343 Industries has been good listeners regarding fan feedback, with many issues ofHalo Infinite’s steadily being addressed since the game’s launch. From the price of cosmetics, to what is being offered itself, one of the most desired changes is forHalo Infinite’s Item Shop to be reworked, with one fan completely redesigning its presentation.
Halo Infinite’s Item Shop is where players can purchase unique Spartan customization options using real money. To many players' surprise, much of the Item Shop’s customization options so far have been not necessarily the most special of pieces, but components that players expected just as part of the base game to start with. This development, the prices of the cosmetics themselves, and the lack of freely attainable armor pieces has seenHalo Infiniteplayers accuse 343 Industries of contradictingformer statements regarding the freedom of player customization. Some fans have estimated the cost of purchasing all ofHalo Infinite’s Season 1 cosmetics to be over $1,000.
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Spartan_D1994 took to theHalosubreddit to share an incredible UI redesign ofHalo Infinite’s Item Shop, arguably addressing the majority of fans' current gripes. Their redesign splits the Item Shop into two pages: one for weekly rotating items, and one for daily items. Further separation was brought to the current listing format, breaking up some of the available bundles so that their contents can be purchased individually. For example, currently the Golden Eagle AR weapon model, the Arena Clash weapon coating, and the Controlled Leak weapon charm can only be purchased in $15 bundle, but Spartan_D1994’s makes them purchaseable a la carte. The full redesign can be viewedhere.
Those aren’t the only considerations Spartan_D1994 took though while making this redesign. After many players were perturbed byHalo Infinite charging crazy prices for simple armor coatings, Spartan_D1994 brought the Item Shop’s prices down across the board. Items like armor coatings, weapon coatings, and weapon charms are $1, playercard and emblem sets are $2, and player stances, weapon models, and vehicle models are just $3. The largest price reduction of all comes to specialty weekly bundle, typically being sold for $20, but in this case, is only $6.
There is a very little that Spartan_D1994 misses with their redesign, generally providing a much more welcoming and sensical Item Shop presentation. As a free-to-play game,Halo Infinitehaving an Item Shop is not the problem—it is how it is structured. Fans are unhappy they have to payexpensive prices for content that was free in priorHalotitles, though obviously they would much rather them just be in the game to begin with. 343 Industries has been very accomadating so far, so hopefully it continues with these Item Shop woes.
Halo Infiniteis available on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
