Halo Infinite Is So Back, Baby

Halo Infinite’s Squad Battle playlist—which features fan-favorite map, Valhalla—makes it finally feel like a franchise peak

[4Sh0w]

"But maybe, just maybe, Halo Infinite has always been this good. It just needed a familiar conduit, a recognizable face, to remind you of that."

-Personally I really liked the campaign, traversing the open world was a breath of fresh air & alot fun for me, but yes I completely understand the launch multiplayer content criticisms. Now since then they've added a ton of really great multi content, -maps, modes, weapons & forge, smooth Halo-style combat gunplay -Infinite is currently very underrated imo very satisfying but Im biased I love Halo.

[crazyCoconuts]

I found the campaign to be really lacking, but the open world was good. That fun halo combat is really what saved it from disaster

[Sonic1881]

The Halo campaign has been lacking for years. Halo 5 had the worst campaign of them all imo

[InUrFoxHole]

The only dislike for me was lack of content

[TheEroica]

Good for Halo! Been a bit of a rough ride on infinite. Seems like people are happy. Well, except the insecure downvote people.

[Profchaos]

I really disliked the open world it felt empty and pointless to me it was filler that seperated point a and point b. Some of my favourite levels in the halo franchise have involved traversing levels in warthogs but to spend 90% of this game doing that it became really stale.

If there was more interesting landmarks side missions and some scenery changes it might have been a good idea but what we got was emptier that an early 5th gen open world sandbox.

On the flipside however once we got into a interior it felt like halo again structured a d fun but once we were outside it was a snoozefest

[ModsDoBetter]

35 people who haven't played the game disagree 😂

[crazyCoconuts]

😂😐

[shinoff2183]

Eh it happens. I get disagrees as well probably from that person also when not saying anything that makes sense to disagree with. I personally just never liked halo. When I had the og Xbox back in the day, halo wasn't in the rotation at all.

[ModsDoBetter]

@Shinoff

Absolutely, people like to nust disagree for the sake of it without adding to the discussion.

Halo 1&2 were amazing but on the OG xbox the game I played most was Republic Commando. 😂

[yarbie1000]

No, it’s not. Nice copium ya got there tho

[Lightning77]

No it's not? According to.... Who? What he said was all truth and facts.

Nvm, That's right according to N4G how can I forget..... Because N4G says so.

[-Foxtrot]

"Because N4G says so"

I think the player count does...

[Crows90]

Players say so. Players don't just randomly stop playing a good game

[PapaBop]

Well it's hardly booming is it? Halo used to be one of the most popular online multiplayer games and is a shallow husk of it's former self. It's a shame as the gunplay is really good but they dropped the ball hard on it.

[JEECE]

@Crowes90

They really do though. Because most players are more attracted to live service nonsense than good gameplay.

[ModsDoBetter]

Echo chamber: 100.
I'd be curious if yarbie has actually played the game.

[Notellin]

Yeah people like @Foxtrot and @Crows90 comment here. Completely anecdotal fanboy nonsense all the time.

They mention player count but they don't know any of the numbers or have enough intelligence to interpret them.

[BlackTar187]

@notellin

It has an average of 3k players. That is not a great number.

[Lightning77]

@Fox it peaks at well over 8,000 players on Steam. That's just steam alone who knows what the Xbox player counts are.

Content is what keeps ppl coming back and the game finally doing it.

[CBaoth]

ride or die for MS, eh? Does it ever get tiresome? It's summer - I barely play anything now. Put the keyboard down, go out n have some real fun. Two days from now I'll be sipping margaritas in Key West getting ready for Dirty Heads/Sublime concert. Please tell me you won't still be here arguing over a piece of plastic!

[BlackTar187]

It is averaging 3-4k on steam stop lying

https://steamcharts.com/app...

[darthv72]

@black... he said "peaks", you say "averaging". When something "peaks" it means to hit a high point. Averaging tends to be lower so... why cant both be correct?

[Metal4ever]

actually it is nice show of feelings getting hurt you got there though

[jznrpg]

Is it really ? If you don’t release a fully fleshed out product at launch most people won’t consider coming back a year or 2 later regardless of what’s done. It can have a following but it won’t be significant.

[4Sh0w]

I never said people have to come back. I said its a great game, I enjoy it, thats all.

Noticeably the people who constantly hate on Halo though typically have a long history hatin' Halo -same old ps loyalists so their opinions are irrelevant to me anyway....objectively by campaign, content & features Halo Infinite is better than most shooters out there & personally speaking Halo Infinite plays butter smooth, with great sandbox gameplay, weapons & maps....sure the early criticism for missing content is fair & if that made folks lose interest as I said thats perfectly understandable. Fans/Gamers have every right to give up on Halo if they want. I dont make a dime either way so it is what it is. But I do know based on history of n4g ps folks comments if it was not a iconic Xbox exclusive, it wouldn't be hated on nearly as much as it is, but like I said many longtime Halo fans really enjoy it so that's all that matters.

[DarXyde]

jznrpg isn't talking to you.

The article clearly says "Halo Infinite is [so] back" and their response is "is it really?"

It is a direct reply to the article itself, not you.

[4Sh0w]

DarXyde

You are correct jznrpg wasn't talking to me so I shouldn't have directed my comment to him, my apologies.

[anast]

It's not even in the top 100 on Steam Charts. These are articles are a bit of a joke. Infinite has only averaged about 3k players last month. Actually the percentage has declined.

[fr0sty]

Joke or not, Kotaku collected their check and laughed all the way to the bank...

[anast]

I believe they have lost quite a bit of money over the years. I think they got bought out by Univision...but yes they are collecting a check of some kind.

[anast]

People have moved on.

[Godmars290]

Some people, apparently.

[badz149]

Most

[anast]

3k average player count is not back for an IP like that.

[Notellin]

For a series that has been almost exclusively console it's entire lifespan and has zero players in the competitive scene using keyboard and mouse I'd say using Steam charts is useless information.

Thank goodness here at the N4G forums nothing is said of importance and is all fanboy anecdotes.

You couldn't analyze an excel spreadsheet let alone an article with words.

[anast]

It shows people that actually bought the game...The competitive player scene...yeah... Provide me with other actual data then I will change my mind if it needs to be changed.

Of course, ad hominem attacks are only used by people that cannot provide an actual argument, which you did not even offer a spread sheet. This is interesting because it seems to be the sparing utensil that you wanted to use. So, whether or not I can read should be the least of your worries.

[CrimsonWing69]

I’ve moved on a long looooooong time ago.

[spicelicka]

Still play is 3-4 times a week, only multiplayer game I play. Still needs some of the classic modes back like Firefight, but the content in general has been great since Forge released.

[4Sh0w]

Exactly. Me too.

[authentic]

yea it isnt

[Metal4ever]

no it is actually you just suck at it

[authentic]

yea you do

[ApocalypseShadow]

So, it has official co-op like previous games?

[Tedakin]

It's had co-op since last fall.

[ApocalypseShadow]

Online where both players need a copy of the game? What about local?

At least they fixed half of it.

[MinnesotaFatts]

You don't get a second chance for a first impression. Honestly, I'm still waiting for a sequel to Halo 3.

[darthv72]

So whats your take on sea of thieves or no mans sky? Both got pretty resounding second chances. There's plenty more as well.

[PapaBop]

Neither of them really have that much competition though. Online shooters are the most saturated genre in the market.

[darthv72]

Ok papa... fortnite. It too had a second chance to be a better game.

[SonyStyled]

Games shouldn’t be launching in a state that they require a “second chance” at all. They should be launching when they are ready. It’s better to delay than release an unfinished product and broken promises to the people who paid for it based on the advertising it was shown as. It’s deceitful, and it takes a lot to ‘buy’ back the player or gain new ones with a notoriety of being unfinished release

[Crows90]

Those games are irrelevant. No man's sky is used as a tool to make claims as if this game is now suddenly great just like no man's sky. Only time I see no man's sky mentioned is when it's in relation to a crappy game at launch.

Those games had their time tk shine. Whether or not 5heyre good now doesn't stop them from being irrelevant today.

[shinoff2183]

I can attest that no man's sky second chamce probably came about due to being such a small studio people probably felt more sympathy toward them, the other two are back by a multi billion dollar company. Sea of thieves being one of the other two I'd guess because it was a different type of online game, not just another fps online game.

[Tedakin]

They made one. It was highly rated. Called Halo 4.

[Metal4ever]

yeah they already made those its your own fault for just sucking to much at them to admit they exist

[Inverno]

What's with all these articles hyping up these irrelevant MP games lately?

[spicelicka]

Lmao Halo Infinite is better than 99% of the multiplayer games out there. It's criticized heavily by fans because the franchise itself has such high standards. What's even comparable? COD where nothing is balanced and people move on to a new one every year? battlefield which is still trying to win fans back? Everything else is trendy games that come and go.

[Inverno]

I don't play any of these games regardless. I just hear about how much they suck on a daily basis, and the last week has had a few articles about all three "redeeming" themselves or hyping em up.

[ironmonkey]

It's good? What time?

[ThichQuangDuck]

I would give it a full try for Forge and customs

[343_Guilty_Spark]

If it’s a good game I mean what’s the problem coming back? I went back and played NMS and loved it.

[Tedakin]

Halo Infinite's campaign is incredible. It's a bummer it gets overlooked due to the initial shortcomings of the multiplayer. The game now is amazing. It should have been this at launch, but it is what it is.

[Crows90]

The campaign is horrible. The multiplayer was the best part but with little content.

[PunksOnN4G]

When Halo Inf 1st dropped it got a HUGE pass by its fanboys and rewiers like how did this game even score an 87 on meta??? Gong back and reading he comments most of them were waiting for more content for halo and gave it a pas sis insane,, No split screen either LOL

[aaronaton]

I take it 4 player split screen and 2 play coop must if implemented then...

[rlow1]

Glad to hear they are keep on improving the game. Just like “No Mans Sky”, it’s finally getting the content updates it needs.

[Crows90]

Nope. Not like no man's sky.

[rlow1]

How so? Because Halo campaign was fine, it was criticized for the lack of content on the multiplayer. Other than that, it had solid controls and gameplay. So again, how is it different? Both had rough starts and continue to improve on the experience.

[Aaroncls7]

Why is Halo Infinite's success only measured by its multiplayer?

[purple101]

Because many people grew up with it.
+ Its what made Xbox famous

[rlow1]

It’s not, it’s just that multiplayer didn’t live up to the content delivery. Certain modes missing from single player also affected it.

[archibold]

Halo Infinite is the one and only game I'll stick up for from Xbox's library of garbage.

[sadraiden]

Controversial comments here based on the upvotes/downvotes. Seems like it's xbox owners definitely not exhibiting their buyer's remorse brigading the comments.

[execution17]

Still the worst halo imo. The only halo I don't even want to finish since it feels like a dated generic far cry clone

[P_Bomb]

I finished it. Did little to nothing for me.

[cl1983]

Five was/is much worse. The game play of infinite is more fun and inviting. The original lack of level replay or exploration when first launching did take its toll. I freely admit I haven't gone back in over a year to touch the single player and since mp systems have moved from solid color teams to independent colors its made mp impossible for me.

[execution17]

🤷‍♂️ it was bad but still more enjoyable than Infinite

[Elda]

Agree. I played about 7 hours of the campaign & I just couldn't continue playing the game, it was boring.

[darthv72]

Yeah... im not buying that take. If something is boring, you know it from the get go. You dont put in about 7 hours to make that decision. I figured something else took your attention away. Thats not hard to do with so many games out. Hell... I've still never finished last of us. I wont say it was boring... I just switched to other games.

I'll bet you did the same here. No need to lie about it being boring. I haven't beaten halo infinite either, but it wasnt boring.

[Hypertension140]

@darth

Funny how you mentioned the last of us, from the first 15 minutes I knew it was going to be a special game.
I'm one of those people that stops playing games quickly if the don't have interesting characters and story.

A good example is gears of war, tried to get into the franchise for the first time but the god awful voice acting and annoying characters turned me off. I'm curious what you found boring about the last of us especially with how incredible the opening is.

[Metal4ever]

dont cry to everyone just cause your feelings got hurt for sucking to much at the game

[mynameisBlade]

No. No it isn't..

[franwex]

It has made a comeback for sure. Just played it earlier this week and actually had fun. I'm not sure if it will have a Final Fantasy 14 type of successful comeback-only a big update (like the one Certain Affinity is rumored to be working on) can propel it there.

But hey, if the MCC made a comeback 4 years later, maybe Infinite can do it in 2.

[Atari6052B]

Good to see some fresh new innovative IP for game pass nothing like remake after remake and repackaging the same product over and over again.

[TheLigX]

Lol no it’s not.

[JEECE]

It's hilarious to see people rail against live service/GaaS, then turn around and say that they stopped playing a multiplayer game with great gameplay because there weren't frequent enough content updates, and never realize the irony.