Halo Infinite has issues in its multiplayer as many combat moves, in particular melee attacks, desync with the player when used. Developer 343 industries recently revealed that the desync problems are persisting because the team who were fixing the issue have been “allocated to other Infinite work.”
As spotted by PCGamesN, a developer who has been verified to work for 343 addressed the ongoing issues on Reddit. One user posted a clip of them playing the online multiplayer to the Halo subreddit, showing the game desyncing and lagging heavily. In the post, they comment that the ongoing issue is making them “rethink playing this game”.
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A developer responded to the post, thanking the player for the compilation and noting that these kinds of videos help them to identify and improve bugs. They also sympathize in the comments claiming they “know how frustrating these kinds of situations are.” They also claim that repairing these multiplayer issues are “high on our [343’s] priority of fixes”.
Players were disheartened to hear though that this issue which the community has been “outspoken about for months” was not the top of the company’s priorities. In the comment, the developer summarized the delay in fixing the issue by saying that, “the devs that would work on these fixes have been allocated to other Infinite work. Their work has had a knock on benefit to our solution, but not around the melee [issue].”
Halo Infinite was released December 2021 and these multiplayer issues have been present since launch. As the bugs can negatively affect players’ online ranking, it can be very important to fans who regularly play in this way. Despite these issues, Halo Infinite was generally well-received by players and critics alike. This makes the unaddressed online issues even more frustrating for those who have been playing the game since launch hoping for improvements.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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