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==History by game== | ==History by game== | ||
===''Halo 2''=== | ===''Halo 2''=== | ||
While it was yet to be implemented as an official mode, Infection—simply called "Zombies"—first existed as a custom game played with honor rules in ''[[Halo 2]]''. In its original form, the Red Team were the humans and the Green Team were the Energy Sword-wielding zombies. Players would have to manually switch teams using the pause menu if they were killed by a zombie to join the infected. The maps [[Foundation]] and [[Headlong]] were particularly popular choices for this mode.{{Ref/Reuse|S4Infection}} | {{Main|Zombies}} | ||
While it was yet to be implemented as an official mode, Infection—simply called "[[Zombies]]"—first existed as a custom game played with honor rules in ''[[Halo 2]]''. In its original form, the Red Team were the humans and the Green Team were the Energy Sword-wielding zombies. Players would have to manually switch teams using the pause menu if they were killed by a zombie to join the infected. The maps [[Foundation]] and [[Headlong]] were particularly popular choices for this mode.{{Ref/Reuse|S4Infection}} | |||
In 2023 it was discovered that Halo 2 once had an official internal version of Infection in development, among [[Cut Halo 2 gamemodes|other cut gametypes]]. This version of Infection featured team changing behavior similar to that found in the eventual Halo 3 variant, however was never released during Halo 2's tenure on Xbox Live. Files and further information about the modes were released through the [[Digsite]] project in 2024.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Neo1|neoteaika|1750096246759678109|Neo Te Aika|Quote=Cool #Halo 2-Digsiteish thing I got permission to share! 🧵<br>Halo 2 once had more gametypes, including Infection & VIP (later appearing in Halo 3), Headhunter (Reach), and Medic (don't think we fully figured this one out)...<br>(glitchy HUD is a side effect of H2 Uncut dev tags)|D=26|M=01|Y=2024}} | |||
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===''Halo 4''=== | ===''Halo 4''=== | ||
{{Main|Flood (gametype)}} | |||
[[File:Flood 1 (gametype).jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Flood player lunges at a survivor.]] | [[File:Flood 1 (gametype).jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Flood player lunges at a survivor.]] | ||
Released with the launch of ''[[Halo 4]]'', Flood was marketed as a successor to Infection, though the core gameplay remained largely identical and it is generally simply considered to be a variant of the Infection mode. In Flood, players are split into a Survivor team and a Flood team, and survivors must avoid being killed and converted to the Flood team. The principal difference between Flood and Infection is the addition of a new player model for the Flood: an infected Spartan's body was stripped of its hard armor plating and covered in a [[Flood]] carapace. Altered settings also gave Flood players a special armor effect that trailed behind them and a first-person screen effect that distorted their vision. | Released with the launch of ''[[Halo 4]]'', Flood was marketed as a successor to Infection, though the core gameplay remained largely identical and it is generally simply considered to be a variant of the Infection mode. In Flood, players are split into a Survivor team and a Flood team, and survivors must avoid being killed and converted to the Flood team. The principal difference between Flood and Infection is the addition of a new player model for the Flood: an infected Spartan's body was stripped of its hard armor plating and covered in a [[Flood]] carapace. Altered settings also gave Flood players a special armor effect that trailed behind them and a first-person screen effect that distorted their vision. | ||
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File:HINF Concept AlphaBetaInfected.jpg|Concept art of the different holographic effects for Alpha and Beta Infected in ''Halo Infinite''. | File:HINF Concept AlphaBetaInfected.jpg|Concept art of the different holographic effects for Alpha and Beta Infected in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF Concept InfectedSword.jpg|Concept art of the unique Infected energy sword in ''Halo Infinite''. | File:HINF Concept InfectedSword.jpg|Concept art of the unique Infected energy sword in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF-GlitchedInfection.png|A glitched game of Infection during the [[Winter Update]]. | File:HINF-GlitchedInfection.png|A glitched game of Infection during the [[Winter Update]] in ''Halo Infinite''. | ||
File:HINF-S4InfectionSpartans.jpg|An Infected Alpha charging at two Survivors in ''Halo Infinite''. | |||
File:HINF-DoubleInfectedSpartan.png|An Infected Alpha with Flood cosmetics on [[Streets]]. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||