

Even then, expect to get 'problem with dedicated server errors' when you find something that takes your fancy. There's no in-game tutorials (official ones are provided on YouTube, and I'm sure many community-made videos will join them) and the recommendation system is pretty poor, surfacing 343-made launch maps and random prefabs up first, forcing you to dig deeper through a trial-and-error combination of filters. This has launched in beta form, and it shows, with both creation and discovery features tricky to get your head around. For first timers, this is surely the best way to play, even if cancelled split-screen co-op would have been just as welcome, and I'm excited to rediscover the whole thing over the coming weeks - especially with the lure of new achievements to sweeten the deal.Īnother long-awaited feature is Forge, Halo's level editing suite. As good as the campaign was at launch, Halo isn't quite the same without a friend - and having multiple players charging into combat with grapple shoots and plasma coils flying is Halo at its chaotic best.
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On a first attempt, our session started after 10 minutes of fumbling through menus and slightly panicked double checking of save states as we tried to line up our respective playthroughs intact.Įven when you're underway, mission replay - another new addition in the update - requires navigating with yet another confusing menu from the map screen, with no obvious sign of the mission order.īut once you get going, the faff is worth it.
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If you played Halo Infinite at launch, working out how to start a new playthrough while keeping your existing unlocks is far from clear. Its belated implementation has the hallmarks of something that's been patched in after the fact.

The headliner is the arrival of online campaign co-op, a series staple that should have been there at release. Despite being pitched as a stopgap before the next full (and recently delayed) Season 3, the Winter Update is substantial, delivering long-awaited features and carefully considered tweaks alike. Our State of the Game from Vikki this summer goes into this in closer detail, but in short, despite being a brilliant return to form for the series, Halo Infinite has been left to dwindle through delayed updates and a clunky live service model that even Microsoft itself admitted it must recover from.Īlmost a year after launch, that recovery starts here. Plenty has been said about the state of Halo Infinite - a game which launched to deserved praise on the strength of its campaign and multiplayer, but has since struggled to gain any real momentum.
