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"So many amazing Forgers have just given up" — Halo Infinite just lost its best Forge creators over lack of support (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Microsoft has been weird with this game. They hyped it up as launch title, game for 10 years, when it was far from ready. They released it a year later, with decent multiplayer and single player, but slowed down right after season 1. They woke up and got Forge working and then slept again. Even the recent showcase had the usual ESO and FO76 updates but nothing about Halo Infinte. Now they are teasing something new for next year, without even asking users to consider playing Halo Infinte in the interim time.

Even Forza Motorsport plan seems to be similar. Hyped game as 'platform', meh launch, even meh support, no mention in their showcase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Forza Motorsport

Yeah, it seems weird to me.

It looks like they have the framework for a more elaborate multiplayer/matchmaking system and... just didn't really use it?

I am not even touching FM now because the 10-minute races are so awful (and they got rid of all the 20 minute ones).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is sad. I was a Halo fanatic. I read every book. I owned a three foot metal energy sword for god’s sake. Watching 343 waffle on what the hell to do on the game side has been frustrating. They had plenty of bright spots in their games (I actually liked warzone in halo 5…) but they lacked vision and conviction in the storytelling that I think really contributed to the fan exodus.

I hope they can turn things around with their new name and new leadership, but I’m not holding my breath.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I owned a three foot metal energy sword for god’s sake.

As someone who works in metal fabrication, thank you for the idea!