About Arsenal:
These are some fun additions that really help to spice up gameplay. It’s not a huge thing, but it is quite a good excuse to sink plenty more hours into an already great game. The new aliens do require some actual forethought when approaching, particularly things like hivecrawlers which can really make you rethink taking a hive. The new abilities are great fun too and I’ve had a lot of new personal strategies emerge from that. EDIT/Note: I do recommend that you experience the vanilla game first, so disable the DLC in Steam and play the game a bit dds more variety to the base game. Humans get some special abilities that really only come in handy on higher difficulties (where that is depends on the player) but when you do use them, they can get you out of a tight spot. The aliens get more mutations, which are what keep the game varied and interesting. It also adds the Ironman mode, which makes the game play like a more traditional RTS. I like it because it prevents the abuse of the recycle function, but it also makes bad decisions permanent, so only choose it if you like a challenge. If you’re getting the base game anyway, you might as well get this add-on for an extra $5. It adds some variety, especially to skirmish mode. This seems like a small DLC for the price tag. However! I specifically paid full price because I want to support the developer. Considering I generally dislike the idea of DLC and furthermore RTS is my least favorite genre, I absolutely love everything about Infested Planet. I was excited to hear a DLC was coming out, and I budgeted it for the soonest payday after release. Now excuse me, I have some fresh-bought DLC to break in!
