Daily Archives: 11/08/2012

Halo 4 Spartan Ops review

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Okay, let me first say when I heard Firefight was gone for Halo 4, I was a little sad. I found that part of Reach enjoyable when I either didn’t have friends on to game with, or when I just wanted a little fun playing without having to try hard against real life people.

So when I first heard about Spartan Ops, I was a little skeptical, however interested.

Let me say this, the skepticism is GONE!

I freakin’ LOVE Spartan Ops!!!

I played yesterday with one of my gaming group buds. At first we chose the normal setting. Gawd, that was TOO easy for us. So we went for Legendary. That was still pretty easy even though there were only two of us.

In a way Spartan Ops IS Firefight. However it’s a mission based firefight. Gone are the repetitive waves. Gone are knowing where each enemy is going to spawn from.

Now we have a great story driven firefight-esque gametype that fuels your Multiplayer Spartan’s career. I’ve only payed the first three chapters for the first week and can say with full confidence that Spartan Ops is the shiznit!

Folks, you have GOT TO PLAY IT! Please do so that you can help contribute and keep this wonderful game mode around for longer than the initial 10 weeks. Take a little time away from War Games and play Spartan Ops. Even if you play it by yourself (which I did), it’s quite fun. In fact, I played the first mission with the determination that I wouldn’t die. Guess what? I didn’t! Granted this was on Normal, but still, when you see what you have to go up against… As ONE spartan, well it’s not all THAT easy.

Each mission starts out with a short clip and a breakdown of the mission at start. You hear from Sarah Palmer via another Spartan who is in charge of your mission. After performing the various, yes VARIOUS parts of the mission, you are then directed to the LZ or extraction point. In the first mission, you are tasked with taking down several bouys, then move on to killing Covies, then more Covies, this time with several vehicles, including Ghosts and Wraiths, then finally you need to take a hill that is well defended by a Phantom, many troops, and a pair of Hunters. Firefight? Nope. A WHOLE LOT BETTER!

To the crew at 343 who are responsible for creating Spartan Ops I say a hearty THANK YOU!. Consider me your most ardent supporter!

-Sal

Announcing the first HaloFanForLife community Playdate.

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I’ll be holding the first HFFL playdate next Wednesday (November 14).

There are just a few rules that everyone must adhere to when gaming with me.

First, NO trashtalking/any langauge I consider offensive. I’ll give you a warning. Keep it up and you’ll be booted.. Do not initiate T-bags.

Participation is for BLOG subscribers only. If you want to join the playdate and are a blog subscriber (read, not Twitter or Facebook…), send me a request to join and I’ll send you an invite. Do NOT include your friends unless they too are registered on the blog.

Complainers will be booted from the party. It’s distracting and brings the overall mood down for the group.

This is to be a fun event. However, I do ask that you behave nicely. This is just a game afterall, nothing to get upset over or go on a vulgar tirade about for whatever reason.

Again, the playdate is Wednesday Nov 14. 8pm EST. Likely for 2 hours, maybe more depending on participation.

I will be party lead for the whole event, no exceptions. Gametype will depend on party size.

Hope to see you there!

-Sal

OMG, would complainers please STFU?

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Seriously, the game has ONLY been out 2 days. Give the complaining a freakin’ rest and just play the game. Play it for fun. Winning is great of course, but if you’re losing, then take that time to learn form it. Quit your sorry ass complaining.

STFU=Shut the Forerunner up…

Anyway, seriously (again) the game is going to take some adjustments on YOUR part. Each Halo game has. Why should this one be any different? It really annoys the crap out of me when people complain like this. Not so much from those people I know aren’t as good at the game. But so much so form those who are awesome at Halo. They are going 20+ K/D in games and STILL they complain. Cripes, what the hell do you want? Kills hand fed to you?

Okay, sorry folks, but I had to rant a bit. Are there things I’d like to see added/changed/taken out. Sure, but again, since the game is SO fresh, I’m VERY willing to play it for awhile to make a more educated assessment and voice a concern.

Rolls eyes until I pass out from Vertigo…

-Sal

What are YOUR impressions of Halo 4 so far?

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Sound off folks. I want to know what you think about the game. Any and everything about it. Campaign, Spartan Ops, Wargames, spawning, weapons, achievements, commedations, ranking up, etc.

Let me know what you like, what you don’t, what you’d like to see added in, taken out.

Really, ANYTHING about the game. This is your chance to sound off here. I’ll be forward these to BS Angel at 343 as well as some of the devs. Your voice as Halo fans will be heard.

For the record I’m loving it. Just a slight issue with the lobby and joining games. Most everything else is good to great. Anything that isn’t is easily overcome or will be with more experience.

-Sal