so far I’ve just had really poor performance. I can get it to hover close to 60 fps, if I drop all settings to low, and resolution scale to the minimum value. Frame pacing is really poor, so the game feels choppy too. The performance doesn’t seem to match up with the visuals, and my system specs.
System:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Mobo: Asus X570 Crosshair VIII Hero
RAM: Adata XPG 32GB 3600mt cl 16
GPU: EVGA FTW3 Ultra RTX 3080
PSU: EVGA 1000w Supernova G3
SSD1: Sabrent Rocket 1TB (Gen4)
SSD2: Intel 665p 1TB
HDD1: Seagate Barracuda 3TB
HDD2: WD Red 8TB (CMR)
Monitor 1: Nixeus EDG34
Monitor 2: Korean 100hz 1440p ultrawide
General
The weapon designs are absolutely fantastic.
Reloads feel a bit slow on some weapons.Bot training is a nice feature to test weapons and practice aim.
Stages with moving targets are pretty cool.The UI is also great, I love the simplicity.
I find that the HUD elements in this flight are simply so small that I have to divert focus completely in order to make out what I’m looking at.The drop wall equipment is a nice addition to the gameplay.
Bots are a great addition to the franchise and a lot of fun to play against.
ODST bots seems to mimic the general player well.For accessibility purposes there should be no reason to not include an option to set primary armor colors for enemies and team mates (red vs blue) rather than outlines alone, this does not matter for the FFA game modes but should absolutely be added for team games. Understandably they want to prioritize customization with the coatings but that should not take precedence over the game being accessible to as many players as possible.Audio
The audio in the game is top notch, sound design is great.
UNSC weapons have some of the best sound design I’ve heard for ballistic weapons and feel authentic.
Covenant sounds weak in comparison and seem to lack “punch” although they are energy based.
Banished weapons also does not sound as powerful as the UNSC weapons and the absolutely should.Controls
Generally good off the bat and allows for 3 keybinds on PC
Keybinds sometimes not working when making a new one
Sensitivity settings for the mouse is not that great
Aim can feel a bit floaty but overall feels very low, almost like it mimics a controller
Scope sensitivity scaling does not feel correct in relations to default sensitivity scaleSettings does seem to reset randomly when exiting and restarting the gameVisuals
Visually it seems like a faithful reimagining of the franchise, feels like what a Halo 3 sequel would look like with new and old mixed together and it’s great!
Looks like Halo, but feels new.
Gameplay
The gameplay loop is good, the weapons feel well designed and feel like they have their own identity.
Sniper feel weak/slow
The BR needs a slight adjustment damage wise, too weak.
Commando is a excellent weapon for mid to long range.
Better than BR but worse than the Sidekick.Sidekick pistol is CE magnum reborn, fantastic and reliable.
Sprinting is pretty much useless (2% something increase???).
Sliding sometimes feels disconnected and move the camera inside your character at certain terrain angles.Throwing grenades feels good and they go where you want them to.
Something I’d like added is some more impact display or bullet trail for the pick up weapons to make it easier to see where you hit.The new addition of bots in multiplayer is very welcome and some of the bots (their name) seem to have their own consistent tactic playstyle from my experience.
Performance
It’s not great but not terrible on PC, seem to lack hardware scaling.
Changing settings from low to ultra gives 5FPS.
Game does not utilize CPU.
Game does not utilize GPU.
Depth of Field can not be completely turned off, only set to Low.
Menus on ultrawide is not working correctly.Overall, really happy with this flight and have bright hope for a well playing game by the release
I’m level 6 on the battle pass and I’ve finished the capstone challenge. How can I progress further into the battle pass? The daily challenge that I have is play 6 PvP matches which isn’t possible at the moment.
I also think that it’s weird that playing doesn’t progress the battle pass is that normal?
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> I’m level 6 on the battle pass and I’ve finished the capstone challenge. How can I progress further into the battle pass? The daily challenge that I have is play 6 PvP matches which isn’t possible at the moment.
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> I also think that it’s weird that playing doesn’t progress the battle pass is that normal?
you can only gain XP doing the challenegs from this current flight. I reccomend u use the credits given to you to buy lvls within the battle pass if you want or wait for todays and sundays daily challenegs to reset.
I seem to have encountered a crash that occurs 100% of the time I have tried re-binding the Push-to-talk key.
So far I have only attempted the re-bind 4 times and had the crash occur only when rebinding push-to-talk other rebinds seem to respond correctly.
crashed on the 5th attempt after finding the key bind had unbound after my last few attempts and made it so somehow i would hear myself speaking as well as everyone else in the lobby like everyone had been set to open mic.
will update this post with any further advancements
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trying to bind the scoreboard also causes a crash every time
Things I’ve been experiencing
1: Audio glitches. Sometimes the game get SUPER quiet for no reason.
2: Frame stuttering. I have a 1070 ti and I’ve tested low - Ultra and i still get frame drops BUT it has only been on the map live fire. I get there are more elements at play but still good to report.
3: Occasional Crashes
That’s it as of now on my end.
Hi everybody,
here’s my experience so far in this tech preview.
General impressions:
- First of all, just spending the first 5 minutes after the first boot on listening to the music menu was enough for me, can’t believe we can finally play it;
- Game mechanics and sound are really good, I really enjoyed the experience so far; It’s a mix between classic Halo and modern FPS games, which is something I like;
- Main menu, controls customizations and video settings provide a good experience, almost everything is clear enough and for a PC user there is almost everything you need to find the perfect balance between grapichs/performances;
Considering my main PC specs:
- CPU: Intel i5-9600K
- GPU: RTX 2070
- Ram: G Skill 16GB - 3200MHz
- Monitor: 27" Acer XF720HUA - 2560x1440 144Hz IPS
- Latest version of Windows 10 and Nvidia Drivers
Now, the techincal aspects and the problems I found:
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As most of PC users already reported, no matter how much you change the settings, the overall performances stay the same, the FPS count its around 80/90 fps all the time for me on medium/high settings, which is quite low compared to other games;
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I noticed that it’s not always the same, because the new map we can test today is probably better optimized, since I can run it on 100/110 FPS on avg, same goes for the weapon drill;
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No matter how many settings I change, there’s always a sense of bluriness ingame/main menu, like an overall quality drop of the general graphics, which is probably the worst thing I found togheter with the low fps problem;
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I don’t know if it’s only me, but the enemy spartan overshield colour are way too pronounced, like having the opponent enlighted in red/yellow (or whatever colour you want) that much when shooting is probably something that should at least be toned down a bit, also considering the other Halos;
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Using the mousewheel to switch weapons is broken, most of the times it takes back the weapon you’re already using, while using another key works (I’ve binded 1 on switch weapon and I never had an issue switching between the 2 guns)
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There’s some issue on binding some key on the mouse: I have F1 usually binded on my thumb key of the mouse, but somehow I can’t bind anything because it always open the menu settings, even ingame;
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In the spartan customization settings, most of the times there’s a bug when you try to change the colour of something, the equipped one ‘overwrite’ the one you try to set as active: to fix it you need to choose another one and then you can choose whatever you want again;
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Trying to set a push to talk key always make the game crash, no matter what;
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The needler is probably way too powerful now, at medium/close range it has a really fast TTK and requires a really low amount of shots for the supercombine;
A suggestion that I think can be a good addition to the game is a ‘support wheel’, so instead of having different key binded for the active camo, overshield, etc, we could use just 1 key to choose what to equip first, making a selection in a specific wheel which pop-up once the key is pressed.
Considering it’s just a preview and it’s not a recent release, I think the game will be really good, yet there’s some optimization needed, especially on the performance side.
Still, as someone who played the first Halo on it’s release 20 years ago, thanks for letting me try the game and give a feedback!
So strange bug I just had, trying to set my PTT key to Caps lock instantly crashed the game to desktop. This is the first crash to desktop I have had in the short time I have played. Also please allow us to turn motion blur and DOF to OFF instead of just low.
Aim Sensitivity does not seem to persist after closing the game and reopenning it. I have to keep re-doing my sensitivity every time I start the game.
Some matches, there is missing audio, all I can hear are grunts when getting shot/shooting others, no other sounds.
Pressing left Alt to change grenades makes my game crash every time.
specs: Ryzen 5 2600
GTX 1050TI
1920x1080p
16gb 3200mhz
game is only using 65 percent of my gpu and runs at 30-40 fps without the adaptive resolution setting.
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> - No matter how many settings I change, there’s always a sense of bluriness ingame/main menu, like an overall quality drop of the general graphics, which is probably the worst thing I found togheter with the low fps problem
The blurriness is from TAA, which you currently can’t turn off. In most pvp fps games TAA isn’t even an option, let alone forced.
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> I seem to have encountered a crash that occurs 100% of the time i have tried re-binding the Push-to-talk key.
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> So far I have only attempted the re-bind 4 times and had the crash occur only when rebinding push-to-talk other rebinds seem to respond correctly.
I experience the same 100% of the time so I just don’t touch it anymore
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> I really enjoy the tech preview and I can’t wait for future flights and the release at the end of this year. I play with mouse and keyboard and I’ve got the feeling that I struggle with finding my right sensitivity. I guess its due to the fact that I can’t “fine tune” the settings. What I mean by that is, that I personally think mnk players would really benefit if you could change mouse sensitivity in 0.01 increments instead of just 0.1
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> Currently I’m playing with a 400 dpi and I’m hovering around 2.6/2.7 sens in game and 2.6 seems a little to low and 2.7 just a little bit to high.
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> If I would have just one free wish regarding Halo Infinite, it would definetly be to change your sens in 0.01 increments across all the sensitivity settings.
I found the mouse magnetism to mess me up. I couldn’t figure out why my mouse was slowing down when shooting an enemy. Try turning this off if you haven’t already to see if you have a more consistent experience with your mouse aim/sens
CAN WE GET SOME REAL 32:9 SUPPORT ON PC ESPECIALLY IN THE MENUS
OTHER THAN THAT GAME RUNS ALRIGHT FOR A BETA
ALSO, RAZER RGB SUPPORT PLEASE AND SUPPORT FOR RGB IN GENERAL LIKE PHILPS HUE
https://www2.razer.com/chroma-workshop-games
please get halo on this list.
“With the Razer Chroma™ SDK, game devs can create smart lighting effects that react to in-game events, such as flashes for explosions, health status colors, and much more.”
HALO INFINITE IS PERFECT FOR THIS IT CAN ALSO WORK ON XBOX. PLEASE ADD THIS TO THE GAME WITH 240 FPS AND RTX AND DLSS AND 8K SUPPORT THIS GAME IS GONNA BE PERFECT ON PC.
- Ive noticed this weird, sharp “bounce” when running around the map, that I cant find an option to turn off. If this is intentional head bob, we need to be able to turn it off. - Whenever I relaunch the game, settings reset. Main two I have noticed are FOV and sensitivity, but I am sure others reset too. - Day one I could change my armor color with ease. Now when I change my armor coating, it immediately defaults back to purple, which is what I picked on day one. - I bought the weapon and armor coating in the shop. But they do not show in the Amor Coating menu, or the weapon coating menu.
I think sensitivity should be a bit more granular as well. Like if I want it to be 1.36, I should be able to do that.
The menu system is clean, but I feel like it has too many layers to get through. The transitions are just too abrupt, and the need to go back and forth between them feels a bit cumbersome. I think looking at a menu system like Rocket League, which is also layer heavy, but has a very seamless flow, is a good idea. Because I think the style of Infinite’s menus are great, but its just not a smooth, seamless experience. I also think you should choose a different background. The current one with the Spartan against a dark background is well… too dark. I think the aesthetic of the Academy is a better choice and will help the menu system pop a bit more.
please add WMR VR MODE for PC so I can play this game with mouse and keyboard or controller or WMR controllers for Halo Infinite with a VR headset on. I want to feel like I am wearing a spartan helmet playing this game. I want to feel like I am inside halo infinite. VR is perfect for this game YOU ALREADY HAVE STEAM VR AND WINDOWS MIXED REALITY.
120 FOV is great with 32:9 aspect ratio on pc BUT I WANT MY HUD AND HEALTH BAR AND OTHER STUFF ON THE HUD ON THE SCREEN BIGGER PLEASE.
please add HDR SUPPORT FOR 2000 HDR on PC AND NVIDIA REFLEX
So for me a bug that happened. Whenever I joined a game in progress, for some reason, my frames dropped about half to what it usually outputted. As well as the audio kinda like I was in space when playing. It felt very uncomfortable to play whenever this happened. So I just left games whenever I joined a session in progress.
Whenever joining a game from the beginning, it felt a lot smoother!
Otherwise, the game feels great!
Looking forward to some driver updates to get the frames even higher!
Covenant Bullet Impacts look like PIDGEON POOP!!!
and or other another “unnamed” bodily fluid… Dont believe me? please go and shoot at the floor or wall and see what i mean!! O_O
- Please Change the color and look of the impacts of Covenant weapons to the proper color and actually make it look like a melted or molten laser impact, not a SPLURGE of whatever on the wall
The Muzzle Flares and Bullet Impacts and effects could be improved for all weapons, the impacts on the wall and other parts of the map lack alot of ENERGY and excitement and look very Bland.
The Muzzle flares on the UNSC weapons look pretty awful, and should be absolutely replaced, the resolution and texture seems like something out of a N64 game, please consider taking a look into it!