Jerry Hook, head of design at 343 Industries, is among the many not having a good time with Halo Infinite’s battle pass.
Most everyone agrees that the multiplayer itself is a beautiful dance, though there’s a lot of anger over how stingy battle pass progression is. The good thing is 343 Industries are already making tweaks to the existing battle pass. Hook, however, took the fan critique one step further.
“Yes I am still playing Halo and feeling everyone’s pain on progression,” Hook said on Twitter. “We are back at it next week and this will be top of my list with the team.”
Yes I am still playing Halo and feeling everyone’s pain on progression. We are back at it next week and this will be top of my list with the team.
— jerry hook (@hookscourt) November 28, 2021
It’s important to remember that Halo Infinite is still in beta, so raising concerns is vital to 343 Industries fixing the game. Even the tiny Fracture: Tenrai event has shown that growing pains were inevitable.
It’s unclear exactly how Hook and the rest of the team will fix Halo Infinite’s battle pass, as it’s looking more like the entire system might get ripped out eventually. For now, we will just have to endure those ridiculous “get five kills with the needler while doing the hokey pokey” style of challenges. Maybe progression will be better by the time Halo Infinite comes out on Dec. 8.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
