343's PSA To Halo Fans: 'Please Don't Attack And Accuse People In This Community'

Well thats not true, feels like there more people to hype it up then develop for it

Pretty sure the Halo franchise has never been in a worse position that it is now, even after 5. 343 really should be removed from the franchise because they clearly are not doing it justice.

I've enjoyed Halo Infinite a bunch since launch. Guess that means I got a check coming my way? I'm waiting 343!

While it's certainly true that influencers will see money come from publishers to promote their game every now and then, it doesn't automatically mean anyone that likes something someone else doesn't is being paid to talk nicely about it.

I believe that they could release a Halo kart racer or Halo fishing game, and "die hard fans" would defend them and say they're great additions to the Halo franchise.

That's the problem, Halo has reached cult status. It doesn't matter what kinda trash get added to the franchise, fanboys will defend it.
When in reality, Halo hasn't been good since 3, maybe 4.

Pretty sad that people can't say they enjoy a game anymore without getting abuse. Similar thing happened me on reddit for saying I was loving the game still. Let people enjoy what they enjoy.

The paid in asterisks bothers me. It is almost like they're saying there's something else, or they're not technically paying but still being compensated.

@Fishticon “When in reality, Halo hasn't been good since 3, maybe 4”

My question is hasn’t been good to who? You? The complainers?
Cause i have 160 hours into halo infinite, with 130 hours of that in multiplayer and i am enjoying the H.E double hockey sticks out of it. It’s the most fun with a shooter for me in a long time and connects and works, i have had no connection issues in online matchmaking. Now is it perfect? No, it needs more content, mainly just more maps in my opinion. There is still lots of work to be done for sure, but it is a very fun online shooter and i am for sure not getting paid to play or say my opinion.

343 Halo and Paramount Halo are terrible. At least we still have the Bungie Halo and the MCC - a much better experience.

@Rural-Bandit as a new Halo player binging every Halo game over the last few months, I have to agree with Fishticon. The bungie halo games were dark, mysterious and frustratingly good when playing at higher difficulties. They had a point A to point B and it ended great.

The 343 halo games felt like flipping the coin on the series. They feel like generic action games with master chief splattered there. The forerunners' guardians and knights make no sense. The rampaging Cortana and other AI angle makes no sense either, and Halo 5 is like playing a wild goose chase with no clear indication of who's in the right or in the wrong.

Perhaps you played the original trilogy many years ago and don't remember how great they are and got accustomed to the newer Halo games. But, as the player statistics of HI have shown, even after season 2's launch 2 weeks ago, you are in the minority of Halo fans that actually like the last 3 entries.

@Savage_Joe @Rural-Bandit Yeah, even with the uptick in players on Steam, HI still only has 6k players, which is about 2k more than MCC, and HI is down to tenth most played on xbox most played US. For a F2P Halo game, that's really bad overall. Clearly the community are still unwilling to stay.

And this has been a common story for all 343i Halos (and slightly true of Halo Reach too). The shift in MP gameplay alienates the older base, and fails to create a new one, and this is compounded after 10 years and 3 games.

While this is all ok for those fans who enjoy the recent games, this is bad for the community because they get broken up and move on to other games, it's bad for MS because of loss of revenue and a desperation to maximise the revenue, and it's bad for the dev because they get the pressure of having to please both the angry executives and the angry gamers.

@InterceptorAlpha Influencers don't always get "paid", they usually get "perks". Kinda like how Reviewers were never paid, but they most certainly could get blacklisted.

I see a lot of games having a lot of infuencers and social media types shilling for them. Halo is not one of them.

Alot of people hate on 4 & 5 but they were actually my favourite in the series (didn't play the multiplayer) have no interest in infinite though

I'm (mostly) enjoying Halo Infinite.

Yeah, more content would be nice... and I'm not too enthused about the season 2 additions (apart from King Of The Hill, which I'm enjoying a lot).
But... The core multiplayer game is still a lot of fun (for me).
I haven't always got on well with Halo MP, but I've dug Infinite enough that I've already played more MP hours on it than the other Halos put together.

And, no, I'm not a 343 or MS shill.

It's a shame that so many people seem unhappy with the game.
There are definitely SOME valid concerns...and it's definitely ok to have a friendly open discussion about what works and what doesn't.
But... it does feel like gamers expectations are occasionally unreasonably high (and the same can occasionally be said for gamers sense of entitlement).
This isn't just with regards to Halo, but generally speaking.

Trashing devs and making unfounded accusations towards content creators seems to have become normalised... and that's a pretty sorry state of human behaviour.
Aim higher people... we can be better than that 👍

@Savage_Joe I wouldn’t say i liked 5 outside of it had outstanding multiplayer. Halo infinite i enjoyed both the campaign and multiplayer. Halo 4 was underrated in my opinion. I had a fun time playing it. Thought it was one of the better looking games on 360.
But i played the master chief collection right before halo infinite launched and for sure like the first 3 games the best. It’s hard to deny they are just some of the best FPS’s of all time on console.
I have no issues saying Bungie is a better developer than 343. But 343 has made some of my favorite multiplayer shooting as of late. 5 and infinite feel great in ranked arena. For those that don’t like it I respect their opinion, but think that most of it is blown out of portion at times. But the Meta score and me agree’s it’s a very solid game. But i will be excited to see what they can do with Halo now that the Xbox one is no longer on the table.

@Richnj Halo is a 20 year old franchise. There are 16 year olds that only play war zone or Fortnite. Halo has no doubts been shrinking in player base and truth told some of that is due to how good players are and how hard it is to jump in and be competitive.
Yes i have had many of younger kids tell me halo is to hard to get good at and they get killed all the time and quit. But i see your points and think you make some excellent points. Certainly not here to say you are wrong. But i think Halo is as fun as ever right now. Jumping on to ledges and the movement has made me not be able to play the older ones no more in multiplayer. I love the new engine and think the future for us diehard fans will hold some really great content in time and I’m here for all of it. For those that don’t want to play, that is more than ok. Just wish they would keep their comments more to themselves and not complain about a game they don’t play or intend to play. You mention 6K players but around 19K comment and complain about the game.

@antstephenson really loved your post, so well said and i can’t agree enough. Spot on buddy buddy!

Never understand why people who don't like things means they have to be so verbally aggressive towards people who get enjoyment out of the same thing. It works the other way too with people who like stuff telling others they are wrong for not liking it. I think it comes down to people feeling their personal opinion of stuff is some kind of fact and they don't understand the difference between the two. I would like to think this is younger people who know no better too but the sad reality is many adults 40+ still act this way

Hold up… so am I to understand that websites and streamers are not sent exclusive promo kits in an effort to hype up coverage of the game?

@Would_you_kindly Halo 4 is my favorite game in the series. Scored a 9.8 on IGN. Graphics on it on the master chief collection is outstanding. The gunplay is amazing and i am still not sure what the heck fans didn’t like. IGN says 343 out did bungie in its debut and i fully agree.