Halo

Available this summer!

Tom Warren originally reported it here, however the full article is behind a paywall.

You can find it here if you want to read the full thing: https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/677821627

It basically says that "classic style gameplay" doesn't work for the franchise because of the lowering player numbers and "feedback from Reddit". That's already enough to claim it's bs.

"Anything Halo Infinite has done will be ignored and Halo 5 is the blueprint that Project Halo 7 (tentative title) will be built on." Mmm yes let's build a game based on H5, the one that was received so poorly it caused them to go back to classic styled.

All abilities from H5 will be back and includes double jump and wall running. Come on, you're just taking ideas from Titanfall.

This bit is the icing on the cake. "The goal of the campaign's story is to be "the true Halo 6" after the nonsense that was Halo Infinite." I find it hard to believe that someone would think that Infinite was more nonsense than 5.

Rest of it is just prometheans returning but nerfed and no banished but from the first point you can tell this is bs, I just felt like sharing it

Summary:

• Plasma Pistol EMP
• sidekick rounds per second decreased
• sniper ready up time decreased
• cinder shot pull effect disabled, rounds per second decreased
• gravity hammer general nerf
• spike grenade detonation timer now starts when the grenade lands, timer decreased
• firefight assist score added
• ranked matches will end if the game starts with unbalanced teams
• custom game score overrides
• respawn cameras buffed
• bandit EVO added to bandit weapon drills
• scorpion removed from Deadlock pelican drops
• BTB Heavies refresh coming later in the Banished Honor operation

What you can expect in the next update, including new and highly requested features from the community:

• THE EXCHANGE: Customization items from the past return in Halo Infinite’s new Exchange store, purchased with free Spartan Points which can be earned by completing matches and your weekly Ultimate Reward.
• OPERATION PASS: A free new 20-tier Operation Pass themed around the might of the Banished.
• SANDBOX TUNING: Halo Infinite’s sandbox is getting some tuning updates based on community feedback, including EMPowering players with the return of the Plasma Pistol’s ability to stun vehicles.
• FORGE UPDATES: Two new Forge palettes are on the way, including Flood-infected objects.
• BTB HEAVIES REFRESH: New maps coming to this existing playlist the week after Banished Honor launches.

via https://x.com/bathrobecast/status/1773827704103555255?s=46&t=VGqOdxWDtLsShLYLikeioQ

The only major compromises are he has it chambered for 5.56 instead of the canon 9.5x40mm due to space and availability constraints, it has a ten round magazine because any more would stick out of the rifle, and it is semi-auto only, but overall it is such a hugely impressive project.

A lot of people are taking this to mean eating marines, which is pretty likely, but it could also mean eating lesser species in the Banished ranks.

Read the short story Stomping On The Heels of A Fuss for an idea of what Brutes did to captured human prisoners.