Punished Miku
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My first time seeing it. Its sick.
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Flintty
Member
Yeah cinematics are ropey for me bit in game is superb and making great use of my C1.
I love it so far. End of first mission felt like an end OG game piece. Second mission got me in the halo feels. Incredible.
Flintty
Member
I didn’t know this but glad I went heroic. Some fights are a bit tasty but feels about right.
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Unity2012
Member
Once I reached the open area... Wow, this is amazing. I waited bout 12mns to see the time change; it is awesome. Loving every minute.
I'm playing on a series S and an Odyssey g5. The game looks beautiful. This is Halo; it feels like Halo. I hope everyone is having a great time.
I'm playing on a series S and an Odyssey g5. The game looks beautiful. This is Halo; it feels like Halo. I hope everyone is having a great time.
Phase
Member
I took a break to make dinner, but I'm dreading this. It auto set all my settings to ultra/high. Guess I'll find out in a bit lol.
BigLee74
Member
Well, I certainly read that wrong to start with
Gave in and remapped grapple to RB. It’s too important to have to take your thumbs off the sticks.
So bumper jumper, grapple on RB, melee on B, reload on X. It’s taking some getting used to, but I’ll persevere. Should help me in MP.
It will totally fuck up my ability to play MCC now, but thems the sacrifices!
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I just started this on pc gamepass.
Runs good with 3080. 4k, maxed out 80+fps in the first junkyard chapter.
The intro is great. I like how the pilot character looks.
1 issue. The banding is pretty bad. You can see stepped gradient around reticle in the dark.
The game don't feel as smooth as if it was running 80fps. Mouse feels pretty jerky.
It might be the lack of any motion blur... which is very weird. I think some motion blur/shutter speed is a must. 80fps is not enough to not include it... not for me.
Runs good with 3080. 4k, maxed out 80+fps in the first junkyard chapter.
The intro is great. I like how the pilot character looks.
1 issue. The banding is pretty bad. You can see stepped gradient around reticle in the dark.
The game don't feel as smooth as if it was running 80fps. Mouse feels pretty jerky.
It might be the lack of any motion blur... which is very weird. I think some motion blur/shutter speed is a must. 80fps is not enough to not include it... not for me.
Phase
Member
It's weird. It's like everything is kind of jittery. I'm also on pc gamepass. I tried turning vsync on but that did nothing. I think I'll add some motion blur like you suggested.
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Sygma
Member
Runs between 60 and 70 fps with everything on ultra @ 1440p in the open world (2080ti), including the pretty large skirmishes happening at times.
And honestly given how bad it looks (even using HQ textures), especially at distance its pretty puzzling. Got zero stuttering to report whatsoever on a 12600k / sata 3 ssd / ddr 4 4400
Also the enemy AI is horrendous holy shit
edit : hdr is awesome tho
And honestly given how bad it looks (even using HQ textures), especially at distance its pretty puzzling. Got zero stuttering to report whatsoever on a 12600k / sata 3 ssd / ddr 4 4400
Also the enemy AI is horrendous holy shit
edit : hdr is awesome tho
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Leyasu
Banned
Is there a texture pack on consoles too?
the_master
Member
I played very little to have an opinion (and I am a massive Halo fan and fanatic) but I am feeling that the grapple hook, being a lot of fun, detracts from the rest.
It makes the environment almost meaningless, makes some vehicles useless (most of them) and makes the scale feel smaller and the sense of discovery, smaller.
But, I have not played nearly enough to have a proper opinion
It makes the environment almost meaningless, makes some vehicles useless (most of them) and makes the scale feel smaller and the sense of discovery, smaller.
But, I have not played nearly enough to have a proper opinion
the_master
Member
Question. When you first go out. Is that map... All the game? Or are there other open world areas?
SenjutsuSage
Banned
This fucking game right now.... omg. Just stepping out into the open world type section for the first time just felt so damn good. It feels so good, I have so many options. The fights just feel perfect. This was how Halo should have always been.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I had one of those moments where I’m about to fall to my death, but I’m instantly saved by a grapple to a ledge. This has been a fun game.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
It's a sandbox, that is your most powerful new sandbox tool. I'm not getting that vibe so far about the grapple, and I just plain take things in when I can. Don't use it when I don't need to, but when I do, it allows me to discover some interesting things. Without the grapple I would have never discovered a cool little forerunner cave section that I located. I'm going to make certain to take the time to utilize every tool at my disposal because that's what makes the sandbox as fun as humanely possible. The grapple is crucial in it gives you a chance to evaluate how the fight is going, and what you may need to change in your approach. Just so good.
Badlucktroll
Member
Halo Infinite's Open World Was Reportedly Cut Down From a Zelda-Like Size - IGN
Halo Infinite's open world was reportedly cut down from a scale similar to that of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, to what it is today. Apparently, almost two-thirds of the planned game was chosen to be cut in in the move.
splattered
Member
Whatever was cut will most likely be repurposed as large campaign dlcs like destiny does it. I'm cool with that.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Halo Infinite's Open World Was Reportedly Cut Down From a Zelda-Like Size - IGN
Halo Infinite's open world was reportedly cut down from a scale similar to that of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, to what it is today. Apparently, almost two-thirds of the planned game was chosen to be cut in in the move.www.ign.com
It's large enough. Sometimes too big isn't always better. And that can be utilized for the future of where they take the game. So long as the space we have they utilize well to tell a solid, tight narrative.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Good point. I stopped playing Witcher III after the initial map opens to the bigger map. Beside the ass console controls I just didn't want that much to do, felt repetitive at that point.
TaroYamada
Member
OK now I have installed everything and it shows Gaming Services when I try to play it with no option to update or install. The state of game pass on PC is completely unacceptable. It's been five hours since launch.
Mister Wolf
Member
This game will obviously get additional single player campaigns that explore more of the giant ring.
Flash Junkins
Member
Review:.
It's Halo alright.
I don't like the big baddy.
It's Halo alright.
I don't like the big baddy.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Does anyone else notice how in performance mode the cutscene animations (most notably the facial animations) are still in 30 fps?
Guess they just mocapped it at 30 and then didn't do any cleanup or hook it up to any middleware to take care of lipsynch at any other framerate...kinda disappointing.
Guess they just mocapped it at 30 and then didn't do any cleanup or hook it up to any middleware to take care of lipsynch at any other framerate...kinda disappointing.
Agent_Nobody
Banned
I got stupidly paranoid of using the grapple right at the beginning of the game and tried my damndest not to use it because they put a 1 next to it and I thought it was one time use like multiplayer….then I found out it refills itself after 5 minutes of trying to figure a way across an impossible jump. 
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ManaByte
Member
Wasn't that always the idea, thus the title "infinite"
sainraja
Member
Just played the beginning portion of the campaign and I am enjoying it more than I thought I would — the differences from other FPS games are in a way refreshing which was something I thought would take getting used to. For some reason I didn't feel this way when playing the multiplayer but in campaign mode it is refreshing. So far so good!
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The only complaint I have so far (I will get used to it and I know we can re-map buttons, but I try to stick to defaults) is that the grapple hook is mapped to the RB button when it should be LB given that's where it [the grapple hook) comes off of the character. Kind of a weird design choice if you ask me for it being the default. I can understand it given it's probably used for grenade throws in previous Halos/most games.
EDIT
The only complaint I have so far (I will get used to it and I know we can re-map buttons, but I try to stick to defaults) is that the grapple hook is mapped to the RB button when it should be LB given that's where it [the grapple hook) comes off of the character. Kind of a weird design choice if you ask me for it being the default. I can understand it given it's probably used for grenade throws in previous Halos/most games.
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Halo is Back
Member
Slight spoiler at the beginning of the game:
How the hell did Atriox die? I was hoping he would be the main villain since he carried over from HW2 and the badass cutscene in the beginning.
Flintty
Member
I dont think he’s dead. They can’t create such beef between him and Chief and then have him die off screen. Nobody has ever kicked Chief’s arse that he’s. Gotta be something big coming.
VAVA Mk2
Member
Already on Spotify and Apple Music.
ManaByte
Member
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Sygma
Member
Nah it gives so much verticality to the actual usage of the environment, especially outside that I can't think of anything bad about it
Spaceman292
Banned
"Cut half of it out and sell it back for even more! How generous!"
Nah man thats shit
Agent_Nobody
Banned
You’re likely asking for another spoiler as an answer. It would have happened when the Chief is out cold, so the player isn’t supposed to know yet. It’s not explained in the stuff outside the game so you’re not missing anything if that’s what you’re worried about.
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Reizo Ryuu
Member
Man even the skewer has low fps/juddery reload animations, hope this is just a bug.
WoodyStare
Member
Grappling an enemy and lunging towards them with a sword never gets old. Also love how effective it is with taking out jackal shields.
LordOfChaos
Member
So the PC Xbox app and Xcloud/Game Pass Ultimate are still hot doodoo huh
Click install, install all, nothing happens. No visible verification of downloading at all. Eventually after moving on to other things, there's two downloads. Halo Infinite campaign and Season 1 multiplayer. Don't want the MP to download first so I pause that. Campaign install goes away??
Try Cloud streaming...Unplayable for an FPS at least where I am. Close it out, cancel all downloads, try again. This game is not available to stream in your location, which it just did...
Ughh.
Click install, install all, nothing happens. No visible verification of downloading at all. Eventually after moving on to other things, there's two downloads. Halo Infinite campaign and Season 1 multiplayer. Don't want the MP to download first so I pause that. Campaign install goes away??
Try Cloud streaming...Unplayable for an FPS at least where I am. Close it out, cancel all downloads, try again. This game is not available to stream in your location, which it just did...
Ughh.
Aguero9320
Member
I’ve only played part of the first section (stupid busy schedule) but really good so far.
If they can deliver a couple of campaign content drops each year this could be the future… No more waiting years for the next instalment. If it works out that way, I definitely approve.
If they can deliver a couple of campaign content drops each year this could be the future… No more waiting years for the next instalment. If it works out that way, I definitely approve.
Bilbo Baggins
Member
This game feels wonderful to play. It's Halo Evolved, easily the best work yet from 343 & I love it.