Halo Infinite’s Delay May Have Actually Paid Off
Halo Infinite had a notoriously bad campaign reveal in July 2020, and the subsequent delay has resulted in some promising strides for the game.
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Halo Infinite has had a notoriously difficult development period – perhaps the most troubled in the series’ history. After a lengthy delay which pushed its release from last year into 2021, Halo Infinite will launch without Forge Mode or a campaign on December 8. Despite the relatively incomplete state it will be in upon launch, the delay seems to have had a considerable effect on the level of polish for those game modes that will be ready at release time.
Although many factors likely contributed to Halo Infinite’s delay, including complications from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, an extremely lackluster campaign reveal certainly played a large part in the decision. Infinite is attempting to take the Halo series in an unprecedented direction by converting the campaign to some from of an open world format. There is understandably a lack of detail that can be attributed as inherent to designing a larger game space, but Halo Infinite looked particularly rough from a visual standpoint when early campaign footage was shown off last summer.
Developer 343 Industries has recently re-revealed the Infinite campaign, and the fruits of the last year and change of extra development time are plainly on display. There has been some debate on whether or not some lighting changes in cutscenes are for the better, but Halo Infinite’s graphical transformation has overall pushed the game in the right direction. Character models and environmental textures especially are of much higher quality, but the extra time has likely given 343 a chance to work on the campaign’s game mechanics as well.
Halo Infinite’s Delay Might’ve Helped Multiplayer Too
Though the only real comparison that can made from promotional campaign footage is in regards to its graphics, Halo Infinite’s multiplayer might have had more tangible benefits due to the delay. There’s really no telling what state the multiplayer was in at the time of the infamous campaign reveal, but players have had a chance to participate in multiple test flights. With Halo adopting the now common live service model with its first ever free-to-play multiplayer, fan feedback will likely play a bigger role than ever. Though Halo 5’s multiplayer was generally well-received, Halo Infinite is something of a comeback opportunity for the long-running series.
It won’t be an easy task for Halo Infinite to introduce new, inventive gameplay elements while making sure it still feels like a Halo game. In regards to the multiplayer’s progression over the last year, 343i has been rather transparent. Many games get a beta period, but Infinite’s has been long, with plenty of chances for prospective players to try it out. The long delay to development may have helped the Halo Infinite campaign reach a higher level of polish, but its multiplayer may have benefitted even more from the extra development time.
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