Infection
Halo Infinite Playlists That Need to Come Out Next
If Grifball is the GOAT of Halo multiplayer playlists, then Infected is its farmyard partner-in-crime. The SHEEP?… The COW? Let’s forget this weird farmyard analogy. Infected is a very good game mode.
Things start out with one player assuming the role of the ‘Infected,’ and must hunt down the players on the opposing team to ‘Infect’ them and convert them to their team. With an Energy Sword and boosted speed and jumping, the Infected have the advantage in close-quarters combat, forcing those trying to survive the outbreak to constantly stay on the move and keep their distance.
Most skirmishes often end with screams and shouts as both players dance a deadly tango around each other. Wild lunges of the Energy Sword grazing the rust on your Spartan armor’s chinny chin chin as you blindly unload an entire clip of your AR from the hip in sheer panic.
It’s an absolute delight, and only gets more enjoyable when you’re hunting down the opposition as the Infected.
Will Infected return as a limited-time game mode? Only time will tell, but it absolutely should to add some much-needed, light-hearted playlists to Halo Infinite’s current selection.
