While players and critics alike praise Halo Infinite for its gameplay, many players are taking to forums to address a number of issues present in the game. One problem in particular is Halo Infinite not accurately displaying what is happening to a player on-screen in a given moment, known as desync.
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One player took to Reddit under the username HackingSpartan to show off a nine-second video clip of how bad Halo Infinite’s desync problem is. In this video clip, the player runs into a nearby building, coming across an opponent in the process. However, when HackingSparta fires at the opponent’s head, none of the shots deal any damage. In a quick turn of events, the opponent turns to and pummels HackSpartan to death before entering another gunfight. What makes this video intriguing is the fact that HackingSpartan ping was less than 10ms during the entire clip, highlighting Halo Infinite’s unreliable connectivity.
Halo Infinite’s connection problems are not new. In fact, Halo Infinite suffers from server outages, and often times, those outages cause players to lose their XP boosts or lose ranks in the Ranked playlist. The connection issues also exacerbate a number of other problems Halo Infinite suffers from such as the challenge system. For a while, Halo Infinite’s Big Team Battle mode was unplayable, but some challenges require players to go into the game-mode to complete them, so 343 Industries had to temporarily remove Big Team Battle-based challenges. In addition, players also had to stay away from Big Team Battle to prevent themselves from wasting their XP boosts as they are used even outside of matches.
Thankfully, because players are able to bring these types of issues to 343 Industries’ attention, some of them get fixed. Recently, an update to Halo Infinite improved Big Team Battle along making other important adjustments.
However, players will be disappointed in the fact that regardless of the quality of their connection, they have no control over Halo Infinite’s desync problem. To make matters worse, 343 Industries in a development update states that the studio is still finalizing plans in regard to Halo Infinite’s Forge mode, co-op campaign, and roadmap. With 343 Industries’ priorities on finishing up the roadmap and pushing out Forge and co-op campaign, players will not know if the studio will fix the connection issues any time soon.
Halo Infinite is now available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S
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