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A series mainstay for the Halo franchise is the ability to replay campaign missions. This is yet another of the major franchise features that will be missing when the game launches this Wednesday, December 8.
The lack of mission replays joins other missing features such as Forge mode and campaign co-op that will be absent from the game's launch. Much like Forge and co-op, 343 Industries says that the ability to replay campaign missions is something that will be added later on.
343 associate creative director Paul Crocker explains to Stevivor why this feature is missing from the get-go.
"It’s part of what is coming later. The main reason (for its absence) is because, being a more open game and a nonlinear game, it became incredibly challenging. It’s not that it doesn’t work, it’s just that it’s not finished.
"We made the decision to make a better game, to improve the quality of the game so we could then add the features — just like co-op. And that is disappointing for us as the people who made it, but it was, also, the better option for us to make a better game and add that later."
"We made the decision to make a better game, to improve the quality of the game so we could then add the features — just like co-op. And that is disappointing for us as the people who made it, but it was, also, the better option for us to make a better game and add that later."
At launch, the only way you will be able to replay any of the campaign missions is to start the game over entirely with a fresh save file. Typically, in past games, you would be able to jump between missions (typically those you have already completed) to replay as many times as you liked with whatever settings or gameplay altering Skulls you wanted to.
The fact that this feature won't be included at launch also means that there is no quick and easy way to replay some of Infinite's linear levels that you are unable to return to once completed. This means that any collectables you missed will necessitate a fresh save file.
With all of these series features missing from Halo Infinite's launch, it would be interesting to see what this game would have looked like if it had stuck to its originally planned release date of November 10, 2020.
