I WORE Master Chief's Helmet! - Xbox Elite Series 2 Halo Infinite Limited Edition Controller
ShortCircuit
·ShortCircuit
·2022-05-05
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1,037 words · ~5 min read
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- Like the entire rest of the PC gaming world,
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I've been playing some Halo Infinite level. Not gonna brag or anything, but I'm gold four, okay.
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(laughs) We've actually got a little care package from our friends
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at Microsoft that is supposed to be some kind of Halo Infinite themed something.
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Now, I'm gonna confess, I haven't actually played a Halo game since Halo One.
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So, hopefully these are really, really old references.
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Is Cortana like, alive still? Colton come on help me out. - I don't know.
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- You're supposed to be a gamer. - I don't play Halo. - You don't play Halo?
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- I do now. - Okay, all right. So we got UNSC, Unlock Classified.
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Wow, this is all kinds of fun here.
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Oh well, surely this seal could never be broken and redone.
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It's top secret, ladies and gentlemen. Oh my goodness, look at all this, swag.
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Welcome Spartan. United Nations Space blah, blah, blah.
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Please examine and secure your personalized mission equipment, high clearance ID badge.
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Is this sponsored by Microsoft or, no? Okay. No, we're just hanging out,
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we're just doing a thing. Ooh, this is cool. 1227, what a missed opportunity,
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and you call yourselves gamers. All right, let's get this thing opened up.
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There we go. Ooh. Seems like I'm probably supposed to open these up in order.
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So I'm gonna start, with door number one.
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(box slams) What we got here.
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Oh nice, a copy of Halo Infinite. Wait, isn't it free?
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Oh, hey I got a code for the campaign, heck yeah, all right.
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That saves me some trouble. And, it's a good thing I didn't buy
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an Elite Series Two controller during Black Friday like I was going to because apparently I just got one.
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Hey, thanks Microsoft. It's not squid game.
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(David laughs) Hey not every jacket with a number on it is squid game, David.
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You know what, I'll wear it. I'll wear the shell.
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Oh, this is not gonna be good for audio, is it? Got my convenient little pouch.
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This really takes me back to grade two. Remember starter jackets, anyone starter jackets?
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San Jose Shark, starter jacket, they had- - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!
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- Right? - I like those. - Yeah, all right. Yeah, this takes me way back, okay.
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Behind door number two, ow.
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This, must be the Elite Series Two controller. Holy smokes, this thing is heavy.
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Oh wait no, some of the weight seems to be other things in here, let's go-
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Oh, oh, the little foam. I have never actually been hands-on
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with an Elite Series Two. So, I'm just used to my regularly controller with its little
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foam dude. But this is like a little charging cradle.
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Okay, that's pretty cool. Braided cable, got some nice color matching
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thumb stick replacements. This is a long cable, I actually like it.
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I'm not gonna need that for now though. I actually prefer the regular D-pads,
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I'm gonna swap that out real quick. Of course one of the coolest features of the Elite controllers is
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they've got these back buttons like we had on third-party controllers for a lot of years,
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but now you can get on first party controllers. Man this thing is heavy.
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This is a really cool controller. I have to confess, even though I've heard the pro move
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is to play Halo Infinite with a controller, I've been going keyboard and mouse up until now.
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So I'm about to have my very first Halo Infinite with a controller gaming experience here I think.
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One thing I missed, this is a fun feature. I remember this from my old NVIDIA Shield console,
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they've got a little pass through so you can still charge up your controller when it's inside of its carrying case.
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Ooh, now that's pretty cool.
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Hey David. - Yeah? - Do we have our old master chef helmet somewhere?
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Hold on, it makes- it makes noise.
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(ominous music)
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Hey, there it is, okay. So is this the same as this one? - Looks, really close.
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No, it's different. - It's different. It is different, we've got a new one.
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Obviously I'm gonna have to try it on. Boy am I ever having a bad hair day.
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How do I look?
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So it looks like it's got a little, what are these called photovoltaic cell
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or something like that? So when you take the helmet off,
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I think it makes noise. Let's play some Halo.
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Okay, so can- what just happened?
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Do I have to download it? You didn't download it Colton.
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- What are you talking about? - You did not. If I don't play with this helmet on, then I'm not doing it right.
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Screw it, we're gonna play some multiplayer while we- can we play multiplayer while we wait for that?
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Okay, so what is this? Big Team Battle is like what? What game mode is it?
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Like is it captured the flag? - I think it changes. (gunshots)
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- Oh no, don't run me over. Don't run me over.
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I really am not a controller player.
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David, how do I get in- oh, I threw a grenade again. (car explodes)
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(guys laugh) That was terrible.
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I have no idea where we were supposed to go or what we're trying to do. Also I'm wearing this helmet.
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I mean, come on, go easy on me, right? You think I should take the helmet off?
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- Yeah I think, yeah. (gunshots) Oh my god, recoil.
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Cannot control recoil with sticks. Why are there dead zones?
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Why are there dead zones when you're playing a competitive shooter? The campaign is not done downloading,
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so hey, what the hay, why don't you subscribe on Floatplane where I upload VODs of my game streams.
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Maybe I'll play some Halo campaign. Probably not with the controller,
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I think it would be best if I go back to the keyboard and mouse, but I'll see y'all over there.