Mixed feelings of the reveal.

Games Halo Infinite
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So, I watched the trailer like everyone else and I have to admit that I feel the graphics didnt feel all that impressive.

I mean, dont get me wrong there is some cool things i seen for example, the flying suicide grunt and how the Brutes charge at you so aggressively. Its also pretty cool you can knock specific parts of the armour off.

However, after watching I quickly loaded up Halo 4 & 5 videos and compared them to Infinite and was surprised by how great those games still looked even after 5 years+. They look wayyy better in my opinion.

Considering this is a new platform, I guess I expected to be amazed and that is not even close to the feeling I got. The Brutes face looks like it was pulled from Skyrim or something to me, in the background you could see items still trying to load in and everything feels a little cartoony to me personally. (I guess that is subjective, so i wont take points away from that) But I just feel sometimes unnecessary changes are made by 343 for no reason. Like, why do we need a new magnum? Why is the Carbines design so different? Ultimately, the feeling I got from this trailer was vastly different from what i got from the 2018 trailer.

All this to say, although im going to buy the game regardless, im curious… is anyone else concerned about the direction infinite seems to be going? And if not, why? (This is my question) … Maybe im being over-dramatic?

Also, please let me know if im mistaken, but i was under the impression that all Halos would have a Beta going foward after the MCC and with the release date supposedly around the corner im kinda worried that the ambitions for this game were set too high as there is no mention of a Beta, and we’ve seen no multiplayer. I dont want this to be a bash 343 thread, because it was just a 8 min demo, and its still in devlopment, but after 5 years of waiting i expected more, personally. Feels like we are back to copying and pasting what works in other games.

Lastly, im sure the guys at 343 worked very hard and I hope I am proven to look like a fool on release. But id be lying if i didnt say i was genuinely concerned. Thoughts?

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Like you said " it was just a 8 min demo" chillax. There isn’t even an official release date yet and as of late we’ve seen a lot of studios push their games back. Also, it was revealed through stream quality. Never, since it’s creation, has stream quality ever done the actual content justice. The pure ignorance from everyone ‘outraged’ over the graphics need to humble themselves and just relax. But the Halo community has always had a problem with an entitled fanbase so I expect the same fallout we had with Halo 5.

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Graphics are normally one of the last things that are fixed up/ upgraded before the release, so with this Demo it doesn’t surprise me at this moment. I’m sure they will be better at release. As for the release date, with everything happening in the US, Studios have been slowed down on projects, making it so they can only hope for late this year. They also talked about showing off Multiplayer possibly in the fall, which is when we may see a Beta.