Originally posted by Smasandian
And its available on Game Pass day one. If you only want to play Halo Infiinite...you can literally get a trial of Game Pass for 15 days (I think), beat the campaign and never have to play it again and it costs no money.Considering you can play this game on Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, through Game Pass, through Windows Store and I think there is going to be a Steam version as well...and I don't believe its going to be an increase of price.
And if you buy the Xbox One version, you get the Series X version without any extra cost.
So...I don't see how this can be lumped in the same category as NBA 2K......and we do not know if there is microtransactions for MP.
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Originally posted by cdtm
Does anyone even care about Halo anymore?It's the era of DOOM.
When I eventually played the first Halo (the PC version that came out)...I didn't understand why people loved it. The reason is because it's not Half Life and similar immersive PC games that came out around that time. I hate the Flood and most of the levels in that game (still think a few levels design are some of the worst).
But I picked up Master Chief Collection and have grown to respect the series on what it did. The combat was pretty awesome, it revolutionized a few gameplay systems and I find the games have gotten better because I don't have the love for the first game as some people do. I actually liked Halo 5 because it was a ton of fun to play with friends.
The combat in the demo looked good. Yes, the graphics were OK but I'm interested in playing. It also seems that the demo is the E3 demo and most likely will not look like the end product. I have heard putting together demo's take a lot of work and most likely COVID has caused problems trying to finish the game and didn't have enough time to throw together another one.
Let's say it's a reverse Ubisoft....haha.
Free multiplayer y'all.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21349236/halo-infinite-multiplayer-free-to-play-120fps-rumors
The loot boxes in Halo 5 will not be making a return either I hear.
Very interesting....I guess they want the MP mode to be as populated as it can be.
So free MP, no loot boxes and the rest of game available Day 1 on Game Pass...it could be a lot of people playing it.
I wonder if its going to be cross play.
But there is a battle pass though.. I guess that's technically microtransactions...however I played Division 2, which has a Season Pass and I never see the need for them.....
Pushed back to 2021.
Not surprising considering the world we live in at this moment.
It sucks it will not be day 1 for the release of the new console but Cyberpunk and the 2020 fall games will be out so I'm more than OK for games.
You will probably see a ton of other games being delayed....and I wouldn't be surprised if the consoles get delayed as well.
Wouldn't be surprised if the Halo community were responsible getting it pushed back whining about the graphics so damn much that it became viral. Much as those "gamers" stress that it's all about the games, have you seen that grass texture, etc.?! And now they whine it's delayed. Guys, make up your frikkin minds.
I agree with you regarding graphics and flip flopping. Wasn't it all about FPS...who cares about 4K..want 60FPS....MS...goes here it is! And MP can be played at 120FPS like all those masterrace PC dudes love to talk about...
But that doesn't look next gen enough.....
I honestly believe MS thought there was a chance of releasing this year but COVID screwed it up. This week was probably the end date before going gold
For Series X release, it's not unusual for systems to be sold without a killer title (first party that is) and I believe PS3, PS4 and Xbox One were released with nothing too big. PS5 launch lineup doesn't look to rosy either.
343's excuse was shit too. "We want this to be about the Spartan experience", as if Reach wasn't literally a Spartan-centered story, and it still had Elites in multiplayer.
I've seen some defend it or say it's understandable because muh hitbox differences with the Elites (there's hitbox differences with some of the Locust/Swarm too though and Gears still has them in multiplayer), but you can just limit them to certain game types then for balancing reasons like what Reach did. Still leaving them out entirely though like what 343's done is a copout.
Obviously this sole thing is not gonna be what hurts Infinite but the fact that 343 refuses to listen to 10 years worth of fans asking for Elites to be playable again seems like a sign of worse things to come. If fans stay as vocal about it as they are now though, perhaps them being playable can be re-added in a later update (this is gonna be a service game with a long life after all). Dual wielding I can understand going away at least even though I liked it as an occasional mixup, but snubbing the Elites this long is an injustice. I didn't give it that much thought at the time with Halo 4 and stuff, but if Infinite is to be a return to form for Halo like it's boasted, then it needs to have returning staples such as that.
https://www.ign.com/articles/halo-infinite-no-co-op-forge-at-launch
No campaign co-op and forge at launch. That won't come until 3 to 6 months later. It's like the Halo 5 launch but worse, or they just want the game to be dead a half year into launch.
Needless to say unfinished games getting launched is tiresome, especially after how many times this one had already been delayed which makes it all the more unforgivable. Apart from MCC, Halo's still in a dark age where I'm concerned.
Originally posted by BackFireGotta be 2 for me, but I also have nostalgia for it. I think it just refined Halo 1's formula so goddamn much it was hard to go back to it, and Halo 3 only made a couple of improvements, even if it was mechanically a better game.
Halo 4 is good. I liked it a lot. Halo 5 was fun but entirely forgettable. I think Halo Reach is the best game in the series. Halo 3 is the best game of the master chief saga.
No split-screen for Halo will always be a bad choice, I won't play any more games in the series until they add that back.