The Most Ironic Game of All Time

A video over three years in the making, I analyse exactly where Halo Infinite goes wrong - tracing the history of it’s disastrous development and critiquing the mediocre mess we ended up with. This took way too long to make, so I sincerely hope you enjoy it – you can massively help me out by liking the video and subscribing if you did! Go check out my follow-up to this video -    • A Postmortem of The Most Ironic Game of Al...   Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:58 Development Detour - Third Time's the Charm 07:36 Part 1 - An Ostentatious Opening 20:33 Part 2 - Delusions and Grandeur 29:25 Development Detour - Technical Bankruptcy 37:36 Part 3 - Middling Mediocrity 49:18 Part 4 - A Folly Open World 58:44 Development Detour - A Rudderless Wreck 1:09:38 Part 5 - Saving the Worst 'Til Last 1:22:09 Part 6 - Halo 'Finite 1:35:35 Conclusion 1:39:22 Credits References: 1.    • The Sprint - Season 3 Ep. 5 "Ship It"   (10: 01) 2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 3. https://gamerant.com/halo-infinite-ne... ;    • Change for 343   (11: 40) 4. https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/... 5. https://gameworldobserver.com/2023/11... 6. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 7. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/how-... 8. https://www.windowscentral.com/former... 9. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 10. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 11. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 12. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 13. https://www.thurrott.com/games/239188... 14. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 15. https://www.halopedia.org/Brian_Reed 16. https://kotaku.com/halo-infinite-crea... 17. Ibid. 18. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mary-ol... 19.   / halo_infinite_director_tim_longo_left_the_...   20. https://kotaku.com/halo-infinite-crea... 21. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 22. Ibid. 23. https://www.youtube.com/live/RImeT5kw00A (1: 05: 30). 24. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-... 25. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-... 26. https://www.thurrott.com/games/239188... 27. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 28. https://www.nme.com/news/halo-infinit... 29. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... 30. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/343-lay... All music and footage used is also listed in credits. Thanks again for watching - please let me know your thoughts on Halo Infinite in the comments! Did it make you as miserable as me or did you really enjoy it? Lemme know... and also like and subscribe because I spent way too long making a video about a dead franchise for a new channel with no subs, what a moron. Twitter ►   / j_whatsthepoint   Tik Tok ►   / whats_the_point.yt