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Subject: Does anyone like Spartan Ops?
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Why wouldn't I like reskinned enviornments with simple/re-used objectives with enemies who appear every time you push a button?

  • 12.02.2012 1:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: The EAKLE
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?


From the way they're crying, it seems so.

  • 12.02.2012 2:00 PM PDT

>343 tries new feature.
>People bash it for being repetitive, and prefer the equally (if not most) repetitive old feature.

It must be a CHARM to develop for this community, eh.

  • 12.02.2012 2:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: Murcielago00

Posted by: The EAKLE
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?


From the way they're crying, it seems so.


I was actually expecting almost campaign mission size levels. Does it bother me that they're using small levels a few times? Not too much, it means I know the rough layout and to be honest, it's interesting to see how they're varying placement of stuff.

  • 12.02.2012 2:16 PM PDT

If it was 1 life only, I would have loved it.

  • 12.02.2012 2:17 PM PDT

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I think its ok. Episode 3 was really good but the rest has been a bit boring really.

I'm ok with them reusing maps and terrain but I don't really like how they reuse the same 5 maps over and over and over and over. They need to mix it up.

Also the objectives. Mix it up.

Invasion had better objectives than Spartan Ops. Generators, territories, AI cores..... Why doesn't Spartan Ops have things like that?

  • 12.02.2012 2:18 PM PDT


Posted by: Seneka The 5th
>new, free content every week
>complaining that the maps are recycled
Not "free" content. It took the place of Firefight, but is only released each week instead of all at once. Also, the missions are a bunch of "Go here, press this button" type of missions in which there is no variety. Spawn some enemies in on a re-used campaign location and you have Spartan Ops.

  • 12.02.2012 2:18 PM PDT

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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.


Posted by: Al B Querky
If it was 1 life only, I would have loved it.

Yep me too. Instead now it is just firefight Reach matchmaking. Just for grinding.

  • 12.02.2012 2:20 PM PDT
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I think it's pretty good. I'm liking the plot so far, but I can agree that the maps are getting a little repetitive.

  • 12.02.2012 2:20 PM PDT

Posted by: FatherlyNick
Im the flood's underground member.

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Ah, who am i kidding, we are all basement dwellers...

- random Floodian truest words ever

Spartan Ops is boring and tedious in my opinion

  • 12.02.2012 2:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: flamedude
I think its ok. Episode 3 was really good but the rest has been a bit boring really.

I'm ok with them reusing maps and terrain but I don't really like how they reuse the same 5 maps over and over and over and over. They need to mix it up.

Also the objectives. Mix it up.

Invasion had better objectives than Spartan Ops. Generators, territories, AI cores..... Why doesn't Spartan Ops have things like that?


I agree that ep 3 was the best. 12 hunters on Ragnarok was pretty cool, although on Normal difficulty with a Mantis it wasn't so much a case of "12 hunters oh wow this is going to be tough" (yes I know it was actually more like 2 lots of 6), but "12 hunters? No problem", and blow through them all in under a minute.

  • 12.02.2012 2:21 PM PDT
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Meh. It's ok, I'd give it a 6/10.

  • 12.02.2012 2:22 PM PDT

So you went to the trouble of clicking on my profile, either to send a group invite or hate message, or to check my Halo stats and call me a BK. I like Peanut Butter Waffles.

I find it pretty fun, but most missions I won't ever play again.
More customization like skulls, enemies, scoring, player traits etc, as well as no recycled environments and it'd be much much better.

I still want FF back tho.

  • 12.02.2012 2:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: TH3_AV3NG3R

Posted by: Al B Querky
If it was 1 life only, I would have loved it.

Yep me too. Instead now it is just firefight Reach matchmaking. Just for grinding.


Would have made it better for sure I agree. I think there's only be 2 missions where I've not died, although one of ep 1 mission I was dying, spawning again, getting attacked by hordes of crawlers in seconds, and dying again, this on Normal difficulty, so in that case I was glad it was multiple lives, but it just doesn't feel quite right just randomly respawning effectively without consequence in what's effectively a mini campaign.

  • 12.02.2012 2:23 PM PDT

Posted by: flamedude
I think its ok. Episode 3 was really good but the rest has been a bit boring really.

I'm ok with them reusing maps and terrain but I don't really like how they reuse the same 5 maps over and over and over and over. They need to mix it up.

Also the objectives. Mix it up.

Invasion had better objectives than Spartan Ops. Generators, territories, AI cores..... Why doesn't Spartan Ops have things like that?

That's valid, I think SpOps could get better with some tweaking. My only grief, is that you require Gold subscription to play it.

  • 12.02.2012 2:23 PM PDT

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I'd rather have it than not have it.

  • 12.02.2012 2:23 PM PDT
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I aim to please.

You know what rustles my jimmies?

When people say or imply that firefight didn't "recycle" environments.

This is the most mind-numbing, idiotic thing I've ever heard.

Firefight is the same mission (kill the covenant) on around 7 or 8 maps.

I hope you all stick a spiky dildo up your asses.

  • 12.02.2012 2:24 PM PDT

Bad map recycling, plot isn't too interesting and it's development is too slow to keep interest, good for an XP boost, but further than that, it's about as purposeful as the weekly SO challenges that last 5 minutes.
So in conclusion: 6/10.

  • 12.02.2012 2:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: grey101
It's awesome i just think you are complaining because despite your "ten years" you honestly don't follow the plot whatsoever. Of course they are going to have to reuse content because they explained that it cost a lot of money to do all of this and lately they have been switching it up.

How about you read the novels and play on legendary,that will give you some more bang.

I've put countless hours into Halo: CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3 and have beaten them all multiple times on Legendary (Solo & Co-op). I've played Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars(Over 400 hours, believe it or not), and Reach a-lot as well. I've already beaten Halo 4 twice on Legendary. I've read Halo Contact Harvest, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: The Flood, Halo: First Strike, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Halo: Evolution's, and Halo: The Cole Protocol. I probably know the Halo universe much better then you do.

That being out of the way: Reusing content over and over again for an episodic campaign, to me, is unacceptable. It feels like a chore playing through an episode. I would have been much happier with an updated Firefight, but that's just me.

  • 12.02.2012 4:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: XRevelationX
Love how people complained about how boring and repetitive firefight was, and now they turn around and praise it once it's replaced. If you seriously expected 343 to make new levels for every single spartan ops mission, then you're no better than all of the whiny children that occupy waypoint's forums.

I never "praised" Firefight in my post. And if 343i admitted they were incapable of making new levels for an episodic campaign, then maybe they shouldn't of even made Spartan Ops at all. I think the game would have been better off without it anyway.

  • 12.02.2012 4:28 PM PDT
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Posted by: grey101
It's awesome i just think you are complaining because despite your "ten years" you honestly don't follow the plot whatsoever. Of course they are going to have to reuse content because they explained that it cost a lot of money to do all of this and lately they have been switching it up.

How about you read the novels and play on legendary,that will give you some more bang.

Yeah well we paid $60 for the game, we don't expect some half assed game mode, with recycled maps. This is Halo for gods sake, we expect more. 343 knows that, they were just lazy and decided to cut corners.

  • 12.02.2012 4:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: PMC Fluffy
I'd rather have it than not have it.

I'd rather of not had it and had a longer campaign.

  • 12.02.2012 4:32 PM PDT


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Posted by: grey101
It's awesome i just think you are complaining because despite your "ten years" you honestly don't follow the plot whatsoever. Of course they are going to have to reuse content because they explained that it cost a lot of money to do all of this and lately they have been switching it up.

How about you read the novels and play on legendary,that will give you some more bang.

Yeah well we paid $60 for the game, we don't expect some half assed game mode, with recycled maps. This is Halo for gods sake, we expect more. 343 knows that, they were just lazy and decided to cut corners.


So you're going to continue to blame 343i on technological and resource limitations to build a prototype idea?

Makes perfect sense.

  • 12.02.2012 4:36 PM PDT


Posted by: XRevelationX
You know what rustles my jimmies?

When people say or imply that firefight didn't "recycle" environments.

This is the most mind-numbing, idiotic thing I've ever heard.

Firefight is the same mission (kill the covenant) on around 7 or 8 maps.

I hope you all stick a spiky dildo up your asses.

  • 12.02.2012 4:37 PM PDT

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