Really missing Reach’s progression system right now, both progression and rewards. Even with the update, performance really does not affect you levelling; no objective-based progression, no medal-based progression, and no victory-based progression.
Even so, the rewards are not great at all. I’ll gladly pay full price for the retail game (I’ll be able to get it with my game pass sub), but I’m not spending a single dollar on premium. And with that, I, like most players who won’t get sucked in, will only have access to 66 out of 166 rewards, 39 of which are challenge swaps. Come on, that is nothing short of pathetic compared to the 11 year-old game Halo Reach with its rewards, both in quantity and quality. I know there will be more battle passes to GRIND later on. But I am not giving high praise to Halo Infinite just yet, until I see more chances to the progression and reward system.
“Battle Passes” in most games are just a scam to get you to pay a subscription for the game. So if you play it for 5 years and you want unlockable content, it’s gonna cost you close to what a streaming service subscription costs, and more if you buy several bundles… for content which you only selectively use.
You lose no matter what you do. If you get one or two passes, now you’re missing out on newer content after then. If you only get a year of passes, now you’re missing out on newer content after then.