- Yes
- No
- Not bothered
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As the title says, how do you feel about Halo Infinite being a live service 10 year game.
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I wouldn’t have paid for Halo: Infinite’s multiplayer as I wasn’t really that bothered about the Master Chief Collection, but now I’ve had a chance to play it for free, I might even play the Campaign. So the free-to-play model suits it. However…
The way 343 Industries have gone about it is abysmal. Their cash shop lacks variety, is rather expensive (worse than Anthem’s, good God), and the current Battle Pass offers no credits to be able to buy the next one (which has been around since Battle Passes began.) The Double XP system is incompatible with just awarding challenges rather than in-game progress, and XP Boosts are only a quarter of the value of other games’ tier skips.
When I see the consistent complaint of 343 Industries getting things wrong all the time, I used to think it was hyperbole. This may well be the Xbox heads getting it wrong, as their monetisation outside of GamePass has been abysmal (beginning with Forza Horizon, and the last case I remember being Bleeding Edge.) It doesn’t reflect well on 343 when there’s so many other problems with the game.
I voted ‘Not Bothered’ because it’s the closest thing to how I feel. I love Halo Infinite as a free game, but its monetisation model is abysmal. The next battle pass I buy shall probably be the last, with the change I have left over from what I had to pay for the first one.
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Not bothered if it’s a live service game or not, as long as it’s done well, so far - no!
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I am skeptical.
The last Live Service Decade game I played religiously has been consistently falling apart as of Year 4 Season 4 (Rainbow Six Siege)
Absolutely not, hell no!
As a service game? Too early to tell.
We’re off to a light start content wise… but I’m happy to give them a couple of ‘seasons’ to show what they mean by ‘service’.
I need Forge though. Yesterday.
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No
Would have much rather have paid full price for the game and had a complete game on launch
Games as a service is a terrible model designed not to give players value for their purchcase but to leech as much money from their wallets as possible
And I think what we’ve seen with H:I backs that up
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Currently no. There is a massive list of changes that need to happen. Though I am optimistic that this Halo will be amazing in a few years.
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A couple of seasons? At this rate that’s a year and a half down the line at the least.
I know you’re trolling… but just in case; one season = 3 months.
Well season 1 is out until May, and it released in November, so where are you getting 3 months from?
Edit: I see seasons after 1 are supposed to be 3 months in length, I see.
I just think we would have gotten a better and more polished out of the box game than what we currently have. Down the line 10 years later I’ll be happy but currently no.
No doesn’t fit halo and it ruins halo
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Not bothered
I am fine with a live service game if that translates into more content and support for the game.
My concern is more, how many bugs seem to be creeping into the game and how regular these content updates can be. We’re looking at almost middle of this year before another content drop; when multi was out in November. Halo 5 did ship with low content but you pretty quickly got into a regular set of updates which did improve the game significantly. That would all be an issue even if the game was not live service.
I mean, I am going to play game anyway so it’s not really a major concern for me.
I definitely liked it better when Halo games were products instead of services.
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Live service isn’t inherently bad, but shipping in a clearly unfinished buggy state that’s missing basic features is.
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Not at all. Rather have paid for Co-Op, Forge and everything set at launch.
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I want my -Yoink!- armour. Should be a core feature. Is a premium feature now. 343 really be out here charging you a min $10 for 1 Helmet.
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Some of this seems baked in. I’ll be the first to admit I was duped but this seems to have a lot of research going on with a plan that, to me, seems more transparent than hidden. Anthem was the opposite for me but I completely empathize with the frustrations of those who feel like an Anthem repeat. Let’s hang in there and give some time for things to stabilize. I think a lot of franchise releases have issues. I just hope it comes together without other unintended fractures 
down the line…
I’m happy it’s live service, I like being able to come back to a game and have it still feels brand new, with new content, and small little lore tidbits, also if there is an issue it gets fix very promptly. With that being said halo infinite has done none of that. I think eventually it’ll be the best option for them, but right now the game is not worth playing (with dying light, destiny 2 expansion soon, and tons of other games getting refreshed its hard to fit in a bad halo grind).