5 features we want to see in Halo Infinite

Developer 343 Industries' next big project is Halo Infinite, revealed before this year at E3. Aiming to deliver a next-level Halo experience, 343 is hard at work creating the game. In order for Space to win people over, though, one of the fundamental things it will need is good features — both fan favorite ones of old that 343'southward games haven't had, and make new ones that expand the franchise in exciting new ways. Here are five features that we think Infinite needs to have.

I of the virtually sought-afterward features correct now in Halo is Playable Elites. When Bungie introduced the ability to play as these soldiers of the Covenant in multiplayer in Halo 2, people loved having this pick and so much that it remained a feature in both Halo 3 and Halo: Attain. However, starting with Halo 4, players take been forced to play as Spartans, and 343 has offered no definitive reasons as to why.

This has prompted people to entrada strongly for playable Elites to return, to the point where the people making the fan-made Halo title Installation 01 (pictured above) are including the pick in their game. Needless to say, making it possible to play as Elites again in a AAA Halo experience would effectively brand a vocal majority happy.

Lore Codex

Something that would be benign for players who desire to learn more about Halo's extensive universe without buying external content such equally novels would exist a lore codex organization. This would give casual players the opportunity to ease into Halo'due south vast universe by reading short text blurbs that condense the wide scope of the franchise into a simpler format, while not infringing upon the cadre experience itself. Halo Wars 2 got its ain iteration of this with its Phoenix Logs, so hopefully there's a good risk nosotros'll get something like in Halo Space.

Selective Installation

Recently, the Principal Chief Drove was updated with a characteristic called Selective Installation, which lets players pick and choose which of the four Halo games included in the collection they want to have installed. While Halo Infinite will only be a single game, I do call up this feature should be brought to it in some style. Specifically, I think having the power to separately install the multiplayer modes and the campaign would exist fantastic for players who are low on hard drive space.

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Crossplay betwixt console and PC

As the description of the Halo Infinite trailer reveals, Halo Space volition be on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. Because of this, there's a hazard that it will also be part of the Xbox Play Anywhere plan, and will potentially even take crossplay features.

Crossplay with outset-person shooters is always tricky, of course — keyboard and mouse gives PC players a clear border in firefights — only it would be amazing to be able to play campaign co-op, Forge, or custom games with your friends who happen to ain the organization reverse of yours. It shouldn't exist enabled for Halo'southward ranked modes, but almost every other part of the game would benefit from crossplay functionality.

Campaign theater

Halo'southward Theater mode allows players to scout their play sessions over in order to see where they made mistakes, record clips, and have screenshots. Every Halo game since Halo iii has had Theater, but both Halo iv and Halo five lack a version that works with the campaign style. This makes getting visual captures of the campaign levels almost impossible, which is something that quite a lot of people miss. Adding Entrada Theater to Halo Infinite would inspire the photographic and cinematographic sides of many fans, and would atomic number 82 to epic screenshots and video clips of the game'due south singleplayer environments.

Your thoughts

What do yous think nigh these features? What's a characteristic you call up needs to exist in Halo Space? Let me know.

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