I'm Done With Halo Infinite 

Ironic that Bonnie Ross would step down after I had this video set to publish while I'm on vacation. Still, not sure what to think. Do I boycott/stop playing a game because promises were made that weren't kept? What if those promises were made by people no longer with the company? Not sure how to feel about it tbh. But I'm still tired of talking about this game. We'll see what the future holds. I hope Forge is fun

To 343: Your inability to safeguard Halo was a colossal failure.

I knew we were in trouble when the multiplayer “beta” was over and it wasn’t any different then the actual game. I was like “this is it???”

Thank you for standing up for couch co-op. I feel cheated out of the experience we were promised, and once had.

This aged insanely well

The “tearing down the different communities” is the realest point ever man. I was soooo pumped to play team slayer, shotty snipes & ranked swat off the rip when this game dropped. When I saw what they offered.. and what they are offering now, I’m actually astounded at the stupidity of this company.

Don’t make a Halo fan a promise, if you know you can’t keep it…

If I had known that when I picked up Reach at launch at midnight, that it would not only be the last time enjoying a hard copy mid night release, but also the last time I enjoyed a genuine Halo experience…I would have savored it a lot more than I did. 😢

Crazy how 343 dropped the ball with this one. They had all the good will and motivaton from the fans. I remember last year when everyone was so hyped around release and the first month had positive vibes DESPITE all the delays and cut features. Halo fans really were a very forgiving and generous fanbase with 343. And then the company just mismanaged the shit out of Infinite.

I want to see a 90 minute documentary about how 343 mismanaged one of the greatest gaming franchises to ever exist with a bunch of insider info. It would be really interesting

“We all fail, we all make mistakes. It’s what makes us human.” -343 Dev after putting out new update

i think the only reason they canceled split screen at this point, is to force you to buy another console for your brother/sister/daughter/son whatever, and thats bad because they are expensive

I think a lot of us are cursed with experience of the amazing games we grew up with. To see games now makes us all frustrated and sad - especially with Halo. Further, to see the next generation of gamers enjoy and even praise them completely floors us. Standards have fallen so far, corporatization has sunk in, and we're more or less conditioned to it. I'm glad we have big voices like yours to recount what games were like and should be today.

343: The technology just doesn’t exist Act Man: Here’s your technology right here. I’ve simply asked you to create maps in a reasonable time 343: Ok sir that’s what we’re trying to do, but honestly, it’s impossible Act Man: HARDY LEBEL WAS ABLE TO BUILD RAT RACE IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!

Them cancelling split screen when they guaranteed that they will have it after the game has already launched is disgusting.

The fact that split screen was canned entirely shows just how bad things are at 343.I mean a feature that has existed for 20 years being so hard to put in a game.

My favourite thing about this whole "343 not giving a fuck" impression is that you can literally see the armours which are not available yet in the armour hall; you can see the armours and the player can demo the armour on them when you hover over it. You just can't unlock or buy it yet, and you need to wait until 343 release it as part of a new season, even though it literally is right there. The assets exists. You can demo it on your body. Why not just fucking release it when it's clearly ready? They delay things that should have already be in the game and have existed from the start of launch in order to inflate the content in their staggered season launches. Also, most of the armour in this game look like dog shit. The Mark V core has a serious texture issue on both shoulders where everything looks stretched and bad, and they still haven't fixed it. You still cannot customise armour on your feet, shins, calves, glutes or thighs/quads, most armour pieces clip through each other, chest armour pieces are lazy (they just plonk a dull looking knife on the default chest armour and call it a legendary) the texture quality of these assets are PS3 tier, all armour have these odd looking orange glowing parts, and the lighting looks very off and dull. Legendary paints look less impressive than lower tier ones often, and you cannot remove the scratches or rust/dirt/mud/dust off of the armour. I would have thought you could apply a layering system with the pristine paint as the base, then sliders for battle-worn scratches, mud and other layering on top to get the look you want. This is something so easy to implement as a developer. Also, there are no assassinations in the game, which Reach had literally 12 years ago, which means the only time you see your character's cool armour is when you die, which is negative reinforcement. I basically get to see my cool armour only when I'm annoyed cause I died, not when I'm doing a cool assassination. The armours are all modular, which means the assets can be edited individually retroactively and the changes should propagate across the game, yet these assets are never revisited by the developers/artists and reworked to fix issues, increase poly count or improve on the design and how they line up with the rest of the armour pieces, and the new assets/armour/cores from new seasons look better than the launch items, which creates a skew in terms of graphics. Half the stuff in your inventory looks blocky and shit, and all the new stuff looks much better, yet no one is going back and improving the old stuff to match. There is still no DLSS or RTX in this game, which is an expectation at this point, and you can't see your feet if you increase your FOV, even though you can for other Halo games with the same FOV. It's a complete joke. This game is a soulless money grab in every way imaginable.

The origin of 343 Industries' namesake is widely-known by many. However, if you don't know where the name comes from, it was derived from the AI character "343 Guilty Spark" from the first Halo game, who was a friendly companion at first, but wound up trying to kill Master Chief in the end. This is a perfect case of poetic irony.

Killing splitcreen was the nail in the coffin for me. Couch coop was an integral part of my love for halo. Me and a bunch of buddies hop on the couch, one friend brings a few extra controllers and we’re up till 3am having the time of our lives. Halo hasn’t really felt the same since then.

Rewatching this 3 months later reaffirms how I felt back then. Halo infinite made me regret getting the series X instead of a ps5.

I always come back to this video because I feel the same way. The winter update was exciting to me until tonight. I actually sat there and wondered why I’m even giving infinite my time.

You guys remember when Halo Reach had so many game modes you’d literally never run out of content? With a beautiful menu, a satisfying upgrade system, LOBBIES THAT STAYED AFTER MATCHES. You guys remember as kids seeing that one player with a ghost helmet and being like wow this guy is so cool lemme send him a friend request? Halo used to have so much life, so much community, such a reason to invest. Weekly challenges, firefight, forge, swat, infection, big team battle, capture the flag, oddball, griffball, coop campaign, it was… perfection, and it was over a decade ago

I hope they do a documentary on how badly this was managed

I remember when my brother got an Xbox 360 for his birthday, he woke me up at like 3am and we played halo 4 all night. Sucks they never got split screen figured out

Infinite on the surface is great but something about it feels lacking. It just always feels it’s missing something.

Our boy looks the brightest he ever has while talking about Halo’s darkest hour

Some of my best gaming memories were from Halo 2 and Halo 3. I’d play Rainbow Six Black arrow/Vegas as well, but if you say “Xbox” halo is what used to come to mind. I was so hyped for infinite but I haven’t touched it in months. The lack of content makes you feel like “yeah I’ve been here before” and it’s such a shame.

The only positive thing I can say about Infinite, was that they put it on Game Pass so I didn't waste any money on it.

One of the few good things about my childhood I remember is playing coop with my step-dad on the original Halo

"Every decision you have made has led us from bad to worse." Sums up the whole video.

343 has done one thing successfully with infinite, they’ve united the community but not how we hoped, they’ve united every halo fan against them

Playing halo split screen 20 years ago was a childhood memory

Very interesting look on the whole split screen debacle, never thought of it like that. its not about having split-screen to have it, its about the principle it holds, when a company promises you a feature for years and then backtracks on it, then what else are they willing to backtrack on? what other contents are they willing to rush/cancel outright.

The split screen being cancelled is a slap in the face.

Splitscreen is how my dad and I played Halo together back in the day, and we were both saddened by the fact that we couldn't do that with Halo 5. Then Infinite was announced to have Splitscreen on launch, and I told my dad "hey dad-we can play Infinite together at least" and he agreed... And then Infinite launched with no splitscreen... I was upset and told my dad about that-he just shook his head in dissapointment. Then come to find out splitscreen is just cancelled entirely, and it just felt like a giant slap in the face. Complete and utter ignorance is what the decision to remove splitscreen was based upon-nothing more. So many people were looking forward to this-far more than some realize

I am sad, this was the last time I held out hope for the halo series and I simply have given up entirely. As you said at the start of the video, I want nothing more than to be wrong. But I've given up on the halo series now, the repeated broken promises and doing below the bare minimum is enough. I want a good halo game so badly, but clearly 343 is not up to the task.

One thing I can't stand about Halo Infinite is in Ranked when someone leaves your fireteam then you have 3 guys and everyone else just leaves because it is literally impossible to win a 2v4. Also if halo made so that when the wait time is 2:00 minutes to fin a match they should make you play with bots because then people would start playing it more then you wouldn't have a wait time.

"Dont make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it." Hits Hella different now

my first experience with videogames was when me and my dad we’re playing outside and we were exhausted and heated, then I remember he said “let’s go inside and play some halo” and I was like “halo? what’s that?” we played halo in split screen and I was amazed how fun it was

Love these videos man, the honesty and memes woven in are so perfect, the exact reason I subbed.

My love for Halo, will always be strong in my heart. Still know the names of boys from the old 360 days. And dammit... I hate watch this video once a day, Praying for the things to change.... knowing they never will...... 343, you fucked up baaaaad......

It’s ironic, as much as there have been games that over the years have labelled themselves as “halo killer”, the real halo killer might end up being halo itself.

The bad part about this is that splitscreen co-op totally works. It's literally 90% done, aside from some glitches and a little needed polish it works from beginning to end. There's no good reason to scrap a feature that is this far into development.

Im lost for words. I resonated with everything this man said. Well put Act Man... Well put.

I really don’t understand how there wasn’t a class action lawsuit about this game. They made specific promises and then just didn’t deliver. I’m pretty sure that’s false advertising but I’m not a lawyer.

The fact that BF2042 rose above Halo with player count, support, updates, and live service features is really telling

It really hurts. I’ve been a Halo fan since I could hold the controller, just sitting in the warthog while my brother beat Halo 3 was enough for me. It’s such a shame to see it crash and burn like this…

5:00-5:18 🤣🤣 This whole video is hilarious for its delivery! And it perfectly highlights the spectacularly silly disaster of 343, and accurately voices the frustrations of the Halo community since 343 took over.

Just want to say, I've never played Halo till about 5 years ago, when me and 2 of my friends started doing sessions on long breaks and from that point on it out was a staple, playing, drinking, bantering, seeing my friends react when I friendly fire kill them (campain, I don't throw multi). We've played 1-4 multiple times and we were all hyped for split screen to return. When we heard the news we were just sad. Halo wasn't a game we played as kids but we grew to love it through our shared experience and that I feel is the point of split screen, knowing at all times what your player 2 thinks by just seeing him in person and not just hearing his voice via discord or some other app. I wish this video didn't have to happen and I stand with Actman in stating: I hope I am wrong and Halo can find its footing.

Finally! Tired of developers using us as the Q&A department, shipping broken or incomplete games and thinking that's OK.

343i: “what is it?” Halo community: “that stench, I’ve smelled it before.”

Not having split screen in a game like halo shouldn't even be a discussion, it should be as mandatory as the online multi-player itself.

Working for 343 doesn't sound too bad, tbh. Getting paid to do absolutely nothing and eat each other out all day sounds like a pretty good time.

I really believed in Halo Infinite and that I'd be playing it for 10 years straight with all the "live service" campaign DLC content that I thought was coming. I thought that's what "Infinite" meant. I must've misunderstood something. It's disappointing. I wish they'd just called it Halo 6 and left it at that. Anyway, I'll always love Halo.

As soon as I read "live service" " ten year plan" "micro transaction" I knew there was a high likelihood that infinite could be the death of Halo. It's incredibly saddening.

Ive played every Halo diligently and this came out and I could only tolerate it 1 week and will never play it again. I played all split screen with my wife so I'm in that camp that is angry about its removal.

When a company can't even make sure they can fulfil their roadmap before shipping it off to the public you know shit's in shambles.

Farewell, everyone. We will reconvene in a few years when the game is finished. Hopefully.

I’ve seen so many people say we don’t understand how much 343 loves Halo and how hard they work. The thing is, sometimes people/companies are just not right for the job no matter how hard they work. Would a sports franchise keep a terrible coach just because they were nice and worked hard? No. The job needs to be done no matter what and 343 has failed at that.

Microsoft built 343 studios with game developers who didnt like the OG halo games. They wanted halo to compete with call of duty.

Halo co op was different. I remember playing co op campaign with my brother on the 360. Sucks we didn’t get it in live but halo hits home and brings back a lot of memories

"This is a roadmap for what they're aiming for..." - Exactly everything wrong with the AAA gaming industry today. They aim, they strive, but they just don't have what it takes to deliver.

Man Act Man. I just gotta say thank you for the hours of entertainment and happiness you have brought me. In what has been a pretty bad 4 years, and what’s been so far the worst year of my life, I can always count on turning on one of your videos and being able to just forget about life for a while, even if it’s just a 20 minute escape. As someone that’s probably you’re age ( I’m 33, not saying you look like my age but based off of getting into the same games as you and how old you say you are when you discovered those games) I have to give you major acknowledgment for how well spoken you are and just how much effort you put into your content. It’s always top notch. Thank you

Hope you'll come back for season 5 even tho there are still issues the game has improved a ton and i'd love to see your thoughts even if you don't i still love your videos keep up the good work

As someone whom worked on this game as an artist, thank you for sharing all of this. i cant speak for 343, but i can say i as a gamer and HUGE Halo fan do hear you and you are justified in your thoughts.

343: "Splitscreen will appear in all future Halo games" Me: Don't make the fans a promise.... if you know you can't keep it"

Some of the worst parts of Halo for me was the events, they really force you to play the game and give little to no breathing room. It becomes even more stressful knowing you will never be able to get those items unless they release them for a price. When I used to play Among Us I saw their battle passes, they are a great example of what to do. You can choose which one you want to work on and points from that round go toward it, you work on it in your own time pretty much and they never go away.

I’ll never forget planning a split screen co op play through with my brother since we’ve done it for every game available and they were just like nope

I seriously have no idea what the people at this studio do everyday. Its incredible how much work doesn’t get done

I don’t use split screen because I have no friends. So I don’t care. But many people like to play with a friend. So because I understand empathy, and am not a high school child, I feel your pain.

I only bought this with the expectation of split screen, and never bought Halo 5 because it lacked it.

It's not about splits screen, 343. It's about meeting expectations. And when you make promises those become part of the expectations. CDPR had to learn this same lesson

Its actually sad to slowly watch one of the most iconic series ever made be just squished into the gutter

343 needs to be careful with their promises, they're gonna end up in a lawsuit or something

noble six fought 1 day & 14 hours straight holding off the covenant in a last stand… for THIS? shame 343, shame.

Hats off to you. I lasted all of 2 weeks before I realized I was playing a beta. The lack of content/creativity shows me this was their last ditch effort to make a ton of money off the halos reputation. Rip halo. You will be missed.

I used to have this friend on halo reach who didn’t speak English but he would host these huge custom games,and every time I would join him it was always some fun custom maps,like racing or halo reach dayz and I think halo is missing that,missing the ability for me to make friends with someone who literally speaks a different language and missing the fun in mind mentality

My first Halo was 3 and ODST. My second was Reach, my third was MCC, and my fourth was 5. The first three I listed was fun for one reason, me and my brother played together on this small ass tv playing our customs and forge maps. Halo 5 having no splitscreen was such a disapointment for us. He ended up buying the game again (and another Xbox, but he may have already had another), and it wasn't the same. Here's the funny thing, I remember getting like 30% with the Infinite campaign, and I go "I'll play this with my brother when they decide to bring back co-op." Ever since then I had been waiting for split screen (that never came) or online. Not having any form of co-op on launch is a big mistake and killed the game for me completely. Although if I can figure out that split screen glitch (assuming it's not patched) I'll probably get him to play the next time he comes over. Last time he came over we were just glitching Halo 2, and having played every Halo campaign but Infinite I want to try it.

Split screen is just as important now as it always was. In fact, now that there are more families where more than one generation play video games, split screen is more popular than ever. The only reason you don’t hear about split screen as much is that game dev management don’t want it to be a thing. But games that focus on split screen are phenomenally popular, and some families favor buying split screen games. Essentially, 343 just don’t want to do it. So eff them.

Honestly Act Man, you're the voice of a lot of Halo fans in my opinion. I grew up playing split-screen Halo campaigns, on legendary, with my best friend that's no longer with us. Just two dudes with physical disabilities trying to save humanity and have a few laughs along the way. And I cherish those memories, sitting in his room together and playing Halo CE, 2, 3, and Reach together. It makes me sad that 343 has basically said fuck you to people who want to create memories exactly like the ones I value more than any possession I own. I wish things were different for 343 and Halo since Bungie left. But I'm grateful I was around for the golden era, and I'm grateful someone like you can speak so elegantly for someone like me

I can't wait for you analysis.... (I just saw the trailer of winter update and guess which video was next ....)

"game devolpment is hard, but it cant be THAT hard" has to be something ive been shouting for the last few years at every triple A game. Its fucking wierd, why are games with smaller studios so much better at getting content made, why are modders wio work for free able to make shit at 10x the pace AND 10x the quality. I really dont understand.

For years, every time someone asked me why I still had an Xbox I’d say “because Halo”… but that hasn’t really been a good answer for about a decade now. I uninstalled Infinite back in February and have been watching it whither and die from the sidelines. It’s so depressing what they did to Halo.

It’s enough to bring a tear to gamers eyes. 343 heard that they were being called the worst developer right now and said “We can be worse than that hold our beer” It’s like running a race in the wrong direction.

Gears 5 has split screen even on PC. Halo 1 is over 20 years old and ran on a 64mb celeron 733mhz cpu. There is 0 excuse not to have split screen. besides greed

How every single random console shooter of the early 2000s had split screen, and in 2023 they couldnt allocate the resources for one of the highest grossing franchises of all time when it was specifically requested by fans is hilariously bad

This video goes HARD. And is AMAZING.

I literally haven't played Infinite in the last 4 months. I completely agree. They only understand you hitting them in the pocket.

not a Halo fan but I do understand how split screen coop can be a big deal to the community. Also loved your rant haha!!

I think I noticed something with the maps. The reason they don't have the maps is cuz they didnt have the campaign. Most of the maps in Bungie's halos were just ripped straight from the campaign in specific parts before they started making new ones. Definitely a money before gameplay mindsight.

To everyone still playing this, your determination is unreal.

This hurts, i used to play every halo title split screen with my siblings and friends… wtf is so difficult

Thanks for standing up for us split-screen enthusiasts!

Ten years ago Halo was one of the biggest franchises out there. Everyone knew who Master Chief was like they knew who Mario was. He was the face of gaming. What 343 has done to this franchise is awful.

I'm never done with the Act Man

Hey Act Man, just wanted to say thank you for being such a great, rational and ACCOUNTABLE voice for the gaming community, more thank can be said about these liars that allowed this beloved franchise to become a painful disappointment, I actually feel a bit more relaxed knowing you are vocalising the same rage and sadness I have felt to a wide audience, appreciate it

I was actually waiting for splitscreen to be added before buying Infinite, even though I had no intentions on actually using it. I was waiting 'cause that was their big promise, and I wanted to know that they were gonna stick to it, and here we are. I played Halo 3, ODST, Reach, and 4 with my brother, and it sucks that we couldn't play through 5 together, and it sucks others will not get to experience that. I hate how splitscreen has been dying over the years, in favor of online co-op.

Playing Halo Infinite during the beta and launch period was some of the most fun I’ve ever had playing Halo, and now I can’t play more than a few matches without getting bored out of my mind

I think Griffin Gaming put it best in one of his newest videos: “The only people on planet Earth that could literally do the worst job possible and sit around doing nothing all day while still getting paid are either 343 employees or the Congress”

i am too ever since ive been ranked the game has been now this may sound a little toxic but bad teamates i cant even fight back they are failing i cant wait to see what the next halo is Halo Minus