Ethan Ultra

I'll be writing my personal experience in this and how I feel about this game. This is about the Campaign, only. -- Campaign -- PROS: Story: The story is fantastic! It goes back to the roots of Halo: Combat Evolved, which it is a great! It humanizes the Master Chief, showing that he's still human under the armor, and the difference between the Master Chief and Fernando Esparza (aka Echo-216), a civilian contractor who fled to the Pelican during the attack of the Infinity. The Weapon, an A.I designed to imitate Cortana in Zeta Halo, she's a nice addition to the cast. The Banished are back from Halo Wars 2, a Brute-Mercenary faction who broke off from the Covenant and captured Zeta Halo and are led by Escharum, Atriox's mentor. The Harbinger who allied with the Banished, is apparently from another species, the Endless, who survived the firing of the Halo Array and were imprisoned by the Forerunners long before Halo: Combat Evolved took place. Though I would wish that it would involve other characters from other Halo Games, such as the Arbiter, Lasky, Lord Hood, or Palmer, or Red Team, or the entire crew of the Spirit of Fire. Oh well, probably in DLCs then. Weird that Atriox isn't the main antagonist in this game, and we only seen him in two cutscenes (The beginning and the post-credit scene), but Escharum is enough for me. Nevertheless, the story has it's own flaws, but it's great, I would go far to say it's up with the Original Trilogy, because it has the emotional connection, the conflicts, the nostalgia and the fun times with the characters, bring it's closure from what Halo 4 and Halo 5's story started. Music: They did the music right, hats off to the music composers (Gareth Coker, love your music from Ori games, Alex Bhore, Curtis Schweitzer and Joel Corelitz). They brought back the main Halo Theme, which is very neat and nostalgic. The music can make you hyped up, in boss fights, or in open world. They nailed it right. Gameplay: The gameplay is handled very neatly. In this campaign, you can hold up to 4 Spartan Abilities (Grapple Hook, The Threat Sensor, Drop Wall and Thruster). You can use the map and make a waypoint where you want to go (Like in Halo 3: ODST), kill a high value target, or side quests or the main mission. The radar is very long compared to the multiplayer, which is good Open World: This is the first Halo Game to have an open-world, so that's neat. Graphics and Visuals: This has better Graphics than it had in 2020, it was worth it that they delayed one year. CONS: Side quests: As much as I like to defeat other species, Grunts, Jackals, Elites, Brutes and such, I feel like they can be repetitive as much, like in some games. Of course, it's a minor issue of mine. No Co-op: As a long time Halo Fan here, Co-op is a great addition to the Halo Games, though it's disappointing that it's delayed for 9 months, like imagine playing with your buddies in the campaign, fighting the Banished and exploring the Ring, it would definitely be fun, am I right? Really wished that it would have been released on day one. Can't replay the missions: Please, let us replay the missions. We can't replay them back, especially in the first mission "Warship Gbraakon", because it's impossible to 100% it if you miss the Audio Logs or Skulls, meaning you can't obtain them anymore unless you have to start from the very beginning, which would be irritating. -- Conclusion -- This is a return to form to the Original Trilogy, 343 did it right and I definitely recommend to play it. Though it has it own flaws, but I can’t be disappointed about it. Score Rating: 4.5/5

This game is one of the best games I ever played in my lifetime. In Scarlet Nexus, you can choose one of the protagonist, Yuito Sumeragi or Kasane Randall. Pros: The combat is fantastic, simple and unique. Mixing with other people's abilities and using them in the battlefield for your advantage. Crushing your enemies with your telekinesis, or use Hanabi's pyrokinesis to burn up the enemies or use Luka's teleportation to quickly surprise attack them. It's very fast paced, you can evade enemies's attacks or intercept their projectiles. You can use Brain Points to upgrade or unlock new fighting abilities. The story is very long and interesting. You start off being a cadet in the OSF, an organisation where you have to protect humanity from the monsters called Others. As the story progresses, you soon discover what the government is doing behind the curtains, while at the same time, the future of humanity is in danger and it's up to you to save it. The music is sweet, the opening and the main menu theme is fantastic as well. In the game, they give this amazing synth soundtrack when you're in different places, like in the hideout or in Suoh. Depending in the battle, they can hype you up and be prepared for the battle. My favourite battle theme is the Opposing Viewpoint, since this gives off many different vibes and it's fantastic. The characters are colourful and very lovable. You can offer them gifts, which increases their bonds with you and unlocks more abilities, which they can help you in battles. The characters is what made me love this game, they have different personalities, how they interact with each other throughout the story and what they do in the hideout. Wish i could see more of them interacting in the future. The open-world fits for gameplay and the story, You can collect resources and data from the areas. You can explore around and revisit it anytime, in case if you miss something. You can ask people around, like in Suoh or in Seiran. You can be immersed within the world. The graphics and visuals are great as well, fits for it. The cutscenes are great, they have like this comic book scenes. It would've been better if all of them were animated cutscenes, but that's all right. The voice actors nailed it as well, though i used English in the game, while i watched Japanese in the anime adaptation. Cons: It can be a bit repetitive and the price tag is quite expensive... Side quests are honestly, the weakest point in the game, should've put more effort on it. And a few times in gameplay, the camera just doesn't lock in one of the enemies that you want to lock, especially if you're facing many enemies in the area. Of course, these are minor mistakes in my opinion, so no big deal. In conclusion, Scarlet Nexus is a fantastic game, one of the best games I played in 2021. I recommend to play it, if the price tag doesn't bother you. It makes me want to play it again and I really adore the characters especially. I hope we can see more of them, but that's for Bandai Namco Studios to decide.

4/5. I love the game, it's really great, story is great, the gameplay is great, really fantastic. However, the only criticism i can give is that you can't pause in offline game. Really could've helped if i went to the bathroom or i get called and hoping that i won't die from the enemies, though i lost two lives in a mission cause of that. In other words, it's really fun.