Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Narrative Events Have Serious Potential
The newly released Halo Infinite has established itself and garnered a fairly favorable critical reception at launch. Launching alongside other industry giants such as Battlefield 2042 and Call of Duty: Vanguard, the latest addition to the long-standing sci-fi FPS has seen a largely positive reception, although it has still fallen victim to criticism over time.
Despite the fact that Halo Infinite has been praised for its bold open-world campaign and free-to-play multiplayer, the latter has taken a while to fully resonate with fans in providing that classic Halo multiplayer experience that has proven to be so successful historically. The addition of depth and contextualization to post-launch content with the periodic arrival of multiplayer narrative events could be a very shrewd way to improve Infinite's multiplayer offering.
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There is still some confusion as to what exactly the narrative events of Halo Infinite will entail. However, like many aspects of Infinite's multiplayer formula, other popular online shooters can serve as an idea of what to expect.
Fortnite has provided some of the most high-profile interactive narrative events in recent memory of live service games. With Halo Infinite sharing Fortnite's free-to-play access and seasonal Battle Pass system, the former could have taken inspiration from the latter's narrative-telling, given how successful it has been. Fortnite's narrative events mostly consist of using the game itself as a vehicle to tell a story attached to a given season with interactive in-game events and cutscenes.
This helps give serious depth to a season, giving it utility beyond just providing content in the form of cosmetics
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