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Halo Infinite | Campaign Gameplay Premiere – 8 Minute Demo
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-Arcadia-
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When I mentally contextualize this as an Xbox One game with a glossy coat of paint, and art and asset choices made to get a large world and massive-scale enemy fights running on old, not-that-great-in-the-first-place hardware, things make a lot more sense to me.
There's still the fact that Microsoft presented this as a next-gen game, delivered tantalizing looks at a theoretical gorgeous Halo game these past few years, and thoroughly misled customers, but I feel like the visuals may be acceptable under that definition.
Even then the visuals underwhelm me in areas, but seeing this as Microsoft's Twilight Princess/Breath of the Wild does help.
There's still the fact that Microsoft presented this as a next-gen game, delivered tantalizing looks at a theoretical gorgeous Halo game these past few years, and thoroughly misled customers, but I feel like the visuals may be acceptable under that definition.
Even then the visuals underwhelm me in areas, but seeing this as Microsoft's Twilight Princess/Breath of the Wild does help.
Coulomb_Barrier
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Just watched it again in high quality and it's even more shocking as you can really see how flat and sterile everything is. It really looks like a PC game from 10 years ago.
If you pause and look at the background landscapes, holy shit. They're Minecraft level of simplicity and geometry almost! It seems like the LOD is cut significantly as if to run on XB1 but my issue is there are old XB1 games that have more detail.
I said before this reveal that MS crossgen policy would mean it looks disappointing but this is shocking as it cant even come close to lots of PS4 exclusives in terms of visuals.
If you pause and look at the background landscapes, holy shit. They're Minecraft level of simplicity and geometry almost! It seems like the LOD is cut significantly as if to run on XB1 but my issue is there are old XB1 games that have more detail.
I said before this reveal that MS crossgen policy would mean it looks disappointing but this is shocking as it cant even come close to lots of PS4 exclusives in terms of visuals.
Barakov
Member
I sure did, bitch. Graphics wise the reveal and this "gameplay" trailer don't look that different. Fun fact : you can still look forward to a new Halo game while realizing it's not going to be the most revolutionary thing ever. Fuck your standards.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
This Brute got a crush on Chief. Probably was sad that Chief lost so easily the first time and expected more from the "demon".
GymWolf
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It's not tlou2 fault, the digital acting is strange as fuck in that trailer even without tlou2 being a thing.
TheRaidenPT
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It's like they are going with this Combat Evolved flat and empty design? Or is it just me?
Cr1ptkeeper
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Something I noticed in the gameplay reveal. At the end, when they show the name "halo infinite" the letters "FIN" (END) of infinite are first revealed.
Will this be the end of the Halo series? Or just coincidence?
Also, in the graphics department, there's somthing off with the shadows the enemies cast, or rather, don't cast. I think that's why enemies don't seem grounded in the world. It's like they're missing ambient occlusion or shadows. But soms enemies do have shadows... very weird.
Will this be the end of the Halo series? Or just coincidence?
Also, in the graphics department, there's somthing off with the shadows the enemies cast, or rather, don't cast. I think that's why enemies don't seem grounded in the world. It's like they're missing ambient occlusion or shadows. But soms enemies do have shadows... very weird.
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Coulomb_Barrier
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Seems like that but it would be a stupid decision as it looks awful. More likely it's going through development hell.
JimiNutz
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At times it looked like a straight up remake of CE. I hope a few more graphical effects are added for launch so that it looks less flat and lifeless.
It doesn't even need to be much. Improved foliage, trees that sway slightly, a few leaves blowing in the wind. Little things like that make the world feel more alive.
TheRaidenPT
Member
Yeah get some level designers to fill the place. This looks worse than Halo 3 Big Battle Maps man...
ruvikx
Banned
I see it for what it is: Halo Combat Evolved in a GaaS Destiny "ten year plan" copy/paste.
www.altchar.com
Not happy at all. I believe they've made a big goddamn mistake tbh. Where's the ambition? The art design? The plot? Where's the gameplay going? In 10 years (2030 ffs) it'll be 30 years since Halo's original release. I don't see how regurgitating the samey first person shooter mechanics/enemies/gameplay for that long is sustainable.
Halo Infinite is a platform for the next ten years, dev says
Halo Infinite is the start of a platform for the future, 343 Industries' Chris Lee confirmed. Lee said that Infinite will grow over time versus going with numbered Halo titles.
www.altchar.com
Not happy at all. I believe they've made a big goddamn mistake tbh. Where's the ambition? The art design? The plot? Where's the gameplay going? In 10 years (2030 ffs) it'll be 30 years since Halo's original release. I don't see how regurgitating the samey first person shooter mechanics/enemies/gameplay for that long is sustainable.
JTCx
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You say this as if thats a good thing.
YukiOnna
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They said Infinite will become a "platform" like the MCC is and have story and other content updates as it goes along instead of doing proper sequels for at least the next decade.
TheRaidenPT
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It isn't but gives the impression that this is what they were trying to accomplish
DavidGzz
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One of the Easy Allies guy said something that I didn't think of, but the art style seems more cartoonish. Like the skin and facial animations of the pilot. Seems that this will not have the M rating. Which is fine, I think MS wants to cater to the younger crowd a bit. Halo was never really gory anyway.
I hope that this ends up RPGish when it comes to upgrades. Like maybe the grappling hook is one of the first upgrades, but then you get the bubble shield after a certain mission etc. Certain armor bracers that improve your melee etc. Gimme.
I hope that this ends up RPGish when it comes to upgrades. Like maybe the grappling hook is one of the first upgrades, but then you get the bubble shield after a certain mission etc. Certain armor bracers that improve your melee etc. Gimme.
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Salmon Snake
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One thing that I liked about the game play was that RB was the interact button. Has Halo games had this before? I think it's really good that you don't always have to move your right thumb to A/X to open loot boxes etc.
ZywyPL
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So the definitive dude-bro shooter is made by female-only team, that explains a lot.
Honey Bunny
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Yeh ok thats pretty bad. And cross gen isnt even an excuse, they have the resources to scale this up to the more powerful console. What is 343 doing?
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Bernkastel
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Guilty_AI
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I remember that woman who used to be from IGN (or still is, i dont know) mentioning that the demo was from an old build of the game.
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Deleted member 775630
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I don't understand what Microsoft was thinking when showing this... Was this always the plan? Where they actually building a different demo but due to COVID-19 they didn't finish in time and couldn't postpone the event even further? And even then, why not just be honest about that. Why not say in the beginning, look development isn't going as planned, what we are showing now is more than 1 year old. Don't focus on how it looks, but look at gameplay.
LordOfChaos
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It was running on PC targeting X spec, so we don't really know yet. But this close to launch, I wonder why it wasn't running on SeX.
Halo Infinite campaign gameplay ran on a PC “representative of Xbox Series X”
"The game was captured from a PC that is representative of the experience that players will have on Xbox Series X"
www.pcgamesn.com
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PharaoTutAnchAmun
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But Horizon 2 graphics and gameplay will be miles better that this shit
PharaoTutAnchAmun
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Yeah the CGI trailer looks good but the trailer and gameplay of GT7 looks better
PharaoTutAnchAmun
Member
Yeah, cous Xboxfanboys are in full force on YouTube to defend this Halo game
On almost all channels, i cheked it out today
PlayerPurple
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Incredibly stoked for this!
Prioritizing 60fps was the right call. Hopefully it will be retained for split screen.
Prioritizing 60fps was the right call. Hopefully it will be retained for split screen.
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Flintty
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I’ve had some interesting reactions to this so I’m going to flesh out my comment on ‘best looking Halo’, which I assume is the trigger point.
Definitely a lack of model detail compared to previous games, there’s no denying that. But realistically, you’re seeing that in screen shots more than moving footage. The clear style of the Chief and general smoothness of everything go is what I’m liking. Perhaps it’s a little bit too cartoony or action figure like, but it just looks so good to me, in a stylistic way. I get that different people like different things, but I like what I see, except for the graphical glitches, poor lighting in lieu of RT and poor Brute modelling.
Chief looks fucking fantastic. I will fight all of you on that. Come at me
PharaoTutAnchAmun
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No Halo Infinite means it will be an infinite GaaS game serie till .people had enough of the Halo universe
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Coulomb_Barrier
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Seriously, what a missed opportunity to bring Halo's graphics up to modern standards with a realistic and gritty look like the top
Grinchy
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Yeah, it looks like they've scrapped and started over multiple times.
Things look so hastily glued together to just put something on the screen.
Flintty
Member
Seriously, what a missed opportunity to bring Halo's graphics up to modern standards with a realistic and gritty look like the top
I don’t think that’s what I want from Halo though, really. Part of the Halo magic is the stylised graphics. It’s bad enough that they tried to make the gameplay COD in space, please not the visuals too.
Cleared_Hot
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What's up with these aliens. How many years into this and they're still landing at different sites and setting up camp like unorganized idiots. There's always containers randomly laying about, and they're always just standing around until MC shows up.
I know I know it's just level design to provide obstacles and cover... But for some reason with this gameplay reveal it looked even more obvious and just dumb
I know I know it's just level design to provide obstacles and cover... But for some reason with this gameplay reveal it looked even more obvious and just dumb
Shizumapower
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If you look past the memes, Infinite is looking like 343's best Halo yet
Halo Infinite has had a rough ride in the hours after its campaign reveal - but beyond the internet mockery, a more con…
www.vg247.com
BRZBlue
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I'd honestly prefer a more "Reach" like take graphically. The issue for me is the "myth" of the game in all the live-action trailers and other media is a very grounded, gritty, brutal world.
Then we have Halo Infinite which has a color pallet and art direction that looks like it belongs in a Dreamworks children's movie.
Flintty
Member
Yeah and sony fonboys are in full force trolling in bad faith, pathetic.Yeah, cous Xboxfanboys are in full force on YouTube to defend this Halo game
-Arcadia-
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It's surprising how different the visuals are inside the ship and outside of it. I'd actually say the sidekick and interior visuals live up to that trailer -- in fact, at first, it looks like it's going to be a great looking game.
But this is such a dead horse by now.
To be more positive, a few things I like, aside from the obvious:
-The sidekick genuinely works. I guess Cortana is no longer an option? He feels fresh, likable, a good counterpart to Master Chief, and kind of grounds the story in a more human perspective for once
-The depiction is lackluster, but it's pretty cool that this ring is so old and in disrepair, that the natural features are wearing down and you can see the framework artifice in bare spots where the mountains have collapsed
-Gunplay really has that satisfying Halo pop to it. Taking out grunts with the handgun looked ridiculously satisfying, and rifles in this game seem to fire ultra-accurate streams of bullets that make precision headshots and such a joy
-Brute landing pods are the most metal, awesome thing ever
But this is such a dead horse by now.
To be more positive, a few things I like, aside from the obvious:
-The sidekick genuinely works. I guess Cortana is no longer an option? He feels fresh, likable, a good counterpart to Master Chief, and kind of grounds the story in a more human perspective for once
-The depiction is lackluster, but it's pretty cool that this ring is so old and in disrepair, that the natural features are wearing down and you can see the framework artifice in bare spots where the mountains have collapsed
-Gunplay really has that satisfying Halo pop to it. Taking out grunts with the handgun looked ridiculously satisfying, and rifles in this game seem to fire ultra-accurate streams of bullets that make precision headshots and such a joy
-Brute landing pods are the most metal, awesome thing ever
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BRZBlue
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Fair comments, and nobody can be mad at you for preferring a different art direction
I actually think the biggest issue is the flip flopping art direction. They've basically run the gamut with large differences for each game, instead of staying to a single cohesive style, so people will really like one style, then it gets tossed away for another, then again. If it was gradual or if there was a sort of design lineage for the art design through the games, I don't think I'd have as much issue with the tonal diferences.
Fbh
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I'm finally in a place with decent internet....now watching the gameplay in good quality the visuals are definitely disappointing. Overall it definitely seems underwhelming, the graphics are unimpressive even by current gen standard and the gameplay so far just looks like more Halo.
Seems like they've put their entire focus on the open world concept so hopefully it's fun to explore and filled with meaningful content. A solid open world with usual Halo gameplay could be a blast.
Seems like they've put their entire focus on the open world concept so hopefully it's fun to explore and filled with meaningful content. A solid open world with usual Halo gameplay could be a blast.
Coulomb_Barrier
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From that studio pic it seems 343 were more interested in flooding the dev team with women/trans employees instead of how good their game is. I think someone has lost control of the project if the result of 5 years development is what we saw yesterday.
Insane Metal
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trufflepigg
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They are one of the worst devs of all time considering the budget they are handed and the golden goose of Halo with a huge loyal fanbase and established gameplay mechanics and lore. They still can't even make an average video game with the Halo name on it, completely embarrassing and the studio should have been dismantled after Halo 5.
It's funny you say 3 strikes, when in reality 343i has made like 10 Halo games:
Halo Infinite
Halo 5
Halo MCC
Halo 4
Halo Spartan Assault
Halo Wars 2
Halo Anniversary Edition (1st game they made)
Halo Spartan Strike
Halo Fire team Raven
They are a complete failure of a developer.