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Halo Infinite: ‘Streets’ Multiplayer Map Revealed – IGN First - IGN

Halo Infinite will be released on December 8, but in the meantime, IGN has exclusive coverage of Master Chief’s spiritual reboot all month long as part of our editorial IGN First “cover story” initiative. That means we’ll be dropping exclusive content throughout the month of November (and yes, we’ve played the campaign – the first four hours of it), starting with today’s reveal of a brand-new Arena multiplayer map called ‘Streets’.

We’ll have much more Halo Infinite as November rolls on, including a look at what awaits in Season 1 of the Battle Pass, an IGN Unfiltered conversation with Halo Infinite head of creative and longtime Bungie veteran Joseph Staten, our hands-on impressions from the first few hours of the campaign, and more – starting with raw, full-match gameplay of 'Streets' this Wednesday!

 

[elliot5]

Really diggin the dynamic lighting around 2:30 in the video

 

[KyoZz]

 

[elliot5]

5:50 rocket launcher seems to be ragdoll exploding bodies much better than in the past flights

 

[Kagey K]

'Member when people said 343 was hiding Halo?

They about to be inundated with stuff from now until launch.

 

[elliot5]

 

[Kuranghi]

This Spartan fucks, clearly:

 

[splattered]

Map looks great! Very much looking forward to this game when it drops

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

If you had to describe to someone what makes this map special, you couldn't do it. Dr. Disrespect was right. What a strange way to build hype.

 

[Sabotage]

Looks like a "nice" ODST map

 

[Fredrik]

I guess they’ve landed now!
Looking good! It’ll be interesting to see proper campaign footage, I hope they don’t wait too long to show that.
This looks way better than what I’ve seen from the test flight, much more details. Seeing small things, a chair and a pile of tires in one area makes me wonder if there is environmental physics though, or will they be static props?

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

Could be a map for Halo 5, which isnt a good thing...

I hope the game launches with more than just 3 BTB maps...
In general they should start telling us the stuff the game will launch with.

 

[Plantoid]

And people thought that they were "hiding it" lol

Game looks beyond fantastic

 

[Nemesis Prime]

If you had to describe to someone what makes this map special, you couldn't do it. Dr. Disrespect was right. What a strange way to build hype.

Lmao the commentary was so strange, like he didn’t even know he was doing this till a minute ago

 

[ResilientBanana]

Could be a map for Halo 5, which isnt a good thing...

I hope the game launches with more than just 3 BTB maps...
In general they should start telling us the stuff the game will launch with.

Gee, I wonder if that's what they're doing the whole month of November?

 

[Edder1]

Map is too small, should be at least 50% bigger. The artstyle of the map is pretty sick.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I testify its extra fire.

 

[Caio]

I have only three words to say : amazing texture work.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Map is too small, should be at least 50% bigger. The artstyle of the map is pretty sick.

Too small? Let me introduce you to Longest. This game has a breadth of playstyles, small, medium, large and enormous maps are welcome.

 

[Edder1]

I have only three words to say : amazing texture work.

Yeah, textures are the best I've seen of any game except current gen exclusives like Ratchet.

 

[Negotiator101]

Oh I like it!

 

[Caio]

Yeah, textures are the best I've seen of any game except current gen exclusives like Ratchet.

Yep, I was not even listening to that boring voice in the video, but looking at the constant textures work and the quality of them. Really WOW

 

[xviper]

Looks like a recycled map from Halo 5 Called Plaza

 

[Edder1]

Yep, I was not even listening to that boring voice in the video, but looking at the constant textures work and the quality of them. Really WOW

With this level of textures they could update their lighting engine down the line for current gen hardware and this game would look "next gen".

 

[Negotiator101]

Map is too small, should be at least 50% bigger. The artstyle of the map is pretty sick.

You haven't even played it yet

 

[Edder1]

You haven't even played it yet

Me playing it ain't gonna change how small this map looks. This is Halo 5 and it's tiny maps yet again. Halo maps should be more expansive and not claustrophobic like COD maps. Still digging the look of the map though.

 

[Black_Stride]

Now I want the campaign of Infinite to have sections take place on earth again.
Why you gotta show me New Mombasa looking so good?

 

[anthony2690]

Reminds me off one of my fave maps from Halo 5

I really can't wait for this game, also will be amusing seeing all the comments shift from "why are they hiding halo infinite" into "their showing too much halo infinite" from the usual suspects with their "concerns"

 

[Naked Lunch]

Looks to be in style of Halo 2's Foundation and Desolation - or H1/2's Wizard/Warlock.
Small but less busy than 343's The Rig or Plaza from Halo 5.
Quick 4 v 4 action - with more open sightlines.
Tons of New Mombasa lore nuggets in there.
I approve.

 

[Black_Stride]

Me playing it ain't gonna change how small this map looks. This is Halo 5 and it's tiny maps yet again. Halo maps should be more expansive and not claustrophobic like COD maps. Still digging the look of the map though.

Strongholds on this map would be an absolute blast.
Heck free for all Slayer on this map would be an amazing experience.
Lets get those Xboxes ready and set up the Lan already!

Got 2 Ss so we already have half the battlefield ready.

 

[Negotiator101]

Me playing it ain't gonna change how small this map looks. This is Halo 5 and it's tiny maps yet again. Halo maps should be more expansive and not claustrophobic like COD maps. Still digging the look of the map ththough.

How a map plays and flows is a gameplay thing and should not be judged on a video, I respect your opinion though.

 

[Leyasu]

Looks great. Looking forward to this game

 

[BigLee74]

Plaza vibes! Looks great.

 

[Bernkastel]

If you had to describe to someone what makes this map special, you couldn't do it. Dr. Disrespect was right. What a strange way to build hype.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Plaza vibes! Looks great.

This

 

[ResilientBanana]

If you had to describe to someone what makes this map special, you couldn't do it. Dr. Disrespect was right. What a strange way to build hype.

I've never played on the map to know why it's special, people loved The Pit for qualities other than it's looks, same goes for Hang 'em High, Longest, Wizard and so on. The Halo crowd is a simple one that's focused mostly on gameplay. Secondly, Microsoft isn't paying Dr. Disrespect to market the game and all he plays are BR games, see below. In the meantime, keep watching that cartoon character, shell of a human being, if you desire. But Streamer personalities are just fucking tools, each with a glimmering gimmick meant to cater to prepubescent Adderall laden children.

Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV, better known by his online alias Dr DisRespect, is an American video-game streamer. He had accumulated more than four million followers on Twitch,[2] and is best known for playing battle royale video games, such as H1Z1, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Black Ops 4: Blackout, Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends, and Fortnite.

 

[Darsxx82]

It is beginning to give me the feeling that 343 was more successful in the decisions to make the best possible MP of a Halo but not so much in the ones taken to make the best Halo campaign.

 

[Riky]

Texture quality is pretty incredible for a cross gen game, everything just looks excellent. Good to see they have played Campaign mode as a lot of people kept insisting it would be delayed again when it obviously wasn't going to be.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looks amazing, Holy shit! Bring it on!

 

[SatansReverence]

Me playing it ain't gonna change how small this map looks. This is Halo 5 and it's tiny maps yet again. Halo maps should be more expansive and not claustrophobic like COD maps. Still digging the look of the map though.

What an absolute load of shit

Warlock, longest, chiron, battle creek, damnation, clillout, turf, lockout, desolation, sanctuary, midship, beaver creek, guardian, the pit, blackout, heretic, snowbound, construct, epitaph and isolation would all like to take a big dump on your 'opinion'.

And that's just the small h1-3 maps that I could think of off the top of my head.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I've never played on the map to know why it's special, people loved The Pit for qualities other than it's looks, same goes for Hang 'em High, Longest, Wizard and so on. The Halo crowd is a simple one that's focused mostly on gameplay. Secondly, Microsoft isn't paying Dr. Disrespect to market the game and all he plays are BR games, see below. In the meantime, keep watching that cartoon character, shell of a human being, if you desire. But Streamer personalities are just fucking tools, each with a glimmering gimmick meant to cater to prepubescent Adderall laden children.

The issue I'm starting to see is the lack of consistency.

The hivemind swarmed Ghost Recon Frontline a few weeks back because it looked like "just another Battle Royale", yet Halo Infinite is protected from the same criticism for what reason? The above map looks like every FPS multiplayer map from the last 30 years. Small rooms, slight elevation differences, lots of hallways etc...

More of the same is tolerated (embraced) when it comes to more Halo arena shootersy stuff but a much newer genre, with arguably more interesting gameplay mechanics (calling in towers, defensive positions, logistics etc...) gets mocked?

What I'm seeing doesn't feel "gameplay focused". It feels production budget focused and IP fandom focused.

What am I missing?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

A Battle Royale equivalent will start being promoted in Halo Infinite sometime after the honeymoon period (3 months) ends. 343 knows how much it riles up a certain crowd and how vital it is to the long term health of a game. It's pretty smart marketing.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

And people thought that they were "hiding it" lol

Game looks beyond fantastic

Hiding in plain sight.

/s

not much for multiplayer myself but looking forward to more coverage of the campaign.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Looks so goood mmmmmm

 

[SatansReverence]

What am I missing?

An understanding of what arena shooters are.

 

[Stuart360]

I wouldnt listen too much to what the DOC says about Hal Infinite. I'm sick of him constantly going on about Infinite having a BR mode, he never shuts up about it.

Also when the majority of people was criticising the Infinite reveal footage, DOC said it looked fine and didnt understand what people were moaning about. Then after watching the recent campaign trailer (which clearly looks better than the reveal footage) he was saying he expected more from the campaign in terms of looks.

DOC is an old school Halo player, which is probably why he talks about Halo so much, but his saltiness over the lack of BR mode really is getting tiresome.

 

[kyoji]

I wouldnt listen too much to what the DOC says about Hal Infinite. I'm sick of him constantly going on about Infinite having a BR mode, he never shuts up about it.

Also when the majority of people was criticising the Infinite reveal footage, DOC said it looked fine and didnt understand what people were moaning about. Then after watching the recent campaign trailer (which clearly looks better than the reveal footage) he was saying he expected more from the campaign in terms of looks.

DOC is an old school Halo player, which is probably why he talks about Halo so much, but his saltiness over the lack of BR mode really is getting tiresome.

Might want to mute digital foundry to then, lol

 

[Stuart360]

Might want to mute digital foundry to then, lol

Well i hope they do bring a BR mode, for the people that want it. I'm just tired about the DOC going on about it literally every stream.

 

[godhandiscen]

Is that the PC version? It looks cleaner than what I played on XSX.

 

[Black_Stride]

The issue I'm starting to see is the lack of consistency.

The hivemind swarmed Ghost Recon Frontline a few weeks back because it looked like "just another Battle Royale", yet Halo Infinite is protected from the same criticism for what reason? The above map looks like every FPS multiplayer map from the last 30 years. Small rooms, slight elevation differences, lots of hallways etc...

More of the same is tolerated (embraced) when it comes to more Halo arena shootersy stuff but a much newer genre, with arguably more interesting gameplay mechanics (calling in towers, defensive positions, logistics etc...) gets mocked?

What I'm seeing doesn't feel "gameplay focused". It feels production budget focused and IP fandom focused.

What am I missing?

Is the person you quoted part of the "hivemind" that attacked Ghost Recon?
Because, Ive also noticed something where people say x game/platform is protected and somehow blame people who arent attacking y game/platform for defending x.

You are crying about a game being attacked that has nothing to do with Halo fans wanting more Halo and calling you out for not understanding why even small maps have a place in Halo MP.
What does Ghost Recon have to do with Halo.
Ghost Recon fans should have explained why that Ghost Recon game is worth any time.....heck why not go to that thread if you cant take the heat in this one.