Halo Infinite review — 2021’s biggest game surpasses expectations

I never loved Halo. I won’t bore you with my history with the series. What’s exciting is that I do love the franchise now. That is thanks to Halo Infinite’s fun multiplayer mode and satisfying campaign. On both sides of the Halo Infinite equation, the takeaway is that 343 Industries has updated and modernized a familiar formula without abandoning that core Halo feeling. In other words, everything in this package is Halo-ass Halo.

And yet if it were simply another Halo, I wouldn’t have had as good a time with it. The changes that 343 made expand the boundaries of Halo by wisely leaning into its strengths. For the campaign, those expansions include a larger playground to explore and new tools that inflate the possibility space. The multiplayer has similar emergent moments, but 343 also gave it an extra coat of polish. The gunplay feels amazing, the synergies between different weapon types is more pronounced, and now you have equipment like the grapple shot that enables even more creativity.