Halo Infinite

[KraniX]

Noticed we don't have a dedicated thread.

The official press kit with some nice wallpapers etc. can be found here.

Campaign Gameplay Trailer

So there has been a lot of talk about the graphics, I too was quite disappointed by the initial reveal.

But after watching the high res stream, hearing from the devs and watching various vids getting me up to speed on the story I've missed I'm much more excited as the original Halo was just great fun to play and this looks like it will be too.

The fact I'll be getting it on day one as part of Game Pass makes it less of a worry from a financial perspective.

How are you all feeling about it?

What are your thoughts about the multiplayer being free-to-play?

 

[KraniX]

Interesting vid, the guy interviewed a couple of the Halo Devs while watching the recent gameplay trailer and then had an FAQ.

He wasn't allowed to play the audio so had to summarise the responses but still good.

 

[KraniX]

As per the Series X thread Halo delayed to 2021...

Today I want to share an important Halo Infinite development update with the community. We have made the difficult decision to shift our release to 2021 to ensure the team has adequate time to deliver a Halo game experience that meets our vision.

The decision to shift our release is the result of multiple factors that have contributed to development challenges, including the ongoing COVID-related impacts affecting us all this year. I want to acknowledge the hard work from our team at 343 Industries, who have remained committed to making a great game and finding solutions to development challenges. However, it is not sustainable for the well-being of our team or the overall success of the game to ship it this holiday.

We know this will be disappointing to many of you and we all share in that sentiment. The passion and support the community has shown over the years has been incredible and inspiring. We wanted nothing more than to play our game with the community this holiday. The extra time will let us finish the critical work necessary to deliver the most ambitious Halo game ever at the quality we know our fans expect.

Thank you for your support and understanding.

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halo-infinite-development-update

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2020/08/halo_infinite_has_been_delayed_until_2021

 

[KraniX]

ACG campaign preview it looks fantastic…..

Good video, I wasn't really bothered about Halo but this has peaked my interest and really keen to play the campaign now.

 

[KraniX]

I thought odd no preload on a first party game of this size.

For those with super fast speeds it's probably not much of an inconvenience, but for those with awful speeds not being able to pre install could be a real disappointment.

Especially weird as on the Game Pass app there is the option to pre-install... It just doesn't work.

 

[KraniX]

It shows ready to play when it's about half completed, not sure if you can play the first few missions at that point or what.

I recall MCC saying you could start the game partially downloaded but in reality nothing actually worked until fully downloaded.

 

[KraniX]

The combat is great, I'm not very good at FPS on a pad to be honest but getting better bit by bit.

Chucking a core at a group of baddies and sending some flying, grappling in and melee killing some grunt whil throwing a grenade which sticks to a brutes leg who goes diving away and unloading a clip into someone else... Epic.

I do wish there was an option to save when I want, I'd cleared some of the early tower mission but life happened and my Xbox went into power save, when I came back I had to start the whole thing over.

Combined with the fact quick resume doesn't work is very annoying, even Nintendo games will let me drop in and out, I know they have said a fix is coming but this should be basic stuff for a dev of this size.