So I’m more than a little confused and annoyed, once again, about Halo infinite. My object of loathing.
I previously complained about Infinite killing off Spartan Jameson Locke, just one of it’s ways of attempting to destroy anything good about Halo 5 and 4. this was exacerbated by Locke’s death being spoiled in the Megabloks model of Hyperius, in which the jiralhanae wears his helmet as a trophy on his shoulder.
Now, Megabloks seems to have taken the initiative to maybe spoil Locke’s SURVIVAL with their season 15 release of action figures, by featuring Locke dressed down without his armour, but alive, seemingly in survival mode, with the product description listing him as "Designed as he appears in Halo Infinite“. Thus implying that he could show up in one of the million DLCs this accursed Live Service campaign will receive.
Complicating this matter though is the fact that ALL the action figures share the “designed as he/she/they appear(s) in Halo Infinite” descriptor, despite the intended split between the Halo Infinite collection and the Halo Universe collection, AND despite two of the featured characters, Decimus and Victor Ramos, being canonically dead and from different games (as well as the Honour Guard elite) (there are rumours that Blue Team was intended to be in Infinite in some capacity using their Shadows of Reach designs, reflected in the Magabloks sets, so we may yet see Blue Team alive and well in Infinite updates). As well, Locke’s design is more clearly based off of his appearance in Halo Nightfall, down to the haphazard marine kit on his right leg and arm.
So I don’t know what specifically to make of all this information. All I can say is, 343 had better make the smart and right decision to keep Locke, Osiris, and Blue Team alive, and have them reappear in one of the imminent, innumerable DLCs.
Would it make me play Infinite? No, the microtransactions and Fortnite-levels of scam are repellant for a multiplayer experience, and I have no interest in the butchered story and reskinned Halo CE enemies and Ubisoft Tower-collection gameplay of campaign. I just want there to at least be SOMETHING salvageable out of this mess.
