I've been logging each season of Halo Infinite as I've finished the battle passes for the past year or so now. I stopped playing the game during the first season because of how unbearable it was to play, but hopped back on during the tail-end of season three. Since then, I had been playing it daily.
I left reviews for every season up to three. I was currently playing through season four, as well as the new operations. I had a whole layout planned in my head where I was going to talk about how the integration of the infection mode was poorly done, how 343's weird obsession with adding pointless things to the mode completely ruins it every time, but how ultimately, the season felt like a step in the right direction. I was excited to write that when I finished the infection battle pass.
But I just can't. I can't bother playing this anymore.
The removal of the daily xp rewards, and the horrendous implementation of spartan points has completely obliterated the fun of this game for me. I don't have fun playing matches because the skill based matchmaking puts me against people who are either sweaty try-hards or people who are way to easy to obliterate. I don't have fun with the customization because of how boring and pointless every piece of it feels. And now, I can't even easily level up once a day. There is just nothing left to enjoy. I can't even have a good time playing with my friends anymore.
I'm just done with this game now. I sure hope the next Halo installment fixes all of this game's problems. But I have my doubts.
I left reviews for every season up to three. I was currently playing through season four, as well as the new operations. I had a whole layout planned in my head where I was going to talk about how the integration of the infection mode was poorly done, how 343's weird obsession with adding pointless things to the mode completely ruins it every time, but how ultimately, the season felt like a step in the right direction. I was excited to write that when I finished the infection battle pass.
But I just can't. I can't bother playing this anymore.
The removal of the daily xp rewards, and the horrendous implementation of spartan points has completely obliterated the fun of this game for me. I don't have fun playing matches because the skill based matchmaking puts me against people who are either sweaty try-hards or people who are way to easy to obliterate. I don't have fun with the customization because of how boring and pointless every piece of it feels. And now, I can't even easily level up once a day. There is just nothing left to enjoy. I can't even have a good time playing with my friends anymore.
I'm just done with this game now. I sure hope the next Halo installment fixes all of this game's problems. But I have my doubts.
It is honestly sad to see that now this game is essentially finished, it has kind of been abandoned.
Yes, content is way more regular now and yes, they are releaing some really cool shit! Where the issue lies is the fact that the store is probally at its worst. 88% of content in events you have to pay for now and if you were to buy it all it would cost hundreds of pounds. Now seasons are gone, it reeally feels like they don't care about this game anymore and have moved away from it. My response to this is if they don't care, then why should I?
This review is kind of a closing statement on Infinite's multiplayer as a whole for me. I do like it and I still play once a week if not more but my interest is slowly fading as the devs clearly are starting to move away from it just as it got to its peak which is such a shame. Everyone was raving on about how good it will be that we get a F2P Halo game and from the second they announced this I felt like I was the only person not happy about it as I predicted exactly what has become of this game and how heavily it would focus on paid content.
Overall, I do like this game a lot but it is just ifuriating as a long time fan to see my favourite franchsie fall to the lows of live service. I think has been mace clear again and again that live service games do not work. It is an excuse to release an unfinished game and this is a prime example.
Yes, content is way more regular now and yes, they are releaing some really cool shit! Where the issue lies is the fact that the store is probally at its worst. 88% of content in events you have to pay for now and if you were to buy it all it would cost hundreds of pounds. Now seasons are gone, it reeally feels like they don't care about this game anymore and have moved away from it. My response to this is if they don't care, then why should I?
This review is kind of a closing statement on Infinite's multiplayer as a whole for me. I do like it and I still play once a week if not more but my interest is slowly fading as the devs clearly are starting to move away from it just as it got to its peak which is such a shame. Everyone was raving on about how good it will be that we get a F2P Halo game and from the second they announced this I felt like I was the only person not happy about it as I predicted exactly what has become of this game and how heavily it would focus on paid content.
Overall, I do like this game a lot but it is just ifuriating as a long time fan to see my favourite franchsie fall to the lows of live service. I think has been mace clear again and again that live service games do not work. It is an excuse to release an unfinished game and this is a prime example.