Monster Energy Reward

As you all can see, Halo Infinite will have Monster Energy skins.

Click me hard to see the Skins

The positive thing about it is the fact, that the skins looks actually really good.

But - in my opinion - there are too many bad things comming with it.

  1. What will come or not come with it?
  2. Health

1. What is comming with actions like that?

More and more companies could come to get a placement in Halo Infinite. I’m not saying, that the skin from Monster Energy is looking bad. At least, it’s not a stupid pizza or pommes skin from Halo 5.
But how do we know, that know no Pizza and Pommes skin is returning? Or, more important, can we be sure that real military skins will finally come to Halo?

I have to say that I’m a little bit hard triggered that the first skin we see, is from an private company and not an actuall in-game skin. I want military skins like those from the Battlefield 4 Weapon skins.
And I’m sure, that I’m not the only Spartan out there that wants military weapon skin.

2. Health

This is now a point, which is maybe boring for many of you, so if it’s boring for you, just go back to read the first part :slight_smile:
For Spartans that looks critial to Energy drinks, feel free to read at your own will.

Monster Energy is an Energy drink, being consumed by many, way too many people and is in my eyes one of the worst gamer cliches in the world.
This Energy drink is - you don’t even have to consume it for a long period of time - responsible for hearth-racing, restlessness and nervousness. Kidney failure, cardiac arrhythmia can also be a bad outcome of consuming it.
I don’t want to be a moralistic-wanna-be, but I have to say, that it’s not good how nowadays things like Monster Energy and other companies that produce really unhealthy ptoducts, gets a product placement.

Here in germany, the Monster Energy drinks are different from the US Monster Energy drinks, especially the coffein-level of the drink. We have such high standards because that energy drink especially from Monster is so worse for the human body, so many Ingredients are waaaay lower than the US one but is still bad. So I really don’t want to know how bad that drink in the US is.
Also the Energy Drink is bad for special group of people like with hearth diseases or in my case, I have ADHD [in germany ADHS] and the hell I didn’t knew how Energy drink react with my body. Until I drank it.

I repeat - I don’t want to say everyone what you have to drink, but I want to say, that the way Halo Infinite is going with companies like Monster Energy is not good.

In general, I don’t think it’s good, that companies like Monster Energy get placements in games. I know, other developers and publishers might do the same but it’s just like microtransactions and season passes in AAA-titles: They exist, but only because they exist, do not mean, that they’re good.

Also as you can see, I’m not just worried about myself, but also about all you other Spartans out there.

Feel free to share your thoughts.

I really wish we got more healthy alternatives when it comes to sponsorship deals, I’m not going to spend money on pure sugar just to get a skin in a game, is it just me or is the whole “gamers love energy drinks” shtick so generically irritating at this point?

Point 2 is a big point for me. Especially as a gamer who will be 30 by the time Infinite launches.

I can’t drink the swill I used to be able to drink 10 years ago. And a promotion that runs primarily based on cases of this stuff? Good lord. It’ll take me a year to drink it all safely.

If they want to promote caffeinated beverages that are a lot safer to drink, partner with Starbucks or Dunkin or something and do a black coffee or a bit less healthy flavored coffee. I don’t love the encouragement to buy energy drinks in bulk.

Let’s focus all discussion on the Monster promotion here