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Should I play halos before Halo Infinite?

Halo Infinite is a great game with awesome shooter combat, and can be enjoyed without prior knowledge of the series. Its story is fairly complicated however, and leverages previous games to further its plot. That's all you need to know about how much Halo Infinite's story relies on prior games in the series.
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Do I need to play previous Halo before Infinite?

You can play Halo Infinite without playing previous Halo, but you may be missing out on some of the story. Halo is a first-person shooter video game series that began in 2001. The most recent game in the series, Halo 5: Guardians, was released in 2015. Halo Infinite is set to release in 2020.
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Which Halo to play before Infinite?

1 Halo Infinite

It takes place after the events of Halo 5: Guardians and Halo Wars 2. The Banished are the game's main enemies, with Infinite taking place right after they wiped out most UNSC forces on Zeta Halo.
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In what order should you play Halo?

Here's the best way to play Halo in order.
  1. Halo Wars. The first game in the mainline Halo story is Halo Wars, developed by Ensemble Studios and released in 2009. ...
  2. Halo Reach. ...
  3. Halo: Combat Evolved. ...
  4. Halo 2. ...
  5. Halo 3: ODST. ...
  6. Halo 3. ...
  7. Halo Spartan Assault. ...
  8. Halo 4.
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Is Halo Infinite a good starting point?

The story continues on directly from the events of the previous games, including Halo Wars 2, so while 343 may say the game is a good starting point for fans and newcomers alike, it's really not. You should watch the plot summaries of the story so far before starting your journey in Infinite.
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Which Halo Game Should You Play First Before Halo Infinite?

Is Halo Infinite hard for beginners?

8) This game is harder than you think

In past Halo games, the easiest difficulty would let you melee just about anyone, but even the lowest difficulty isn't exactly a walk in the park when it comes to Infinite.
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Why is Halo Infinite so difficult?

Halo infinite uses truskill 2, which effectively predicts the outcome 60% of the time. Basically, the game is better at putting you into challenging matches than it has ever been. So it is harder. Halo Infinite has a much faster pace of combat.
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What timeline is Halo Infinite?

Setting and characters. Halo Infinite is set in the year 2560. During the events of Halo 5: Guardians, the human artificial intelligence Cortana and allied artificial intelligences (AIs) rebel against their creators, the United Nations Space Command (UNSC).
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How old is Master Chief in Halo Infinite?

He was one of a handful of kids who were picked to be a part of the United Nations Space Command's SPARTAN-II Project that turned him into the super-soldier he is today. Based on these dates, that will make Master Chief 49-year-old when players get to pilot him in the Halo Infinite campaign.
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Which Halo is the best?

Every Halo Game, Ranked From Worst To Best (According To Metacritic)
  • 8 Halo 5: Guardians – 84.
  • 7 Halo: The Master Chief Collection – 85.
  • 6 Halo 4 – 87.
  • 5 Halo Infinite - 87.
  • 4 Halo: Reach – 91.
  • 3 Halo 3 – 94.
  • 2 Halo 2 – 95.
  • 1 Halo: Combat Evolved – 97.
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Is Halo Infinite A prequel or sequel?

Even though it's technically a sequel to 2015's Halo 5: Guardians, Halo Infinite's mission is not so much to continue the story of the Reclaimer Saga and all the Cortana and Forerunner baggage that comes with it.
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Does Halo Infinite ignore Halo 5?

Halo Infinite has one of the most fascinating campaigns of the series, but the details of so many events between Halo 5: Guardians and Halo Infinite are left out from the story. The very beginning of Halo Infinite starts roughly around Dec. 13, 2559, when the Banished attacked the UNSC Infinity.
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What do I need to remember before Halo Infinite?

Halo Infinite tips: 10 things to know before starting
  • Choose Heroic difficulty. ...
  • Fiddle around with your control settings. ...
  • Use the grappleshot. ...
  • Upgrade the grappleshot first. ...
  • The boss fights are tough. ...
  • Experiment with weapons. ...
  • Vehicles aren't always the answer... ...
  • Explore!
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Is Halo Infinite playable after campaign?

Updated April 4, 2022, by Avery Lawrence Feyrer:We've updated this post to add more entries relating to activities players can complete after finishing the main campaign of Halo Infinite. Because of the game's semi-open world setting, you can continue exploring Zeta Halo after defeating the Harbinger.
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What happens if you keep quitting Halo Infinite?

You also lose progress in Ranked for repeated quitting, even if you're not doing it, and the game is just being unstable.
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Who was Spartan 001?

Peter Walters (Spartan -001)
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How old is John-117 biologically?

The community has worked out that Master Chief is biologically 49 years old in 2560, as he was born in 2511. As many fans will know, John was genetically mutated to become a super-soldier by Dr. Halsey.
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Where was Master Chief before Halo Infinite?

Several years after the events of Halo 3, the Master Chief was woken by Cortana as the Forward Unto Dawn approached a metal-cloaked planet called Requiem--the same planet created by the Didact thousands of years earlier.
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Is Halo Infinite dieing?

Halo Infinite is dying because it fails to keep up with the status quo of the previous games. It is the same reason why Halo 4 died so fast - It didn't match expectations and failed to meet base requirements.
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Is Halo Infinite campaign a prequel?

Halo: The Rubicon Protocol is a new novel that's based in the Halo universe and will be a prequel to Halo Infinite and further explores some of the events in those six months before the Master Chief was reawakened and the game's campaign begins.
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What is the easiest Halo game?

Out of the 6 games, I would have to say Halo 3's was the easiest mainly because most enemies are either one-hit kills or can be easily dispatched with the noob combo. As for your follow up question, I would have to say Halo: Combat Evolved mainly because of the Grunt Funeral skull.
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What's the hardest Halo campaign?

Halo 2's Legendary difficulty is one of (if not the) hardest first-person-shooter campaigns to ever exist.
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Is Halo Infinite ranked broke?

The answer to the title is Yes. Until they overhaul TrueSkill, decouple or weaken the affect of casual matches on ranked MMR, and impose some type of limit on ranks queuing together ranked will continue to be dysfunctional.
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Is Halo Infinite good for single player?

Hail to the Chief

Halo Infinite's single-player campaign, like a new generation of Master Chief's MJOLNIR armor, powers up a 20-year-old series, by both returning to its roots and blazing new trails to build off of.
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