The Harbinger, a new villain featured in some trailers, is a spindly space wizard, an aptly named relic from a lost age that foreshadows bigger threats to come. Even the ancient aliens have ancient aliens they worry about. Halo Infinite dives so far into a sci-fi rabbit hole that it feels like an abstract fantasy. Clarke’s Third Law states that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” and 20 years after the original Halo revolutionized FPS games, that idea looms large. Okay, Escharum isn’t THAT big, but he is very large. Even after its explosive conclusion, the campaign inspires more new questions than it answers, but it’s a satisfying arc with dynamic environments, stunning graphics, and the top-notch cinematic polish you’ve been dreaming about. There’s also a childish new Cortana-looking AI to provide some levity through fresh eyes.
The pilot who flies you around chirps in your ear throughout the game, giving us a more humane perspective to contrast Master Chief’s gruff exterior. “It is buff grandpa showing the young hotshot how it’s done.”
He’s at times an admirable reflection of a warmongering culture at its peak and the perfect dark foil to Chief. His motives and mission are complex, but this Big Bad is also desperate to die in battle - or at least prove himself a greater warrior than the legendary Master Chief. Their leader, the ape-looking Escharum, evokes Thanos with his hulking frame and bald ugliness. Human forces already lost a war on the sprawling ringworld of Zeta Halo, and it’s your job to take it back from the Banished. The Halo Infinite cinematic launch trailer hints at the epic story.
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