Official Thread Halo: Infinite - Season 5 - Firefight Returns

[u2popmofo]

I'm going to get no work done this week....

 

[karmakid]

 

[karmakid]

 

[Frozpot]

Bullet points;

MP gameplay looks better than I expect. Halo MP never really intric me, but it looks like I can give it a shot.

SP Gameplay:
I am shocked no gameplay is shown to shut the critics about the visuals, consider that was supposed to be the main reason for the delay. The cutscene does absolutely nothing except we saw a "covered up Cortana" clone. I doubt anyone on the fence on whether to get Halo or not was convinced to get the game after watching the cutscene. If I wanted to convince someone to get Halo, I will not bother to show the cutscene. what are they thinking? It doesn't give me confidence on SP.

Looked awesome to me. I need more.

 

[karmakid]

 

[karmakid]

More details and screen shots…

Halo Infinite Multiplayer Reveal

<p>Fall in, Spartans! A new day is upon us. Today and through this week we’re excited to share, and show, the first details of what you can expect when Halo Infinite’s free-to-play multiplayer experience arrives later this year on Xbox and PC. Whether you’re a returning player or brand new to...

www.halowaypoint.com

• “The Great Journey So Far” – Available Today – Visit Xbox Wire to hear from Halo Infinite’s Head of Creative, Joseph Staten.
• 343 Industries Halo Infinite Multiplayer Overview – Monday, 6/14 – More gameplay and insights from the team, debuts at 8AM PT on YouTube.com/Halo.
• Halo Infinite Mark VII Spartan Cosplay Guide – Tuesday, 6/15 – Everything you need to know to create your own real life Spartan armor - here on Halo Waypoint.
• Canon Fodder – Wednesday, 6/16 – 343 lore master GrimBrother One dives into the fiction behind multiplayer maps, vehicles, armor, and more.
• Inside Infinite – Thursday, 6/24 – Our monthly blog series returns with a closer look at the future of Halo Waypoint and the work the team is doing to extend your Halo Infinite experience and we’ll catch up with members of the Live team to talk player engagement and customization.

 

[TheGeneral]

Sooooo hyped

 

[karmakid]

begins in two hours, so, 8am pst?



Tune in as the team at 343 Industries shares more about the #HaloInfinite free-to-play multiplayer experience. Learn about the sandbox, Academy, bots, customization, and what they're focusing on for launch.

Read more here: https://aka.ms/HaloMPReveal

Sign-up for Halo Insider to join technical previews: https://aka.ms/HaloInsider

 

[Kvally]

Serious question. Since the game is "free to play", do you think that they will DIAL BACK anything compared to if it were included with campaign as it has been in the past? Such as graphics, assets, maps, etc?

Or do you think this will be the FULL experience that we have become used to, and it will solely rely on cosmetic microtransactions to be successful?

 

[karmakid]

Serious question. Since the game is "free to play", do you think that they will DIAL BACK anything compared to if it were included with campaign as it has been in the past? Such as graphics, assets, maps, etc?

Or do you think this will be the FULL experience that we have become used to, and it will solely rely on cosmetic microtransactions to be successful?

Im gonna guess and say full but not exactly the same as before, but that’s not a bad thing. There’s gonna be some form of bots, customization looks to be the full suit boot just everything above the hips. I wanna see what btb2 will be like, I hope they keep warzone/firefight….but I guess we’ll learn more info in lil under tree hours.

 

[Pureshooter]

Serious question. Since the game is "free to play", do you think that they will DIAL BACK anything compared to if it were included with campaign as it has been in the past? Such as graphics, assets, maps, etc?

Or do you think this will be the FULL experience that we have become used to, and it will solely rely on cosmetic microtransactions to be successful?

I think they are changing their focus here in terms of sales metrics for Halo. I think they are going all out for MP, but just using it as a way to pull people into the Xbox ecosystem. Basically every Xbox console now has the flagship title packed in with it providing you sign up for Gold.

 

[karmakid]

I think they are changing their focus here in terms of sales metrics for Halo. I think they are going all out for MP, but just using it as a way to pull people into the Xbox ecosystem. Basically every Xbox console now has the flagship title packed in with it providing you sign up for Gold.

You don’t even need gold with mp being f2p…but maybe they’ll give you some sort of incentive/perk/bonus/reqs if you buy the campaign?

 

[Pureshooter]

You don’t even need gold with mp being f2p…but maybe they’ll give you some sort of incentive/perk/bonus/reqs if you buy the campaign?

You're right, I forgot about that change.

 

[Viktor]

Haven't cared for Halo in a long time so campaign big meh but I'll check out multiplayer at least.

 

[Kvally]

karmakid the title should now say Holiday instead of fall.

 

[tumorman]

That multiplayer trailer looked so good. Very excited for this!

Bring back 1 Flag CTF Headlong pls

 

[Pureshooter]

That multiplayer trailer looked so good. Very excited for this!

Bring back 1 Flag CTF Headlong pls

It looked polished, familiar and new all at once. The lighting was very nice.

 

[Kvally]

 

[Frozpot]

The real question is if that reflection in cheifs visor is a trick or RT. It ain't screenspace.

 

[u2popmofo]

 

[Kvally]

The real question is if that reflection in cheifs visor is a trick or RT. It ain't screenspace.

I thought RT wasn't required to have reflections? We have been seeing reflections of environments in games all this past gen.

 

[Kvally]

 

[Kvally]

 

[Kvally]

 

[Rollins]

 

[Kvally]

So MS will make money from battlepasses to make up for the development cost of the multiplayer being free? I am confused, do people really spend that much money on cosmetics?

 

[hrudey]

So MS will make money from battlepasses to make up for the development cost of the multiplayer being free? I am confused, do people really spend that much money on cosmetics?

 

[Kvally]

 

[Rollins]

 

[Rollins]

So MS will make money from battlepasses to make up for the development cost of the multiplayer being free? I am confused, do people really spend that much money on cosmetics?

In a word, yes. I’m old so I don’t care what my character looks like, b/c we never really had a choice back in the day.

But I coach a high school team and I ask the kids about this stuff sometimes, and they are all in. One of them spent 4 hours customizing his RDR2 character before he even started playing.

I can’t wrap my head around it, but that’s how it is.