Halo Infinite Campaign Mission Select is 'Coming Later' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 December 2021 / 3,292 Views
343 Industries officially launched the Halo Infinite campaign this past Wednesday, December 8. There are some features that missed the launch and are being worked on. Co-op will be coming in the future, along with the ability to select missions.
"You cannot replay missions in campaign at this point of time," said 343 Associate Creative Director Paul Crocker in an interview with Stevivor. "It's part of what is coming later. The main reason is because, being a more open game and a nonlinear game, it became incredibly challenging. It's not that it doesn't work, it's just that it's not finished.
"We made the decision to make a better game, to improve the quality of the game so we could then add the features — just like co-op. And that is that is disappointing for us as the people who made it, but it was, also, the better option for us to make a better game and add that later."
He added, "[Level select] is all part of this stuff that’s being worked on the moment, and obviously we haven't announced a date. The reason I‘m being a bit cagey is I honestly don't know exactly, but people are working that even now. It's coming… is the only answer we can give."
Halo Infinite is available for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
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Sigh. I love Halo, but I'm kinda tired of games launching in an incomplete state. Just take a decade if you have to. I'll wait.
currently playing halo on xcloud from my blackberry phone and linked to my monitor via hdmi, without any lag suprisingly, all for $1. This is my first halo title. so far it's good.
Yes, XCloud is great. The gameplay of Halo Infinite is also great. As your first Halo experience, I'm sure the missing features that we're talking about don't negatively impact you as much, as you don't miss them. Just know that Halo isn't supposed to be missing these things, and it is even better when it is complete.
Have you played any PvP via this setup? I'd be interested to know if you're able to be competitive. If so, that would mean that there is essentially no lag of any kind, which would be amazing.
I haven't tried it yet, but then againt i'm not into competitive gaming like I was when I was younger. But I would assume I will lag.
What I have noticed is that resolution doesn't always hit 1080p. Could be because i'm running on performance mode, the frame rate seems consistent at 60fps. Resolution might be 900 to 1000p.
If you do play any PVP, please post your results.
I played some Destiny via xcloud a couple of months ago and had a great experience. But, I didn't play any PvP either.
Experimenting more with xcloud is on my agenda for my time off around Christmas.....
Frankly, I think it is ridiculous that you cannot select missions and co-op is not available at launch. Those are core to the Halo experience.
The PVP is a lot of fun, and the first three missions of the campaign are great too (I haven't played beyond that). But, that doesn't excuse them for releasing an unfinished game. It's nice that it's not loaded with bugs and crap like some other recent releases that should have been delayed. But, lacking these two features that are such an integral part of Halo is inexcusable, in my opinion.
Every complaint is valid, but I'm still happy it launched even as is. They can spend the next year fixing it.
While that's fine, this is a flagship AAA game that's had plenty of time and money put at it's disposal that's missing features, these aren't bugs.
Being a flagship AAA game doesn't mean all problems during development are avoided. It doesn't matter if we are talking bugs or features. Both can be addressed via patches.
Halo 4 was an impressive product but changes disappointed fans. Halo MCC was a rushed product that was virtually broken and didn't get fixed until years later. Halo 5 clearly had development problems given the short, underwhelming campaign and lacking popular features of the series. Halo Infinite is actually a vast improvement in many ways even though the project looked rough a year ago. I assume in the coming months or year it will be a more ideal Halo experience, but thus far its already something fans are really enjoying.
So lets not ignore what matters. Halo Infinite will get fixed, but MS needs to circle back and fix Halo 5.
I have to disagree Features and bugs are two different things, and all you have done is point out a long litany of underperformance.
Then let me clarify. Bugs can be addressed. Features can be added. Gears of War 5 or Halo MCC are good examples. A lot of the complaints can and may be addressed with patches.
Hence, we have already seen MS greatly improving games with patches. Many rather play Halo Infinite now versus waiting for it to be truly complete. The positive reception confirms that.
The point is we shouldn't have to wait , plus this is 343 who on an article on this website said we have learned and are dedicated to only putting games out only when they are ready .
We shouldn't have to wait? You mean a complete product should simply be available? Yeah, that would be ideal.
So anyway, what's available is good. Wait for patches if you don't like it. Like many of us that have skipped Cyberpunk thus far.
Well it was in previous Halo's so yes
No. Previous games had bugs fixed and features added via patches, updates, DLC, etc.
I'm talking about core features that have being in previous halo's and are expected, so yes those previous games were more complete compared to infinite .
Depends where you draw the line at core features. People have complained about previous Halo games lacking features at launch that were in other games.
Also, the structure of Halo Infinte's campaign is completely different than previous games. Which might have something to do with this feature requiring extra work.
Anyway, you keep sharing your gripes but that doesn't change the fact people are enjoying this game as is (me included). But I wouldn't blame people opting to wait a year or whatever for patches to address bugs and add features.
In fact, I plan to complete the game Halo Infinite in the near future. Then play it again after updates. Gears 5 made many changes since I played it at launch, so I want to revisit that game as well.
I get it you don't care, still you waiting for them to fix Halo 5 has made me more confident in them and when they do my concerns or in your words gripes that you said were legitimate may dissipate till then adios amigo.
Yes the AI is better but the enemy are still cheating shits come up from a hidden position and they magically know your there getting hit at sniper range by midrange enemy guns it reminds me of the times when you would press on the grenade button with it no grenades and they'd jump out of the way.
This game is still not ready.
Having played every game since Reach solo, lack of co-op wasn’t such a big deal for me. This feels more of a glaring omission. The same excuse could have worked for ODST, but it launched there just fine.
Good article!
At least they accomplished their goal too of the game being rock solid. I've not had a single crash in 10 hours, and no bugs (except for gsync doesn't work). For open world, the incredible lack of bugs is unusual honestly, so removing features temporarily was clearly intended for them to focus on bug squashing.
The gameplay is pretty great. I was pleasantly surprised. It is an amazing open world template for future Mass Effect games, or even Borderland games. I love it. It is also still not really finished. The game would be FREAKING AMAZING with co-op on the hardest difficulty but it isn't there. My soldiers will sit beneath my vehicle spawn and die for no reason? Funny but unfinished.
Best game of 2021? Maybe. I'm really loving it so far. The main issue is that performance is low on PC with even a GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti. You need an RTX 3060 or 3070 at minimum. I'm using a 3070 now just for 1080p... had to buy a new GPU just for this game. At least unlike Cyberpunk or Anthem (that one hurt) it was worth it.
Talking from the game side rather than the technical , i like it but it feels a bit soulless the marines don't have any character like past games where it felt like they were actually part of the action , they won't commandeer vehicles or allow you to be the gunner on the warthog it's not like the more open map stops any of this from being in the game.
people like making a big deal with these missing components,
and they have every right to,
but in time the game will improve u just have to wait thats the problem haha like cyberpunk just wait til it gets better
Why it's X boxes flagship title and they have had plenty of time and money put at their disposal , it's simply not good enough .
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