Welcome to the Halo Infinite MP Beta

343:

On behalf of the entire Halo Infinite team, and in celebration of Halo’s 20th anniversary, I am very happy to announce that your Spartan journey begins… today! Sincerest thanks to the entire Halo community for your support, passion, and feedback. This day belongs to all of you. Whether you’ve been part of the community from the beginning or are joining with us today, welcome!

[Orchard]

Dropping this on a Monday when we just got back to work is unfair :P

In all seriousness though, the MP betas were great and I'm looking forward to jumping into this.
GP is killing it lately, Microsoft are making it pretty damn hard for me to skip on picking up a Series console (if they were actually purchasable...)

[GhostofHorizon]

Halo Infinite MP is free, has nothing to do with Game Pass.

[Orchard]

That part of my statement wasn't relating to the MP but GP all up lately with Forza etc. Although the full Halo Infinite game will be on GP in under a month!

GP's recent performance + Halo MP arriving a month early is making it hard for me to resist Series consoles. Lets see if they can keep it up.

[GhostofHorizon]

Half of full Halo Infinite will be on Game Pass in under a month unless they decided to include co-op after all.

[Orchard]

@Nakiro Now you're just nitpicking - if they intend to launch without it, then that is the 'full game', unless coop is some kind of paid addon day 1.

Coop will follow, but Halo is still going to be fire at launch - and is clearly a good addition to GP.

[anubusgold]

I downloaded Halo on steam because the download speed is way faster 300Mb on steam download compared to 22Mb on gamepass even Ea origin is faster i hit 78Mb sec when i downloaded the new BF .

[KillBill]

The Halo Infinite MP Beta is for GamePass. Game is free but not sure if you can join the "Beta" without GamePass? Looking at the download it had multiple options. One option to buy the game for $0. And one option to download and install the Beta for GamePass.

[anubusgold]

@KillBill The steam version is out as well .

[4Sh0w]

Just finished 4 hours of MP after work. Maaan it feels good, I had some good random teamates, we worked really well together, pushing forward and covering each other, lucky I guess, game is just so satisfying I never felt like I was cheated with some BS kill, daayum just wish I could play all night but I'll get back at it tomorrow...cant wait until the weekend.

[anubusgold]

Who hit disagree? The steam version of halo beta came out the same time that's a fact. The salty pony's want to hit disagree on pure facts you are so sad.

[starsi360]

@ Nakiro
I’d much prefer devs to launch in a good state and be honest about adding coop (or whatever) down the line, than ‘do a Cyberpunk’ and try to release a full package that’s completely broken because they were stretched too thin to get it right

This way they can concentrate on making the core game perfect and add the missing stuff on later, also in a perfect state (hopefully)

[CaptainHenry916]

I been saving so much money with GamePass on PC. The last two months been free because of Microsoft rewards. I can't wait to play Halo Infinite for free

[darthv72]

i know I will get killed like... a lot, but I do love the challenge. Guess im just a glutton for punishment when it comes to these MP games.

[Orchard]

Same... I know I'm going to get my ass handed to me as people start playing hardcore hours and learn the maps etc... but it's still fun!

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[Tedakin]

oh............................ ...................yeah

[Orchard]

https://i.imgur.com/q8lsx2y...

[Magog]

I can't remember the last f2p fps I tried. Maybe I'll pick this one up for a few rounds. Add to those player numbers. 😊

[anubusgold]

Download the steam version the download speed is 3 times faster than xbox app.

[Magog]

I'll just stream it. 👍

[Parasyte]

Probably because there were fewer people downloading it at the same time you were. I would imagine the “slow” download speeds on consoles are because of the amount of people downloading it. I was getting up to 145mbps on my One X when I downloaded it.

[anubusgold]

@Parasyte No the xbox game pass app for pc is a joke it has so many problems some days it works somedays you cant even download any games without it freezing and crashing. And steam i hit 350Mb xbox game pass i only hit 28Mb lol.

[alb1899]

Downloading, what a week!!!

[BenRC01]

I know, forza, bf2042 and now this! Feel a sickie coming on

[Jin_Sakai]

Downloading now! Tech test was tons of fun.

[Vegamyster]

Well that’s a nice surprise.

[eXclurel]

Goddammit I gotta travel to another city and when I return I gotta work overnight. Must power through so I can play this game!

[slowgamer]

I'm not much of a competitive killer but I played few rounds on PC with a controller and managed to get few kills but lost nevertheless. I better tweak a bit more those sensitivity settings but the game feels good and runs quite well.

[TheOtherMoon]

What an awesome release on a day worth celebrating: Happy 20th Xbox, it's been a fun ride.

Alright PS fanboys lets here it:
- Why is this not a big deal?
- Tell us how GP blows?
- Tells us about those PS exclusives that aren't even on Sony's top 5 most played games.

[Deathdeliverer]

You sound a little obsessed…..

[TheOtherMoon]

^^ G.OB.'s not onboard.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

As I've said once the games roll all that "no exclusive" mess goes out the window

[Rockstar]

Alright PS fanboys lets *hear* it:

Fixed!

Sincerely a PS fanboy...

[dbcoops]

How about just praise the game you supposedly love instead of trying to incite people into a fight, all it does is make you look worse than the people you're trying to bait. Seriously grow up and knock off the trolling.

[TheOtherMoon]

There is no fight to incite and I am not going to apologize for getting ahead of fanboys by mocking their "talking points." I am only disappointed that I did not bring up "you can play it on PC" --ya'know the device that pretty much requires MS software.

Enjoy that console war...w/e-the-f that means now-a-days.

[dbcoops]

Didn't ask you to apologize I said knock off the trolling but I can see that's a lost cause. How is playing it on PC a "talking point", isn't it just a simple fact? You're not getting ahead of anything you're stooping and pointlessly considering you're the only one here bringing any of those things up.

"Enjoy that console war"

The one you're fueling? Ok

[GaboonViper]

Remember when people say this is a Sony fanboy site, this thread just goes to show its the complete opposite, always been a Xbox fanboy site and always will be.

[EazyC]

Looks great. As an FPS fan severely disappointed by CoD/BF offerings I'm genuinely jealous of Xbox guys this winter, because this looks brilliant!

[badz149]

er...you know you can play it on PC, right? it's F2P and even available on Steam. I thought Phil Spencer has made it clear enough that you don't have to own the xbox to play their games

[DarkBlaze25]

You're assuming he has a pc let alone one capable of running the game. Not everyone has a beefy pc like the majority of n4g seems to have.

[badz149]

I have a pc with an old R9 390. just got off playing 3 matches. sure it was not at the highest of settings, but I still played it just ok. please stop spreading this misinfo that if you don't have a good rig, you can't enjoy PC gaming stuff. just not true

[4Sh0w]

.....but who in the hell wants to play on a low end stuttering pc, lol.

Also you act like playiing a Xbox game on pc is not a compliment to Microsoft, they literally welcome you to play there, Xbox is more than 1 dimensional hardware sales #'s, you are part of the Xbox ecosystem, thats a win for Microsoft.

[badz149]

you guys are assuming things. so, not owning an xbox is an insult to MS now? I think it's a compliment, exactly as you said it. I just wanted to say that saying "jealous of Xbox guys" is weird considering the game is also on Steam.

@4Sh0w

I installed it on this PC I'm using just to prove a point and 37fps is fine even online if you're not playing competitively and just want to experience the game. still got like 10 kills after 3 different modes. not bad for 37fps, ha? plus, DarkBlaze said "capable of running the game", so I did prove my point. anything over 30fps is perfectly fine in my book. but don't you worry about me, I can always install it on my laptop with the 1660Ti. I bet 1080p medium to high at 100fps is not a problem for that thing.

[EazyC]

My PC is from years ago! Wouldn't get past the menu screen

[franwex]

I played a few rounds for the first time. It’s nothing out of the ordinary. But it plays well.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Def. PC all the way for this. Will try the MP later on and see how it goes. FPS games especially multiplayer need to have very high FPS in the 100s and beyond. Going to see how my 5950x/3070/360hz 1080p setup goes hoping to at least approach 200fps with max settings. 😊 FPS games that go below triple digits with FPS I just cannot play, so annoying and not smooth at all, plus worst of all higher input lag. (Higher FPS = less input lag) If you have a PC just play on that if it's capable.

[iplay1up2]

I am hoping Series X can pull 120fps out of MP. The campaign I am fine with 60fps.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

343i has done it. I am so proud 🥲

[iplay1up2]

Downloading now!

[NotanotherReboot]

Thank you Microsoft I love you

[masterfox]

man I really don't know what's the fuzz of the MP, just played a bit today got into a quick match and OMG! it was the most boring thing I have ever played in a while, stiff controls, the spartans move like effing turtles, in the past Halo didn't have a running mode but this time it has, but holy hell even running feels so damn slow, it felt like the developers are barely learning how to implement running for a character, the aiming controls by default are so damn offset, the level I played was the most bland thing I have seen in game for a while too, I usually never abandoned an MP match but holy hell I couldn't stand how bad that was, movement, shooting, controls, level was pretty damn bad, with all honesty Im not sure what's going on with the game media journalist claiming the MP was awesome, not sure from what stand point they are claiming this, is ridiculous!, not effing joking I deleted those 28 GB after abandoned the match, and lastly I was playing with a 1060 gtx 6 GB with mid-high setting and were able to get 40 fps or sometimes more or less, yes I was able to play this "Next gen game" with that framerate with a 1060 GTX, LOL!.

[Gunstar75]

There's always one.....

[RickRoland]

He’s not wrong it is slow.

[dbcoops]

Are people not allowed to dislike the game?

[-Hermit-]

Wait, are you seriously complaing about running a modern game decently on a gtx1060? you're the first person I have ever seen complain about being able to run a modern game on older hardware.

[Fntastic]

I never got into Halo even when it first came out, were more fun online FPS games on PC even then. Prefer those rather than playing this tbh, overhyped series.

[LordoftheCritics]

''playing with a 1060 gtx 6 GB with mid-high setting and were able to get 40 fps or sometimes more or less, yes I was able to play this "Next gen game" with that framerate with a 1060 GTX, LOL!''

343 says You're Welcome

[masterfox]

uhmm really not something to brag about really, yesterday I finish playing Bright Memory Infinity and is miles advance visually and gameplay wise than this Halo game that it supposedly had 500 millions budget, it really doesn't make any sense, where the money go?, Bright Memory devs probably had less than a fraction of that money and still deliver a more stunning appealing game than this Halo game.

[OneLove]

Fire gameplay. I'm having a blast.

[RickRoland]

Very slow gameplay, not sure how I feel about it

[headshotfrosty]

Genuinely fun game! Looks and feels great IMO. Playing at 4k 120 is ridiculous. Enjoy!!