Halo Infinite’s combat feels inferior to prior installments. I believe it could easily be fixed and made into a great game, but in my opinion right now it just doesn’t feel good. It could be because I’m getting 47 FPS on average in Infinite and I’m used to getting 144 so I’m having difficulty adjusting in the beta but I have no way to know this until I’m able to play with high FPS.
Movement Speed: Walk speed is too fast and makes the strafing so fast it’s hard to land headshots in close range, I don’t know the exact number but it feels like its 10-15% faster then the other games. Sprint is only slightly quicker then walking as many people have pointed out. The only reason to sprint at all is the ability to slide.
In my opinion, movement speed is the main issue in the game right now, if this was adjusted gunfights would feel a lot better.
Scopes: I can’t really give respectful criticism on this matter, I just don’t like how any of the scopes look. They are all visually confusing and disorientating. The AR and Sidekick’s HUD zoom does not feel accurate and is more of a hinderance. The Sniper’s outer circle surrounding the crosshair in the scope is visually confusing. The Skewer scope is just unusable for me. Maybe an option to use old fashioned scopes for guns like the BR, Sniper, Magnum could be an option?
Melee: Melee range feels like its too big, reducing a lot of close range engagements to melee spam overshadowing the other 2 components in the games shoot-melee-grenade trifecta.
Assault Rifle: The Assault Rifle’s bloom combined with its headshot multiplier makes it feel like a reskinned Battle Rifle, as the optimal way to use it is by bursting the enemies head. It doesn’t feel like the close range bullet hose it’s intended to be.
Sidekick: It just does not feel like my shots are hitting, I often find myself burning 2 mags per kill with the Sidekick. Maybe my aim is just bad? The endgame stats say I have a 35% to 40% accuracy on average. 7 shots to the head may just be too many. I haven’t counted how many body shots it is but I imagine its 12-16.