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[MOTM]

When do you think they are going to re-reveal the single player?

Since the horrendous trailer last year and 1 year delay, they’ve kind of rebooted the reveal process of this game but we still don’t have anything new for the single player.

Besides COD which is on an annual basis, I don’t know of any AAA publisher that gets so close to launch without a proper reveal trailer

 

[martino]

i smell a delay

 

[Concern]

Honestly not worried about it. Haven't enjoyed a Halo campaign since Reach. Hopefully they impress with it like the beta tho.

Im ready for the multiplayer after the flight tho. Best mp demo out of the 3 shooters imo. And my expectations were on the floor for this.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I still lowkey think SP is gonna get moved to 2022. The MP is sick tho so it would be an easy wait.

 

[Bernkastel]

we already had a new trailer in e3 2021 including a small overview of the open world, if thats all you wanted

 

[kikkis]

I think it will still come this year, I mean it must have been quite complete even last year.

 

[kanjobazooie]

Who knows.

I'm looking forward to the campaign, but I won't be mad even if they ended up announcing a delay a week before release. It will give me an excuse to dive directly into the MP.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Here it is:

 

[Sakura]

Doesn't Halo usually have crazy marketing campaigns for their new games? I remember the believe campaign for Halo 3 being kinda crazy.
What are they doing for Infinite?

 

[kikkis]

Doesn't Halo usually have crazy marketing campaigns for their new games? I remember the believe campaign for Halo 3 being kinda crazy.
What are they doing for Infinite?

Waste of cash given the xbox supply problems.

 

[jezhumphrey75]

a new one is not out yet, glad thats sorted.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Without coop at launch it needs to be delayed.

Playing Halo campaign without my buddies via coop is a nono.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Either on the 20th Anniversary stuff or very close to release when they will probably do a mega marketing push for 2 - 3 weeks

 

[Bernkastel]

From Joseph Staten's wording we will get a campaign update, maybe in X021

August Inside Infinite (update on campaign at the very end from Joe Staten)

I personally needed to hear this, that it's specifically about focusing on optimizing and focusing on major bug fixing and performance rather than preparing some gameplay demo for us to see, which will take time away from bug fixes and other important work. I'm okay with that, but it still tells...

www.neogaf.com

 

[reksveks]

I don't think it's going to be delayed. I suspect you will see a short marketing drive for the campaign and bigger one for the MP.

 

[YukiOnna]

Doesn't Halo usually have crazy marketing campaigns for their new games? I remember the believe campaign for Halo 3 being kinda crazy.
What are they doing for Infinite?

Their statement is that they've gone on full lockdown mode to iron out bugs, etc. They did promise an update on it, so I guess they're just using the MP for promotion till the game goes gold rather than spend resources on PR right now. A tight month long marketing should work for them.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Without coop at launch it needs to be delayed.

Playing Halo campaign without my buddies via coop is a nono.

or you could just not buy it until there is co-op. i hate that shit so why should i need to wait? i'm never gonna use co-op so hope it comes out. co-op can wait. they can just patch it in after a few months. no big deal.

 

[MOTM]

Honestly not worried about it. Haven't enjoyed a Halo campaign since Reach. Hopefully they impress with it like the beta tho.

Im ready for the multiplayer after the flight tho. Best mp demo out of the 3 shooters imo. And my expectations were on the floor for this.

I still lowkey think SP is gonna get moved to 2022. The MP is sick tho so it would be an easy wait.

I doubt they'll delay it again (I mean they had a full extra year..) especially since Phil said they won't be launching SP & MP separately.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Their statement is that they've gone on full lockdown mode to iron out bugs, etc. They did promise an update on it, so I guess they're just using the MP for promotion till the game goes gold rather than spend resources on PR right now. A tight month long marketing should work for them.

you do know that developers don't do PR and the PR don't develop games, right?

two totally different teams that probably don't communicate with each other at all. they can work on the game and market it at the same time lmao

 

[MOTM]

we already had a new trailer in e3 2021 including a small overview of the open world, if thats all you wanted

Nah I'm talking about a proper gameplay trailer like last years one.

 

[YukiOnna]

you do know that developers don't do PR and the PR don't develop games, right?

two totally different teams that probably don't communicate with each other at all. they can work on the game and market it at the same time lmao

They go hand-in-hand IIRC. For example, plenty of developers have spoken about how developing demos take resources from working on the main game because they have to create a separate build and PR likely needs assets that are polished to use in trailers and such. 343i aren't the first ones to voice it.

 

[kyliethicc]

When do you think they are going to re-reveal the single player?

They won't show anymore gameplay footage of it before launch.

That craig moment traumatized them.

 

[Mr.ODST]

When you find out people dont understand "Marketing builds" are made for games with full bells and whistles to capture in game shots

 

[scoobidoo112]

I think they have once again chucked out everything that was set up in Halo 5, just like they did in Halo 5 to everything that was set up in Halo 4, and are afraid of receiving backlash again.

I have no evidence to back this up, but this is the first time ever that a main Halo installment has kept its entire single player campaign completely under wraps.

 

[demonstr8]

I've been asking that question in most every Halo thread I see because I really want to see what the game will actually look like but there isn't one yet... Release day is getting closer.

 

[anthony2690]

When do you think they are going to re-reveal the single player?

Since the horrendous trailer last year and 1 year delay, they’ve kind of rebooted the reveal process of this game but we still don’t have anything new for the single player.

Besides COD which is on an annual basis, I don’t know of any AAA publisher that gets so close to launch without a proper reveal trailer

Was the gameplay trailer really THAT horrendous? I think it is definitely exaggerated.



230k likes, 37k dislikes.

As a game it doesn't look bad at all, could just look a little better visually.

I think the majority of halo fans were happy tbh.

I know this is one of them "concern" threads, but surely you realise after Forza lands, we will probably see more than enough halo campaign footage, as that will be the focus for the marketing team then.

 

[Fahdis]

Directly around 0.3 months left before launch You will get a SP trailer...










..... about Knack 3!

 

[DenchDeckard]

Maybe it gets delayed to launch with co op. Might make more sense.

The multiplayer seems to be the most solid, ready for launch out of the big 3 this year so they could potentially lean on that for 3 to 6 months.

Launching in December is very late in the year.

 

[Mr.ODST]

Halo has always had some of the best marketing campaigns or fan projects

Starry Night "Halo 3"


Believe "Halo 3"


Think this was a fan project I'm not sure but absolutely love this on ODST


Remember Reach Trailer

 

[Hobbygaming]

Craig

 

[Godot25]

They said they will show SP before release.
They still have 1,5 months to go.

Just calm down.

And even if they did not show SP, it is in Game Pass...

 

[cormack12]

We have seen 8 minutes of gameplay, of which they said they will improve visually. And there has been one of those story teases. We pretty much know the setup of how it will work. Really, we just wanna see how muich they've actually improved the art if we're being honest. And we've yet to reach the really big milestone of the 20th anniversary on Nov 15th so it might be done to coincide with marketing etc.

If we hadn't seen anything then yeah I'd be the same tbh. But we have

 

[Black_Stride]

 

[Team Andromeda]

How much did BUNGiE show off Halo 3 single player before it launched? It coming , its only been delayed to fix the graphics after all

 

[Bernkastel]

..... about Knack 3!

No, it would be a LocoCycle 2 trailer. They are buying back Twisted Pixel Games.

 

[Tommi84]

Waste of cash given the xbox supply problems.

So this game will not be in gamepass on day1? Interesting.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I hope they don't do a trailer. No spoilers, nothing to avoid, I'm definitely playing it anyway.

 

[salva]

iirc, all of the Halo's had big marketing, but hardly showed off actual SP gameplay. It's always been tightly wrapped... I could be wrong though

 

[Vae_Victis]

So this game will not be in gamepass on day1? Interesting.

It will. Single player is included in Game Pass, multiplayer is free-to-play for everybody.

 

[ultrazilla]

When do you think they are going to re-reveal the single player?

Since the horrendous trailer last year and 1 year delay, they’ve kind of rebooted the reveal process of this game but we still don’t have anything new for the single player.

Besides COD which is on an annual basis, I don’t know of any AAA publisher that gets so close to launch without a proper reveal trailer

I hope it'll be delayed until Spring/Summer of 2022. It *SHOULD NOT* launch without co-op play for the campaign anyways.

 

[Fredrik]

Was the gameplay trailer really THAT horrendous? I think it is definitely exaggerated.



230k likes, 37k dislikes.

As a game it doesn't look bad at all, could just look a little better visually.

I think the majority of halo fans were happy tbh.

I know this is one of them "concern" threads, but surely you realise after Forza lands, we will probably see more than enough halo campaign footage, as that will be the focus for the marketing team then.

Gameplay looked great. Visually it looked like Halo 5, maybe a tiny bit better.

I think their biggest fault was revealing the next gen engine trailer in 2018 and then releasing a gameplay trailer 2 years later that looked nothing like the engine trailer. Of course people got disappointed. Console war and next gen hype increased the problem but for the most part they only have themselves to blame.

Still, until Ratchet came nothing had impressed me much visually, Halo Infinite would’ve honestly looked alright at the 2020 launch compared to other games. But expectations for a new Halo game on a new engine by Microsoft biggest 1st party studio is higher than ”alright”. I hope they deliver something truly spectacular once they reveal the updated version. They should replicate the engine trailer scenes in-game just to show it wasn’t all fake.

 

[Hendrick's]

Original gameplay demo looked great and is exactly what I want from a Halo game. With the obvious graphical improvements that have been made, as evidenced by MP, I am optimistic that it will have a great campaign.

 

[Hooks]

Gameplay looked great. Visually it looked like Halo 5, maybe a tiny bit better.

I think their biggest fault was revealing the next gen engine trailer in 2018 and then releasing a gameplay trailer 2 years later that looked nothing like the engine trailer. Of course people got disappointed. Console war and next gen hype increased the problem but for the most part they only have themselves to blame.

Still, until Ratchet came nothing had impressed me much visually, Halo Infinite would’ve honestly looked alright at the 2020 launch compared to other games. But expectations for a new Halo game on a new engine by Microsoft biggest 1st party studio is higher than ”alright”. I hope they deliver something truly spectacular once they reveal the updated version. They should replicate the engine trailer scenes in-game just to show it wasn’t all fake.

Yeah, I mean it has to run on a xbox one so ofc it's gonna look like beans. I'm kidding, it looks great in some scenes but you can tell they've had to hold it back.

 

[Vasto]

I think we will get it next month.

 

[Fredrik]

Yeah, I mean it has to run on a xbox one so ofc it's gonna look like beans. I'm kidding, it looks great in some scenes but you can tell they've had to hold it back.

Forza Horizon 5 has to run on XB1, Horizon Forbidden West has to run on PS4. Still looks impressive.

But in the end it’s all about this:

It was shown before XSX was even ready and that’s unfortunately the expectations people had last year.

 

[Hooks]

Forza Horizon 5 has to run on XB1, Horizon Forbidden West has to run on PS4. Still looks impressive.

But in the end it’s all about this:

It was shown before XSX was even ready and that’s unfortunately the expectations people had last year.

Oh for real, I haven’t watched this before. This is the same situation Killzone 2 was in on the ps3

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I’m massively looking forward to MP although I’m not convinced that the SP will be great. Nothing shown on it since last year is very telling.

 

[Tommi84]

It will. Single player is included in Game Pass, multiplayer is free-to-play for everybody.

then why saying there's a Xbox shortage? They can still advertise to push for users to join gamepass

 

[Thirty7ven]

It just means they are supremely confident about the single player, and just like the community has been saying, it will be an easy lock for GOTY so what's the point in spoiling it?

 

[phil_t98]

I don’t want a trailer, just let us go into the game without a clue of story or anything. To much gets spoiled these days