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Quick Look: Halo: Spartan Assault

Halo and dual-stick downloadable shooters are what the Xbox does best! Right? RIGHT?!

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jan. 7 2014

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Drew

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Halo: Spartan Assault

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Edited By amardilo

Totally agree on not liking the one time use items in games, it really puts me off games.

I really like the Halo franchise and this sounded great when it was announced but I think the one time use stuff and no checkpoints has put me off.

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Kind of reminds me of Rush n Attack on the NES. Also I am kind of over the Halo, Gears games. Shooter are a detraction for me nothing more. (Expect for Borderlands 1 and 2.)

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i was watching this and i was thinking why. why are they still playing this, there had been like 5 mins without anyone saying anything, clearly no one was having fun and jeff was just needlin dudes, but then i realized. you are doing everyone a service by playing bad games like this so we dont have to, so thank you.
very informative, informative meaning fuck this game.

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Edited By NeoZeon

Still better than Forza 5, microtransaction wise. At least this game hides it behind a menu or two first.

That being said it still looks boring as all hell. The short missions could make it a nice time waster though if it ever goes on deep discount on day.

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Complaining about single use items is so bizarre

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@kmg90 said:

I almost feel sorry for Halo fans that are get swindled into this game just because it's has Halo in the name... I would mistaken it for a Gameloft rip-off if I were introduced to game blindly without knowing the name or other identifying aspects of the game.

But given how Microsoft has treated their customer base so far (with the launch games be littered with pay to cheat systems) this is just another game designed to milk loyal fans wallets because they can and majority of consumers are blind (or turn a blind eye) to the nickel and dimeing.

I really wonder how Titanfall is going to turn out, I really wouldn't be surprised if it has microtransactions

It's really sad...

I fully expect Halo 5 to have an XP doubler for multiplayer.

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Edited By spctre

You guys, I bought this on my Surface tablet (yes, really) when it came out and it was utterly terrible. Worst game with a Halo license yet.

Not surprised it's clunker on XBONE as well.

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I thought is was pretty descent