The past week has been a strange one for Halo Infinite. There's been a ton of discussion surrounding the game's destruction physics - namely with its fruit. Videos have surfaced comparing the game to others, each one comprised of blasting fruit with a gun to see how they react. It's a strange trend and one that doesn't seem to have bothered 343 Industries all too much.
During an IGN interview, the engineering team responded to those blasted fruit physics in a fun way:
"We can improve the fruit physics, but that means we'll have to cut the Needler."
Now, we don't know about you, but we'd definitely take the Needler (which feels exceptional in Halo Infinite) over some fruit reacting more realistically. This is a game about overpowered spartans leaping across maps, shooting aliens and using weird guns that fire pink needles. Does the fruit really matter?!
To no surprise, it appears the physics aren't being altered in any way. Head of creative on Halo Infinite, Joseph Staten, jokingly confirmed so via Twitter.
So there you have it. If you were hoping for any improvement to the fruit physics in Halo Infinite, it seems you may be waiting a long time as no plans are in the works.
Now, can we all move on from the issue and get back to the game? Thank you.
How do you feel about the fruit physics in Halo Infinite remaining the same? Let us know in the comments below.
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Where were these nitpicky numpties during Resident evil 5. Or, say, the last of us. Halo had an axe dangling over its head since day one, by those who literally cannot stand to see Xbox doing anything good ever. The salt is enough to kill a man O.o
@Carck I never saw that, but I just googled it and you're right haha, I retract that bit about resident evil hahaha
As long as they give me a Halo campaign totally worthy of the name Halo, with series x power being used then I’m fine.
I would not expect to see these poor physics in the campaign on my 12tflop next generation console.
I'm out of the loop it seems, what's wrong with the fruit physics?
I love how the people at Xbox just roll with the punches.
It's is if they know it's still just a video game.
@GamingFan4Lyf Well what else can they do actually ?
The PR battle was lost last year with that gameplay reveal. The game changed status from "system seller" to simply "a new entry" and this kind of details won't deter fans.
@Kamalen This detail shouldn't deter anyone (fan or not) because it's a stupid thing to get upset about, in my honest opinion, and the developers know it's a stupid thing to get upset about.
I am glad they are having fun with it!
In fact, now I hope they don't fix it. I hope they actually make it worse and have the entire fruit stand be one single destructible object that has a gigantic blast radius. When someone does shoot it up close, it kills them, plays a laugh track, and gives them a badge called "Fruit Ninja".
Before we congratulate them for this response let’s see how the game plays and how good the campaign is…..
A wise man once said the devil is in the detail.
Truly, this is a scandal on par with puddle gate.
Few Squares have appeared hahaha, they must be salty over not having any major releases this holiday
@Stocksy
Totally agree, let’s see campaign footage playing on Series x dialled up-to 10, then I will pass judgement.
The fruit thing is not a massive deal on multiplayer, but we have come to expect better on a campaign on a 12tflop console.
Sometimes yes the devil is in the detail.
I remember shooting sand bags and them leaking sand, Xbox 360 gears of war. All us Xbox fans at the time went wow, see what Xbox can do.
It was even an E3 demo showcase, back in the day.
So if detail mattered then it certainly does now with more power, especially as Xbox showed it off at E3, all then years ago.
@Dezzy70 Old Splinter Cell let you put a bullet in a fish tank and let the tank drain. I remember feeling bad for the fishes.
@Doctorwhoooourgh
Exactly my point, detail in video games has been increasing over the years as time has gone by.
So we and our brains expect it. It is the evolution of video games especially in a big AAA in house exclusive. Else we might as well get our Atari 2600 consoles out.
Anyway 343i can have a laugh, but after 6 years in development and now lots of help from Microsoft’s other studios the campaign best deliver a 10/10 or as good as.
If not, Phil may come and get ya 😂😂😂.
Give us a needler cosmetic that makes rze gun shoot bananas
I'm disappointed as I was planning on spending the vast majority of the time shooting fruit. The game is ruined!
I hope they add fruit costume/skin/character so we can blast fruits properly
Crazy people. Reminds of people freaking out about shooting caged chickens in CoD. You could just ignore it. The fruit doesn't matter but I hope they add an achievement called banana masher just to spite these folks, lol.
Well that clinches it I'm cancelling my pre-order. What's the point of a Halo game without fully destructible fruit? That's the only reason I was going to buy the game.
I'll take the fruit please, don't like the Needler at all
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