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My thoughts on the game *Spoilers*
By:TDSpiral
Date: 7/23/13 1:59 pm

Things I like:

- A huge mix of different Halo elements that are combined in a coherent way. It's really great way to reinforce that these games are in the same universe when you see things from Halo Wars, Halo 3, Reach, and Halo 4 all in one game.
- The soundtrack hearkens back to Halo Wars and Halo 3 more than the newer Davidge sound, which is a great way to place it in the canonical timeline.
- The sound quality is what you would expect out of a Halo game- it's fantastic. Though there are a few mistakes here and there (notably Drones make Engineer noises).
- The environment artwork actually took me by surprise with how cool and interesting it made everything. My favorite part of the Halo series is looking out and seeing these cool landscapes.
- Gameplay is great- it sort of reminds me of Smash TV. Playing with all the weapons and armor abilities is really cool.
- New skulls. I'd love to see these implemented for a future FPS Halo game. They've been using the same skulls since Halo 3, for the most part.
- The story is pretty simple, but it does give a little bit of an insight to the Covenant post-war. I'm not sure if the Covenant in Spartan Assault is part of Jul 'Mdama's forces though. It's kind of cool to see a different villain, and actually get to fight the villain.
- Palmer actually doesn't come across as annoying, but that's only because she doesn't have any dialogue at all. However playing as her, and watching her take out Merg Vol single-handedly makes me appreciate her more.

Things I do not like:

- The micro-transactions for the game are pretty lame. Basically, there are a few weapons, armor abilities, and slight gameplay modifiers that are blocked by a paywall. These are for a one-time use, so you don't get to permanently use the Spartan Laser if you purchase it. I guess this is just for those people with lots of money and little time on their hands to play through the game with default loadouts.
- Vehicles kill you very easily, similar to Halo: CE. It's annoying as hell because you can be over halfway through a mission, you walk up to Ghost to hijack, but end up dead because it nudged you slightly. And because there are no checkpoints in the missions, you have to start all over again.
- I was able to play just fine with a keyboard and mouse, but having controller support right away would've definitely helped my enjoyment of the game.
- I wish this game was available for more platforms, especially XBLA. I feel like the biggest reason there hasn't been too much discussion about Spartan Assault is just because a lot of people don't have access to a Windows 8 device.
- The way the story is told is disappointing. It's mostly through a simulation/history lesson for S-IVs, so the story doesn't get told in any meaningful way. When things happen to the characters, it really doesn't feel like it has any weight.


Messages In This Thread

Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on game)Postmortem7/22/13 5:04 pm
     Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaGrizzlei7/22/13 5:21 pm
     a matter of platform (don't have Win8/Surface) *NM*kidtsunami7/22/13 6:08 pm
           SURFACE RT on SALE now.DEEP NNN7/22/13 7:00 pm
                 NoooooooooRevenant19887/22/13 7:06 pm
                       +1ZackDark7/22/13 7:18 pm
                             Re: +1davidfuchs7/22/13 9:46 pm
                                   Exactly *NM*ZackDark7/22/13 10:15 pm
     Hey Postmortem!Lawnmower1727/22/13 8:24 pm
     Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaStephen L. (SoundEffect)7/22/13 8:36 pm
           Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaDEEP NNN7/22/13 9:42 pm
                 Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaStephen L. (SoundEffect)7/22/13 10:30 pm
                       Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaDEEP NNN7/22/13 10:43 pm
                             Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaRC Master7/23/13 7:33 am
     Re: Spartan Assault Soundtrack (and thoughts on gaSliding Ghost7/23/13 2:18 am
     Brutes at any rate I supposepadraig087/23/13 11:13 am
           Yes!munky-0587/23/13 11:18 am
                 Help!padraig087/23/13 11:29 am
                 Re: Yes!Grizzlei7/23/13 2:39 pm
     My thoughts on the game *Spoilers*TDSpiral7/23/13 1:59 pm

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