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This, right here, could reignite my love for Halo.
By:Quirel
Date: 6/5/13 2:14 am
In Response To: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013 (dCon V)

It's a top-down shooter that appears to take cues from RTSs. It's got Wolverines and Hornets and all that stuff that made Halo good. There's the old style of Banshees, and Flak Wraiths, and the original Elephant!

Despite the crappy name, despite the crappy music, despite the fact that Palmer is the lead character...
I want this game to be great. I want it to succeed. I want to play it. This is the first game trailer in years that I've watched multiple times in one sitting.

-OK, viewing the video on youtube now. It's rather disappointing that they are showing the gameplay on a Windows 8 phone rather than fullscreen, because that just drives home how small the screen is going to be.

-Holy crap, you can have at least sixnine of each grenade? Why can't you do that in the FPSs?

-PLASMA REPEATERS! YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES!

-Vehicle jacking! Claiming abandoned vehicles!

-... the SPNKR can volley launch a hundred rockets? And the Spartan Laser has a long, continuous discharge? What the hell?

-Ooh, Brute shot.

So, apparently Spartan Assault is going to be exclusive to tablets, phones, and PCs running Windows 8. It will not be released on the Xbox.

Really? I smell an entire dairy farm's worth of bullcrap.
It doesn't make business sense to keep it off the XBox. How many people picked up Vista because they wanted to play Halo 2?

If the XBONE runs off the same kernel as Windows 8*, there can't be a whole lot keeping H:SA off the console. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it is released on Live Arcade eventually.

*The precise terminology escapes me at the moment, and I'm too tired to look it up.

Meh. Need sleep. Will comment on story expectations and One-Note Palmer tomorrow.

Messages In This Thread

Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013dCon V6/4/13 9:18 am
     Windows 8? Palmer?Nikko B2016/4/13 9:25 am
           Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyArithmomaniac6/4/13 5:35 pm
                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadySchooly D6/4/13 5:56 pm
                 We've gone through enoughGrizzlei6/4/13 5:58 pm
                 Nope.Nikko B2016/4/13 6:16 pm
                       Re: Nope.Grizzlei6/4/13 6:20 pm
                             Re: Nope.Morpheus6/4/13 7:48 pm
                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyTDSpiral6/4/13 6:50 pm
                       Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyLeviathan6/4/13 7:01 pm
                             Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyTDSpiral6/4/13 7:13 pm
                                   Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyGrizzlei6/4/13 7:22 pm
                                         Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyTDSpiral6/4/13 7:29 pm
                                               Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyGrizzlei6/4/13 7:36 pm
                                                     Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyLeviathan6/4/13 8:19 pm
                                                           Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadydavidfuchs6/4/13 10:12 pm
                                                                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyLeviathan6/4/13 10:38 pm
                                                                       Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyGrizzlei6/4/13 11:02 pm
                                   Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyLeviathan6/4/13 8:25 pm
                                   Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyQuirel6/5/13 1:12 am
                 This is why many don't want to love her...SEspider6/4/13 11:58 pm
                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyArchilen6/5/13 12:25 am
                 When SpOps story was going on...padraig086/5/13 11:19 am
                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyRC Master6/5/13 1:36 pm
                       Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyGrizzlei6/5/13 1:56 pm
                             Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyRC Master6/6/13 3:33 pm
                 Re: Enough with the Palmer hate alreadyAvateur6/6/13 9:09 pm
                       I still want to throw Palmer out of an airlock. *NM*Captain Spark6/6/13 10:51 pm
                             Too bad she wasn't in The FleetGrizzlei6/6/13 10:58 pm
                                   So, would this be 'fragging' your commander...Quirel6/6/13 11:07 pm
     That actually looks funArteenEsben6/4/13 9:38 am
           InB4 rabble rabble rabbleRevenant19886/4/13 9:46 am
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013Leviathan6/4/13 9:42 am
           I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?Leviathan6/4/13 9:50 am
                 Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?thebruce06/4/13 9:51 am
                       Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?Revenant19886/4/13 9:54 am
                 Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?Revenant19886/4/13 9:51 am
                 Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?The Loot6/4/13 10:01 am
                       Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?Leviathan6/4/13 10:10 am
                             Re: I wonder if it will ever come to Live Arcade?General Vagueness6/6/13 6:00 pm
                 I certainly hope so.Gravemind6/4/13 11:41 am
           Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013gamerguy20026/4/13 10:10 am
     WOO HOO! WP8 :-)GrimBrother One6/4/13 9:50 am
           BOO HISS! *NM*Kermit6/4/13 12:51 pm
                 All your misery is sweetness for the grinding mill *NM*GrimBrother One6/4/13 1:24 pm
                       I'm happy for you.Kermit6/5/13 5:21 pm
     Well, it was fun while the mystery lasted. *NM*The Loot6/4/13 10:00 am
     Well, I'll wait for the Win 7 patch like H2V... *NM*Pkmnrulz2406/4/13 10:09 am
           Except...DHalo6/4/13 10:21 am
                 Also exceptBry6/4/13 11:09 am
                       Re: Also exceptDHalo6/4/13 11:25 am
                       Re: Also exceptGeneral Vagueness6/6/13 6:05 pm
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013iForge6/4/13 10:28 am
           Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013DEEP NNN6/4/13 11:35 am
                 Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013Stephen L. (SoundEffect)6/4/13 12:09 pm
                       Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013DEEP NNN6/4/13 12:20 pm
                             Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013Stephen L. (SoundEffect)6/4/13 2:59 pm
     Is this as close to a Halo Wars 2 as we'll get?TDSpiral6/4/13 10:39 am
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013FyreWulff6/4/13 11:29 am
           Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013DEEP NNN6/4/13 11:43 am
     (Khan rage) PAAALLLMMMEEERRRRRRR!!!!Grizzlei6/4/13 11:47 am
     It's Windows 8, so it should be on Xbox OneBry6/4/13 11:48 am
           Re: It's Windows 8, so it should be on Xbox OneTDSpiral6/4/13 12:04 pm
                 Re: It's Windows 8, so it should be on Xbox OneBry6/4/13 1:58 pm
                       Re: It's Windows 8, so it should be on Xbox OneTDSpiral6/4/13 6:54 pm
                             Re: It's Windows 8, so it should be on Xbox OneBry6/4/13 7:55 pm
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013padraig086/4/13 1:45 pm
           In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...MacGyver106/4/13 2:49 pm
                 Re: In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...Leviathan6/4/13 3:56 pm
                       Re: In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...Stephen L. (SoundEffect)6/4/13 4:22 pm
                             Re: In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...Leviathan6/4/13 5:27 pm
                                   Re: In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...RC Master6/4/13 6:15 pm
                 Re: In-app Purchases According to Polygon too...Bry6/4/13 4:35 pm
     *Shrugs*RC Master6/4/13 3:04 pm
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013Sl'askia6/4/13 4:41 pm
     I actually didn't hate this.Hyokin6/4/13 6:20 pm
           Re: I actually didn't hate this.Leviathan6/4/13 6:52 pm
                 Re: I actually didn't hate this.davidfuchs6/4/13 7:32 pm
     You guys/gals realize that it'll...SEspider6/5/13 12:04 am
     Dev interview here.Quirel6/5/13 1:50 am
           This looks so, so sweet. Buying! *NM*serpx6/5/13 11:05 am
     Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013CHa0s6/5/13 2:02 am
           Re: Halo: Spartan Assault coming July 2013TDSpiral6/5/13 10:46 am
     This, right here, could reignite my love for Halo.Quirel6/5/13 2:14 am
           It's an arcade game. Simple as that.Revenant19886/5/13 9:23 am
                 Re: It's an arcade game. Simple as that.Quirel6/6/13 1:41 am
                 Re: It's an arcade game. Simple as that.uberfoop6/6/13 12:30 pm
                 Re: It's an arcade game. Simple as that.General Vagueness6/6/13 6:42 pm
     but I just upgraded to Windows 7 two months ago :( *NM*General Vagueness6/6/13 4:57 pm

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