ResilientBanana
Member
There are approximately 540K players a month across Xbox and Steam
Halo Infinite | Winter Update : New Battle Pass, New Maps, New Modes, Forged Beta
Helghan
Member
I played on Legendary and went for 100% completion, so maybe that's why it didn't feel short for me. But I agree that some parts could feel repetitive, definitely the environment.
I did like the Halo 4-6 story with the Cortana arc, I was really into it.
Freeman76
Member
Thats kinda my point. 540k across both platforms per month for a franchise like Halo, which is basically F2P, says it all.
I think the game is alright personally, but they just dont seem to understand what people like about Halo. Firefight has been one of the most popular additions Bungie made, people love it. 343 couldnt even be bothered to include it in this. A year later from release and what have they actually done to keep players interested. Not a great deal, because they dont know what they're doing.
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Halo is Back
Member
Wow, match XP FOR FREE?!?! Don't spoil us 343!
ResilientBanana
Member
Firefight is a feature, but that's not the feature that brings the players. As far as the gameplay is concerned, it seems as though they know what the players want. Their release cadence on the other hand is something they need to work on. That being said, I think we've surpassed the cosmetics from previous games, but they do need the classic maps to come back, which I'm sure will happen now that that Forge is here.
CuNi
Member
Where did you get that number from?
Because if that's true, then it's all on Xbox, since steam has peaks that don't even reach 10k monthly anymore.
I would have assumed it to be in the 100 - 200k range, certainly not above 500k.
Glad to be proven wrong on this one.
ResilientBanana
Member
Google search, but you're correct, the majority are on Xbox.
Jibran#one
Member
I'm a die hard halo fan but I call bullshit on this 540k players . I hardly or never connect to eu servers it always puts me in us servers with extremely high ping
clarky
Gold Member
I concur, I still play(or try to) but due to night shift i play at off peak hours in the UK and it nigh on impossible to get a game. Easier to just fire up Warzone and have a quick game of resurgence.
Really? People supposedly like campaign co-op and they've made that. People like Forge and they've made by far the best, most full featured forge mode in any Halo game.
The project was mismanaged, they had to reboot midway and are now playing catch-up with content. more will come. I don't see how that translates to "they don't understand what people like about Halo".
When it comes to Halo, people nitpick about things to a ridiculous extent.
CuNi
Member
Not to say you're wrong with people being especially picky when it comes to major games like Halo, but I'd argue that the co-op they delivered was not what people wanted.
When people spoke out about wanting to have Co-op, everyone was talking about couch co-op because even 343i themselves said co-op is a thing they regret not having in Halo 5, which was the only game without couch co-op.
So them delivering "co-op", while it's nice, is not what they promised live on stage. The couch co-op is what people wanted, just like every Halo game had, except Halo 5, but we got co-op, just like Halo 5 had.
There are also many things that were promised/hinted/in development, that just vanished and were never spoken off again, like ray tracing.
I don't think any dev blog after its announcement spoke of that feature ever again.
Halo Infinite Y2 and Y3 will be very crucial for this game. I don't expect any major releases since I feel much of the pipeline is getting rebooted, workflows changed etc. but they will need to prove that they can actually stick to timelines and roadmaps in Y2 and in Y3 show that there is content coming.. because as much as I love Halo, so far it's one of the worst GaaS out there.
Hell, even Overwatch 2 is getting more content every other month than Halo Infinite has gotten after nearly a year of being released.
ÆMNE22A!C
Banned
Jimmyisback
Banned
One more day and maps are unleashed.
Hot5pur
Member
Are there any co-op previews?
I've literally held off for a year lol to play this. What a mess. Too ambitious with locking it to old hardware, and then covid hit, ah shitty fate for Halo. The studio is also not the most competent I hear.
The game in the end came out good, so looking forward to getting a $1 gamepass trial and working my way through it lol
I've literally held off for a year lol to play this. What a mess. Too ambitious with locking it to old hardware, and then covid hit, ah shitty fate for Halo. The studio is also not the most competent I hear.
The game in the end came out good, so looking forward to getting a $1 gamepass trial and working my way through it lol
Timberwolf25
Member
I played the coop beta. Really well done although there were some bugs that should be easily fixed.
Deanington
Member
Of course it's poetry in motion, it's Lucid. I normally don't care to watch others play Halo outside of pretty much this OG roster. They're just really fucking good.
ÆMNE22A!C
Banned
And he really seems like a nice guy. Trippy as well. Don't watch Formal or APG vids but from what I've seen they're pretty nice as well.
When Infinite launched I regularly watched Frosty but more or less stopped as he can be pretty toxic and complainy when his team in MM doesn't meet his standards. As well as his "I don't particularly like this game but I'll play it merely for the competitive nature of it" comments..
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Batiman
Banned
Wait there's new maps coming this week?
Timberwolf25
Member
I dislike Frosty and most of his team with the exception of Snakebite. Lethul is an ass, but at least has a trolly comic relief to him.
My favorite player retired from Halo, Snipedown, and judging by his streams, his heart just wasn't into it as he seemed to be enjoying playing Apex a lot more.
At high levels, Halo Infinite plays so much differently than for the casual scrubs like me.
I'm very much looking forward to the changes and still enjoy playing the game.
Timberwolf25
Member
Today with the latest update. Two maps and a new mode as well as Forge and other changes as well.
Probably the most significant content drop to date.
Batiman
Banned
Awesome. I thought it was gonna be a lot longer for some reason. I just got back into it a week ago. Perfect timing
Naked Lunch
Member
To be clear, the new maps are forge maps, not full scale made from the ground up - but theyre better than nothing.
About time theres something new 'Halo' to look forward to - as a fan of the franchise, weve literally been begging for content at this point.
Hopefully with the 343 studio reshuffle, and Forge finally in the hands of the community, stuff will get rolling.
Eru Ilúvatar
Member
Excited to see this forge thing. Never played Halo before Infinite.