To start off, this game got delayed by an entire year (that was supposed to be released in 2020) then got a late release in 2021 and still has limited content?
After a few Technical Alpha’s, the game is still has problems. A maybe 5 year + development game and 343 still hasn’t listened to any player feedback from the testers?
Content
As of right now the game only has Slayer, Oddball, Domination and CTF. If I wasn’t mistaken back when Halo 3 was released had 9 game modes… Seems a bit of a downgrade. And even then, 343 coming from Halo: MCC they should know that keeping a fan base is very hard. No idea why we have 4 game modes with 5 years in development. So far, 343 cannot out perform Bungie. It’s pretty pathetic.
Issues
Issues:
TTK is horrible, it takes 1 whole magazine to bring down shields and 1 or 2 pistol shots to take someone down. Why? Why is it mandatory to bring out your pistol during every fight. Lower the shields to at least 25% or 50%.
0 competitive game modes. Slayer is horrible, Oddball is a camp fest. Where is SWAT and Breakout?
The Battle Pass is a grind-fest. Earning 100 or 200 XP per weekly complete while an entire Pass level is 1k XP… Makes sense (sarcasm). F2P at it’s finest.
A whole armor set costs $20 dollars? $20 to change some colors… Really? What is this, Valorant?
Customization is barebones. Everything is locked from the grind-Battle Pass, nothing can be earned by just leveling up.
You can mix-match armor sets like in previous titles.
Ranked is eh. Why can’t I choose what game mode to play? Why do I have to play CTF, Slayer or Stronghold? Why can’t it be like CS:GO or Rainbow Six Siege where you have 1 core Ranked mode? Skills don’t matter in Halo ranked, just team coordination which is unbearable playing with a randomly group of people.
Of course it can’t be F2P without money of course. They already have ‘Halo Credits’ from $4.99, $9.99, $19.99, $49.99 and $99.99. Crazy how money comes into play first but not content. Investors first, fan-base last.
Overview
Based on all the tech alphas I’ve been apart of, this is 2 steps backwards. As a whole, the game is great and it feels great to have Halo back. Battlefield and Call of Duty will have a hard time keeping their player-base alive, but that’s only if 343 can provide enough updates to fix these problems.
It’s not bad game, although come back in a few months after 343 gets their head out of rear-end when it comes to content and balancing, but I doubt they’ll fix the balancing part since that’s the core of Halo right now… Being squishy like I’m playing the The Division or some WoW boss.
TTK is perfect as it is. Once shields are down, it’s one headship to kill, like every other halo game. You should be able to get 1.5 - 2 kills per magazine for the starting weapons. If you are missing your shots though that obviously won’t be the case.
SWAT isn’t a very competitive mode. How can oddball be campy if you know where the ball is at all times? Halo has grenades and other weapons to fish “campers” out of holes.
I agree that slayer, while fun, isn’t the most competitive.
First of all, this is not the full multiplayer component of the game. It was released early as a beta, so I don’t think it is considered completed, and it shouldn’t be considered or graded as such.
Halo’s TTK has always been relatively high compared to other first-person shooters. This is no different.
Again, still, a beta, so I think the other modes will be coming soon hopefully. Although I doubt Breakout will even return at all because it was a Halo 5 mode, and 343i seems to be moving away from everything having to do with that.
While I agree that $20 USD is a lot for an armor set/skin and that the XP system for the Battle Pass is grindy, again, the whole multiplayer is free. Microsoft would never release a completely unmonetized Halo multiplayer for free, no matter how great that sounds to us. It is unrealistic to think that.
While this is true right now, I’m fairly sure somewhere 343i was quoted as saying that people who buy the Campaign will be able to unlock some customization items by playing it. People who don’t play the campaign and just use the multiplayer will just have to buy the Battle Pass or grind to get the few free items on it.
I assume you meant to say “can’t” here. I agree with you here, it’s weird that they went with the whole “armor core” system, but it’s definitely not a huge deal to me as I mainly just use Mark VI style armor anyways.
Ranked mode has been like this in MCC for a while now. I believe they base it off of HCS in a way because in HCS they use these specific Arena modes like CTF, Slayer, and Strongholds. If you want to play a specific mode then just use regular arena. If team coordination is an issue with random people, then get a team together, you don’t have to matchmake a team.
i don’t agree withe the TTK, it is really good. Tbh, it feels really short, since the AR is a good weapon (everybody start with that in social) with a great range.
I didn’t even bother reading your post because of your garbage title. If you think Bungie can build a better game then play Destiny, because that is literally what they did.
pepeDad, someone can’t read opinions . So why comment if you can’t have a discussion? Seems redundant. Or are just just a fanboy that just got mad because you can’t agree that OG Bungie can out perform and out compete modern day 343.
@azgoodaz
You know that what you are complaining about is a Beta don’t you?
And it’s not even the full thing, free to play and it’s up to you if you
wish to spend money on it or not.
edit: The Bungie you speak of does not exist any more.
One of the main components of the original Halo team is
at 343i, in case you did not know.
Did everyone forget this is beta? u dont usually release all the content for a beta it doesnt take alot to implement SWAT or Infected, theyre saving it for release
. So why comment if you can’t have a discussion? Seems redundant. Or are just just a fanboy that just got mad because you can’t agree that OG Bungie can out perform and out compete modern day 343.