Halo Infinite
Although Halo Infinite is still very much played, many users are expressing their discontent regarding a series of hardly contestable points. The first obviously concerns the lack of content, as well as a poorly designed progression system and obviously the cheaters, which are now easily bypassing the protection systems of 343 Industries.All these problems have done nothing but create ill-content within the community. 343 Industries has never taken an official position on the matter, but community director of the development team Brian Jarrad said he understands the frustration of the players. "We are certainly not happy that we have not been able to meet the expectations of the community, it is a difficult situation that requires time," Jarrad said in response to a comment on Reddit.
The comments on Jarrad's response were not long in coming. Several Halo Infinite fans, who are ultimately the players, are wondering how it is possible that a team the size of 343 Industries is failing to provide regular updates, with new content. “Five months after launch, are you still hiring staff and planning the various stages of development? Did I read that right? ”Asks another user. “Usually the plans and blueprints for the modalities are launched months and years later. There is no way that some content scheduled now will be launching anytime soon. How did this happen? ”Another user asked. Questions that are unanswered for now.
You can play Halo Infinite on Xbox Series S: Microsoft's next-gen console is available for purchase on Amazon.
A ‘Halo Infinite’ Battle Royale Mode Never Should Have Been Laughed Off
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343At this point, we’re drawing closer to the arrival of season 2 of Halo Infinite after a sprawling six month season 1. While improvements have been made to the game, most players still aren’t thrilled with how things are going, and features like campaign co-op and Forge mode still are not coming at the beginning of season 2.
Before Halo Infinite came out, there was a big push among certain high profile content creators that Halo Infinite would suffer if it launched without a battle royale mode, the long-running craze that has made megahits out of PUBG, Fortnite, Warzone and others.
“The people saying Halo doesn’t need a battle royale said Battlefield didn’t need one. Now look at where that game is,” said streamer Dr. Disrespect shortly after launch. “You have to have one.”
I’d argue Battlefield had more problems than that, but I do agree with his overall point. 343 did not, however, and when the topic was brought up ahead of release, they more or less laughed it off.
“I’ll tell you right now, the only BR we’re interested in is the Battle Rifle. The original BR. So calm yourself,” said 343 Halo writer Jeff Easterling, responding to concerned core Halo fans that it would be changing direction.
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343The idea seems to be that Halo would have seemed like it was “trend chasing” to include a Battle Royale mode, and that 343 and fans wanted the series to remain “pure” to its roots. Unfortunately, that style of shooter has simply fallen out of favor in the modern era compared to both Battle Royales or more tactical shooters like Rainbow Six Siege and Valorant.
And it really is just so easy to imagine how much fun a Halo battle royale could have been. The game already has all the ingredients at baseline: weapons with set stats, lootable grenades and equipment and powerups, heavy weapons, air and land vehicles, and sprawling maps to contain them. It is a lot easier to imagine Halo reformatting itself for a battle royale mode than it is say, Fortnite turning from a building defense game into a BR, or Call of Duty doing it with loads of different weapons and attachments to balance. In many ways Halo seems ready made for a battle royale and while maybe it would have been accused of trend chasing, that doesn’t mean a metric ton of people wouldn’t have played it.
At this point, it seems unlikely 343 will change its mind and give Halo Infinite a battle royale mode any time soon. That’s something that would take a long time to develop, even with the advantages Halo has, and we’ve seen no indication that’s in the cards for the near term future. While Halo Infinite did have a successful launch, I do maintain that such a mode would have given it longevity that Infinite simply does not seem to have with its current multiplayer setup, at least not at the level 343 and Microsoft would like to see for the flagship series of the entire Xbox ecosystem. We’ll see if they alter their plans in the future, but right now it is a bit hard not to wonder about what could have been.
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