Official Thread Halo: Infinite - Season 5 - Firefight Returns
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Mangoes got all the good Sony info and all the negative MS info on tap. Lol
Halo doesn't have 15-20 hour campaigns though.
No coop at launch and $60... I won't buy it till it drops in price. I don't support such business practices.
I can't imagine this game's price is even remotely in the consideration for 99.99999999% of Xbox fans in 2021. If you're worried about the length, subscribe to Game Pass for a month when it releases. Problem solved, ridiculous irrelevant crusade against your own antiquated philosophies that no one else cares about avoided!
Others, no company names mentioned, charge $70 for shorter games and offer no multiplayer, no co-op and no replay value. MS is charging $59.99 for their largest and longest Halo campaign to date which will also include co-op after 90 days. And multiplayer is also free for all. Or for your Game Pass folks, everything is "free".
I have issues with those other companies and have expressed them bro.
Still haven't bough Spiderman MM because of s*** like this.
Aaah.... But why buy a slow, last gen drive for a next gen version of the game on your next gen console??
They had some at the MS Store like half an hour ago
Was gone in 10 minutes. Still waiting on Bestbuy.
They need more, ASAP, where’s Ori or Tetris effect DBGs?
Halo Infinite: 343 Industries shares tech preview feedback, assuages campaign concerns
The talk right now is multiplayer but more campaign is coming.
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Don't preorder Halo Infinite
Despite some promising appearances from Halo Infinite through 2021, its new pricing model spotlights continued obscurity around its single-player campaign.
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you don't say!
I’m currently streaking through the lower stratosphere, on a late-night flight back to Seattle from Los Angeles, having just finished representing the great work of the whole Halo Infiniteteam on the Gamescom: Opening Night Live broadcast. It feels terrific to finally reveal our launch date, and we hope you enjoyed meeting Commander Agryna, who you’ll be getting to know much better as we start unspooling the Season-to-Season story of Halo Infinite Multiplayer.
Before boarding my flight, I had a chance to read some of the commentary online, and I definitely hear the disappointment about not seeing Campaign gameplay on the broadcast. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to: (1) shed light on why we chose not to show Campaign right now and (2) assuage your concerns about where Campaign is at this point in the production process.
As I mentioned in last week’s Development Update, the whole Halo Infinite team is in shutdown mode. This means we’re done with feature work and focused on crushing high-priority bugs. We’re spending lots of time playing the game, verifying fixes, and generally doing all we can to ensure Campaign (and Multiplayer!) plays great on all platforms—from an original, 8-year-old Xbox One to a brand new, ultra-spec PC. This is a very challenging task, even for a large and experienced team.
In many ways, shutting down a game is like being on final approach to landing an airplane. And if you’ll forgive a bit of aviation-geekery, the entirety of the team is essentially in a “sterile cockpit,” which is to say: we’re at a critical phase in the flight that is Halo Infinite, so it’s extremely important to avoid distractions and stay focused on mission-critical tasks only. For Campaign, that means putting maximum effort into ensuring the wide-open, adventure-filled experience you’ll all get to play on December 8th is a great as it can possibly be. And gameplay demos and trailers not only take a huge amount of effort to do well, they also take cycles away from bugs and other shutdown tasks.
I would like to share, however, that right before I left for Los Angeles, I had to pause a full playthrough of Campaign that I started late last week. I’m going for a 100% run, which means completing all primary and secondary missions, finding all collectibles etc. I’ve played Infinite’s Campaign multiple times. But every time I do, I always find something new, tucked away on Zeta Halo. Sometimes these are quiet little bits of environmental storytelling, such as an abandoned but desperately defended Marine recon post, high on a lonely mountainside (fortunately, the Banished missed the fully loaded S7 sniper rifle that the Marines left behind). Sometimes these are combat encounters with deviously polished scripting, for example: a UNSC forward operating base that seemed abandoned… until I heard the laughter and taunts of multiple, energy sword-wielding and cloaked Elites, as I stumbled into their trap.
I hope all of you take comfort from the fact that, honestly, I can’t wait to get back home, fire up the build, and hit “Continue” on the Campaign. No matter how many times I play, Halo Infinite remains, fundamentally, super fun to play—and we’re very eager to share all the fun with you through captured gameplay, trailers, and other content once we get this plane safely on the ground. But for now, it’s focus-time in the cockpit as we stick the landing. Please, keep those seatbelts fastened, and thank you for your patience and support.
Before boarding my flight, I had a chance to read some of the commentary online, and I definitely hear the disappointment about not seeing Campaign gameplay on the broadcast. So, I wanted to take this opportunity to: (1) shed light on why we chose not to show Campaign right now and (2) assuage your concerns about where Campaign is at this point in the production process.
As I mentioned in last week’s Development Update, the whole Halo Infinite team is in shutdown mode. This means we’re done with feature work and focused on crushing high-priority bugs. We’re spending lots of time playing the game, verifying fixes, and generally doing all we can to ensure Campaign (and Multiplayer!) plays great on all platforms—from an original, 8-year-old Xbox One to a brand new, ultra-spec PC. This is a very challenging task, even for a large and experienced team.
In many ways, shutting down a game is like being on final approach to landing an airplane. And if you’ll forgive a bit of aviation-geekery, the entirety of the team is essentially in a “sterile cockpit,” which is to say: we’re at a critical phase in the flight that is Halo Infinite, so it’s extremely important to avoid distractions and stay focused on mission-critical tasks only. For Campaign, that means putting maximum effort into ensuring the wide-open, adventure-filled experience you’ll all get to play on December 8th is a great as it can possibly be. And gameplay demos and trailers not only take a huge amount of effort to do well, they also take cycles away from bugs and other shutdown tasks.
I would like to share, however, that right before I left for Los Angeles, I had to pause a full playthrough of Campaign that I started late last week. I’m going for a 100% run, which means completing all primary and secondary missions, finding all collectibles etc. I’ve played Infinite’s Campaign multiple times. But every time I do, I always find something new, tucked away on Zeta Halo. Sometimes these are quiet little bits of environmental storytelling, such as an abandoned but desperately defended Marine recon post, high on a lonely mountainside (fortunately, the Banished missed the fully loaded S7 sniper rifle that the Marines left behind). Sometimes these are combat encounters with deviously polished scripting, for example: a UNSC forward operating base that seemed abandoned… until I heard the laughter and taunts of multiple, energy sword-wielding and cloaked Elites, as I stumbled into their trap.
I hope all of you take comfort from the fact that, honestly, I can’t wait to get back home, fire up the build, and hit “Continue” on the Campaign. No matter how many times I play, Halo Infinite remains, fundamentally, super fun to play—and we’re very eager to share all the fun with you through captured gameplay, trailers, and other content once we get this plane safely on the ground. But for now, it’s focus-time in the cockpit as we stick the landing. Please, keep those seatbelts fastened, and thank you for your patience and support.
Dono, then going “open world” seems to be really new to them and to us.
Would people rather have a new halo game that follows the old where it’s rather linear and just have set pieces, or keep this new open word we yet to see?
if it’s breath of the wild with pew pews and laser swords then I’ll give it a try.
In the app you can now ore install it now…
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Sounds like the team is working hard to make that December 8 deadline citing making a trailer would take time away from the process.
www.eurogamer.net
343 Industries explains why we haven't seen Halo Infinite campaign gameplay since last year
One noteworthy absence from Gamescom's Opening Night Live show was any gameplay footage of Halo Infinite's campaign. In…
www.eurogamer.net
Its encouraging to read that they are in the polishing phase. Sure, they should have been there last year but stuff happens and content was delayed to allow the team to focus on priorities like the campaign and multiplayer.Sounds like the team is working hard to make that December 8 deadline citing making a trailer would take time away from the process.
343 Industries explains why we haven't seen Halo Infinite campaign gameplay since last year
One noteworthy absence from Gamescom's Opening Night Live show was any gameplay footage of Halo Infinite's campaign. In…
However, if multiplayer launches with persistent connectivity issues they won't find much sympathy from gamers or the press. I don't envy the managers who are ultimately responsible for this launch. I wish them the best.
All things considered, the game sounds like it would probably fare better if it was delayed to launch with coop/forge in 2022 but the backlash would be too much I feel with an already 1+ year delay. All the pressure is on them now to ensure the SP campaign and MP would be well reviewed so I don't blame them if they feel doing a trailer now wouldn't be the best timing.
Sounds like the team is working hard to make that December 8 deadline citing making a trailer would take time away from the process.
343 Industries explains why we haven't seen Halo Infinite campaign gameplay since last year
One noteworthy absence from Gamescom's Opening Night Live show was any gameplay footage of Halo Infinite's campaign. In…
I've heard from a couple devs it takes an insane amount of time an effort to make a trailer, well more then we'd think anyway.
