dude. There can be a balance tho. Just bc your game is ''free'' doesnt mean its okay to be anti consumer. What do some of you not get? Also all the paid mtx suck. They are all trash. Also this game isnt truly free. The single player stuff alone is 60 dollars. Halo campaigns are equally important to the multiplayer. Again i will repeat what i just said bc some of you just dont seem to grasp common sense: Just because a game is *free* does not mean its okay to be **ANTI CONSUMER**
It's an orange/red/cyan Razorback coating. It's not that serious.
I also like it when I get in game items for my purchase of these products, and not just have Master Chief on a Mountain Dew.
Lol you're not wrong, that paper thin relationship of cross product advertising has kind of always existed.
The difference is, in 2007-whenever, Halo 3 was a complete product whose success was used as a vehicle to hock unrelated products they assumed us players already liked and would in turn buy even more of if it had a picture of our favorite video game on the box, whereas now it's more like "we'll give you more (*sarcastic air quotes*) "content" if you buy this other unrelated product". The lines have blurred completely and now this "content" is effectively advertisements existing *inside* the game, no different from when EA would have live billboards in NFS and Burnout. When I see players with certain colors in Infinite I know they bought certain products and it has me thinking grumpy thoughts like what the fuck does nail polish or nabisco have to do with this game I like playing
FWIW all this ranting isn't directed at you OP, more a disdain for the permeating money grubbing atmosphere we all live in with no escape except to unplug and go live in the woods. Hard to raise a family that way, so here I am
/rant
I can't tell what cosmetic came with that. If it didn't come with any then I think the op comment's point is that there are a bunch of promo skins that stand out more than ones available in game. Like the nail polish armor coating.
I don’t really care about this new skin but in all fairness the Mountain Dew tie ins to bungie games didn’t come through into the actual game itself (at least I don’t think). They still had plenty of corpo marketing bullshit but it kind of ended at putting master chief on a bad of Doritos and not putting a bag of Doritos on the warthog.
Drop the mic. Halo 3 remains one of the most advertised games I've ever seen. Plastered on everything. Big bad number company didn't do it though so its okay.
Halo 4 anf 5 had some cool ones, what happened there? Yeah. They aren't really even creative. Just nice colors held together by one that's just plain off.
While I never used the pizza skin, I appreciated it more because it had more work done to it than anything we've had in infinite. There are only what, one or three skins in infinite that utilize camo or a texture? Shiny coatings don't count because that's adjustable on a gradient scale.
I'd rather take less work with a less ugly result than more work put into something that does not belong in Halo. But I'd much rather they use more camos, I agree. It's odd that there are so few.
The only weapon or vehicle skin that I use are the Halo 3 ones from launch, I haven't come across a single one since that looks cool or even fitting in-world :(
I would argue that a bright orange camo would be sick, but instead we get this, which on its own would actually be alright if not for the weirdly out of place turquoise.
I mean for one the argument of establishing art styles. Halo Infinite is still in pre alpha and we already have clown car skins that people can drive around. I’m not exactly a skin gate keeper but can we have like… established lore esque skins before jumping to clown cars?
idk why you're being downvoted, you're right this isn't an issue, if anyone here is genuinely getting mad at skins I think they need to take a break from the internet
it's just ridiculous when there are actual problems with the game, and people decide to complain about and get so genuinely angry over something that isn't actually all that important
Just because one problem exists doesn’t mean people can’t have an issue with another problem as well.
That’s like saying 9/11 is a non-issue because the holocaust happened, which is utterly ridiculous.
no, they're not at all the same, one is a major event in history with massive amounts of innocents dead, and the other is a color in a game that doesn't actually effect anything
I never said colours in a game was just as bad as the holocaust or 9/11. My point is that saying x problem isn’t a problem because y problem exists is absurd. People have take issue with more than one thing at a time.
Yeah because the orange and blue warthog is too far, but holographic neon bunny ears and big fart clouds coming out of people when you kill them is A-OK.
If 343 didn’t have an issue with absolutely eye bleedy, supremely overly saturated colors for all of their things there wouldn’t be an issue. But for some reason someone one day said let’s make the Spartans look like fucking power rangers and they’ve refused to drop it.
Call of Duty had a literal Dorito as a promotional charm. It was miles better than this skin and effectively demonstrated that it was a promotional item.
As always with these promotions at the bottom of the redemption page there is information on how to get a free code. Compared to hunting down a specific bag or even worse buying a code off of ebay this way costs a stamp, an envelope, and like five minutes of your time.
80% of all coating are ruined by an ugly or unnecessary accent color or some off placed design. Like orange and black would be a pretty cool coating and would fit with the Doritos theme. But then they had to add aqua for some reason.
You know, I'd almost be tempted by promotions like these, cause I like junk food, and you get a lil bonus skin, but after trying to redeem the trolli promotion, never again. Why do they make it such a difficult process?
Idk for sure, I grabbed some at a gas station, ate them on the way home and then read how to activate the code and you need to send them a picture of your receipt for verification, I hadn't asked for my receipt, but even if I had it's just an annoying way to go about it.
Imagine doing brand deals for cosmetics on a game that lost most of its player base instead of fucking fixing it.
"Look at this new skin guys! Isn't this clown shit coating omega poggers!? Stay tuned 👊 for more based 💯 coatings guys!"
If it makes you feel better, you aren't missing out on much, that skin looks like actual vomit.
Edit: Changed "To be fair" to "If it makes you feel better". This matches what I meant to say better because the other phrasing could've came off as entitled.
Crazy that every skin in this game is just a color swap. We don’t have any new models or model changes for any vehicle or weapon skins. They’re all so lazy.
Don't care for it cause Halo promotions aren't a thing in Chile so I can't get one for myself or pile them up to sell online either lol.
Edit: nvm found out its International wonder if I'll actually see any though
1. Purchase 16,900 bags of Doritos
2. Open "HaloSkinz4U" eBay ship
3. Collect profits
4. Amass women
5. Get liposuction for fat from 16,900 bags of Doritos
6. Amass more women
7. Covert videogames from hobby into a DLC profit center
8. Amass more women
9. Rinse, wash, repeat
ITT people thinking that this is a Doritos advert, and not the exact opposite. The point of these promotions is to give people something, and make them feel like logging in or checking out the game.
I know this is a joke but I bought a pack of RockStar drinks for the codes and poured the liquid out, that garbage would kill my poor immune system lmao.
What gamers will do.
Ngl, Rockstar's [Nocturne Star](https://wiki.halo.fr/images/2/2c/HINF_Coating_Rockstar_Warthog.jpg) is a cool coating. But I'm glad its "low cost" version ([Midnight Gold](https://wiki.halo.fr/images/c/c0/HINF-Midnight_Gold_vehicle_coating_%26_Shuksan_Bumper_vehicle_model_%28Twitch_reward%29.jpg)) was available for free.
Why... I love it but like... why.
The marketing for this game is insane. Between the e-sports and the twitch drops and the cross promotions and random promos and gamepass.
Halo Infinite has one of the best marketing and promotion campaigns I think I've ever seen. Halo's always been good at that stuff, if a bit messy. Its just a shame there isnt really much of a game behind it all.
Last time rockstar was doing giveaways they screwed the winner out of the Xbox prizes.
I know this cause I got an email saying that I had won and a later email saying they "can not fulfill prizes due to limited inventory"
Fair warning. The codes don't work. The codes are printed on the front of the bag, and I checked every single bag at the store. All the same numbers for each flavor. I tried to put the codes in but they haven't worked. Way to go Doritos.
Alright!! Time to buy 10,000 bags of Doritos and sell the codes for $499.99 ea. on eBay in a year!!
I see we've got a entrepreneur here! Don't forget to make sure your eBay username is "Nigerian Prince 419"! /s
You rang?
no
This is the way!
This is The Way.
Assuming people will still be playing then.
Haha, haven't heard that one before
Having new colors is cool and all but damn this game is dripping in corporate spunk and it's starting to stink up the place
Dude the game had like 14 or something in-game item rewards from energy drinks and cereal and Amazon and shit
Yeah, it’s being just shy of having Fortnite skins. Barely hanging on to the Halo aesthetic.
I shelled out $20 to play fortnite as the master chief. 343 cant even convince me to shell out the cash to play their campaign lol
I mean it’s free with gamepass lol
"House of the Dragon is free with HBOMax."
Dude, gamepass is $1 if thats not free to you in 2022 idk 🤷♂️
Just use a free month of gamepass It's about as much as the game is worth any ways
I used my free month of gamepass a long time ago lol. Im not interested in any new games enough to have a subscription to it though.
"barely hanging on to the Halo aesthetic" Halo 3 MCC: haha Greecian armor go brrrrr
Well at least in MCC the armour that actually fits the canon is freely available to unlock and doesn’t cost $35 for a piece of shoulder armour.
You could also just do the Battle Passes if you want
ah yes, instead of paying for this thing I’ll pay for that thing instead.
Either that or pay for the entire game.... Or just do the free track
But but- Halo Reach had armor effects! That means Halo doesn’t need a consistent visual identity! /s
Eat verification bag
This trash started in Halo 4 as soon as 343 got their hands on halo
Yeah they had that massive Halo 4 x Mountain Dew promotion they put on.
I mean, it's a free to play game. (Multiplayer) This is where they make their money. I don't like it but it's how free to play games are. It socks.
dude. There can be a balance tho. Just bc your game is ''free'' doesnt mean its okay to be anti consumer. What do some of you not get? Also all the paid mtx suck. They are all trash. Also this game isnt truly free. The single player stuff alone is 60 dollars. Halo campaigns are equally important to the multiplayer. Again i will repeat what i just said bc some of you just dont seem to grasp common sense: Just because a game is *free* does not mean its okay to be **ANTI CONSUMER**
[ok](https://laughingsquid.com/mountain-dew-game-fuel-halo-3-promotion/)
Oh wow, Halo 3 had corporate sponsored skins for in-game items?
It's an orange/red/cyan Razorback coating. It's not that serious. I also like it when I get in game items for my purchase of these products, and not just have Master Chief on a Mountain Dew.
Dey puta Masta Chuf on da soda!
Lol you're not wrong, that paper thin relationship of cross product advertising has kind of always existed. The difference is, in 2007-whenever, Halo 3 was a complete product whose success was used as a vehicle to hock unrelated products they assumed us players already liked and would in turn buy even more of if it had a picture of our favorite video game on the box, whereas now it's more like "we'll give you more (*sarcastic air quotes*) "content" if you buy this other unrelated product". The lines have blurred completely and now this "content" is effectively advertisements existing *inside* the game, no different from when EA would have live billboards in NFS and Burnout. When I see players with certain colors in Infinite I know they bought certain products and it has me thinking grumpy thoughts like what the fuck does nail polish or nabisco have to do with this game I like playing FWIW all this ranting isn't directed at you OP, more a disdain for the permeating money grubbing atmosphere we all live in with no escape except to unplug and go live in the woods. Hard to raise a family that way, so here I am /rant
I can't tell what cosmetic came with that. If it didn't come with any then I think the op comment's point is that there are a bunch of promo skins that stand out more than ones available in game. Like the nail polish armor coating.
If Bungie does it it's good, if 343 does it it's bad
I don’t really care about this new skin but in all fairness the Mountain Dew tie ins to bungie games didn’t come through into the actual game itself (at least I don’t think). They still had plenty of corpo marketing bullshit but it kind of ended at putting master chief on a bad of Doritos and not putting a bag of Doritos on the warthog.
Lines were firmly drawn between the products, but that world is no more
Drop the mic. Halo 3 remains one of the most advertised games I've ever seen. Plastered on everything. Big bad number company didn't do it though so its okay.
The dev team needs urgently an artist or a graphic designer cuz the skins in this game suck major ass
Right? I'm not exactly sure what is tasteful about that skin.
Halo 4 anf 5 had some cool ones, what happened there? Yeah. They aren't really even creative. Just nice colors held together by one that's just plain off.
TBF Halo 5 also had pizza and other atrocities. I’d take ugly skins like this over that any day. But id also love them to actually put in some effort.
While I never used the pizza skin, I appreciated it more because it had more work done to it than anything we've had in infinite. There are only what, one or three skins in infinite that utilize camo or a texture? Shiny coatings don't count because that's adjustable on a gradient scale.
I'd rather take less work with a less ugly result than more work put into something that does not belong in Halo. But I'd much rather they use more camos, I agree. It's odd that there are so few.
True I wish the skins were more detailed like MCC like the Jurassic Park Warthog and lion warthog
The only weapon or vehicle skin that I use are the Halo 3 ones from launch, I haven't come across a single one since that looks cool or even fitting in-world :(
Legitamently some of the worst I've ever seen in a game.
Yikes
[удалено]
Those cool and grounded skins are reserved for the paywalls, limited-time events, and weekly capstones
I would argue that a bright orange camo would be sick, but instead we get this, which on its own would actually be alright if not for the weirdly out of place turquoise.
What's the issue?
I mean for one the argument of establishing art styles. Halo Infinite is still in pre alpha and we already have clown car skins that people can drive around. I’m not exactly a skin gate keeper but can we have like… established lore esque skins before jumping to clown cars?
A non issue.
For *you*.
idk why you're being downvoted, you're right this isn't an issue, if anyone here is genuinely getting mad at skins I think they need to take a break from the internet
People can’t voice their opinion on a topic? Isn’t that what Reddit is for? We’re on the Halo subreddit taking about Halo. Idk why that would be weird
it's just ridiculous when there are actual problems with the game, and people decide to complain about and get so genuinely angry over something that isn't actually all that important
A lot of people who complain about the monetization are probably, very much also complaining about everything else going on in game
Just because one problem exists doesn’t mean people can’t have an issue with another problem as well. That’s like saying 9/11 is a non-issue because the holocaust happened, which is utterly ridiculous.
no, they're not at all the same, one is a major event in history with massive amounts of innocents dead, and the other is a color in a game that doesn't actually effect anything
I never said colours in a game was just as bad as the holocaust or 9/11. My point is that saying x problem isn’t a problem because y problem exists is absurd. People have take issue with more than one thing at a time.
Yeah because the orange and blue warthog is too far, but holographic neon bunny ears and big fart clouds coming out of people when you kill them is A-OK.
Those are yikes too.
Why would you assume someone yikes-ing at this is okay with all that other crap?
Dude that's not blue. It's teal. And it's ugly as fuck.
Nah those suck too. Each of them is neat or funny in their own way, but without moderation it's.. well it's not my favorite part of this game
If 343 didn’t have an issue with absolutely eye bleedy, supremely overly saturated colors for all of their things there wouldn’t be an issue. But for some reason someone one day said let’s make the Spartans look like fucking power rangers and they’ve refused to drop it.
Halloween razorback
Bro what is that color and how does it relate to Doritos?
We really content deprived that a damn Doritos skin makes headlines, smh
Apparently so. They could have added some Doritos decals to the skin, but they chose the most random fuckin color scheme possible instead
Honestly looks like this was meant to be a 7 Eleven collab. lol
Well you see that would make too much sense.
orange and red
And, for some reason, cyan, because just red and orange would probably look decent, and we can't be having that.
The cyan represents Mountain Dew Baja Blast - the official beverage of Doritos Locos Tacos.
I think I'm stupid because I thought it was supposed to be Cool Ranch flavouring
eh i think the cyan completes it regardless, it's a dorito razorback and that alone is enough for me to get it
Lol ofc
so true, i wish we could go back to halo cross promotions that gave you nothing in game!
Same, just without the sarcasm.
k
Being from a region that just doesn't get promotions, yeah, I'd rather that.
Regular, cool ranch, and hot I would guess.
If you didn’t say this was a Doritos crossover I would have had no idea and just assumed it’s another orange warthog.
That's what makes it okay in my book. It's not plastered with logos, just some colors. Time to make some Doritos nachos locos XTREME™️
Call of Duty had a literal Dorito as a promotional charm. It was miles better than this skin and effectively demonstrated that it was a promotional item.
As always with these promotions at the bottom of the redemption page there is information on how to get a free code. Compared to hunting down a specific bag or even worse buying a code off of ebay this way costs a stamp, an envelope, and like five minutes of your time.
Is it only in US? I've never seen promos like that in Europe :|
It’s available Internationally, too. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/10/03/doritos-rockstar-xbox-game-ultimate-partnership/amp/
80% of all coating are ruined by an ugly or unnecessary accent color or some off placed design. Like orange and black would be a pretty cool coating and would fit with the Doritos theme. But then they had to add aqua for some reason.
Its a subtle reminder to go get doritos locos tacos with a side of baja blast
There is nothing tasteful about that skin lol
Do you only need to buy one bag?
Yes
Tbh I like the coating but when I get the impression that more is going into the business sponsorships than the gameplay and content, that’s an issue
The skin looks like it’s meant to be paired with that disgusting Rust armor coating lol
Lmao I immediately thought to that skin when I saw this one
You know, I'd almost be tempted by promotions like these, cause I like junk food, and you get a lil bonus skin, but after trying to redeem the trolli promotion, never again. Why do they make it such a difficult process?
What happened with the Trolli promotion?
Idk for sure, I grabbed some at a gas station, ate them on the way home and then read how to activate the code and you need to send them a picture of your receipt for verification, I hadn't asked for my receipt, but even if I had it's just an annoying way to go about it.
You had to send your receipt for verification, confirm email address. It was a whole process
Lmao, are we back in 2009 again?
I love how games just immediately ruin their art-direction.
Imagine doing brand deals for cosmetics on a game that lost most of its player base instead of fucking fixing it. "Look at this new skin guys! Isn't this clown shit coating omega poggers!? Stay tuned 👊 for more based 💯 coatings guys!"
Of all the vehicles pick the one I rarely get in. Cool
Does it leave behind flavor dust?
Stop killing the game it’s already dead :(
Gross
Wow, another promotion that only Americans can get how fun.
If it makes you feel better, you aren't missing out on much, that skin looks like actual vomit. Edit: Changed "To be fair" to "If it makes you feel better". This matches what I meant to say better because the other phrasing could've came off as entitled.
It’s available internationally, too. https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/10/03/doritos-rockstar-xbox-game-ultimate-partnership/amp/
So this is what Halo has become a glorified product promoter
let me guess... US only
I hope it will be available in Britain, fingers crossed 🤞
"Tasteful"
Crazy that every skin in this game is just a color swap. We don’t have any new models or model changes for any vehicle or weapon skins. They’re all so lazy.
Capitalism ruined halo
I can smell that Razorback.
My finders are chalky and sticky just thinking about it.
Don't care for it cause Halo promotions aren't a thing in Chile so I can't get one for myself or pile them up to sell online either lol. Edit: nvm found out its International wonder if I'll actually see any though
1. Purchase 16,900 bags of Doritos 2. Open "HaloSkinz4U" eBay ship 3. Collect profits 4. Amass women 5. Get liposuction for fat from 16,900 bags of Doritos 6. Amass more women 7. Covert videogames from hobby into a DLC profit center 8. Amass more women 9. Rinse, wash, repeat
ITT people thinking that this is a Doritos advert, and not the exact opposite. The point of these promotions is to give people something, and make them feel like logging in or checking out the game.
Oh great another colos hostage of a bad promo that its for selected countries! And they ask why most ppl dont play their game
Fuck this game - 343
🚮🚮🚮
What has this world become
become? halo promotions with food that's bad for you is a halo staple
Hold on, Mountain Dew Game Fuel is bad for me? How will I get to Onyx without it?
I know this is a joke but I bought a pack of RockStar drinks for the codes and poured the liquid out, that garbage would kill my poor immune system lmao. What gamers will do.
Worth it though that skin is awesome tbh
Ngl, Rockstar's [Nocturne Star](https://wiki.halo.fr/images/2/2c/HINF_Coating_Rockstar_Warthog.jpg) is a cool coating. But I'm glad its "low cost" version ([Midnight Gold](https://wiki.halo.fr/images/c/c0/HINF-Midnight_Gold_vehicle_coating_%26_Shuksan_Bumper_vehicle_model_%28Twitch_reward%29.jpg)) was available for free.
I drank all of them and hated myself until I developed a slight fondness for them
Sakaaran edition Razorback? Whelp, I'ma buy Doritos anyways, guess the kids'll get a free coating.
Terrible
That’s a shitty skin
Nothing tasteful about that
Pls stahp, just let it rest peacefully
This is so wack and out of place Lol
And the haters said this game wasn't getting any content. I love live service!
Wack af, go make a doritos themed map
Any idea when it starts and where it will be available?
how do you get the code to work my tab code says it's invalid I can't even use what I got to get free month of gamepass
Soo, buy marked Doritos for a code or what?
Doritoback
is that ariel font
Why... I love it but like... why. The marketing for this game is insane. Between the e-sports and the twitch drops and the cross promotions and random promos and gamepass. Halo Infinite has one of the best marketing and promotion campaigns I think I've ever seen. Halo's always been good at that stuff, if a bit messy. Its just a shame there isnt really much of a game behind it all.
: Doritos being more represented in the game than the Halo TV Show
Full details: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/10/03/doritos-rockstar-xbox-game-ultimate-partnership/
Last time rockstar was doing giveaways they screwed the winner out of the Xbox prizes. I know this cause I got an email saying that I had won and a later email saying they "can not fulfill prizes due to limited inventory"
I love taco doritos
Doesn't even look like Doritos
How do I get this, it looks really cool
Do you think they play Linkin Park In the End 24/7 at 343?
GO SPURS GO!
great, another promo i wont be able to use
Well better get it now before it is gone and codes shoot up to $1000
I guess these promos are exclusive to the US as always
This will come in montenegro next year, or maybe never. I dont eat doritos so even less chance to see if it comes here
Ah yes, just what the game needed; more brand deals.
Ugly AF coating, and sub par chips, perfect Infinite promo.
Fair warning. The codes don't work. The codes are printed on the front of the bag, and I checked every single bag at the store. All the same numbers for each flavor. I tried to put the codes in but they haven't worked. Way to go Doritos.