Just a few days ago, we heard courtesy of Windows Central's Jez Corden that Halo Infinite was supposedly getting "some form of battle royale" in the future, described as a "huge investment". Now, a new set of details from the Twitter account InfiniteLeaks have appeared to shed a bit more light on the massive mode.
According to InfiniteLeaks, the game mode appears to be known internally as "Tatanka", and could feature four main ways to play - "Default", "DefaultBots", "Duos", and "Quads". In regards to bot lobby sizes specifically, they might feature up to 100 bots, where you can either compete in "last player surviving wins" or "last team wins".
As you can see above, it seems like the mode will feature some kind of objective system called "Operations" as well. All of this should be taken with a pinch of salt — nothing official has been announced by 343 Industries as of yet.
The recent report from Jez Corden mentioned that Certain Affinity has been working on this rumoured battle royale-style mode for over two years, and it's set to be "a big Call of Duty: Warzone scale undertaking." However, he and others have cautioned fans not to expect a "direct mirror" of something like PUBG or Apex Legends:
How are you feeling about the rumoured Halo Infinite battle royale? Let us know down below.
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I hope it’s a good old-fashioned BR. Quads, trios, duo, singles. Just play to win and that’s it. It’s been a long time since I’ve enjoyed an FPS MP experience, but this has potential, if it’s true. If it’s not, well… that’s ok. I liked the campaign for Infinite. Even if it’s my least favorite Halo mp experience, at least it was a wonderful campaign and one of my favorites in the series there.
The BR space is gonna be busy, but great...
Apex Legends is terrific.
Fortnite is SO much more accessible and fun with the new Zero Build mode.
There's CoD Warzone for people that like that kinda thing (not for me).
Now, hopefully, Halo will keep being Halo while adding the fun of BR.
Gonna be great flipping between games, keeping things fresh.
@antstephenson I thinks so too. I flip between Apex and Halo Infinite these days.
I tried getting into Zero Build Fortnite and couldn’t juggle three games. Apex narrowly beat Fortnite for my other game I play.
I dropped the game around level 51 because of all the desync issues at the time. Getting back on before Season 2 drops to see how things have changed. I have little to no experience with BR's, let's see how they do (if it exists).
@RedSabat speaking as someone who has played hundreds of hours of battle royale games I'll say this. Personally, a battle royale has the capability of producing greater highs and lows than an arena shooter.
Typically a BR game is a single life (unless you get rez'd by team mates) so that feeling of overcoming and beating everyone feels great. Sadly, it can also be super disappointing if fall short and lose.
Arena shooters can obviously be super exciting and you have some really great moments but they don't always reach the same peak as BR games because generally when you die you come back. Death is a huge deal and frankly I'm glad we have both types of games.
I don't play BR games to relax. I enjoy the additional immersion of great sound design and the feeling of having to watch out for other players. It's stressful it's hunt or be hunted. Every engagement could be the last and third partying (when an additional team joins in) can game ruining.
Finally loot is a big difference too. Arena shooters. Everyone has a weapon and the items spawn in predictable places. BR games, generally no one starts with a weapon and items are randomly added to the map. A lot of BR games also include multiple attachments to weapons so you can have progression in the game. It can be really annoying to lose out if you don't have certain items because an enemy has better items.
So, yea. I'm glad the arena shooter exists so I don't have to end my game when I die and can still enjoy a great shooter. Plus, predictable weapons.
As long as the money made from BR goes into making a bigger campaign faster I am happy. I also think BR is more noob-friendly than an arena shooter in some ways.
@ParsnipHero
I'll second this 👍
I love arena shooters and I'm happy with Halo arena and BTB... This is my go-to shooter for when I want to disengage my brain and chill out.
However, BR games provide moments of excitement and tension that arena just can't match.
The tension of teaching the final 3 and being pinned in a small area is just perfect and can have you screaming at your TV 😆
Great to play a mix of both, depending on mood.
As someone who has only dabbled in BRs, they seem highly dependent on loot and huge gear variety. I think avoiding that could make Halo BR much better.
@ParsnipHero I see a lot of hate on BR's online, in the past particularly for Halo. But the mode sounds fun if that's what one likes or wants at that moment. I say a BR can work for Halo if it is not the sole focus. If all modes see love, care and new content, then by all means. I'd give it a shot, but mostly cuz of the Halo theme.
@antstephenson You and Parsnips are having me hope this exists in Halo now. Lol
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