After coming under fire from multiple sources, 343 Industries’ Dan Chosich came forth to address a hopeful yet displeased fan regarding the next-gen game’s graphics and how the Halo series is being handled. According to Chosich, any feedback or criticism regarding the upcoming Halo game will not fall on deaf ears.
Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, and so forth put the franchise on the map as not only being fun but iconic. Although multiple Halo games came out afterward, many gamers and fans noticed a decline in the quality of the series moving forward, which became evident when Halo 5: Guardians rolled around.
Despite the fifth installation in the ongoing series having a solid multiplayer experience, the story mode was nothing to write home about and is something that Microsoft and 343 Industries have carried over into Halo: Infinite’s graphical department when the campaign trailer aired on July 23rd, 2020.
Expanding on the above notion comes a hopeful but disappointed fan of the Halo series that laid out six tweets aimed at those that work at Microsoft and 343 Industries. This fan outlines his concerns and frustration with the care of Halo and how the franchise should be handled with better care.
@tefferlee @PlutonForEver @DanChosich @Halo you have taken the initial reaction to halo infinite and all this excitement and you made a mockery out of the game with shitty textures and worse lighting effects that’s your new engine?? 5 years for this?
1/5
— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
You have turned an iconic franchise that you even helped building with games like (Halo 4, the current state of MCC and Halo 5’s multi-player)
I trusted you guys and I loved you from all my heart, I honestly don’t want anything from gaming except Halo
2/5
— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
All I got was empty promises, lies on top of lies on top lies and more lies
You told us when we heard that there were problems in development that these are just false stuff (what I’m seeing is a game that’s no where near polished and now where near release)
2/5
— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
Actually I blame @aarongreenberg, @mattbooty and @XboxP3 as well, you guys are leaders in the Xbox team, is this how you take care of your most iconic franchise? To show it looking like this? Looking like a game worse than the 360 era? ( Bioshock Infinite for example)
3/5
— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
I might not get a reply from you, but you can go into my profile and just take a look, I love halo, it is my favorite game and I played the franchise in total of more than 6 to 9 thousand hours
These are the pleadings of a loving and adoring fan of both halo and xbox
4/5
— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
If you can’t make halo then it is totally fine and acceptable but please don’t turn it into a joke please treat it as the icon that the game is, show care to this legendary game like (@game_fabricator, @joestaten and @MartyTheElder) used to do
Hopefully this will REACH you
5/5— Jassem (@jassem73) July 25, 2020
Although the fan believed no one at Microsoft or 343 Industries would read or see his long string of tweets, the opposite happened, and Chosich chimed in with the following response:
I’ve been in your shoes. I know what it’s like to have expectations built + feel let down. I want you to know your voice matters + is heard. You’re not falling on deaf ears. I always want to live up to the legacy that Bungie pioneered. I personally care a lot about honoring that.
— Dan Chosich (@DanChosich) July 25, 2020
In other words, Chosich wants to honor Bungie’s past establishment regarding the Halo games (that put the series on the map) by taking fan feedback and applying it to Halo: Infinite.
While we wait to find out whether or not Halo: Infinite will be something noteworthy or not, the game in question is set to debut in the next few months across Xbox One and Xbox Series X.
