For the fourth run of his Samurai event, Halo infinity sells a weapon attachment in the shape of a dragon. It attaches to the barrel of your battle rifle and theoretically makes your weapon look like it’s breathing fire with every shot. only problem? From the first person perspective – you know, the perspective from which you actually play Halo infinity– it doesn’t look like a dragon at all.
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in the Halo infinity‘s microtransaction store this week, you can check out the Crimson Serpent Weapon Set for 600 credits ($6 or slightly cheaper if you’re a Game Pass member). It includes a gorgeous red and black weapon skin that works with eight cannons – finally including the Hydra Launcher – as well as the Orochi’s Breath weapon attachment that’s meant to look like this:
But in a real match, it looks like… a Cheeto:
Others have pointed out that when you apply a green skin to your Battle Rifle, Orochi’s Breath bears a strong resemblance to a chewed up piece of irradiated Extra:
It’s easy to see how a player could end up with this. After all, there’s no way to see how weapon attachments will actually look in-game before you buy them. What’s less clear is how the design made it through the development process without anyone pointing the finger and saying “lol.” representatives of Microsoft, Halo infinity‘s editor, did not respond to a request for comment.
Last month, developer 343 branches obsolete how Halo infinityThe microtransaction store worked, decoupling individual items from bundles and lowering prices across the board. Overall, the Crimson Serpent Weapon Set is a better deal than those previously available; More than half a dozen weapon skins for 600 credits is a price that would have been unthinkable before the shop overhaul. Players have responded in kind and everything from “pretty good deal
But Orochi’s breath poses a small problem: Halo infinity should show you what weapon attachments look like in first person before you buy them. It’s the tiniest of quibbles, but if you’re asking people to exchange very real money, such a feature should be there. Otherwise, players will accidentally buy a Cheeto.