Xbox - The Official Magazine - UK (2019-08)

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expecthimtodo,andjumpsouttheback

oftheship,straightattheenemy.Chap!

Sadlynogameplaywastobehadat

E3,butfornowwe’rehappythatthis

six-minutetrailerpromisesexactlywhat

wewant.Nosplittingourtimebetween

theChiefandSpartanLocke;thisone’s

backtobeingMasterChief’sstory,and

hisalone.Heappearstobewearingsome

prettyclassic-lookingarmour,too.As

studioheadChrisLeestatedina blogpost

on343’swebsite,MasterChief’snew-old

look“drawssignificantinspirationfromthe

mosticonicandhistoricpartsoftheHalo

franchise”.Don’tworry,though,if you’ve

neverevenplayedaHalogamebefore,you

won’tneedtoknoweverybitofHalolore,

with 343 stressingthatthegameisbeing

madetopleasebothestablishedfansand

beaccessibletobrand-newplayers.

Whilethissummer’sHaloInfinitetraileris

morepre-renderedthanin-gamefootage,

it’smostlikelybeenrenderedusing343’s

SlipspaceEngineandshouldthereforegive

a fairideaofhowgoodthegame’sgoing

tolookplayingona powerfulnewconsole.

ThedetailonChief’strademarkgreen

armourashelooksdownathisownhands

onhisinitialrebootisimpressive,and

o thisis thegamealltrue

Xboxfansarewaiting

for.Halo:CombatEvolved

wasa launchtitlefor

theoriginalXboxbackin

2001,andsoit’scome

fullcircleforMasterChief.Everyone’s

favouriteseven-footspacemarineis going

tobethestarofthelaunchtitleforthe

fourthgenerationofXbox,whenProject

Scarlettlandsin ourlapsin 2020.

A substantialcinematictrailerunveiled

atE3setsupthestoryforwhatdeveloper

343 Industriesclaimsisa “spiritualreboot”,

thoughit absolutelydoesfollowonfrom

Halo 5 ’s story.It showsMasterChief

floatinginspace,andrescuedbya UNSC

survivorina barelyfunctionalspacecraft.

Hisarmourrebooted,theChief’sin-helmet

UIflickersbacktolife– anexcitingnodto

howwe’regoingtofeelfiringuphisstory

oncemore.Wethengeta senseofboththe

direpredicamentthesetwocharactersare

in,andtheapparenthopelessnessofthe

situation.Chieflooksoutonthewreckage

ofa Haloring,theevidentaftermathofa

battlethatthesurvivortellshim“welost”.

Whentheshipstartsbeingbombarded

again,theChiefdoeswhatyou’dfully

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