He directly refer to Ray Tracing in their "next upcoming game", also comparing the fake reflections of Halo 5 to what we can expect instead from Infinite.
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Halo Infinite Speculation Thread
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I don't think the problem with Halo 4 was so much the deep lore stuff, as it was the game doing a piss-poor job of actually contextualizing what the hell was going on in an elegant way.
Virtually all of the major lore exposition comes via a single infodump from the Librarian, and there's all sorts of key context that isn't present unless you've at LEAST watched the terminals up to that point, as well as maybe even a novel or two. Didact referring to humans as "her pets", the careful reseeding of humanity to ensure they would evolve technologically along certain paths, Didact's relationship with the Librarian, what the hell happened to ancient humanity's empire, what is the "Mantle of Responsibility" and why does it even matter, the fundamental nature of what the Composer and Domain are, etc.
All of that stuff is only explained via terminals, but without it the Librarian's monologue just sounds like a bunch of arglebargle that culminates in her anointing Chief as The Special (TM), when it's much more interesting and complicated than that.
Even the game's end cutscene (which I love), with Didact reciting what sounds like his argument against using the Halo Array to the Forerunner Ecumene Council, would be completely lost on people who didn't see the terminals. Why is Didact talking? Who is he talking to? What is going on??
Yeah this.
I'm all for deep lore stuff being presented in the games aslong as 343i gives proper explanations/context in-game correctly. In addition they should add an in game codex system like in Mass Effect and Halo Wars 2.
There are some that exiled themselves and left the galaxy.
I heard a rumor there will be emotes in Infinite, is this substantiated in any way? Tbh I wouldn't mind an interaction wheel like Overwatch has.
i'd pay for some fancy ways to body disrespect but nothing will replace teabagging ;)
When is the Xbox event in May happening? Does anyone know? I have searched google but couldn't find anything. Is it early May, middle late? Their communication has been so poor.
Whose communication? The existence of a May event has only ever been rumours, never confirmed by Microsoft themselves.
But they haven't even told us about the date of the event that's replacing E3. I am not too worried though. Games are going to start leaking either way.
Thanks for answering. This is what I was looking for. Can't wait to see some Halo Infinite. Crossing my fingers that it will be there in some capacity.
After how people reacted to the Spartans post game in the Halo 5 beta I doubt it.
There's no way the xbox event is next tuesday.
They would have announced it beforehand, especially since they want press/influencers to have a heads up
They would have announced it beforehand, especially since they want press/influencers to have a heads up
Very reliable insiders have hinted as such. It won't be an E3 style event but there will be news, potentially Lockheart reveal. Unclear if we'll hear anything about Halo.
Nothing saying they didn't already do that, then ask them to be quiet about it until a certain date.
Assuming it's just another online info dump or something, it's also not really something that would require a ton of advance preparation for the media.
In fact, that's likely why there is so much buzz in the first place!
I hope you're right.
Actually, in my mind i was imagining an event with people in attendance and completely forgot about the whole COVID-19 aspect.
So yeah, since it's a stream, it might not need so much notice.
In fact that's exactly what they did for the hardware reveal last month.
I dunno, if players are actually in control instead of watching a canned animation I bet the attitude would be completely different, it works in a ton of other games.
That was before Fortnite, Overwatch, and the whole trend developing. Different times
May 7th is strictly 3rd party stuff. MS is holding a summer event for their first party.
This is hardly indicative of that.
They were always planning on waiting till E3 to show the game. The fact that E3 was cancelled doesn't mean 343 would completely change up their plans to show the game earlier.
I mean I understand not showing gameplay. But they have literally given us jack over the past 2 years. Not even the faintest hint of a story snippet or what the enemies and such will be.
I think things are moving along fine, they've had five years and 343i has been good at staying on schedule in the past (save MCC, but I don't think they were 100% responsible for its development)
Now the TV show on the other hand...
Was playing halo 1 in mcc last night, the remade version is running like ass on the x1x, but the og mode is a good 60fps.
The game was ahead of its time, such a cool sense of mystery and exploration i hope they go this direction with infinite.
The game was ahead of its time, such a cool sense of mystery and exploration i hope they go this direction with infinite.
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It is not hard to figure out that they are going to have their first gameplay reveal be for the XSX. You shouldn't have expected anything else until the next gen showcase.
I noticed the same with halo 2 anniversary. The intro to Uprising ran surprisingly badly.
I mean every show and movie is on hold now.
I think things are moving along fine, they've had five years and 343i has been good at staying on schedule in the past (save MCC, but I don't think they were 100% responsible for its development)
Now the TV show on the other hand...
Its the lack of content/hype building/flighting/beta news
It's also the troubling departures and other reviews and such
Hope to be proven wrong but I'm worried
Fuck me i need Halo Infinite info,started playing Halo Reach campaign yesterday that shit holds incredibly well a decade later,Bungie thank you.
And guys lets not forget theres a Halo TV series coming,with a character description that reads "an orphaned human who was raised by the alien Covenant and shares their contempt for humanity".
And guys lets not forget theres a Halo TV series coming,with a character description that reads "an orphaned human who was raised by the alien Covenant and shares their contempt for humanity".
Prior to that it wasn't looking good either, it was announced in 2013 and I don't think we got any information until 2019, and last I heard they were having issues finding a director to stick with the project.
Oh I didn't know that, yikes
I would realistically expect Halo Infinite to run really bad on OG Xbox One.
Something like Dynamic Resolution with 900p as max target but with an actual average of 720-800p.
Assets resolution, details and post-processing will also be lower, and obviously zero ray tracing support.
This way framerate will not drop much from 60fps and will still be playable/competitive against Xbox One X, Series X and PC Multiplayer base.
Load times will for sure be a lot more and longer compared to Series X tho.
Oh word, guess I had the timeline of events mixed up. Well regardless, still hoping for the best
Yeah from what I understand it was shooting, though I dunno if covid stuff interfered with production.
Still don't like the freedom they took in changing key characters and backstory like Jacob and Miranda Keyes.
It seems the series will drift considerebly from the Halo Canon and only because of TV Production enforced diversity or ethics, or just for the appeal the series would have for a broader audience.
Unfortunately I fear most Halo fans will be disappointed by it, but we'll see.
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