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Subject: Does anyone like Spartan Ops?

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Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd
I like how it extends the story beyond the ending of the campaign. But other than that, I'm not impressed. The pre-episode cutscenes are the best part.


Pretty much this.

  • 12.02.2012 1:29 PM PDT
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I did both firefight and Spartan oops for the achievements.
I find firefight more fun although I am enraged that spec ops servers don't have that terrible lag that firefight does.

  • 12.02.2012 1:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd
I like how it extends the story beyond the ending of the campaign. But other than that, I'm not impressed. The pre-episode cutscenes are the best part.

  • 12.02.2012 1:31 PM PDT
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There's 50 chapters in a season? You guys expect 50 new maps? Stop being ridiculous.

  • 12.02.2012 1:34 PM PDT

Posted by: Aang the Avatar
There's 50 chapters in a season? You guys expect 50 new maps? Stop being ridiculous.

I was expecting a decent replacement for Firefight, but instead we got lolSpOps.

  • 12.02.2012 1:36 PM PDT

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Posted by: Seneka The 5th
>new, free content every week
>complaining that the maps are recycled

  • 12.02.2012 1:36 PM PDT
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I've been playing Halo for 10+ years and I LOVE Spartan Ops.

Simple fun.

  • 12.02.2012 1:37 PM PDT

Posted by: jjboy84

Posted by: Seneka The 5th
>new, free content every week
>complaining that the maps are recycled

Free content?

Then why the -blam!- did they remove Firefight huh?

Free content my ass.

  • 12.02.2012 1:39 PM PDT

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I like it.

The whole re-using of maps is a very valid complaint, but who knows, maybe they did that so that they could finish Season 1 in time for launch. Maybe future seasons will be different.

  • 12.02.2012 1:40 PM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

I would have preferred Firefight, but I do like Spartan Ops.

  • 12.02.2012 1:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
What house has a rocket pod, has legs, and has a long narrow barrel that probably shoots something powerful?

Sounds like you're describing the lower half of my body, actually.

No I do not like Spartan ops. Spartan ops just flat out sucks.

  • 12.02.2012 1:41 PM PDT

Only eggheads like spartan ops.

  • 12.02.2012 1:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R
No I do not like Spartan ops. Spartan ops just flat out sucks.


This. Should be renamed Flops.

  • 12.02.2012 1:42 PM PDT

Country: United States.
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I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

I find it extremely boring. The only reason why I'm even playing it is for that achievement and EXP. Spartan OPS is that gametype you play for the achievements and the easy EXP. There is no fun in it at all.

-The maps are recycled.

-The objectives are repetitive.

-Miller is the "You don't say guy." Nothing he tells you is useful.

-Palmer never shuts up. "Crimson do this. Crimson do that." The egghead thing is extremely annoying.

-You can die 100 times and still complete the level.

-You can fail an objective and complete the level.

-For the amount of enemies that get spammed at you. They might as well did Firefight instead.

I like how this person over at Waypoint described it.
CGI EPisodes:
The weekly CGI episodes center around somewhat annoying characters that have nothing to do with what's going on in the gameplay portion of Spartan Ops. This sort of ruins the immersion because I feel like nothing I do in these chapters is effecting the actual episode.

Uninspired Voice Acting & Banter:
It seems to me like the voice actors that talk while you are playing are simply bored and completely disinterested in what you are doing. Not to mention the "radio transmission" effect makes them sound monotone and quiet. This is yet another thing that makes me feel like my actions are unimportant.

Pointless Objectives & Continuous Flooding of Enemies:
I love the objective based style that Spartan Ops was going for, but it seems that whenever I push a button all it does is make another wave of enemies spawn. The entire reason I was excited for Spartan Ops was the fact that it was going to differ from Firefight's wave after wave of enemies formula. However, it seems that we are simply getting a rehash of that with less features.

Recycled Environments & Reverse Missions:
I'm not quite understanding why environments were recycled from the Campaign to use in a different mode. It makes me feel like I'm playing nothing new and that I might as well play the Campaign variant because it's more engaging. What further adds to my puzzlement is the fact that some new environments actually are introduced into Spartan Ops. So why not just go full steam with this instead of making only a couple new environments? Reverse missions are also irritating. They once again make me feel like I'm doing the same thing, but for a third time. You could at the very least make small changes to the scenery to make it clear that time has passed since your last visit.

  • 12.02.2012 1:42 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

Posted by: Seneka The 5th
>new, free content every week
>complaining that the maps are recycled

How is it "new content" when they recycle the maps?

  • 12.02.2012 1:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Silverback Elite
Should be renamed Flops.

  • 12.02.2012 1:44 PM PDT

The human element always mucks things up.

At least the cutscenes are pretty...

  • 12.02.2012 1:45 PM PDT

Pass the controller bro

They're quite boring and the missions are very uncreative. A more fleshed-out Firefight probably would have had more value, but I understand them wanting to do their own thing. The 10/10 CGI is it's only redeeming value, but you could just watch that on You Tube.

I just use Spartan Ops as a sort of warm up mode, because I play almost exclusively on PC and sometimes it feels weird going back to aiming with a clunky controller.

Posted by: rat lord09
Posted by: Seneka The 5th
>new, free content every week
>complaining that the maps are recycled

>implying they aren't just holding back the content and releasing it bit by bit

"Guys, that's disgusting. Why are you eating -blam!-?"
"B-bbut it's free -blam!-!"

  • 12.02.2012 1:47 PM PDT
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No.

I miss firefight. And was really hoping for a Flood-firefight this time around. Also, does H4 even have a "Forge-world"?

  • 12.02.2012 1:48 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

Posted by: J7XD
No.

I miss firefight. And was really hoping for a Flood-firefight this time around. Also, does H4 even have a "Forge-world"?

Nope. It doesn't even have a flat map like Sandbox.

  • 12.02.2012 1:53 PM PDT


Posted by: wcd45
The whole recycling maps thing is a bit naff. But other than that I'm loving SO, the cinematics are really good and the story is really starting to get interesting.

However I would have been happy with an updated FF.

  • 12.02.2012 1:53 PM PDT

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They're horrible rushed crap. Looks like to me Spartan Ops was the last thing they 'made'.

  • 12.02.2012 1:55 PM PDT
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I'm gonna finish it. Just like Jigga did to the pyramid.


Posted by: kimy1688
Honestly, I think I preferred Firefight, without the story. I dunno why, I just do.


because Palmer.

  • 12.02.2012 1:56 PM PDT

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Posted by: mubox47
$.50 in store credit.

Firefight was just the same mission on the same maps.

Spartan Ops is varions missions on the same maps, and people start complaining that maps are recycled.

What were you expecting, 5 new maps every week?

  • 12.02.2012 1:56 PM PDT

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