-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Nobody is playing Halo Infinite on Steam as player numbers drop to 2% of launch peak
killatopak
Member
Neogaf's GOTY. Those 2% are Neogaf users.
Honestly never much of an MP player so just played the SP and ditched it.
Honestly never much of an MP player so just played the SP and ditched it.
kvltus lvlzvs
Banned
Was the campaign any good?
mrcroket
Member
They screwed up a lot with the idea of a halo as a service, with a bland open world and a campaign far from the quality of previous halos, which has discredited the game and thus affected its multiplayer. That without being totally bad, its maps are not so much fun and lack of inspiration.
How in the world did that win, was it just a combo Hopium and Hypium. The grappling hook in the campaign was really cool but that entire game didn't hold a candle to the old ones..
Last edited:
flying_sq
Member
Not to me, it was like a Ubisoft open world game but with less to do.
Codes 208
Member
I imagine the steam playerbase (which includes me actually) is a mere fraction of the current playerbase on xbox, but it goes to show that HI was the epitome of everything that could go wrong with a f2p standpoint.
Hell, yesterday i saw a thread on reddit of people calling 343 out for taking an existing color, swapping it around slightly and charging $14 for it. And this is after they had the audacity to charge $5 for the color red for that samurai core armor
Hell, yesterday i saw a thread on reddit of people calling 343 out for taking an existing color, swapping it around slightly and charging $14 for it. And this is after they had the audacity to charge $5 for the color red for that samurai core armor
It was filler. The gameplay and level design were good but after awhile the openworld feels empty and the story feels like it goes nowhere. It was mainly just a send off to cortana with extra steps
vaibhavpisal
Member
LordCBH
Member
Negotiator101
Member
You can't release basically the same game and just regurgitate the same thing for over 20years. People got tired of it and it's almost killed the franchise. It needs a complete overhaul to be fresh and exciting again.
Ultra Donny
Member
Initially I liked it, but the non existing environment difference and a lack of "soul" made it a disappointment for me anyway. I really wanted ti's to be good but something got lost moving halo to open world if you ask me.
Gunplay is good tho.
ChiefDada
Gold Member
bitbydeath
Member
Alts, a lot have been found out in the ABK thread and banned, who knows how many more exist.
Thirty7ven
Banned
Weird how in a year with Returnal, Metroid Dread, It takes Two, Hitman 3, Psychonauts 2, Inscryption… this bust ass game managed to get GOTY on neogaf.
killatopak
Member
Dunno. I don't think I ever voted on a GAF GOTY in my decade here in GAF. I simply asked for Farcry Halo even during those craig moments. What I got was a bit less than what I wanted but there's lots of cool easter eggs for Halo fans.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
too bad bluecowboys is not with us. he would have the ability to spin this as a positive.
RAIDEN1
Member
After I completed it soon after it came out, there has been next to no reason to go back, unless you want to take out EVERY single camp ....plus the fact that we won't be getting any Atriox DLC, means that I recently deleted it from the hard-drive ....(good job it came out on Gamepass)
Roberts
Member
It's my top3 Halo campaign, maybe even the favourite one (I have a soft spot for Reach). If you want an open world game with tons of question marks on the map then you probably will be disappointed, but I think they did a great job with how you get to control a lone badass behind enemy lines and how it is up to you to liberate the map. A more linear, more story based interior parts are fine, but the game really comes alive when you are outside. Already played it twice and will probably do one more run to get legendary achievement. I think the closest comparison is Farcry games but the overall simplicity and the modest map size works in favour of Halo.
Last edited:
Bernardougf
Gold Member
The future of gamepass shovelware ... hope you all enjoy it
Mr.ODST
Member
Its easy to shit on the game but there were multiple flaws after the first few months, from what I can gather from the community etc here are some key points.
- The campaign was great in its gameplay delivery but didnt have much content meaning no new things for players to return to
- Multiplayer was great and FUN but persistent issues that should of been worked on first were failed on and are still in the game today
- Example of Multiplayer issues that killed the scene was server infrastructure, client disconnections, crashing and more
- Game came out with little content and rather than adding more maps and content they focused on the shop for the first year, seasons were delayed which included content and even when they came out there wasnt alot of content
Mephisto40
Member
It's honestly baffling how many people will still to this day try and tell you this game is popular
Torrent of Pork
Banned
It was technically competent, but 343's ability to tell a coherent story has been a shit show from the start. Halo as a videogame series ended for me after Reach, with the subsequent novels being pretty good.
Interfectum
Member
Indeed, it was interesting to see some Xbox enthusiasts rationalizing the lack of mention of Halo at the last showcase, claiming it was a strategic move to let other games take the spotlight. Yet, it seems the real reason Microsoft doesn't spotlight Halo is due to its dwindling player base. So, what's there to discuss, really?
gokurho
Member
However, This game is most played game now on xbox, you know.
Helghan
Member
If you are into the lore, then yes. Gameplay was also very good. But felt like lot of the same sometimes. Would still give it a solid 8.5/10
Del_X
Member
Yeah, it was. Better than 5 by a long shot.
Clearly held back by the engine and last-gen One S/X. Lack of environment variety and not enough seamless indoor/outdoor changes. I really don't think they should make another Halo until they address the engine. Either port the Halo "feel" to UE5 or literally build it again.
01011001
Banned
meh... completely boring open world, and some decent-ish linear missions
Gudji
Member
Decent until the open world shit came in. Enjoyed the first 2 hours or so after that it's utter shit.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
It'll be interesting to see what people think of Halo Infinite, I've been wondering for a while.
theclaw135
Banned
In recent years PC online multiplayer has gotten so bad, people won't even put up with it for free.
Holammer
Member
Only Halo I ever played was the first one on the OG Xbox, so I'm a total outsider in this discussion. Still, by the looks of it (Steam and Xbox's top 25 engagement) they might as well take the franchise behind the shed and give it a merciful ending.
Even a functionally dead game like TF2 pulls off almost 130k concurrent.
Even a functionally dead game like TF2 pulls off almost 130k concurrent.
diffusionx
Gold Member
It's amazing how badly 343 screwed up this game. They basically got a blank check and the chance to write a brand new engine and screwed up everything. MS let the multiplayer get out there for free but the entire service suite was like it was designed by people who never played a multiplayer game. This has to be one of the worst major first party dev teams ever, but they got a pass for most of their existence because... they were headed by a woman? I don't know.
The engine sucked (that's that 343 engineering for you), but the lack of environment variety is because they had to severely cut back the scope of the game to finish it. The open world was originally meant to be much larger.
Last edited:
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Good, the less success and money it makes the less likely they are to release such a sorry offering in the future. And by that I mean the focus on MTX and selling cosmetics over providing content and fixing the games desync/lag issues.
Gameplay wise the MP is fantastic. It’s exactly the type of MP I’ve wanted for awhile where it’s all about the guns and there are no kill streaks or any other bullshit. But the desync killed it for me.
Gameplay wise the MP is fantastic. It’s exactly the type of MP I’ve wanted for awhile where it’s all about the guns and there are no kill streaks or any other bullshit. But the desync killed it for me.
GermanZepp
Member
ByWatterson
Member
I mean I play all the time, new maps are excellent, and I get games in under 15 seconds.
It's very alive for a dead game.
Roberts
Member
Aim for the head, it is not that bad.
I switched from steam to Xbox app once the campaign came out. No issues finding matches in most modes.
Timberwolf25
Member
I play it enough to get all my weekly challenges done. And now with the new progression system, I find myself playing it more.
They've done good stuff since the change in leadership. Should've done it much sooner.
I don't know if it'll be enough to bring back players, but it's getting better. I don't have any issues getting matched in games, but I don't play ranked, so that could be why.
Next season is supposedly going to have a PvE mode added if the dataminers are correct.
Regarding the campaign, I thought it was good, but disappointed at the ending. Not that it was bad, just not what I was hoping for.
They've done good stuff since the change in leadership. Should've done it much sooner.
I don't know if it'll be enough to bring back players, but it's getting better. I don't have any issues getting matched in games, but I don't play ranked, so that could be why.
Next season is supposedly going to have a PvE mode added if the dataminers are correct.
Regarding the campaign, I thought it was good, but disappointed at the ending. Not that it was bad, just not what I was hoping for.