Would’ve bet my money on that exact outcome *^*
The fact that you didn’t really understand the plot is not your fault: 343I Halo games until H:I have an obsession on requiring you to read books to straighten up the story.
If you have questions such as:
- Why are the covvies the baddies again?
- What does the Halsey cutscene have to do with anything?
- Who the hell is the Didact?
- Why the hell is the Didact doing things?
- Who the hell is the Librarian?
- Spartans on the Infinity? Wasn’t 117 the last Spartan or something?
- Was that ending a QTE?
… it’s because none of those questions are answered within the main plot of H4.
Some answers (3,4,5) you can find in books, some (1,2,6) in Spartan Ops (I never even played those),
some (7) here on Lemmy - yes that was absolutely a QTE for a final boss in a Halo game.
If it’s any consolation for Cortana’s death being undone later offscreen, SPOILER AHEAD, her death’s undoing is also undone later offscreen.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The book ones are especially disappointing for me, along with the QTE.
You said that they only stopped with this stuff with Halo Infinite? Am I going to be missing much if I jump Halo 5 and go straight to infinite or would you suggest playing 5 just to be safe?
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
I wouldn’t know, actually. Halo 4 is the last game whose campaign I played - since H4 is in the MCC, H5 is not on PC, and H:I costs too much for my opinion of it.
Halo 5 is infamously more book-dependent than Halo 4, and …
(spoiler block that I should have used in my previous comment)
the two things in H:I that follow from H5 are cortana bad and Infinity runs away
… , so IF you want to skip Halo 5, at best, you may be missing how you ended up where H:I begins.
There may be a reference to a certain Spartan Locke here or there, idr.
I don’t want to spoil your fun, so I’d say you should run through H5 if you’re planning to play Infinite and if (unlike me) you wouldn’t have to buy an Xbox to do so.
To answer your first question: I can’t say too much about a game that I only vaguely remember from watching a playthrough on YT, but from what I do remember, H:I is somewhat more self-contained.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think I can probably get ahold of Halo 5 without too much hassle. Worst case scenario I ask to borrow it from my usual Halo Co-Op partner because I know for a fact the has a copy. Thanks for the opinion. I’ve been eyeing Halo: Infinite all day considering getting it with the next Steam Sale, so the forewarning is appreciated
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
You’re welcome, though keep up your post chain with the two remaining good ones first ;^;