re: Halo Infinite Discussion Thread

Yeah they are morons. I really haven't picked it up in months. Gameplay options need to improve

Just jumped on to see how terrible S2 really is. Holy frick. Last Spartan Standing may be the worst and most retarded playlist 343 has ever designed. Miserable playing experience. Like the worst of COD in one mode. Unplayable.

Also. frick em for nerfing the Mangler. While the AR continues to bleed through everything at all ranges.

More I play this game the more I hate it.

And if that wasn’t enough apparently they lock you out of the armor you gained as a free player in S1 and lock it down so you can never get it if you ever upgrade?

Lol. frick off and eat shite 343.

The mangler needed an ammo and spawn rate nerf. Would have been fine if it didn’t spawn every ten damn seconds with three full clips

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And if that wasn’t enough apparently they lock you out of the armor you gained as a free player in S1 and lock it down so you can never get it if you ever upgrade?

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Wait what?

I haven't been on since S2. So I can't use the shite I spent time unlocking in S1?

No. If I read correctly online, if you didn’t buy a S1 battle pass, all the stuff you gained by playing the events, can’t be unlocked if you were to buy a S2 BP. I haven’t tried because I refuse to give 343 money right now, but if true, it’s kind of skeezy.

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Apparently they can’t keep developers and other employees because 343 has turned into a woke shite hole of a company.

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This pretty much sums it up. MSFT is going to have to change the culture back to the pre-2008 to get meaningful games. This is true for all game devs.

At this point I am pretty much sure GTA VI is going to be a pile of dog doo. Cannot hurt anyone's feelings.

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It’s sad because at it’s core Infinite is a good game. It plays like Halo should. What’s wild is this game was delayed and there still are few maps, 2 rank playlists, very little content, and biggest frick up of all NO FORGE.

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Just think if this game was released a year earlier like it was suppose to

looks like season 3 they will add forge which is prolly when we will get more maps but thats another 6 months

It's going to take the same route the MCC did

Terrible rollout but it'll make comeback after about a year because it's such a beloved property

I hope that's the case. I sorely miss the Halo 2/Halo 3 era. I spent wayyyyyyyy too much time in H2 and loved every second of it (except when running into modders, assholes who used standby, and host issues). Team hardcore, or any game type really, on Lockout, Midship, Sanctuary, Ascension, Beaver Creek, Turf, Gemini, Warlock, Elongation, Burial Mounds......it just doesn't get any better and probably won't for me. I love a lot of other games, but I've never had as much fun as I did in Halo 2 multiplayer.

I wish they'd just do away with all the gimmicks - equipments, sprint, etc and just go back to the basics. Skills jumps, slide jumps, banking grenades to kill or flush out players, stickies, a solid BR and 1 or 2 sniper weapons on smallish to medium sized maps is where Halo shines imo. No need for a Battle Royale. H3 with The Pit, Guardian, Narrows...those maps and the pacing of gameplay from H2 and H3 are the premier versions of what Halo is in my book, as far as the competitive experience is concerned. The overall sandbox experience with the crazy physics and vehicles with larger maps offers countless hours of fun as well. People bitch about H2 having button combo bugs, but all it did was add an extra layer of skill expression imo.

The closest we will probably ever get to a modern version of that old experience is H2 anniversary and MCC. And maybe a H3 anniversary if they ever decide to pull the trigger on that. But 343 would probably frick that up too. That seems to be their biggest talent - fricking up what was once a great competitive multiplayer game.

ETA - I realize I can still go play those games on MCC. I'm referring to the direction Halo has been headed. Infinite is definitely a step in the right direction game engine wise when compared to H4/5. But the new modes, lack of modes, lack of content, current maps being kinda meh, are all a pretty big disappointment in my book.