The Ops Continue In Halo: Spartan Assault

Lame....

Well at least I have a WP8.

Finally, the Halo game we have all been waiting for.

I mean.. it doesn't look outright Bad or anything, right?

$6.99... I think i'm good on Halo for now.

bummer, i have nothing it'll work on. it looks good though, pretty sure everyone in the coming weeks will be talking about how much this looks like killzone liberation and that was a great game

Ughh... no thank you. Also, Halo would be better off with less Sarah Palmer.

Now, if they made a Halo Wars 2 that was turn-based and played more like XCOM: Enemy Unknown, that's a game that I could see myself getting hyped for.

Guys, it's finally happening....

Halo is starting to become a bummer.

@azurath said:

Guys, it's finally happening....

That's what I thought. Looks like maybe this wasn't fake after all...

In an alternate universe this is a pretty sweet strategy game.

I mean, I'd play it. If it were on iOS. I suppose windows phone exclusives are inevitable, but it seems like a lot of development cost for a platform that nobody's on.

MS said E3 will be all about games, I hope they have more than tablet and phone games.

When I said there wasn't enough of Sarah in Halo 4, that's not what I had in mind, Bungie.

edit : or rather 343, or whoever is making this.

When are developers going to realize that virtual control sticks are NEVER A GOOD IDEA?

This looks like one of those app games that you buy, play for a while, forget about and then finally delete to make room for another app or whatever.

Can't wait for the XBONE port that plays like Geometry Wars.

ALL UNITS!

If you're not going to play this on a Win 8 PC then it'll control like a steaming pile shit. virtual control sticks ftw!

As someone who's not really into Halo, I'd play this. Although I'd rather play it with a controller.

So they make a game around the one character I strongly dislike in Halo 4?

Please tell me this is an intermezzo between Halo 4 & 5 and that she dies in the end.

The whole Tough-B*tch-Shoot-First-Ask-Questions-Never was poor form in character design.

Also I get the feeling from the trailer that they are reusing Halo Wars assets. Might just be me though.

Only Windows 8 phones & tablets. Good for the two people that own that platform, assuming they like Halo.

I hope the dual wielding SMGs in this game means it's back in Halo 5. That's about as much interest in this that I can have.

I don't see what's wrong with it.

Hell yeah!

I miss Ensemble :'(.....

Finally! A reason to buy a windows phone! - ... Oh wait, no thanks.

Man, everyone is so salty! I got one of the WP8 so it will be nice to play a game designed for it rather than just a shitty port.

Great way to get people to give a shit about Windows 8 - put a shitty Halo game on it that people can be snarky about.

I don't think anyone ever asked for a Halo dual stick shooter, but my god I wish this was a Halo dual stick shooter.

@cirdain: They will win E3 with that lineup. Unless Sony can somehow do better.

It would be great if Microsoft could take the Playstation philosophy on cross-buy and just charge one price to give you access on all devices. I'm sure I'll try it on the PC but to not have an XBLA or Xbone release seems strange.

Isn't that every game on a phone? It's fun for a while but then you get bored of it.

Spartan Sarah Palmer is a fascist monster.

Thanks, 343.

So if you put Halo music over anything I'm pretty sure i'll buy it. Man I forgot how awesome 4's soundtrack was.

@grixxel: Just out of curiosity have you used Windows Phone 8 before? For more than a minute or two?

whats that? windows phone? fuck that.

guess ill never play this.

The next Halo is a phone game with microtransactions. Look at your future, video games. This is it.

ALL UNITS

Looks ok, I'll probably check it out.

Hell I'll play a Halo dual stick shooter, not on my phone though, I'm not a maniac. Glad it's coming for PC, oh I mean "Windows 8" no way it's OS exclusive though right? Whatever if it is I'll just wait til the inevitable community port.

@bernoulli: @cirdain: You can plug a 360 controller into a Windows 8/RT tablet and use that to play games that support it. This is one of those games.

Can you not play this on Windows 7? If so that is fucking stupid.

A Halo tablet/phone game is just what I don't want.

I really liked the way Halo Wars turned out and I think there's room for non-FPS Halo games to work. Unfortunately I burned out on this sort of top down shooter years ago and I can't imagine one designed to work with touch screen controls, even if I'm playing on my Windows 8 desktop with mouse and keyboard, is going to reverse that for me.

Finally a beloved franchise we can all play on our surface tablets!

Like Skulls of the Shogun, it's not cross-buy.

So, yeah...

So another Gun Bros. like game???

I woulda been happier with an XCOM like game. Much much happier.

oh for fucks sake. this looks real dumb. and they are definitely starting to whore out the franchise now.

Yeah, I hate that character too.

If I download this will Spielberg spunk on my face?

They've made a huge mistake.