Pros:
. The game’s mechanics are brilliant! this is the most fun I’ve had in years on a video game let alone a halo game.
. The art style is beautiful I don’t care, (performance mode on xbox series x is abit lacking in quality. Wish there was something more inline with how gears 5 incorporated 120fps to their multiplayer). But overall the game is halo looking a that’s good.
. The maps that are here are well balanced and just fun to play around on.
. The armour looks dope as…. Which leads on to my bads.
Cons:
.343 this progression system is a joke. 6 levels progressed in 9 hours…. 9 hours.
. Challenges that are needed to be completed in one match ( i think). Defeat 10 players with the the heavy turret mg what ever it’s called is what i got stuck with, after getting 9 kills in a match with it my challenge didn’t progress. That a bug or designed like that? Cos I’m not trying that boring thing again to earn exp.
. Can’t mix armour coatings/armour pieces on unsuitable cores. There is no excuse or defence for this none, I don’t want to here it’s lore related or the armour might bug out…. It’s been 6 years. Stopping me mixing a goddam colour coating with my reach armour is stopping me spending money haha. Why am i going to spend money if I can’t mix things onto my eventually miserable completed grind battlepass?
. And sorry only 10 maps? It’s been 6 years. 3 big team maps (they’re amazing) but 3. Hope this is just cos it’s its a beta.
Haven’t tested theatre or custom games yet so folks feel free to share any experience on those or just anything else.
343 you have something amazing on your hands fix the things that are easily fixable. Don’t lose a player base from a poor exp system and the restrictions on customisation.
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Forgot to mention
Can’t find my overall kills and death ratio, or is that just gone now?
I’ve been looking to see if anyone else had issues with the turret challenge but I think it’s just bugged altogether,
I have a weekly challenge that says get “a” kill with the turret not 10 like the special blue one and it still didn’t progress even after getting multiple kills with it in one game
Lack of reward for playing well, I earn more xp by losing and playing poorly but completing challenges than playing very well but not doing challenges. This, along with the huge grind, incentives players to do challenges but not play to the best of their abilities.
Collision isn’t a setting even in custom games, I feel like this is more of a "We can’t do collision because of specific mechanics (like grapple shot or bots) rather than the so called “split feedback” now.
A lot of maps feel very similar, very arena shooter with symmetrical maps that are designed for ESports but not for casual enjoyment or forge making (when that comes)
Lack of game modes. Seems like only CTF in it’s many forms, Slayer and Oddball are in but that is it, very lack luster.
Custom game options are good, but could be a lot better. The ability go choose a starting equipment would be a big plus.
No ability to sword clash is big sad
I understand it is a beta, but still feel the need to voice my complaints in these areas in case they are not fixed. Being able to pay for items too, means that criticism is even more warrented.
Regardless of if this is the case, you are asking players to play for a short time to do the challenges and return the next day to do it again, this is the definition of a grind and will turn people away from the game very quickly.
People want to feel they are rewarded for putting hours and good gameplay in, not completing an hour of arbitary challenges just for the game to not be worth playing until the next day.
This also means that people will play, no-brain their objectives for the day and then get off, meaning quality of gameplay, and therefore enjoyment of all players in a match, will suffer.
@AG2XBOX unfortunately, everything you see in this test is all we’re getting at launch. For reference, Halo 5 had more content at launch for multiplayer than halo infinite does and it was produced in 2 years.
Challenge based progression makes the game feel like a chore. Challenges should be supplementary XP gains, not the sole source of it.
If I pay $10 for the pass, I should be able to progress it just by playing the game. Otherwise, I paid $10 to check off a todo list that is based on RNG (for example, the lack of being able to choose what game mode to play when I have a challenge in a specific game mode) or annoyingly specific challenges like “Destroy a Wasp”.
It’s a horrible system. I don’t want to log on to do chores in order to progress anything. I want to log on to fight other Spartans my way and get rewarded for doing so. Challenges should be a bonus.
My only complaint about the game as of now is challenges that require a specific mode to be played only for you to not get to that mode for several hours. I still haven’t got a total control match after playing for the last two days.
Agreed, my big complaint is all armour being either paywalled or in the battlepass, this is a solid game and i hate that the customization and monetization is so greedy
Yeah, I noticed that the shoulder pieces I wanted was in an armor bundle and would cost me $20. All I want is the shoulder pieces but I can’t bring myself to buy it after already getting the premium battle pass bundle. I’m hoping the armor makes its way in to the battle pass at some point or at least re-rolls into the store since it’s a weekly item. I would hate to miss out on something i want to complete my Mark VII Spartan look. I also wish I knew how to get the Scorpion Punch armor coating. I used it during the tech preview and can’t figure out how you earn it.
I preordered the game, thats 80$ where i live, then i bought the premium pass for 15$, and now they want 30$ more for armour thats a clear eva ripoff and that could be earned easily through playing the game. At this point 343i wants my entire wallet, my entire bank account, my entire 401k for some spartan armour that was always available day 1 with no price tag in every other game, its ridiculous and scummy,
