We watch as he maneuvers a Warthog across the rocky landscape of a Halo ring, mowing down Grunts and Jackals on his way to take down one of three land-to-air cannons. “The visual language kind of brings back, harkens back, to some of those iconic looks that we’ve had in Halo.”ģ43 definitely packed plenty of nostalgia and callbacks to the original Halo trilogy into the nine-minute demo, as Master Chief shoots and melees his way through ranks of Covenant enemies with assault rifles, shotguns, plasma weapons, and the franchise’s iconic, high-precision pistol.

“This really speaks to the spiritual reboot concept that we started this project with, where we really wanted to take the learnings from Halo 4 and Halo 5 and look across the entire history of the Halo franchise and embrace the most iconic elements and bring those forward for gamers today,” Lee said. In a closed-door Q&A session after the gameplay debut, 343 creative director Chris Lee spoke to several outlets, including Kotaku, and addressed the demo’s visuals, explaining it all came down to making the game feel like classic Halo. This approach to nostalgia is also evident in the game’s box art, which in many ways recreates the classic Halo: Combat Evolved cover. To some fans, the visuals are a positive, as they showcase an art style more akin to the colorful Halo: Combat Evolved and the series’ roots. Of course, for as many people criticized the look of the game, others, including 343 itself, defended Halo Infinite‘s visual presentation as an art style choice driven by nostalgia. There were even suggestions that past installments like Halo: Reach, a game first released in 2010 and recently re-released with a graphical upgrade for PC, looked better than Halo Infinite‘s first demo. On Twitter, some users lambasted the gameplay footage, pointing to screenshots of Brutes, the environments, and weapon textures as examples of how 343 seems to be taking a step back in terms of the franchise’s graphics. The major point of contention is the game’s visuals, which look subpar, according to some.

While the gameplay footage that was revealed certainly created some excitement for the Xbox Series X’s flagship title, it’s left some fans underwhelmed. Xbox Game Studios and 343 Industries finally lifted the curtain on Halo Infinite, the next chapter in the beloved first-person shooter series, during a digital games showcase in July.

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