Hello everyone. This is my first post ever about halo, but i’m not new to the genre at all. Dating back to halo 1, like many others, and being a crazy forge-addict since halo 3, i stumbled across the fact that there is no infection mode. Also, because this is my first post, i hope this is a good place to put this post.
Forge isn’t out yet, but that doesn’t stop me from making custom settings for different maps, like Cops and Robbers, Jenga, Ghost Busters, Rocket Racing, and many others. I noticed that there are definitely a lot of new settings, and a lot of highly customization options. I more than just adore the idea of being able to turn off things such as clamber, sprint, and everything else, or to keep them on.
However, i didn’t find any settings for infection, which plays a big role in game variants such as cops and robbers, one of my most player custom game variant back in the day on Halo 3. The 2 guards would be the infected, and the prisoners would be non infected. This allowed for the Wardens (infected) to have different customization from the prisoners (Humans).
With limited rule customization, i feel like there will be a huge decline in forge map variants. I’m not the best player, and only ranking at a low diamond at the moment, but i do enjoy playing countless hours in custom games with friends. Not only that, but again, i love to actually make maps. So although i will be able to make maps for slayer or king of the hill, i will never get the true satisfaction of a real “custom game” where the objective isn’t necessarily skill based, but more fun based.
TL:DR Will we ever see more custom rule options in the future such as infection, or maybe even rocket racing variants too? We have a lot of customization already, but we are still lacking in customization that previous Halo’s have had, and i fear that when Forge is released, i won’t be able to be as creative as i’d like too, and it will deeply limited what i have to work with.