_Goose]

@@Bluntman017 forbidden Pez dispenser

[@plaz0437]

This season is insane, evo crazy, maps crazy, population crazy and FLOOD, just what we needed...

[@mendicantdg7393]

Flood armor* Not the actual flood, and it's behind a paywall... Nothing crazy about it sadly

[@gamemode155]

There’s 3 more things left Playable elites Flood AI H 3 Lobby’s

[@somaloll]

@@mendicantdg7393 wayyy better than whatever tcm has going on so ill take it

[@Ripa-Moramee]

​@@gamemode155Nauh no playable elites thanks. The other two seem cool though.

[@Goji_Bear]

I agree and I do think this season is the best one yet but... I gotta say, I think it's silly that people keep bringing up "The Flood" as being back in the game. It's just some customization, nothing more. When I first saw the thumbnail for the presentation of season 5 I though maybe just maybe it had something to do with that Flood mode that got leaked long ago. Or maybe an overhaul to Infection or just something gameplay related, not just some ugly cosmetics lol. But overall I still think S5 is a huge W

[@DeathTempler]

Lots of great Forge improvements! File size cap increase as well as node cap increase are huge wins for me. My PT map has been stuck working around that cap for months. Hope 343 brings back Dee Bradley Baker for the Gravemind. Dude was iconic.

[@JoeFilms5420]

Season 5 is just so refreshing, I've finally been able to get some of my buddies on the game who I've been trying to convince to play for two years now. The Forge mode really leads to infinite possibilities, and cross core helmets creates so much immediate creative freedom. The next thing I would love to see added to Forge would be an ocean Forge canvas, Halo 2 Anniversary style. And a remake of Forge World would be awesome lol.

[@spartansh4139]

Saw Hidden’s name next to The Flood and couldn’t stop my hand from causing the click

[@HiddenXperia]

trust me when I say this isn't even the tip of the iceberg of the Flood content I'm releasing over the next few weeks...

[@user-ce5fq1zp9v]

@@HiddenXperiawe love your flood content

[@spartansh4139]

Yes it is truly peak content and it is crafted so well

[@DeadStawker]

I read it first as: "I couldn't stop my hand from grabbing the d...". And it wouldn't be too far off what I felt like

[@Lexie_Tyler05]

All hail Pierre Hintze, Saviour of MCC, Saviour of Infinite and Correcter of the past leadership's heresy

[@khkazmi9873]

He’s *the guy*!

[@OR10N114]

Here here!

[@Merq1mercury]

he’s the master chief himself

[@howdoichangemyprofilepictu9839]

He's the rookie, new and up and coming. Hopefully he doesn't end up like the actually rookie in halo lore....

[@howdoichangemyprofilepictu9839]

Well he's not actually that new, but I had to try and tie him to my rookie analogy somehow...

[@CeaselessSlinky]

Hopefully with Halo making a comeback and with renewed interest in the game, we can one day get more campaign stuff too.

[@okay7332]

i am dying for campaign dlc

[@Hadgerz]

There will be no campaign DLC and the flood has been reduced to a cheesy paid cosmetic. This is halo now.

[@bruhgod123]

its definitely not as pierre is a leftist

[@Marked_One333]

@@HadgerzI hope you’re wrong. The flood is the glue to all of halo’s other plots

[@mythiccmouse6214]

I love the flood themed armour. My only hope is that they bring the flood into ai forge.

[@bruhgod123]

they wont because if they add the flood it wont have a T rating

[@EwokHunter27]

That triple kill was sick bro nice!

[@MrNecterPlays]

You said they need to add a proper grav hammer but the physics on it have been tweaked a lot this season to make it more in line with its older counterparts. Not quite exactly the same but it’s getting there

[@karmiccj1911]

I swear the hammer in infinite is screwing me over in purpose. I hit people at less than a meter and I just knock the shields.. BUT whenever the enemy has it they hit me from the other half of the ring and instant kill

[@connergoldsborough4093]

Forgeable AI is the thing I’ve wanted most for halo for my entire life man. I’m so so hyped for it

[@derbohnebean373]

Love the passion in your voice when you tell us youre going to bring us flood lore videos. Im glad your youtube career is taking off, i remember us being around 12k! Floor lore videos = hours of recording and editing. I wish i was this excited to bust my butt at work! lol

[@solaireofastora5999]

Wasn't it lore that upon a Flood infected Spartan, All UNSC ships are to fire their MAC Gun upon the infected Spartan? Not only MAC Guns but also Nukes. They are to fire everything they have in their aresenal to eliminate the infected Spartan, to prevent UNSC secrets from being shared to the Hivemind and elimination of possibly the most dangerous Flood to exist. What would the lore implication and story be considering season 5 has the flood infected Spartans? Of course they can just say its for Halloween and thats it so none of that is canon but if it is Canon, the story implications are scary

[@flawlesscowboy1173]

What do you mean by a “proper gravity hammer?” I think the gravity hammer is perfect in the game, especially with the new update. It seems much more consistent and has actual gravity effects now.

[@brokentv1855]

Does it betray your nearby teammates who are to close to you? Like all the previous hammers did?

[@flawlesscowboy1173]

@@brokentv1855 yes? If friendly fire is turned on. Which it is not in social modes for some reason.

[@DeadStawker]

​@@brokentv1855why should it? That sounds awful lol

[@brokentv1855]

@@DeadStawker Nice to know you haven’t played any of the pass halo’s

[@CrazedDanMan]

​@@DeadStawkerLol people just want everything awful from past Halos because theyre blinded by nostalgia. There are so many things I am so happy Infinite did away with

[@davidkimber4896]

After sinking the equivalent of 5 days worth of hours into Starfield, Halo infinite season 5, just stole all of my gaming attention. Me and my friends have been hopping on and playing in parties together, something we haven't done in months and months. To quote the actman, I can't believe I'm saying it but I'm having fun playing infinite! This is legitimately the most fun I've had since the game dropped and I was experiencing the multiplayer flights for the first time when everything was still fresh and new

[@BaggedRanchGirl]

Thank you very much for covering this! Your video was nice and smooth and easy to watch, while the others that were uploading weren’t(which isn’t their fault). Just thanks for your style

[@Gashnor]

It's been fun playing this season overall. It was hilarious getting my first match with you, and then we got absolutely destroyed. Nice bagging with you, Spartan

[@HiddenXperia]

Was a pleasure chief, that was my first match too haha

[@WolfGaming2689]

I used to watch all your videos because halo was my favorite franchise, you were my audio stimulation when I played through every game on legendary. After Halo Infinite released and I played it I stopped being active in the halo community. Seeing you on my recommended again is a blast and hearing you talk about halo again is something I certainly missed and I didn’t even realize. I love your videos! Please keep up the excitement and fun commentary and I’ll get ready to get back into it, feet first into hell! 🔥❤

[@TexasDinoHunter]

I’ve been waiting for this video since the season 5 trailer dropped, and you did not disappoint. I did not know about that sandwich Easter egg. Btw cool fact about Prism, the battle in the background outside is actually between the banished and swords of sanghelios, would be a great level for an Arbiter- centered spin-off game. Great video!

[@242proPRODUCTUONS]

If it wasn't for the shop prices then this update would be damn near one of the best in modern gaming not just halo.

[@scanman2416]

been playing infinite with some of my friends the past few days and its been a blast, most fun ive had playing halo since any of the 360 games, feels great!

[@ray8413]

I do wish they put more flood armor items in the BP or as events. That flood Kit does not count as armor for me

[@alexissoto5825]

Yes, my answer is yes, i have started playing Infinite again, not only that, but ive also been playing Halo Wars 2 cause ive felt nostalgic

[@christianlawrencecruz]

This season was the season i’ve been wanting! I took a break from Infinite from random crashes to server instability but it looks like its been shaping up! Can’t wait to get back into the fire

[@YodaOnABender]

Halo Infinite is finally starting to feel like the "celebration of previous halo games" that it was promoted as at launch

[@grumvakk6971]

The way I would fix the pay wall problem with armor and stuff is you make it available through like season challenges or something like that and after the season is over you can place it in the shop, that way people who want it but couldn’t get the challenge done could pay for it but for the players would want it without buying it, you have to grind the challenges

[@wesleywatson2009]

I’m also hoping we get more lore regarding the flood other than the armor descriptions

[@wut-se8hz]

We get Intel drops on it

[@coleguy8211]

The people who designed the new maps need a medal or something because they both fit the Halo aesthetic perfectly

[@MEGAbrandon281]

Season 5 so far from what I’ve played has been really good, really hope they could bring the flood back to Infinite within Firefight

[@SynthLizard8]

I'm SOO glad you touched on the orange boils for the flood armor, on top it being used as a generic template, glowing eyes and pores are also overused, probably emulating Fortnite and the way Fortnite zombies looked. Also, the tendrils should be coming out of the chest piece.

[@TheWideMurloc]

I don’t think the flood store armors are a problem cuz there’s also flood armors in the pass which look great and even come with less orange boils MY problem with the aesthetic is that it doesn’t go enough into body horror. You take these same designs but slide the head down behind the body to make room for a bulbous flood growth, and shove the hand limply aside like an unwanted obstruction in the way of the flood arm tendrils that hold the weapons instead. THATS the flood I want to see. S5’s aesthetic for flood looks more like the flood is growing ON the spartan rather than transforming them from the inside, but the growths themselves look rad

[@CrawfordPrime]

Also was waiting for you to just geek out about the new Flood lore

[@Whaccd]

I play Runescape while watching your videos and the music ALWAYS throws me off. Good choice m8, and great video to boot.

[@pokapoka3686]

Awesome vid, loved to hear you talk about this update, with all its pros and cons! While I began playing halo infinite again on the xbox, I re-installed it on my PC and have had a blast with it. Going to try to learn how the hell to forge so I can make a pearl-harbor sort of firefight mode

[@SpartanBrix]

The Bandit Evo was something I thought wouldn’t be that big of an edition, but it’s my new favorite gun. So damn satisfying to use, I wish they would add a weapon drill for it.

[@Mcjesus97]

Weapon sucks, looks terrible, sounds terrible. Meant for people who can’t use the BR. Suits you

[@commanderfox8268]

Hey man, great to see you back. The only two things I wanted to tell you, they fixed the Mangler and the went and fixed all versions of the gravity hammer- you can actually kill people with it and they have physics.

[@wwelty9272]

Great video Luc, hit the nail on the head as always. Especially about locking the armour behind a paywall - good season overall though. Hope you’re keeping well my dude.

[@joerowland2625]

The multiplayer is free So it's not a cashcrab Every game has Microsanctions Look at Modern Bungie with Destiny Nobody cares about skins. You can't see the skins while your playing anyway What matters is Forge, Maps and multiplayer gameplay

[@Zenghilios]

Dude it was awesome meeting you at HCS!!! Can’t believe the FLOOD are back!!!

[@_can_i_even_draw_2927]

So hype with infinite rn. Been playing since launch and it has come such a long way. I just hope it finally get some of that original play base back and the traction it’s finally starting to deserve

[@davemccombs]

Dude, holy fucking shit, NO. It's not happening. This is why Halo failed before. You need to be able to be realistic and admit successes and failures. The world is not coming back to Infinite. What you're seeing now are HALO players who quit Halo coming back. Is that a good thing? Yes. Is the "original player base" coming back? Absolutely fucking not. Never. It's. not. happening. Please, for fuck's sake

[@frylad]

Personally I don't think I'll go back unless they rework the campaign or add a single player DLC. The story felt flat and unfinished, it was unsatisfying to play after the first few hours, and the map just felt empty. Yes the multiplayer is getting better now, but it still feels like it's missing something compared to past Halo's. If 343i wants to draw back the casual players and try to get some more new blood in the multiplayer, they'll need to have something other than cosmetics and battle passes. We were promised 10 years of infinite but taking almost 2 years to get to this point makes me feel cheated.

[@badgasaurus4211]

They’ve screwed the pooch with this game as they have for every release 343i has put out. You’d think they’d learn what makes a good launch but they never do. All of this should have been in the game at launch.

[@azzrus2499]

I think completing weekly challenges should reward with a payout of maybe 300-350 credits and a bonus for completing operation passes. With the amount of weeks in a season and operations that would maybe create a happy minimum.

[@namenotrequired2858]

I’m not gonna lie that’s way to much credits for something like that nobody would pay for anything at all unless they were really inpatient which means they’d ad more and more micro transactions or would end up taking that credit system out. If they would add it you’d probably get 25 to 50

[@bootlegengineer2367]

Me and my buddies took a break on season 4 we’re just now getting back into it I’m glad this season looks pretty solid

[@double1777]

I’m really particular about how I customize my Spartan. I realized a while ago it makes no sense for a Spartan with no visible ammo pouches to be able to reload, so I always put on mag holders and stuff like the tac/recon package. I didn’t like using Mark 7 core cause I didn’t have any ammo stuff for it, but I love the Mark 7 helmet, but now I can just put it on Mark 5B and be happy, lol

[@kepabra3782]

About the orange boils... I think it would stick perfectly if they were a dark green tone instead of a bright orange, since I remember the flood in CE (especially the infection forms and carrier forms) emitting a weak green light similar to those boils (similar to the plants in 343 guilty spark), so I don't think they're that far appart from bungie's aesthetic (just made them green and not so brightly please, otherwise they look more like the lambent from gears 3).

[@jancevaughn8539]

and some things in h2 also have the green glow although hw2 was more yellow instead of orange but they got rid of the green glow in h2 and h3 for the most part

[@jancevaughn8539]

halo wars 1 also had them as well i forgot about it

[@dr._breens_beard]

After playing spv3.3 and seeing all the infectiin forms with their orangeish glow.. it kinda works tbh

[@SloRush]

I just admit since taking a break since season 1, season 5 has really caught my attention. It has cool modes, good QOL, the aesthetics👌

[@ToonamiUnleashed]

I would change the orange boils to that sickly green color that you would see glowing from within like in haloCE

[@detBits]

Domination was my go-to in CoD4 and MW2 :) Nice additions and great video as always.

[@AshleyVsTheWorld]

I think the next big step is to have more reactive armor, I like the Flood concept but its a little sad that its all so static. Having those parts pulsing and moving around would of been the cherry ontop.

[@colbyboucher6391]

I think Halo YTers just overreact to everything. They all overreacted to Season 3 getting delayed and got half of the Halo community screeching that the game was dead, now they're all like "wOw are these fucking armor skins actually the thing Halo has needed for years??" Can't stand it. Game fun.

[@ginnungagap9793]

​@@colbyboucher6391i wanted to click on your profile pic out of sheer instinct dawg 💀💀

[@yourstruly2205]

@@ginnungagap9793you prolly have adhd

[@defferwa]

No, that would be distracting

[@badgasaurus4211]

@@colbyboucher6391It’s really cringe isn’t it?

[@thebass4511]

Im glad the leadership change has really shown results.

[@questingcrusader]

20:15 343 seems to make it a habit of squashing in the front of the helmets. Kinda wish scout wasn't so short, agree that gungnir shouldn't be so short, kinda wish a lot of helmets weren't so short that it looks as if the helmet is replacing the front of the spartan's head.

[@IIJonnyBoyII]

The biggest thing for me is that the store doesn’t have a catalog. It should have every item up for individual sale. I hate going to the armoury and seeing “unavailable, released during season 2 etc” They all should be available for purchase. Miss a weekly from coating? Drop that in the store for 3-4 bucks and I might buy it if I like it enough. The store itself doesn’t do Halo any favours by just being a terrible store.

[@Mayorofsexytown1303]

I have a question for the lore heads out there. Why is it that some forerunner structures are made of the stone and others metal? Is the stone just older? Or were the stone structures built by humans influenced from forerunners.

[@cszero2109]

There’s 2 main theories. 1 is simply imitation. Someone not forerunner built things that mimicked forerunner structures. The other is that people built stone structures COVERING actual forerunner buildings in order to preserve and protect them

[@WhoopAssStew_]

I wish they’d bring back Regicide. God that game mode was so fun

[@deepism]

Don't forget about Dominion! Shit was my #1

[@LordXemnasXIII]

Was a pleasure meeting you at worlds! We still gotta get those drinks for our sorrows

[@user-vf3hy9wz6i]

When i saw the flood costumization i knew that you where awoken also for me the rusalka flood armor is beautiful

[@JMulls]

Something wasn't sitting right with me with the Flood Aesthetics and you nailed it on the head what I couldn't put into words, it's those pustule things, looks fine but looks off to me and would love to see some variants at least more in the original style.

[@kyrursa]

Honestly I would love to see the spartan laser it's just iconic and I always found it to be quite solid and fun you knew what you were getting with it despite it being a big as laser gun.

[@KimboKG14]

I love your fairly critical you are! even as someone who has long forsaken the game, it fills my heart with joy to still hear a true fan talk about his hopes and dreams.

[@Eskeletor_210]

The mirage gen 2 armor got me feeling some type of way. Been wanting to see an SPI derivative armor. I need to learn these maps again for SWAT

[@camora_]

Biggest issue I have with Gungnir is that they decided to gut the attachments the same way they did with Stormfall. Why make the faceplate/visor locked behind an attachment and make the weird skeleton of the helmet the default?

[@davidcrist5959]

I feel like adding the flood in a upcoming season would be perfect. I really thought that’s what was gonna happen in the campaign dlc… sadly we never got any… but I’m still holding out hope. They drop some flood firefight or something… but I think they are holding back the flood for the next game maybe?

[@benvowels5316]

FloODST: Zeta Halo On the other side of the ring, Helljumpers are the first to discover that a Flood sylix has been opened by the Endless. Communications are knocked out, and it’s a gritty and dark race to reestablish comms to contact chief and the weapon to cleanse the outbreak. When they can’t be reached (for some reason), and the flood are closing in on the three surviving ODSTs, Jerome drops in to save them and tells them that the Spirit of Fire heard their distress call. The SoF crew hold back the flood, while the ODSTS and a small detachment of Spartans journey across the ring to reach the remaining crew of the Infinity and Chief.

[@davidcrist5959]

@@benvowels5316 alright you’re hired lol

[@ray8413]

Hopefully we get flood firefight and flood forge items

[@WiseLuck117]

All we need now is: - Live Service Story - Campaign DLC - More Blood (M Rating) - Full Cross Core - Battle Royale - Arcade Games (Grifball) - Spartan Ops - Playable Elites Then we Gucci.

[@joerowland2625]

Microsoft fired the campaign team So we won't get any form of story or PVE except firefighter until earliest 2027. Nobody wants Spartan OPS

[@Johnny117American]

I love this new season I hope they would add a flood dlc campaign

[@bruhgod123]

if they add the flood the game loses the T rating

[@Johnny117American]

@@bruhgod123 true

[@johnb7627]

I love your content your videos are amazing but there is nothing that halo infinite can do to bring me back to the game I'm sorry it's too little too late 🙁

[@97javic]

As a campaign lover, forgeable AI is an absolute godsend for this game. Endless PvE content is something I’ve wanted from Halo since Doom 2016’s underrated SnapMap feature provided me with countless hours of enjoyment.

[@silasstryder]

Fun custom campaign idea: The Tower First floors map description "A splinter group from the covenant discovered a forerunner tower on an otherwise desolate planet. The behemoth would've been visible from orbit, but the tower was hidden underground until this group activated it and saw in awe as it rose higher and higher into the sky seemingly never-endingly until one day it finally stopped and the entrance opened. It is said the splinter group is still climbing the tower to this day passionately curious to uncover its secrets at the very top and discover the reason such a structure was ever made. Just to use it against us, you must stop them." The first map you have to fight your way into the tower that is as tall as will fit in the map creator, and at very high up made narrow to a point so from the viewpoint of the ground it just appears to be jutting into the sky forever, and as many floors chock full of enemies, vehicles, weapons, and varying level design as it will allow. Then you can make "The Tower (floors 30-40)" Or whatever and have consecutive maps where you start in the tower on the floor just above where you ended on the last map. Someone could in theory make it go on as long as they want since you just start a new map once the forge limit is reached. Enemies get harder, stronger weapons become available, and more complexity is added to the level design as you go higher up, they don't need to be confined office building floors either they could be super tall floors that allow for flying vehicles sometimes even. Map descriptions moving forward could slowly reveal piece by piece the purpose of the tower from various objectives completed on the previous maps allowing our spartan to know that. The forger could even write their own lore on the splinter group and how they found the tower to begin with.

[@Something-nu2ej]

I didn't think I would come back but after this update I am excited to see what is in store for the future

[@demonhunterx7094]

I completely agree with you on the armor being locked behind paywalls. More of them need to be earnable, because of this it still feels like customization is insanely restrictive.

[@BioTroy]

Season 5 is incredible and I'm happy 343i have finally hit their stride with Infinite. I sure hope this means they can shift a bit of focus to expanding the sandbox now. I miss my boy the Plasma Rifle. The Pulse Carbine doesn't compare at all lmao I'd also love to see the Rail Gun and Mantis return. Some love to the Reclaimer Saga would be really nice to see :)

[@badgasaurus4211]

Only took them long enough lmao

[@eliavita]

Yeah a lot of weapons from halo 4 and 5 could work, like the sticky detonator, the rail gun, the saw(I just want more spray and pray weapons)

[@deathbydogz9910]

great vid as always buuut i really need to know where you got that helmet

[@frankuxa2157]

I still believe that the story is being progressed, just no longer the main idea, like the story will be happening in the background and stuff, maybe events tell or expand some parts of the story, heck we even have hints to this with the little flood thing in the news in infinite

[@Theson97]

I never thought I’d see HiddenX so lukewarm on the inclusion of the flood 😂. I thought he would be over the moon about it, but when you love something so much it has to be just perfect I guess.

[@ABoxIsMyHome]

hahaha same

[@tiopapichulo2136]

Agree on the cosmetics bit. I know every game is doing it but one of the best parts of the glory days of halo was unlocking cool ass armor by earning it in sometimes the most difficult ways in game. As many things they’re stuffing in the cash shop they need to be making in game unlockables that are on par with the paid cosmetics

[@katmiller614]

I disagree I don’t really have the time to be doing a bunch of challenges just to unlock a cool set of armor. Let me pay for it so I can play using it already.

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

@@katmiller614And that mindset of instant gratification is the reason why MTX are so bad these days. Thanks for proving my point.

[@sandburgbilly381]

I was hoping that 343 could do some sort of thing like destiny does with its raids cause you can certainly make a “raid” in halo to continue the story somehow and put lots of lore tidbits. My idea was making it into an operation, but instead of all the rewards being in the battle pass, half of them are unlocked through achievements, and the other half through a 10 tier battle pass. Maybe some achievements would just be very simple like get a full clear of this raid/dungeon/excursion activity, to even something like complete it without any deaths on your team

[@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060]

@@sandburgbilly381 While I could see that. As a veteran Destiny player as well, I don't wanna have to put in so much grind for another franchise I like. Also, what's the reward even supposed to be: enormous XP and spartan points?

[@sandburgbilly381]

im not saying it should be a grind, it should be something like a complete this a few times if you want some helmets or armor, no rng drops, literally just do the achievements, and get some rewards such as helmets, coatings, emblems, effects, etc, just basic drops from seasonal events, but lock some of them behind achievements instead of just battle pass xp. Achievements shouldn't be like do this 100 times, but something more challenging than tedious like a flawless raid.@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060

[@GenocideLv]

10:55 it does. As someone who had 4 world records in kovaaks aim trainer couple years back, i still couldnt lock onto a target like you did here with a roller. It completely neglected his strafe, eliminating need for prediction adjusting, and having 100% crosshair uptime on the target, for the lowest TTK

[@ee822]

The Flood boils should have been green to reference the glow effects in Combat Evolved.

[@opulenthalo]

the flood are back baby, lets gooooooooo!

[@TheBunkerCore]

We're so close, just one more big push from 343 and we'll finally be in the green

[@TheAnthonyMarlowe]

Yeah and the only string you along for 5 years first. It’s a joke.

[@sirksees]

they MUST bring the beam rifle back. my baby ;-; They also NEED to add more customization unlocks for people who actually bought the campaign.

[@copenross2494]

So, the way that I have looked at it in Halo Wars 2 is that those flood have that orange bio stuff because they were dormant for so long in the dark High Charaty so they just did like most things and started evolving. (note that I don't know how to spell everything)

[@darkmatter-mc5iv]

I much rather just have a single Flood core with every armor having a flood variant for it and it being a battlepass or something. And yeah, the flood stuff looks... eh. I would like to get the one with the skull showing through the helmet. Also, it's pretty good. I will play a lot more once Firefight releases, and hopefully once Firefight is fully out, they can get that Campaign DLC working.

[@pranayparasher2694]

Hopefully they do give us the campaign dlc :⁠'⁠( Also the triple kill 😤

[@thatlittletrainguy8678]

I haven’t had this much fun on halo since reach, with firefight and custom browser, I really want to play halo like constantly. I want halo to surge again. The lore videos, the tv shows that don’t suck, the audiobooks. I might even renew my audible account for halo books.

[@gagebritton8695]

You are a awesome brother thank you for a great time at worlds! Thank you for signing my Halo Encyclopedia as well!

[@CommissarChaotic]

Forbidden reminds me of those Air temples from Avatar especially the first season where Aang is reminiscing and stuff...

[@GruelingFive8]

Absolutely loving prism, I circle back to that needler spawn all game

[@meatkiwi363]

Dude I've been loving this season, it literally brought me back into playing again. Glad to see you covering this!

[@Commander_Appo]

I can just imagine Xperia running around HCS telling everyone he can about the Flood since he couldn’t make a video on it

[@Dread-VilePlanet]

I personally think the way they could do Playable Elites is that it is a preferred species toggle and the Elites have their own armor cores with one of them being based off like the more common ones like the Zealots and Minors and another being like Pre-Covenant so like the Arbiter armor and hey why not then to fulfill our wet dreams have the Silent Shadow armor finally. Also i personally like to think the orange boils on the Flood makes sense as my personal head cannon is that those are either like the Flood Fluids going through it or it is like brewing some type of Infection so say like you shoot the Orange Boils you become infected with the Flood Supercell but anyway good video :)

[@dearcastiel4667]

The problem of the boils is on a design level. First, it's simply generic at this point, like he said every zombie/infection game is doing that glowing bulbs at this point, no idea why they chose to just make something that looks like every other game when they already have a unique-looking design for the flood since Halo 3. Then, it's just missing the point of the design of the flood, it's body horror, this looks like vines and fruits, the orange is way too bright to fit with the theme. And it takes the space of actual gory details, which is a core part of flood design on human-sized creatures, the flood at its core being body-horror, and this here is far from it for the most part.

[@Dread-VilePlanet]

@@dearcastiel4667 Yeah good point and hey that is your opinion and i respect that and thanks for replying :)

[@MasonOfLife]

The Bandit EVO is fantastic, the best feeling weapon in the game, the gun fights finally feel like Halo to me

[@EggEnjoyer]

Huh? Since when in halo could you kill in like 3 shots from across the map? Halo Ce?

[@WonderMePartyStrip]

You played to much Reach 😂

[@MasonOfLife]

@@EggEnjoyer the Bandit EVO has descope and kills in 5 shots, but yes nothing in infinite felt like the gunfights in CE, H3 BR fights, H5 magnum fights, H4 BR/DMR fights and Reach’s BR fights

[@MasonOfLife]

@@WonderMePartyStrip It’s not necessarily the fact that it’s single shot, but it’s the way the gunfights FEEL and how they are paced, reminds me of H3 BR fights, CE magnum fights, H5 Magnum fights And those precision weapon battles have always been the core of the Halo multiplayer experience for me, what I love most about the gameplay, ever since CE And the weapons/gunfights in Infinite have just felt off until now, it’s a subjective personal thing for sure but I’m super happy the thing that I love about Halo gunfights is finally in Infinite The sidekick came close but is way too spammy

[@EggEnjoyer]

@@MasonOfLife I mean I don’t dislike the gun. I think it’s fine amongst the sandbox. But I hate it being the spawning gun in ranked. But I’m also someone who already hated the BR being spawning weapon. I hate BR starts and this is like BR starts on steroids. But overall the gun is fine in the open sandbox

[@ericbrock5405]

Touching on the unlocking armors through challenges and mind you someone might have already made this point but I just didn't read the comment. I don't think it would be a problem to have unlockable armors behind a paywall, while also being able to unlock them through challenges or achievements

[@detBits]

Speaking of skin unlocks via achievements.. in Uncharted 2 for PS3 they had a multiplayer skeleton skin with a cool red beret and scarf you unlocked by getting Platinum (all achievements). It was such a cool skin and I felt like a badass having it. That kept me playing for a long time.

[@cooliipie]

If this was season 1 just imagine where the game would be right now. 😮

[@jasonsmith530]

343 just silenced a decade of criticism

[@spartanpiplup6229]

The runescape soundtrack in the background was that lil cherry on the top.

[@PokemonTrainerSoul]

I'm happy that you're happy. I hope you enjoy Halo for as long as you can. I personally am done, but will view it through you and Act Man.