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[Rumour] Brad Sams: Halo Infinite To Have Battle Royale Component, Different From Apex/Fortnite, New Trailer Might Kick Off E3 Show
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This is going to be the Halo OT if they see sprint.This cheered me up though from the pics thread.
A little late to the party no? I honestly thought they were going the game as a service/looter shooter route.
This is true. I made a Battle Royale mode in Reach, complete with waiting room at the start. If people want it now they can make it now.
This cheered me up though from the pics thread.
Become legend and throw in Tribes skiing, make people made in a brand new way.
I should visit that thread more often.This cheered me up though from the pics thread.
But im talking years of story content in addition to multiplayer. I can only hope.
Nice answer. Halo is the only MP game that has me switching between modes so often. In other games I only get attached to one as the definitive mode.But I like Fortnite and Apex a LOT. I have never made any digs at that mode or those games. It was a pun about the acronym.
The only reason I even comment isn't because I don't think people should want that mode -- but to clarify that the game isn't being transformed into a "Battle Royale clone" and to point out that the ruleset and concept are not a genre - but a popular social mode and experience that show off two very different underlying games to good effect -- and obviously are ways that players can move comfortably between very different game play mechanics with the context of familiar rules - just as Quake players were able to adjust to Halo through ctf and other modes - the games themselves are fundamentally different.
Halo has always contained a mix of different mp modes and you'd be hard pushed to get consensus on slayer vs btb since the experiences are disparate in content and style and pace. Sure - the baseline gunplay is the same. But Btb is a "full sandbox" experience with a broader matrix of stuff and Slayer is a focused subset in a big venn diagram. There's no "right" mode except for the one you like.
So... what I'm getting is that Halo Infinite is a massive sandbox with an insanely powerful Forge mode which allows the community to guide the direction of the game. So yeah, why make a BR mode when the community will do it better, crank out the content faster, and be more agile? If Halo still has a niche in this market it's probably the creativity afforded by Forge.
There's a first time for everything, but the first and only Halo game to ever have campaign DLC was Halo Wars 2 :V
How about no? We can get a fleshed out campaign like any other Halo and then get story DLC.
I hope reactions like this don't sour them on the concept of matches that start with spartans dropping onto a map out of the sky. You could do lots of cool non-br things with that, or even just use it as an opening flair.
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Anyways, it almost tilts me to realize that there are probably multiple people in this thread who will go all the way until launch without having read Frank's comments here, even though they posted after him. Almost.
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Anyways, it almost tilts me to realize that there are probably multiple people in this thread who will go all the way until launch without having read Frank's comments here, even though they posted after him. Almost.
I think Campaign Forge or Forge with AI would be more interesting than BR anything if you ask me.
If we ever get Forge with AI, I can promise that I would probably play that Halo title every week for the rest of my life.
I can see why 343i would not want to be perceived as copying, but BR is massive now and probably won't be going away.
I hope they go all in on Halo's classic modes but i have to admit, i would love to see an ODST BR game....seems made for it!!
I hope they go all in on Halo's classic modes but i have to admit, i would love to see an ODST BR game....seems made for it!!
That's it, they're not doing a proper Battle Royale multiplayer nor they're focusing on it.
They (or us, the community) could create something similar with Forge or Social Playlist, but it will be a normal gametype to be added in some matchmaking playlist and nothing more.
Halo will continue to be Halo after all.
I think people underestimate the amount of resources required to launch a new feature gametype.
If you look at Halo 5- Warzone was the big new gametype, and it obviously took a lot of the team's attention to be able to ship it day one.
Then, when look at what WASN'T shipped day one - BTB, KOTH, ODDBALL, FORGE, ASSAULT, INFECTION, TERRITORIES, JUGGERNAUT, RACE, 1-FLAG, VIP, FIREFIGHT, ETC - it's easy to see why people might be fearful of another large gametype that will require a lot of developer attention and resources to execute properly.
I really do hope that the engine, Custom Options, Forge, scripting and content discovery in Halo:I are powerful enough to allow player to craft and promote dev quality game modes - I think that would lead to better new output than 343 trying to guess/extrapolate the new ways people want to play, at the expense of old favorites.
Infinity Arena, Spartan Ops, and H5s lack of launch content suggest that the tea leaves have a tendency to lead 343 astray.
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Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if Halo Infinite has a new big MP mode that is vaguely BR inspired, which is where this rumor came from, but not really a BR at all, nor is it the focus.
Can't wait to get a peek, but honestly, my expectations just aren't high with news of stuff like this. I felt like the focus on war zone left other modes wanting and would rather not see it happen again. Really not much faith in 343 if I'm being honest, but gotta just wait and see what they come up with.
I think Stinkles' comment if we parse the words down and look at its semantics, leaves some validity to this rumor.
I would definitely not be surprised if there's a Warzone/BR hybrid that involve enemy AI and Req stations to call in stuff when you've survived long enough or killed a lot of people/AI or looted stuff.
It might even be a standalone F2P mode which I feel like it would do VERY well.
I would definitely not be surprised if there's a Warzone/BR hybrid that involve enemy AI and Req stations to call in stuff when you've survived long enough or killed a lot of people/AI or looted stuff.
It might even be a standalone F2P mode which I feel like it would do VERY well.
But imagine dropping in ODST pods.
Infinite could be far out. Things could still change. At any time they could pivot or add it in.
Fortnite was original just a wave based builder game. Then they pivot all into BR. Anything could happen.
Infinite could be far out. Things could still change. At any time they could pivot or add it in.
Fortnite was original just a wave based builder game. Then they pivot all into BR. Anything could happen.
I think you read too deep into what Stinkles wrote....or not deep enough. Although that last part makes me think you didn't actually read it at all.
I don't know... he said that there are no plans for people on a blimp jumping to an island. He keeps mentioning BR being a singular thing and that's not something he's a fan of.
I'm saying there's a possibility of a BR *inspired* game mode. Maybe not at launch, but eventually.
Right, but that seems different than you said before. My point is he more or less squashed the rumor.
Anyway, I'm in the br for battle rifle camp. I am in the VR camp though. I know it wont happen for Infinite, but god I would love some virtual reality Halo eventually. I had a dream about a Halo Holodeck sort of experience, and my dreams of the future are probably right like 5% of the time. Therefore, I deduce that that Halo will have a VR game directly after Halo infinite.
Halo is at its best when you can make something into a game type. That is what Battle Royal should be, a game type in addition to Slayer, CTF, etc. Halo won't 'become" Battle Royal, but Halo can add it.
Hopefully with the new engine 343 puts the custom game options and forge into overdrive. The level of freedom should be insane in Infinite.
Hopefully with the new engine 343 puts the custom game options and forge into overdrive. The level of freedom should be insane in Infinite.
It seems BR or BR like mode could be interpreted as rather vague terms.
For example, if 343 is creating a new interartion of warzone or an evolution of warzone. Brad Sams insider could have meant that as a "BR like experience".
Hypothetically speaking anyway, but seems in the realm of possibility.
For example, if 343 is creating a new interartion of warzone or an evolution of warzone. Brad Sams insider could have meant that as a "BR like experience".
Hypothetically speaking anyway, but seems in the realm of possibility.
I want Infinite to include a SDK for Windows for scripting and map creation.
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Side note: I disagree with Battle Royale not being a genre. In Halo, I don't think a BR mode is it's own genre, but dedicated BR games certainly are, and have their components designed from the ground up to support that style of play. It would be disingenuous to only call PUBG an "FPS".
I understand the sentiment, but I have to basically flatly disagree with the overall conclusion that Batte Royale isn't a genre.
One-life One-bomb Assault/Search and Destroy don't belong in the larger genre, but stuff like CSGO and R6 certainly belong to "Tactical FPS".
You can have a side mode exist without it defining the genre of the rest of the game. Extreme example, but Mortal Kombat Armageddon is not a Kart Racer because of the existence of Motor Kombat.
I understand the sentiment, but I have to basically flatly disagree with the overall conclusion that Batte Royale isn't a genre.
One-life One-bomb Assault/Search and Destroy don't belong in the larger genre, but stuff like CSGO and R6 certainly belong to "Tactical FPS".
You can have a side mode exist without it defining the genre of the rest of the game. Extreme example, but Mortal Kombat Armageddon is not a Kart Racer because of the existence of Motor Kombat.
I hate Battle Royale. What I would like in Halo Infinite is the next step of Big Team Battle / Invasion (Halo Reach). Something like iconic battles from Halo playable in a large-scale multiplayer mode with attackers against defenders : assault on the Citadel, New Mombasa, Attack on the Control room, the Ark, etc.
Something like 24 Spartans II vs 24 Spec-Ops Elites, Honor Guards Ultra and Zealots. With some Elephants / Scorpions and glorious orbital Scarab drops while an epic music is playing.
Something like 24 Spartans II vs 24 Spec-Ops Elites, Honor Guards Ultra and Zealots. With some Elephants / Scorpions and glorious orbital Scarab drops while an epic music is playing.