{"id":22017,"date":"2015-06-19T18:24:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=22017"},"modified":"2015-06-19T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T23:24:45","slug":"no-firefight-or-spartan-ops-in-halo-5-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halofanforlife.com\/?p=22017","title":{"rendered":"No Firefight or Spartan Ops in Halo 5 Guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video interview of Kevin Franklin, multiplayer design director and Chris Lee, director of production, with Halo 5 Guardians., Polygon gets answers on various things regarding Halo 5 Guardians.<\/p>\n<p>In specific, I&#8217;m pointing out their question and the answer regarding Firefight and Spartan Ops not being included in Halo 5. You can go to the 5:18 mark of the video for this.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halo 5 Gameplay Interview: Warzones, Multiplayer, Campaign and More\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9poSwkUq-64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It seems as though 343 is touting War Zone to be the replacement of both former game modes.Depending on your likes of different game modes, this could be good or bad news.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the good side of it. It&#8217;s a new mode. While they say it&#8217;s not a hybrid mode, I will disagree with that. Though not exactly Firefight, War Zone does have enemy A.I.&#8217;s that spawn in matches, in various ways. So there are element of Firefight.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, War Zone is not all Slayer or Objective specific either. It incorporates both of those into matches.<\/p>\n<p>This is definitely something that some fans have wanted. I&#8217;ll admit back in the Halo 3 days, there was a video by Bungie on the map Rat&#8217;s Nest that had Covenant on it. I recall being very excited by that idea, thinking we&#8217;d be able to fight against them on multiplayer maps. It wasn&#8217;t until Reach that this came to life. However, unlike War Zone, Firefight was pure Spartans versus Covenant. It is a mode you can mess around in and have fun, without having to be serious.<\/p>\n<p>So with that, let&#8217;s take a look at the bad. For those who really love Firefight, myself included, looks like we&#8217;ll have to wait until Reach makes it to the XBOX One via reverse comparability, if it does. The loss of Firefight, be it in the style of ODST or Reach is a loss felt by many fans. With ODST coming to the HMCC, some had hopes that this was an indication that Firefiht might be coming to Halo 5. When 343 didn&#8217;t include Firefight with ODST, that was a knock back, but we still had hope.<\/p>\n<p>Alas for Spartan Ops, while I personally loved playing the missions over and over again, it wasn&#8217;t so well received by the overall Halo community. Recall it was dropped after its first season. it was implied enough that this was to be ongoing. However, with the sharp decline in Halo 4 players, and even sharper decline of those in Spartan Ops, 343 did not feel it was worth the manpower to continue on the episodic adventure. instead, they are using Darkhorse Comics Halo title &#8220;Escalation&#8221;, as the continuing Spartan Ops missions.<\/p>\n<p>You may u dee stand now why 343 didn&#8217;t include Spartan Ops. But Forefight? That one still perplexes me. I do get that 343 wants to continue to move away from Bungie&#8217;s Halo. However to completelly disregard a still popular mode is disappointing. War Zone does indeed look like a blast to play. But, when your looking to mess around or not have to focus on the PvP aspect, you won&#8217;t have that option on Halo 5 Guardians. As well, War Zone is a chaotic 24 person mode, while Firefight was a lot more intimate at only 4 players. Firefight is a mode you could relax in and play either by yourself or with a few friends while waiting on more of your friends to come on to Halo.<\/p>\n<p>For me, War Zone as of this writing is a mixed bag. It certainly includes a mode I have long hoped for by brining A.I. Into multiplayer. as well, it has a significant increase in team size, something I know many fans have wanted. Not being able to forge or have custom games with War Zone is a bit of a downer, as I had immediately thought to make Firefight gametypes from this. We can only hope that 343 hears enough from the community and will either make War Zone available to forge with or they themselves will create a Firefight mode. The former more likely than the latter there.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thought of this folks? Will you miss Firefight and\/or Spartan Ops? Do you think War Zone will fill that gap in nicely, partially or not at all?<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know by dropping a reply to this article below or e-mail me at sal@halofanforlife.com. All answers will be compiled and sent to 343, in hopes they will consider the community&#8217;s feedback.<\/p>\n<p>-Sal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video interview of Kevin Franklin, multiplayer design director and Chris Lee, director of production, with Halo 5 Guardians., Polygon gets answers on various things regarding Halo 5 Guardians. 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