I kind of hate most of Halo Wars 2s art style and don’t really want the jarring blur cinematics. They look nice but also look weightless and Imo I’d rather have beautiful in engine cutscenes like they’ve shown by far.
I can’t say I’m disappointed because I haven’t played the game but the elements I’d say I do find a little off so far are some of the Covenant look a bit too cartoony for my taste but that may have changed since we last saw them in action and I kind of hate 343s warthog engine noises. The rest is a wait and see.
Originally I thought what they’ve shown story wise seemed very odd and cut together, lacking context but now that I know they’re doing everything in a single shot it makes a lot more sense to me. I also really liked the last campaign cinematic they showed.
I hope they keep tight lipped on the campaign so it’s a surprise.
The multiplayer looks like a better more grounded Halo 5 to me, I’m hoping the aiming isn’t as difficult as it appears to be, but I thought it looks like it plays well and does away with a lot of what i hated about halo 5. No armour abilities is good too.
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> Coatings & clamber are my only real disappointments with what we’ve seen so far, regardless I think the multiplayer will probably be an enjoyable experience overall.
I don’t like clamber either. Slide also doesn’t belong in halo imo. Other than that the game looks good. I hope the maps don’t require players to use clamber on most jumps like h5.
For the most part i’m liking what i’m seeing unlike 4 and 5. My main gripe is the medals.
1.) they’re too small in regards to screen real estate, hopefully that’s a ui toggle like they have with some things
2.) they disappear too quickly
3.) most importantly it looks like they’re going with the same bland design they had in 4 and 5
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> For my part, I have a few, here they are below:
> Being a fan of the halo franchise especially during the bungie period, I have watched the gameplay of Halo Infinite on several occasions and am not completely happy with the outcome.
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> Of course, there are some positive points about this gameplay that I have already listed in another topic but there are also things that I find disappointing such as for example the artistic direction of the banished who is not faithful to halo wars 2. I have already made a subject.
> I invite you to read this topic and leave a comment inside to tell me what you think :
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> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/29568daf8cd14083bd1b70a810bf3581/topics/change-the-artistic-direction-of-the-banished/5af006d9-01f6-4711-8e07-a114b3de3c6f/posts?page=1
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> - Then we don’t have the original “halo reach” grunts : https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/4d/71/f04d715d8756bb7e04ae4061eeb2d224.png
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> The art direction of the grunts does not match the original trilogy
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> - Bring back the originals grunts of halo reach. They are much better.
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> - we don’t have the blur studio cutscenes like in Halo Wars 2,
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> - the developers replaced the magnum with another pistol that fans didn’t like.
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> - Bring back all the classic vehicles.
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> - Bring back all the classic weapons.
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> - You do not see the double manipulation,
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> - The two best art directions of 343 are Halo 2 Anniversary and Halo Wars 2 because they represent exactly what Bungie did.
> In addition, these two artistic directions were present in halo wars 2 and unfortunately they are not present in halo infinite.
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> - Nevertheless, we have a more classic art direction but unfortunately it does not correspond so much with halo wars 2.
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> - The style of halo wars 2 and halo 3, that of halo 2 is part of my favorite artistic choice.
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> - it seems that the game does not focus on the atriox and “Rise of the atriox” comics …,
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> - obviously the characters of halo wars 2 will not be present …
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> Also, I think the developers should really emulate their Halo Wars 2 game as it represented hope for the franchise and there was an interesting plot and good art direction in the “Rise of Atriox” comics, the art direction was good in halo wars 2 (actually we have a mix between halo 2 anniversary and halo wars 2 style) and there they mixed up all the art direction, which i find unfortunate.
> I find that halo wars 2 is a very good halo game and I have nothing to say about its artistic direction and its history even if it is an RTS and FPS it could very well have competed with halo 2 .
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> Finally, I am not saying right away that the game will not be good because it is not released yet but I admit that I am not impatient and excited by its release. All of the things I mentioned are obviously not present.
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> For my part, when I read that infinite halo was going to last 10 years, I was quite disappointed because it means that we won’t have an infinite halo sequel for quite a while. Instead, he prefers to do alternate stories. It is their choice.
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> That said, the developers have made progress and it’s still better than before.
> I always want to say it.
the TLDR is ungratefulness and basically saying 343 should just re-release Halo 2 or 3 again.
Infinite looks great. A fantastic blend of classic look with modern design.
My two main issues are with the friend or foe system and the assault rifle.
The current friend or foe system is straight garbage. They’ve only released one game and already I’ve seen a situation where it was impossible to distinguish whether a spartan was friend or foe. I’m not sure if it was mentioned, but they NEED to have an option for adding service tags above team-mates like h3 or reach. It may not perfectly solve the issue, but it would help.
AR TTK seems it may be a tad fast, but it might be fine. For me, the main issue is the effective range seems insane. There’s no way a player should be opting to tap fire their AR instead of use their pistol for an enemy who is halfway across the map. And yet, this is what i saw.
Will give it a proper watch later but these are the two issues which stood out to me.
As much stuff I have seen, in the tech preview, the matches felt rather quiet. I don’t know why it just feels quiet from time to time, but I haven’t heard any ambience sounds yet, and I hope to see some in the tech preview!
