: I'm sitting here listening to the soundtrack. This is really, really good. It
: feels like Halo. It pulls enough from past compositions, primarily
: O'Donnell's work, but also Rippy who did the Halo Wars soundtrack. It has
: a very cultural vibe to it, a lot of African instruments that give this a
: very "wild" untamed Halo feel. The music perfectly represents
: the Halo universe on an untamed world, while still retaining the signature
: fun and uniqueness of Halo's music.

: I am really, really surprised not only by this soundtrack but by Spartan
: Assault as a whole. I really wasn't excited at all. I didn't even plan to
: get it. Then I heard a few comments that it was "fun". Hell,
: that's the truth of it. We need more games like this. Not necessarily in
: the mobile space, but in alternate genres other than First-Person
: Shooters. Halo Wars and Spartan Assault are both two very unique additions
: to the Halo universe, and I for one feel very happy to have them here.

: While we're on this topic, I'd also like to point out that Spartan Assault
: actually does provide some interesting information from a fictional
: standpoint. For one, unless the splinter sect of Covenant featured in this
: game is something other than the Storm, this game indicates that Brutes
: and Drones are indeed part of the Storm faction. It tells us that
: Forerunners built constructs disguised as moons (queue Star Wars jokes)
: around certain planets (I imagine in case of Flood infection). And it
: tells us about certain vehicles and pieces of Forerunner tech and when
: they might have been inducted into the UNSC Spartan branch for use. While
: no specific timeline is given for the game, this does help us piece
: together a lot of the expanded universe stuff that happened after Halo 3
: and leading up to Halo 4. It'll be interesting to see what is revealed
: when Mortal Dictata releases.

: tl;dr: Buy Spartan Assault. It's cheap, fun, faithful (barring a couple
: misused sound effects) and much better than you're expecting (if a little
: short). And if you're a fan of classic Halo music, buy the soundtrack.

Anyone know if there's a site to buy this from for Canadians? I had chosen Amazon.com, but they can't serve mp3s to Canada and the Canadian Amazon site doesn't carry it.