I’m new in these whole forum thing, but i’m here because i have a message for developers and i think it has already been a topic for a while and it might be something that a part of the community will agree with, but in anycase i’ll just write it for the record.
I’m talking about the fact that i think that 343 should stop wasting resourses and effort on trying to bring Halo Infinite to Xbox One. As simple as that, i honestly see no point on doing that at all. It was understandable at first, when Halo Infinite was supposed to be brought on 2020, with the XSX being so new, and Xbox One having the most part of Xbox users, it made a lot of sense, but now, considering the delay for the game, it isn’t just more time for developers but also more time for gamers, and what that means is, that people with last gen consoles have already had their time, and by the time the game actually release a lot of people will be on XSX, and in terms of sales, i’m pretty sure every XSX user will get the game, and a big portion of PC gamers would too, so losing XOne players may not be such a big thing at all.
With that being said, I’d also like to address some stuff about the game itself, not only consoles, and sales, bla bla bla. And what i think is, even if i’m not a developer, i can see that XSX has way more potential than what the last generetion could offer, and trying to make a game, in 2021, with the conditions and the limitations of a console from 2013-2017 while actually having the OPPORTUNITIES of an 2020 console, is harmful for the game, and a lot of people agree with that, we just need to see the critics about the gameplay trailer, which by the way, i think it was pretty good, good job you guys!, but the truth is, it could be better, and the way i see it, the only way to make it better is not much about gameplay, because i can see you guys have already done a lot for the game in that sense, what i think could be done, is all about how the game looks, and the way to get there is by technology, if you guys take advantage of XSX technology you can make such an incredible game, but being limitated to the old set up, is a con.
Now, to be more specific, i did like the way the gameplay and trailer looked, it’s amazing KNOWING that it is not the final version of the game, but, i know, because i hear gamers all the time, that the main complain is about what you see on your screen (visually, aesthetically) for example the whole Craig thing, which i personally think is silly given the fact that you are not gonna stare at a Brute’s face, the game isn’t about that, but anyway, i mean the cinematics for example, the one from the begining and the one at the end, that’s where a more detailed character would shine in front of gamers eyes, maybe EasterEgg’s around the world, some interactions with stuff, allowing us to see thing we have never seen in the past. In the general sense, i think the game is good, i see how you guys took the time to show some panoramic looks, aand i liked what i saw, but i’m afraid a lot of people did not, so that’s why i think that if you guys use this extra time not trying to optimize the game for last gen, but instead trying to buff what you already have and trying to add up more ideas and detail to the final look of the game, you can make Halo Infinite great aga… wrong sentence.
I almost forgot: RTX is a huge matter here too… so, think about it. Cross gen is important, but mainly for being able to bring old titles to the present, not new titles to the past.
And as what happened with the news of the delay, even though we gamers are always complaining about a lot of the stuff that goes on, we are comprehensive about what’s th best for our games, and i think that, although some XOne players that are not willing to upgrade to next gen are going to be mad or dissappointed, switching the chip from working for the past to working for the future (considering Halo Infinite it’s said to be, well, Infinite, the whole updates and stuff) is what would be the best for the game and for the community that just wants to see 117’s adventures shine the way it has already done in the past.
That’s all i have to share right now.
Disclaimer: Forgive me if i had any writing mistake, english is not my main lenguage.