343 is an absolute embarassment

[EspadaLotus]

Finally a explanation as to why it all makes sense.

[ronnie42]

What do you do when a company that is supposed to take constructive feedback and choose to ignore it? constructive feedback is only as useful as the people actually doing something about it. Things like mocking fans for disliking REQs was unprofessional…

Seriously why should someone defend their job if they don’t even respect the people that there making the games for? the industry is a harsh industry and I don’t see why highers up should get a ‘free pass’ while many others fail do the same job while actually caring about fans. Someone needs to be accountable.

[SIPIRITIJ]

Yes, they are an embarrassment.

[ManSlayar]

Lost faith in 3v4 industries a long time ago , they could simply copy paste maps from previous halos but they are too focused on the shop, uninstalled a month ago, went back to Apex, Fortnite , and Warzone.

[ZealotSangheili]

I think emotional threads like this are more embarrassing than the game itself which I personally enjoy inspite of the issues.

[AshtonKvsh]

You and your band of imaginary friends senõr.

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@Eefphur

Fix the desync and server lag.

We are in a rural area of Australia. Due to what HAS to be desync, this game is unplayable for us. Last night, my daughter walked away from it, just fed up with not getting hit registration. She had 2 players huddled in an alcove, got a perfect shot with the rocket launcher and NOTHING. Their shields didn’t even show a hit. This continued on through the entire round, no matter what weapon she was using. I’ve also had a gut full. At this stage, it just feels like complaining is nothing more than flogging a dead horse. The only game I play is Halo. This game has put a very bitter taste in my mouth for the franchise. I just took the Infinite disc out of the X-Box and put the MCC in for some video game fun, as opposed to playing Infinite and smashing controllers.

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@SkullCrush3r114

After all the work 343 did to update MCC to the game that we expected it to be back in 2014 and more and just overall building faith with the fans, porting it to PC, it really started to feel like 343 finally was listening to what the fans wanted and I could sort of feel happy again being a Halo fan as playing MCC now is a blast!

Agreed !

@SkullCrush3r114

After 10 years of almost constant dissapointments (other than 343 fixing MCC and Halo Wars 2), broken launches and broken promises, I’m just tired and this game really is feeling like the last straw for me. I really want to like it but nothing about it anymore makes me want to play and when I do get the small urge to, I almost just feel sick when I open it as now this game just gives me a sense of dread hence why I’ve basically stopped.

You are writing down the thoughts in my mind.

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@SKAVENGER368

I’m not really sure 343 gets all the blame here, I think the main problem is most of this work was farmed out to different organizations, which might not share the same enthusiasm for halo as say 343 or the community.

I think things should’ve been kept in house and we probably wouldn’t see so many issues.

The problem with sending work out to different affiliates is when a problem happens, nobody at 343 can fix it or has resources to fix it.

I’m sure this concept speed up development efficiency, but severely handicaps the ability to patch or hot fix an issue accurately.

Another potential angle is the affiliated companies might not serve the best interests of halo or have it at the forefront of the hearts and minds.

You make some good points here. Microsoft own 343 and Microsoft has a contractor problem

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[Meek_Meek_Meek]

Anyone that denies 343 being incompetent is ignoring their constant blunders ever since they were handed the reigns of the franchise.

Some of us have been here since eons ago, even the b.net days. Make no mistake, 343 does not “get it”. For every genuinely good thing they do, for every step in the right direction, there is always a caveat, and a whole lot of them.

Complaining about the voicings of disgruntled (yet passionate) fans on here is a zero sum game. Pushing for purely constructive criticism as to eliminate whining and disrespect so that 343 can have an “easier” time with feedback is laughable. They do not care. They did not actively interact with us on Waypoint in 2012, and 10 long years later not much is different. I wonder if frank still sneedposts on the GAF instead of coming here .

Even with their giant team, countless contractors, and assistance from a laundry list of companies, 343 still manages to deliver a half baked result. Infinite was supposed to be their magnum opus; what would it have looked like if it released on time in 2020?

Over promise - under deliver, is the modus operandi of 343.
It is always 3 steps forward, 43 steps back with them.
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