Why this game is so bad - everything wrong with Infinite

[Maximus-XII]

Performance is bad
Netcode sucks
Desync issues
Openworld campaign is generic and bland
Openworld is boring, only 1 biome, rocks and trees
One single H3 mission had more variety than all of Infinites campaign in terms of visuals and gameplay
Friendly AI (marines) is worse than all OG Halo
Marines can't ride on the sides of the Scorpion Tank like all OG Halo
Marines can't drive any vehicles like all OG Halo
Campaign is overpriced
Story is bad
No mission select/replay option
No flood
No ODSTs
No big battles (like scarab fight)
Needs more maps
Needs better maps
Power Weapons are poorly placed on maps
Maps have bad sightlines
Maps lack power positions (example: H2 Lockout Snipe tower / BR Tower)
All the Maps play and look very similar
Maps lack iconic positions / epic plays (examples: H2 Ascension jump down to rockets; H3: Highground driving the mongoose to camo/rockets, H3: Orbital 2 player mongoose launch into rockets, etc.)
HUD design is wrong, all information displayed at the bottom is bad and not Halo
Customization is overprized
Rainbow colours and bunny ears ruin immersion, those are definitely not Halo
Armor coatings do suck and are not Halo
F2P customization and progression is bascially non existant
Challenges do suck
No XP for Kills, Assists, Medals, Winning
24 Player Cap in 2022 is underwhelming
eSports > Fun is bad
Matchmaking system is badly designed
Hidden MMR affects and is affected by Socials and Bot playlists
Bots do suck
Hidden MMR does suck
SBMM does suck
343's Anticheat does suck
No in-game report system
No player collision with teammates like all OG Halo
Motion tracker is 9 meters only instead of 25m like all OG Halo
Random vehicle spawn drops is not Halo and not balanced
Vehicle balancing and handeling is off and not Halo
Banshee hp values are to low
Banshee backflip is off (moves the model forward instead of backwards like all OG Halo)
Chopper does not oneshot vehicles when boosted like all OG Halo
Plasmapistol does not emp vehicles like all OG Halo
"Enhanced" movement, sprint, clamber, slide is not Halo
"Enhanced" movement is a lie
Permanently sprint slide jumping arround the Map is not Halo
Gameplay does not feel like Halo
Gunplay is off
No dual wielding
No Sniper ricochet bullets like H3
Mouse and Keyboard versus Controller is not balanced
No red reticle
Hitmarkers are not Halo
Needs more playlists
Needs more iconic game modes
Menus are poorly designed
Menus are buggy and laggy
No playable Elites
No Assassinations
No Forge
No Co-op
No Theater profile showcase like Halo 3
Theater is buggy
No Custom games browser
Custom games are buggy
No ingame service records
No pregame lobbies
No postgame lobbies
No map voting
No Firefight
343 communication to players is bad
343 operating at snail speed
343 heavily outsourcing developement
Season 2 was underwhelming
Droppods are underwhelming
Delays, Delays, Delays (last minute to fool the community into hope)
Playercount is abysmal, the game is dead

Feel free to add, so long, cya in Halo 3

[bradams]

I add that starting out with the sidekick (A power weapon when controllers bullet magnetism completely negates the effect of bloom and auto-directs all shots to the head) makes all matches go the exact same. No reason to fight over weapon spawns on the map cause nothing on the map is strong enough to be worth dying over when the sidekick is so good. So instead of engaging firefights over weapons that can make or break a match, its just people hugging walls mashing the fire button as fast as they can when they see an enemy. Every single firefight. And since every firefight is the exact same, with the same weapon, against a player with the same weapon, mixed with the fact that every map is also the same 3 lane MOBA style with slightly different textures on the walls also means every map is the same. So you are having the same firefight on the same map over and over from the first minute you start the game till you uninstall. Infinite has less variety to its gameplay than literally running on a treadmill does.

[Horselover Fat]

Originally posted by bradams:

I add that starting out with the sidekick (A power weapon when controllers bullet magnetism completely negates the effect of bloom and auto-directs all shots to the head) makes all matches go the exact same. No reason to fight over weapon spawns on the map cause nothing on the map is strong enough to be worth dying over when the sidekick is so good. So instead of engaging firefights over weapons that can make or break a match, its just people hugging walls mashing the fire button as fast as they can when they see an enemy. Every single firefight.

I have literally never encountered a match like this. People use the other weapons all the time.

[lemstryz]

This game had so much potential just for 343 to fumble the bag. How tf you make a live service game but barely have any content nor communication with the playerbase.

[yungthirstquencher1350]

Originally posted by Max:

it's literally "343 bad, bungie good"

you're exactly right on that. 343 bad, bungie good.

[Tusnayoshi]

Originally posted by Fair²:

Originally posted by Wickendiana:

Infinite rocks, too bad there wasnt enough content to get me pass the 200 hours doe

If you don't play because you have nothing to unlock then the game isn't fun.
I didn't play halo3 for 5k hours to unlock 11 armor sets

First Halo game, didnt play FPS for 12 years, got lv 100 in Season 1 and 2. I have no idea what the challenges are, never read any of them, still I completed all of them and got to level 100. If people just played the game for fun, they'd be happier with it.

[The Commendatore]

There are only two things I can think of this game did decently. Not even good.

Zeta Halo theme.
Master Chief's appearance.

[Oni7]

"gunplay is off" definitely a clown and should not be taken seriously

[Sam]

Originally posted by GoldSpark:

"gunplay is off" definitely a clown and should not be taken seriously

but its true, shooting feels nothing like the original trilogy

[King]

I've got 4 that you missed.

No XP for Kills
No XP for Assists
No XP for Medals
No XP for Winning

[sublimejhn]

I finally fixed it for me. I turned of async compute in the graphics settings and haven't had a crash since

[jet27]

I don't mind the movement, it's pretty fun. And I don't think "gameplay doesn't feel like Halo". It's definitely more Halo than their previous efforts.

Otherwise right on the money.

[Maximus-XII]

Originally posted by King:

I've got 4 that you missed.

No XP for Kills
No XP for Assists
No XP for Medals
No XP for Winning

and challenges are stupid

[Oni7]

Originally posted by Antimate:

Originally posted by GoldSpark:

"gunplay is off" definitely a clown and should not be taken seriously

but its true, shooting feels nothing like the original trilogy

Ahahahaha true it feels way way better.

[Sam]

And now they delayed Coop and Campaign... LMFAO

After 6 years of developement, 500 million USD budget and nearly 1 year after release this crappile still misses all the core features every original Halo shipped with, on day 1.

Can you believe it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbVhw5aakzI

[bubblegumrockya]

I wish halo infinite had half the content that halo 5 launched with to be honest