Xbox fans went into the Xbox Games Showcase with high expectations, but many came away unimpressed by the Halo Infinite campaign reveal. One of the big criticisms aimed at Halo Infinite was its graphics, which many felt were underwhelming when compared to other next-gen games. Now Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg has responded to those complaints, stressing that fans were looking at a work-in-progress build of the game.
"Listen, we're in the middle of a global pandemic. It's July, we're far from Holiday, you're seeing a work-in-progress game," he said in an interview with Alanah Pearce and Inside Gaming. Greenberg stated in the interview that Halo Infinite's graphics will improve between now and when the game launches this holiday, saying that the game is making "progress" every week. He also encouraged viewers to go back and watch the Halo Infinite campaign gameplay trailer in 4K since the Xbox Games Showcase stream was not displayed in 4K.
It also came to light that Halo Infinite was not running on an Xbox Series X during the Xbox Games Showcase event. On the contrary, fans were shown Halo Infinite running on PC with specs similar to that of the Xbox Series X. Not only that, but it was reportedly an older build of the game, so it's quite possible that the graphics are already better than what fans saw during the Xbox Games Showcase, though that's just speculation at this time.
While some fans were disappointed by Halo Infinite's reveal, it's worth noting that there is still a lot left to learn about the game between now and launch. For example, Halo Infinite's multiplayer remains a complete mystery at the time of this writing, though some rumors have indicated that it will have a really high player count, whatever form it takes.
Meanwhile, Halo Infinite's Forge mode has also yet to be detailed. All fans know about Forge in Halo Infinite is that the popular creation tool will indeed be coming back in the new game, though its exact implementation remains to be seen.
Microsoft has more Xbox 20/20 events planned for later in the year, so fans should expect to see a lot more of Halo Infinite between now and the game's holiday 2020 launch.
Halo Infinite is in development for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: IGN