As a lapsed Infinite player, returning for the first time in months, I am actually really enjoying what they’ve added. Last Spartan Standing is legitimately fun, and with a few tweaks I think could be an all time game type for the series. I like it that much. The challenge system still sucks, but at least they’re trending in the right direction with the changes. Both of the new maps seem great.
With that being said I cannot for the life of me understand the melee nerf/Mangler nerf. Last Spartan Standing shows just how bad the Mangler is now. It’s a downgrade to level up and lose the Sidekick. There is now nothing that makes the Mangler a weapon that I want to pick up. Shooting it is more difficult than most of the other guns. It shoots slowly, and missing one shot basically guarantees you losing a fight. Up close it loses to most other weapons now too. It’s bad at everything.
Lastly, and I know that this is an oldie but a goodie, but the AR just dulls everything down. It’s amazing how much better BR starts feel. It almost feels as if the sandbox was balanced around the BR, with the AR as a wall weapon, and at the last minute they changed it up.