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[Exanthus]

I played for about 45 mins. Feels very much like Halo 4 DLC to me. The graphics were ok at best.

wtf? lol

 

[MrFunSocks]

I’ve never been impressed with any Halo graphics (except #1), but seriously who cares? The gameplay you get here is unmatched. There’s nothing else like it.

Halo has never been about the graphics apart from the original. Even the highly touted Halo 3 was criticized for its graphics when it released. Halo 4 was really the first Halo since the original where it actually could be considered to have great graphics at time of release. Most reviews of Halo 3 even mentioned the disappointing/underwhelming graphics.

Anyone that's got the beta have any thoughts on the sounds? Halo 5's sounds were incredible, IMO the best of any shooter. You could hear exactly what was going on and where, and there were so many nice audio cues for you so you knew when all your things had recharged etc and were ready to go.

 

[Black_Stride]

It's been years and I know there are differences, I just got a very similar feeling.

Halo 4 has the worst MP in the Halo series.
And this one gives you the same feeling?

 

[jigglet]

Halo has never been about the graphics apart from the original. Even the highly touted Halo 3 was criticized for its graphics when it released. Halo 4 was really the first Halo since the original where it actually could be considered to have great graphics at time of release. Most reviews of Halo 3 even mentioned the disappointing/underwhelming graphics.

Yes I distinctly remember H3 and H5 being underwhelming for the graphics. But you're right I do recall being slightly impressed with H4.

Regardless, even if HI looked identical to H5 I'd still play the shit out of it. THE GAMEPLAY, oh my god the gameplay...

 

[elliot5]

how can yall not be pretty impressed with the graphics on maps like Bazaar? This looks really good, especially for Halo.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

The music is awesome

 

[Thabass]

If you're on PC, there's a brand new update that fixes a lot of the stuttering. Just tried this update on my PC and it runs much smoother than it did before.

 

[Havoc2049]

That commando weapon is just perfect.

It's an OK weapon, but the BR is better and I'm always disappointed when the Commando is on the map instead of thr BR.

how can yall not be pretty impressed with the graphics on maps like Bazaar? This looks really good, especially for Halo.

Bazaar is my favorite map so far. Hopefully the maps in Infinite are better than Halo 5, which I felt only had a couple of memorable maps.

 

[cormack12]

Issues with this game is currently that the ttk is a bit too low and the speed is too fast, because Halo is a game where weapon combos are meant to mean something.

I haven't really played previous Halo MP in anger, but what does this mean? As someone who plays pub solo, I find the TTK a bit too long. Unless you have like 90% headshots in the AR I don't think it's easy to take someoen down with one magazine. When you say combo do you mean you're meant to have to weapon switch or combo with another player (2 v 1)

 

[YukiOnna]

Getting 65-70FPS now on PC post patch. Doesn't feel like it stutters as much anymore either.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Getting 65-70FPS now on PC post patch. Doesn't feel like it stutters as much anymore either.

What GPU? What resolution?

 

[YukiOnna]

What GPU? What resolution?

1660 Super w/ 1440p

 

[Romulus]

Halo 4 has the worst MP in the Halo series.
And this one gives you the same feeling?

Basically yeah. It's a better version of it but that's not saying much. Still feels like a classic 343i game. Enjoy the echo chamber though.

 

[Team Andromeda]

343 have truly nailed it. The guns feel and sound utterly brilliant and the game controls are so spot on

 

[Black_Stride]

Basically yeah. It's a better version of it but that's not saying much. Still feels like a classic 343i game. Enjoy the echo chamber though.

 

[DenchDeckard]

this is genuinely sick. Everything feels so good. This could be really special.

 

[Juza]

Feels like an indie f2p game inspired by Halo! disappointed.

 

[Calverz]

Please tell me this is nothing like halo 5. Game almost killed the franchise ffs

 

[Black_Stride]

Please tell me this is nothing like halo 5. Game almost killed the franchise ffs

Halo 5 MP was actually good.
Probably second only to Halo 3 (Halo 2 was boss but I wasnt as deep)......and this feels closer to a Halo 3.2X

Feels like an indie f2p game inspired by Halo! disappointed.

Which was you favorite Halo MP experience?

 

[Calverz]

Halo 5 MP was actually good.
Probably second only to Halo 3 (Halo 2 was boss but I wasnt as deep)......and this feels closer to a Halo 3.2X


Which was you favorite Halo MP experience?

Halo 3 and reach are my fav mp. Halo 3 being the goat.
Couldn’t stand halo 5.

 

[Black_Stride]

Halo 3 and reach are my fav mp. Halo 3 being the goat.
Couldn’t stand halo 5.

This is closer to 3 than it is to 5.
Sprint is nigh literally useless and the additions are actually great.

Still have to actually test the PvP because right now the TTK is a little quick if you are used to MCCs TTK, its quite possible to have a whole match where you never combo and enemy.

 

[Calverz]

This is closer to 3 than it is to 5.
Sprint is nigh literally useless and the additions are actually great.

Still have to actually test the PvP because right now the TTK is a little quick if you are used to MCCs TTK, its quite possible to have a whole match where you never combo and enemy.

Good good. Yea that ttk sounds short. So not a lot of ar fire into melee going on?

 

[Hendrick's]

This is closer to 3 than it is to 5.
Sprint is nigh literally useless and the additions are actually great.

Still have to actually test the PvP because right now the TTK is a little quick if you are used to MCCs TTK, its quite possible to have a whole match where you never combo and enemy.

TTK is too high and is killing any sort of strategic gameplay. It’s just a bunch of bunny hopping and spray and pray. Idk, the more I play the more I dislike it. Hope the campaign is good.

 

[Juza]

Halo 5 MP was actually good.
Probably second only to Halo 3 (Halo 2 was boss but I wasnt as deep)......and this feels closer to a Halo 3.2X


Which was you favorite Halo MP experience?

I'm flexible about my Halo experience, sometimes I like some things that people hate and vice versa, but I have good memories in Halo 2, never liked Halo 4 and lost my interest with Halo 5 even if some people counted it as the best Halo MP experience!!

I really don't like what 343 is doing with the franchise.

 

[elliot5]

TTK is like the exact same as Halo 3 and slower than 5 according to some analysis videos

 

[Thaedolus]

Game looks and plays about how I would’ve expected, runs great on Ultra @ 1440p on my 1080ti, definitely got me interested in the full release. The music was shockingly good, feels way out of left field, unexpected pleasant surprise

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Halo has never been about the graphics apart from the original. Even the highly touted Halo 3 was criticized for its graphics when it released. Halo 4 was really the first Halo since the original where it actually could be considered to have great graphics at time of release. Most reviews of Halo 3 even mentioned the disappointing/underwhelming graphics.

Anyone that's got the beta have any thoughts on the sounds? Halo 5's sounds were incredible, IMO the best of any shooter. You could hear exactly what was going on and where, and there were so many nice audio cues for you so you knew when all your things had recharged etc and were ready to go.

True but in comparison to Apex Legends the audio in terms of gameplay hooks ain't in the same league. Apex is better and does not need a radar.

 

[Kev Kev]

wtf? lol

The thread was always going to be shit slammed with trolls. The first reply of the thread was an omen of the drive by shit posting to come

good news is the trolls are being heavily out weighed by the wave of good impressions and positive feedback. so we can be fairly confident that theyre full of shit and haven’t played it, or at the very least they are one of the few who didn’t enjoy it for whatever reason.

I haven’t played it but the impressions I’ve read and video ive seen look extremely promising. I’m really looking forward to the game now

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Have they confirmed they're adding pvp today?

 

[SCB3]

I played a few matches and yea, I like it a lot, the bots are surprisingly harder than I thought they'd be and the game is looking fantastic on Series X

This may be my return to a lot of Halo, since 3 I think

 

[jigglet]

TTK is like the exact same as Halo 3 and slower than 5 according to some analysis videos

No kidding. I like a long TTK so this is music to my ears.

 

[BigLee74]

Halo 5 MP was amazing. I will be surprised if they put something out that beats it for me.

Halo 5 campaign was mediocre. They should easily be able to put something out to beat that.

Regardless, I think it’s finally time to delete Halo 5, because I won’t go back to the MP when the new game is out.

 

[haveagood1]

Is it me or are the bots expert grenade tossers?

 

[Sorne]

Is it me or are the bots expert grenade tossers?

They are legit terrifying with their grenades!

 

[Kagey K]

Uh can you guys take your gif fight somewhere else?


You mean the flight opt-in on Waypoint? You can still do it for next round.

I did the sign up a long time ago, but apparently there was a communications opt in I missed while signing up, so basically I hadn’t given them permission to email me.

I have fixed it now.

 

[Gravemind]

Halo 3 and reach are my fav mp. Halo 3 being the goat.
Couldn’t stand halo 5.

Agreed. I hated H5 mp. It could have been good if it wasn't for the spartan abilities and the terrible aim mechanics. Every player having sprint, stabilizer, ground pound, and spartan charge ruined the experience. Made it feel so cheap and nooby.

The Halo 5 beta build was actually a lot better than the release version. The pro players asked that 343 implement aim acceleration and dead zones after the beta, which made aiming feel clunky and frustrating. It took them months to release an update that allowed you to adjust the aim settings, but by that time the damage was done.

 

[R6Rider]

No kidding. I like a long TTK so this is music to my ears.

I figured with your 5k+ hours in Siege that you would prefer a fast TTK.

Unless you're referring to in Halo games specifically.

 

[Decontamination Silo]

How long have Halo games had that red outline around enemy players?

 

[Dusktildawn48]

How long have Halo games had that red outline around enemy players?

As far as I remember, 3 days.

 

[Silent Viper]

Honestly played like 2 games and switched it off.. i get why they are doing it.... but sheesh. It gets boring REAL FAST.

Keep my attention by at least adding more than a single map right off the bat.

As usual, 343 doing it wrong.

Nice drive by shit post

 

[Corgi1985]

this is genuinely sick. Everything feels so good. This could be really special.

Feels like an indie f2p game inspired by Halo! disappointed.

 

[Silent Viper]

Guns feel decent and runs pretty well on the Series X. Like others have said bots are way too easy but they said that going in they would increase their difficulty.

Just not sure if its going to be deep enough to hold my interest but look forward to actually playing pvp hopefully Sunday evening.

ODST bots will be added. They will fuck you up with their insane grenade spamming and meele attacks

 

[01011001]

TTK is like the exact same as Halo 3 and slower than 5 according to some analysis videos

very good news

 

[cormack12]

ODST bots will be added. They will fuck you up with their insane grenade spamming and meele attacks

I think they are the ODST bots now and we are waiting in spartan bots next. But yeah they are fucking insane with accuracy and timing of grenades and it doesn't seem to interrupt their weapon switching as much as it should.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

So far I've enjoyed the game quite a bit from what I've played. BR still reigns supreme but I've also been pleasantly surprised with the pistol. It's not as powerful as I think it should be (3 to 4 shot kills), but it's not useless either. I frequently have games with 5+ pistol kills. The assault rifle and the pulse carbine feel useless though. I can't seem to get kills with them and honestly that's a good thing imo. Infinite seems to limit the amount of run and spray dominance and instead gets back to the art of precision weapons ruling 1v1's. I have yet to see the sniper rifle in any game I've played. Does it exist? I've been able to grab the rocket launcher in several games though.

Halo 4 has the worst MP in the Halo series.
And this one gives you the same feeling?

I'm on the other side of the fence on that one. I think H4 felt great. Movement, aim, weapon sandbox, weapon balance, etc. Halo 4's problems were the inundation of many other additions such as poorly thought out abilities like promethean vision, and things like random ordnance and perks. H4 was also a gorgeous looking game from a graphics standpoint.

 

[cormack12]

So far I've enjoyed the game quite a bit from what I've played. BR still reigns supreme but I've also been pleasantly surprised with the pistol. It's not as powerful as I think it should be (3 to 4 shot kills), but it's not useless either. I frequently have games with 5+ pistol kills. The assault rifle and the pulse carbine feel useless though. I can't seem to get kills with them and honestly that's a good thing imo. Infinite seems to limit the amount of run and spray dominance and instead gets back to the art of precision weapons ruling 1v1's. I have yet to see the sniper rifle in any game I've played. Does it exist? I've been able to grab the rocket launcher in several games though.


I'm on the other side of the fence on that one. I think H4 felt great. Movement, aim, weapon sandbox, weapon balance, etc. Halo 4's problems were the inundation of many other additions such as poorly thought out abilities like promethean vision, and things like random ordnance and perks. H4 was also a gorgeous looking game from a graphics standpoint.

It does exist it sometimes spawns as a power weapon on that first map, Live Fire. At the top, it's sometimes a skewer depending on which rotation you get....

 

[Havoc2049]

Good good. Yea that ttk sounds short. So not a lot of ar fire into melee going on?

Tons of that going on.

 

[ResilientBanana]

The trailers didn't do the game justice, this game is super clean looking.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

From what I played I thought it was fun, although first match , me and the team lost!

“I can’t believe it, I’m losing to a bot”

 

[Riky]

Looks very clean and so so smooth, big leap in both graphics and framerate from Halo 5.
This is going to be very special.