What is your personal wishlist of features you hope return from prior Halo games? Try and keep it to things that aren’t directly gameplay related (no sprint, return of Armor Abilities, etc.) But its your wishlist and ultimately up to you! Also, try to be specific, or reference the game your feature comes from. Feel free to just list, or comment on your items as you list them
My Wishlist
- Custom Games Browser at Launch: I feel like this is a must, and would be very disappointed if it is missing. - Match Composer at Launch: We will see how it works out in MCC, but I feel like it will be good, and should return. - Armor Customization that is a combo of Reach and 4: These two games obviously had the best armor customization and should be looked to for reference on how it should be done. From Reach: Armor effects should return, thigh attachments, wrist attachments and Helmet Attachments. From 4: wrist/lower arm armor. 4 also had the ODST armor that had a backpack, it would be cool if more back attachments were added. 4 also had armor skins, but these were simply alternate versions of existing armor. That returning would be cool, but it would be better if you could unlock skins that could apply to all armor (like camo patterns for example i.e. Forest Armor skin for Hazop) - Copy-pasted UI from Halo Reach: Halo Reach had, in my opinion the best UI/Menu experience and organization of any Halo game. Everything was easy to get to, easy to find, and well organized. - Return of Classic Firefight: This has been a glaring omission from each game since Reach. ODST and Reach’s firefight was incredible. The PVP options in Reach’s firefight were really cool too and often overlooked and underutilized - Return of Certain Gametypes missing from Halo 5: Headhunters from Reach, Regicide from 4, Ricochet from 4, possibly extraction from 4, and Dominion from 4. They likely won’t bring back Dominion as Warzone is supposedly an evolution of it, but they could add more Dominion-esque elements to Warzone (such as being able to fortify bases with turrets). Regicide was the best new game mode from 4 and should have returned in 5. - Playable Elites and the Return of Invasion: So many people have been begging for playable Elites in multiplayer since they were removed in Halo 4. They should definitely be brought back, and if they are, Invasion should return as well. Invasion is one of the best game modes in Halo history, and it is a shame that it has been excluded since Reach. However with Elites, they need to figure out how to balance the character models well, though I feel H2A is a good example of elites being done in a balanced way - Something gameplay-wise to do while matchmaking: This isn’t a returning Halo feature, but one that I still wanted to include on this list. I played Ghost Recon: Future Soldier a lot, and a feature that was included in that game that I thought was really cool and interesting was that you could enter a very small and simple firing range in the menu while you were matchmaking. It was super unique and no other game has done something like that. The closest I can think of is PUBG and Fortnite before the match starts. Something similar (to Future Soldier) could be really cool, though it wouldn’t necessarily need to be a firing range. - Return of Campaign and Firefight Matchmaking: This was another cool feature that (as far as I know) was only in Halo Reach. - Campaign Theater Mode: Another great feature that has been excluded since Halo Reach. Campaign Theater mode was always great, and has been missed. Of course they would need to have a well-functioning theater mode in the first place. - Leveling System and In-Game Economy like Halo Reach: To me, I also think Reach had the best example of a Halo game economy and leveling system. The levels were much more interesting that simply having a number like in 4 or 5, but you could still tell which levels were prestigious. It was also cool how more customization options would unlock as you leveled up as well. The in-game economy of Infinite will likely not follow the Reach model, but it is wishful thinking. We know the game will have some form of microtransactions, but hopefully they are done well so that everything can be obtained in some way without buying it. These are all of the features I could think of that I would like to see return for Halo Infinite, what are your thoughts on mine, or what are some of your own wishlist items?
